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Born 1760; served as a volunteer in the American War of Independence, on the side of the colonialists, 1776; remained an army officer, 1777-1781; returned to Paris and became a businessman and speculator, 1781-1804; took little part in the French Revolution, though imprisoned for 11 months for commune activities; made a fortune through land speculation, and squandered his wealth financing a salon for scientists and economists; due to bankruptcy, became a copyist at the Monte de Piété in 1805, and tried to make a living as a writer and journalist, 1805-1825; founded the periodical Industrie, [1817], and took on Auguste Comte as his secretary; following a suicide attempt in 1823, he was supported by Olinde Rodrigues, an admirer of his work, until his death in 1825. Saint-Simon is seen by many as the founder of French socialism.
Publications: Introduction aux travaux scientifiques du dixneuvième siècle (1807); Memoire sur la science de l'homme (1813); New Christianity (1825).
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GB 0097 ARC 0003 [1814] Collection (fonds) 1 volume Simon , Claude Henri de Rouvroy Saint- , 1760-1825 , socialist, businessman and writer
Born 1760; served as a volunteer in the American War of Independence, on the side of the colonialists, 1776; remained an army officer, 1777-1781; returned to Paris and became a businessman and speculator, 1781-1804; took little part in the French Revolution, though imprisoned for 11 months for commune activities; made a fortune through land speculation, and squandered his wealth financing a salon for scientists and economists; due to bankruptcy, became a copyist at the Monte de Piété in 1805, and tried to make a living as a writer and journalist, 1805-1825; founded the periodical Industrie, [1817], and took on Auguste Comte as his secretary; following a suicide attempt in 1823, he was supported by Olinde Rodrigues, an admirer of his work, until his death in 1825. Saint-Simon is seen by many as the founder of French socialism.
Publications: Introduction aux travaux scientifiques du dixneuvième siècle (1807); Memoire sur la science de l'homme (1813); New Christianity (1825).
Two letters by Claude Henri de Saint-Simon, the first written to Monsieur Ribouet and dated 26 Mar 1814.
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Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2000 Collectivism Journalism Political doctrines Ribouet , Monsieur , fl 1814 Rouvroy , Claude-Henri , de , 1760-1825 , comte de Saint-Simon , socialist thinker x de Rouvroy , Claude-Henri x Saint-Simon , Henri , de x de Saint-Simon , Henri Socialism
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Two letters by Claude Henri de Saint-Simon, the first written to Monsieur Ribouet and dated 26 Mar 1814.
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No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
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- English
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- Latin
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French
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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