Person Voltaire; Francois Marie Arouet de (1694 - 1778) Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de Francois Marie Aroyet de Francois Marie Aroyet Arouet de Voltaire 1694 - 1778 French Male Paris, France 21 November 1694 Paris, France 30 May 1778 Burial: Pantheon, Paris

Chateau, Corey, Champagne (1734-1747); Ferney, near Geneva, Switzerland

Literature Education: College Louis-le-Grand Career: In the suite of the Marquis de Chateauneuf, French Ambassador to Holland, but was sent home in disgrace; began to write satire and was banished from Paris; imprisoned in the Bastille, after which he changed his name to Voltaire; had to leave France and went to England (1726); returned to France and lived with Gabrielle Emilie Marquise du Chatelet-Lomont (1734-1747); went to Berlin as Chamberlain to Frederick the Great (1750-1753); settled near Geneva (1758) and farmed, reclaimed waste land, and bred horses as well as writing; wrote 'Candide', one of the first works to suggest a rational explanation for catalstrophes hitherto regarded as the works of an angry deity, such as the 1755 earthquake which destroyed Lisbon; visited Paris, but the excitement and fatigue brought on illness of which he died (1778) Son of Francois Arouet, notary, and his wife Marie Marguerite Daumont; the name Voltaire was an anagram of Arouet le jeune, or Arovet l i Elected FRS while countries at war (War of the Austrian Succession) Fellow 03/11/1743 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB References: Milo Keynes, 'The Personality of Isaac Newton' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 1-56 W Johnson, 'Voltaire After 300 Years' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 215-220, plate W Johnson, 'Newtonianism Pour la France', review of Robert L Walters and W H Barber, eds, Elements de la Philosophie de Newton, by Voltaire, in NR 1993 vol 47 pp 313-315, plate P Casini, 'Newton's Principia and the Philosophers of the Enlightenment' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 35-52 G R de Beer, 'John Morgan's Visit to Voltaire' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 148-158 D McKie and G R de Beer, 'Newton's Apple - an Addendum' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 333-335 M Bailey Ogilvie, 'In her place. Pandora's breeches: women, science and power in the enlightenment, by P Fara' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 314-315 G R de Beer, 'The relations between Fellows of the Royal Society and French Men of Science when France and Britain were at war' in NR 1952, pp244-299 J P Zinsser, 'Mentors, the marquise Du Chatelet and historical memory' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 89-108J P Zinsser, 'Mentors, the marquise Du Chatelet and historical memory' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 89-108 J S Rowlinson, 'John Freind: physician, chemist, Jacobite, and friend of Voltaire's' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 109-127 Notes: Pogg gives date of birth as 20 February 1694. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 21 Nov 1694 - 30 May 1778 NA8020 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/36925746 cefc0a54-4b9f-4ea2-86b8-a49579194b2c