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- First U.S. edition.
- This is, in my opinion, the best biography of Voltaire.
- In 1945 he became the first editor of the Journal of Documentation.
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Voltaire
1694-1778
Who Was Voltaire?
Voltaire established himself as one of the leading writers of the Enlightenment. His famed works include the tragic play Zaïre, the historical study The Age of Louis XIV and the satirical novella Candide. Often at odds with French authorities over his politically and religiously charged works, he was twice imprisoned and spent many years in exile. He died shortly after returning to Paris in 1778.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: François-Marie Arouet
BORN: November 21, 1694
DIED: May 30, 1778
BIRTHPLACE: Paris, France
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio
Early Life
Voltaire was born François-Marie Arouet to a prosperous family on November 21, 1694, in Paris. He was the youngest of five children born to François Arouet and Marie Marguerite d'Aumart. When Voltaire was just seven years old, his mother passed away. Following her death, he grew closer to his free-thinking godfather.
In 1704, Voltaire was enrolled at the Collége Louis-le-Grand, a Jesuit secondary school in Paris, where he received a classical education and began showing prom
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Oxford
Until 1971, Besterman was primus inter pares in research on Voltaire, managing from Geneva a prodigious amount of activity from colleagues throughout the world. But in that year relations with Geneva, never easy, broke down completely. The city closed down the Institut and issued a warrant for Besterman’s arrest. Fortunately for him, he was out of the country, presiding over the third Congress on the Enlightenment in Nancy. A protracted battle ensued, the city claiming that he was in possession of stolen papers, while Besterman steadfastly maintained that they were his own property. Eventually the quarrel died down and the Institut reopened under the unobtrusively diplomatic direction of Charles Wirz. The change in circumstances led Besterman from Switzerland to England and a quiet abode in Thorpe Mandeville, Oxfordshire. Like Voltaire, his master, he had found his own Ferney.
During these final years, Besterman opened discussions with the University of Oxford. These culminated in his naming the university his residuary legatee and arranging for the posthumous transfer
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Voltaire
French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)
For other uses, see Voltaire (disambiguation).
Voltaire | |
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Portrait c. 1720s, the Musée Carnavalet | |
| Born | François-Marie Arouet (1694-11-21)21 November 1694 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 May 1778(1778-05-30) (aged 83) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Panthéon, Paris |
| Occupation | Writer, philosopher, historian |
| Education | Collège Louis-le-Grand |
| Genres | |
| Subjects | Religious intolerance, freedom |
| Literary movement | Classicism |
| Years active | From 1715 |
| Notable works | Candide The Maid of Orleans The Age of Louis XIV |
| Partner | Émilie du Châtelet (1733–1749) Marie Louise Mignot (1744–1778) |
Philosophy career | |
| Era | Age of Enlightenment |
| Region | Western philosophy French philosophy |
| School | |
Main interests | Political philosophy, literature, historiography, biblical criticism |
Notable ideas | Philosophy of history,[1]freedom of religion, freedom of speech, separation of church and state |
François-Marie Arouet (French:[fʁɑ̃swamaʁiaʁwɛ]
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