AKA Henri-Louis Bergson

Born: 18-Oct-1859
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 4-Jan-1941
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cimetière de Garches, Hauts-de-Seine

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher

Nationality: France
Executive summary: L'Évolution Créatrice

Father: (musician, Polish-Jewish)
Mother: (English-Jewish)
Wife: Louise Neuburger (cousin of Marcel Proust, m. 1891)

    High School: Lycée Condorcet, Paris
    University: École Normale Supérieure, Paris (1878-81)
    Teacher: Lycée Henri-IV
    Professor: Collège de France (1900-14, formally retired 1921)

    Nobel Prize for Literature 1927
    French Academy 1914

Is the subject of books:
The Philosophy of Henri Bergson, 1914, BY: Bertrand Russell
Bergson and His Influence: A Reassessment, 1976, BY: A. E. Pilkington

Author of books:
Essai sur les Données Immédiates de la Conscience (1889, essay)
Matière et Mémoire: Essai sur la Relation du Corps à l'Esprit (1896, essay)
Le Rire: Essai sur la Significance du Comique (1900, essay)
Introduction à la Metaphysique (1903)
L'Évolution Créatrice (1907)
Les Deux Sources de la Morale et de la Religion (1932)

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