Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis Charles-Henri-Maurice Clerel, Viscount de Tocqueville (; ; 29 July 180516 April 1859) was a French diplomat, political scientist and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America (appearing in two volumes, 1835 and 1840) and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856).
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1805 births
1859 deaths
Deaths from tuberculosis
French historians
French philosophers
Government ministers of France
Political scientists
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Politicians from Paris
Writers from Paris