He was born in 1766 in the south of England into a wealthy family. His father is close to the philosophers David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. After studying at Jesus College in Cambridge, he became an Anglican pastor. He noted the increase in poverty and in 1798 published his Essay on the princip
Moncey enlisted in the Army at the age of 15, he won his ranks during the Revolution. But after the Fructidor coup, he is accused of being a royalist. He takes part in 18 Brumaire and supports Napoleon, he leaves the army of Italy for disagreements with Brune and Murat. He was then Inspector General
Originally from the upper middle class of Chinon, François Rabelais was first a Benedictine monk, then a Cordelier, before swapping his homespun robe for a doctors coat (1537). Gradually, he turned to writing. Writer and above all a great humanist, François Rabelais tinted the French language writte
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900 – 1979), British-American astronomer, is known to have been one of the first astronomers to maintain that the stars are mainly composed of hydrogen. She is also the first female head of the astronomy department at Harvard. The solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Cecilia He