Voltaire — Erosophia Encyclopedia

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Voltaire — Enlightenment writer and philosopher, died in Paris in 1778

A writer, playwright and polemicist, in his lifetime he was Europe’s literary celebrity and the most feared contradictor of his century. Exiled, imprisoned, a courtier of kings and a defender of the condemned, he embodies the combative face of the Enlightenment. (Editorial synthesis)

Voltaire was born on 21 November 1694. (source: Larousse)

Voltaire was born in Paris. (source: Larousse)

Voltaire died on 30 May 1778. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

Voltaire died in Paris. (source: Larousse)

Recorded work of Voltaire: Candide. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)

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