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- Born
- November 21, 1694
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Sources- 1.Stated in RKDartists“Voltaire”explore.rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/256309
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art Archivecs.isabart.org/person/35933Retrieved 2021-04-01
- 3.Stated in La France savante“François Marie dit VOLTAIRE Arouet”cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=100468
- 4.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- , February 20, 1694
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-15
- November 21, 1694
- Died
- May 30, 1778
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Sources- 1.Stated in Concise Literary Encyclopedia
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Enciclopédia Itaú CulturalRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- 5.Stated in La France savante“François Marie dit VOLTAIRE Arouet”cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=100468
- 6.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- May 30, 1778
- Birthplace
- Paris
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Sources- 1.Stated in Concise Literary Encyclopedia
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
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Sources- 1.Stated in Concise Literary Encyclopedia
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Paris
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- philosopher
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Sources- 1.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-15
- 2.Stated in The Fine Art Archivecs.isabart.org/person/35933Retrieved 2021-04-01
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , poet
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art Archivecs.isabart.org/person/35933Retrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , historian
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Sources- 1.Stated in BeWeBRetrieved 2021-02-15
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- +10 more
- philosopher
- Positions held
- Member of the Académie française(1746–1778)
- , historiographer of France(1744–1750)
- Education
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- Place of burial
- Panthéon(since 1791) coordinates: 48.8462°N, 2.3461°E
- Abbaye de Sellières(1778–1791)
- Member of
- Royal Society of London(since 1743)
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- Académie Française(since 1746)
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences(since 1746)
- Russian Academy of Sciences
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- Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities(since 1774)
- Freemasonry(since 1778)
- Accademia della Crusca
- Royal Society of London(since 1743)
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Fellow of the Royal Society(November 3, 1743)
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- Commons Creator page
- Voltaire
- Birth name
- François-Marie Arouet
- Name in native language
- Voltaire
- Pseudonym
- Voltaire
- Bénédictin
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2020-08-30
- Copyright status as a creator
- copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Voltaire, J.-F. Arouet, dit.
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- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Voltaire, J.-F. Arouet, dit.
- Relative
- Marie Louise Mignot kinship to subject: sororal niece
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