Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him.

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Who was born first?

• Hippolyte Taine and Nikolay Chernyshevsky were born the same year
• Hippolyte Taine and Boris Chicherin were born the same year
• Hippolyte Taine and Joseph Dietzgen were born the same year
• Hippolyte Taine and Friedrich Albert Lange were born the same year
• Hippolyte Taine and Leo Tolstoy were born the same year

Timeline

1. Boris ChicherinMay 26, 1828 – February 3, 1904
2. Friedrich Albert LangeSeptember 28, 1828 – November 1875
3. Hippolyte Taine (this page)April 21, 1828 – March 5, 1893
4. Joseph DietzgenDecember 9, 1828 – April 15, 1888
5. Leo TolstoyAugust 28, 1828 – November 7, 1910
6. Nikolay ChernyshevskyJuly 12, 1828 – October 17, 1889

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