CARRIER

carrier, jean baptiste (1756-1794), french revolutionist and terrorist, was born at yolet, a village near aurillac in upper auvergne. in 1790 he was a country attorney (counsellor for the _bailliage_ of aurillac) and in 1792 he was chosen deputy to the national convention. he was already known as one of the influential members of the cordeliers club and of that of the jacobins. after the subjugation of flanders he was one of the commissioners nominated in the close of 1792 by the convention, and sent into that country. in the following year he took part in establishing the revolutionary tribunal. he voted for the death of louis