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Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of foreign affairs (1805-1859).

Born July 29th, 1805 in Paris.

Died April 16th, 1859 at 53 years old in Cannes (tuberculosis).

Occupations
historian, jurist, philosopher, politician, sociologist, writer

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