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Voltaire

Died on May 30, 1778

248

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François-Marie Arouet (French:; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (US also; French:), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian.

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