Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works 'Democracy in America' and 'The Old Regime and the Revolution'. In both of these, he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies.... Wikipedia
July 29, 1805, Verneuil-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France