Usa History

The Salon Resume Student Name:

|Character’s Full Name |François Marie Arouet Voltaire |

|Birthday |Born on November 21st, 1694. |

|Place of birth |Place of birth was located in Paris, France. |

|Early Life |I was the youngest of the five children of François Arouet, a notary who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie |

| |Marguerite d'Aumart, from a noble family of the province of Poitou. Most of my early life revolved around Paris. From early |

| |on, I had trouble with the authorities for even mild critiques of the government and religious intolerance. These activities|

| |were to result in numerous imprisonments and exiles.  |

|Famous Cry: |“Crush the Infamous Thing” |

| |I was educated by Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand between 1704-1711, where I learned Latin and Greek. Later in life, I|

|Education |became fluent in Italian, Spanish and English. By the time I left school, I decided I wanted to be a writer, against the |

| |wishes of my father, who wanted me to become a notary. I, pretending to work in Paris as an assistant to a notary, spent |

| |much of my time writing...