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About Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Everything about Voltaire →- Occupation
- philosopher, poet, historian, essayist
- Position held
- historiographer of France, seat 33 of the Académie française
- Citizenship
- France, Kingdom of France
- Born
- November 21, 1694, February 20, 1694
- Died
- May 30, 1778