Benjamin Constant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Constant

Swiss-born French politician, writer on politics and religion

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1767

Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 08-Dec-1830

Profession: writer, politician, philosopher, diarist

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (French: [k?~st?~]; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss-French political activist and writer on politics and religion.
He was the author of a partly biographical psychological novel, Adolphe.
He was a fervent classical liberal of the early 19th century, who influenced the Trienio Liberal movement in Spain, the Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Portugal, the Greek War of Independence, the November Uprising in Poland, the Belgian Revolution, and liberalism in Brazil and Mexico.