Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville was a 19th-century French political thinker and historian best known for his analysis of democracy and society in works such as "Democracy in America."
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville | 1 |
| Clérel de Tocqueville | 1 |
| Tocqueville | 1 |
Statements (50)
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| instanceOf |
historian
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human ⓘ political thinker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1805-07-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tocqueville, Manche, France ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| coTraveler | Gustave de Beaumont ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1859-04-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cannes ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alexis de Tocqueville
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surface form:
Clérel de Tocqueville
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| fieldOfWork |
history
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political philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alexis de Tocqueville
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surface form:
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
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| givenName | Alexis ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
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surface form:
Foreign Minister of France
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| ideology | liberalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hannah Arendt
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John Stuart Mill ⓘ Raymond Aron ⓘ Robert Nisbet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Montesquieu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of democracy in the United States
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comparative analysis of aristocracy and democracy ⓘ concept of the tyranny of the majority ⓘ theory of civil society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | classical liberalism ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Democracy in America
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The Old Regime and the Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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magistrate ⓘ political scientist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfWork |
Democracy in America
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De la démocratie en Amérique
The Old Regime and the Revolution ⓘ
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L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution
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| politicalAffiliation | French Second Republic ⓘ |
| servedAs |
deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies
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member of the Constituent Assembly of 1848 ⓘ member of the Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic ⓘ |
| termAsForeignMinisterStart | 1849 ⓘ |
| traveledTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| travelPurpose | study of the American prison system ⓘ |
| travelStartYear | 1831 ⓘ |
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Clérel de Tocqueville
this entity surface form:
Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de Tocqueville
this entity surface form:
Tocqueville
subject surface form:
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu