Jean Fabre, surnamedthe honest criminal," a Protestant hero, born in Nimes in 1727, died in Cette, May 31, 1797. He was a manufacturer and a member of the small Protestant community at Nimes. He and his coreligionists celebrated the new year of 1756 in a secluded locality, where they were surprised by the soldiery, but he escaped. His father, however, having been arrested, Jean took his place as a prisoner in the galleys of Toulon, and was subjected to great hardships. His release in 1762, and his full pardon in 1768, were mainly due to a play by Fenouillot de Falbaire, L'honnete criminel, of which he is the hero. His autobiography, completed by his son, was published with a biographical notice by Athanase Coquerel fils in the Bulletin de la societe de Vhistoire du protestantisme francais (Paris, January to April, 1865).