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Birthday
(Monday)
Died
Nationality
Languages
French
Spouse
Mary Mottley Tocqueville
Parents
Hervé Clérel de Tocqueville, Louise Le Peletier de Rosanbo
Residences
Château de Tocqueville
Education
Lycée Fabert, University of Paris
Zodiac Sign
♌ Leo
Chinese Zodiac
牛 Ox
Name Origin
English < French < Latin < Ancient Greek (Ἀλέξιος)
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Zodiac
Year of the Ox, sign of Leo
AWARDS (2)
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Knight of the Legion of Honour
WON
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Montyon Prize
WON
Biography
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville, was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his works Democracy in America 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.
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