Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald

1754 - 1840

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country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: College of Juilly

occupation: politician, essayist, writer, philosopher

award received: Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis

position held: député de l'Aveyron, Pair of France, seat 30 of the Académie française, Mayor of Millau, president

Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald (2 October 1754 – 23 November 1840) was a French counter-revolutionary philosopher and politician. He is mainly remembered for developing a theoretical framework from which French sociology would emerge. Source: Wikipedia (en)