Alphabetical Index Index by Birth Year
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
* 1694 in Paris
+ 1778 in Paris
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French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
He was an advocat of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.
in 1751 he completed Micromégas, a piece of science fiction
involving ambassadors from another planet witnessing the follies of humankind.
2017 J. Giesen