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.

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Who was born first?

• Voltaire and François Quesnay were born the same year
• Voltaire and Francis Hutcheson were born the same year
• Voltaire and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington were born the same year
• Voltaire and Hermann Samuel Reimarus were born the same year
• Voltaire was born 2 years before Henry Home, Lord Kames

Timeline

1. Francis HutchesonAugust 8, 1694 – August 8, 1746
2. François QuesnayJune 4, 1694 – December 16, 1774
3. Hermann Samuel ReimarusDecember 22, 1694 – March 1, 1768
4. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of BurlingtonApril 25, 1694 – December 4, 1753
5. Voltaire (this page)November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778
6. Henry Home, Lord Kames1696 – December 27, 1782

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