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Alexis de Tocqueville

1805 - 1859

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Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both, he analyzed the living standards and social conditions of individuals as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexis de Tocqueville is the 10th most popular historian (up from 11th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from France (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Historian.

Alexis de Tocqueville is most famous for his book "Democracy in America." He traveled to the United States in 1831 and wrote a book about his experiences.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Alexis de Tocqueville ranks 10 out of 561. Before him are Sima Qian, Tacitus, Xenophon, Livy, Josephus, and Diodorus Siculus. After him are Polybius, Suetonius, Thomas Kuhn, Hecataeus of Miletus, Procopius, and Thomas Babington Macaulay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Alexis de Tocqueville ranks 5. Before him are Hans Christian Andersen, Joseph Smith, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. After him are Giuseppe Mazzini, William Rowan Hamilton, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Fanny Mendelssohn, Louis Auguste Blanqui, and Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Among people deceased in 1859, Alexis de Tocqueville ranks 4. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, and Klemens von Metternich. After him are Oscar I of Sweden, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Wilhelm Grimm, Carl Ritter, Thomas De Quincey, John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and Josip Jelačić.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexis de Tocqueville ranks 225 out of 6,770. Before him are Frédéric Passy (1822), Louis XI of France (1423), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Carloman I (751), Brigitte Macron (1953), and Henry Cavendish (1731). After him are Alfred Sisley (1839), Gustave Doré (1832), Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), Michel Platini (1955), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), and Joseph Bonaparte (1768).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Alexis de Tocqueville ranks 2. Before him are Tacitus (54). After him are Fernand Braudel (1902), Marc Bloch (1886), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Jacques Le Goff (1924), Lucien Febvre (1878), François Guizot (1787), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Gaston Maspero (1846), and Georges Duby (1919).

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