Hi nobleresearcher,
Thank you for another interesting question.
(Brief) Biography of Voltaire
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/V/Voltaire_1.html
"Voltaire. Whose original name was Francois Marie Arouet. Born in
Paris in 1694. Educated by the Jesuits, and became a protégé of Ninon
de l'Enclos. In 1717, Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille on
suspicion of writing a libel on the king, and "Aedipe" was produced in
1718. After another imprisonment, he went to England where, in 1728,
the "Henriade" was published. Voltaire escaped prosecution by
disavowing his writings and, in 1736, began to correspond with
Frederick the Great. After the rise of the Pompadour, he secured a
reception at court and at the Academie. In 1750 he went to the court
of Berlin, where he stayed three years, the result being a historical
quarrel. Soon after this he settled at Ferney, where the rest of his
life was spent; but before his death, he visited Paris and was
received as a popular hero. He wrote numerous plays and romances
(Candide, Zadig), etc., "Histoire de Charles XII," "Siecle de Louis
XIV, and other historical works, and "Essai sur les Moeurs et l'Esprit
des Nations. Voltaire died in 1778."
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(More extensive) Biography of Voltaire
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/V/Voltaire.html
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FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE (1694-1778)
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/voltaire.html
Voltaire Timeline 1994 - 1778
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Best regards,
tlspiegel |
