Camus, Albert b. November 7, 1913 d. January 4, 1960 Writer. He was born in Algeria. His father, an agricultural laborer, was killed in World War I. His mother was shocked by the news of her husband's death, and she suffered a stroke that permanently impaired her speech. In 1923 Albert won a scholarship to the prestigious school in Algiers, where he studied from 1924 to 1932. He starts to suffer of tuberculosis and it put an end to his athletic activities. The disease was trouble for the rest of his life. In 1936 he received his diploma from the...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Lourmarin Cemetery, Lourmarin, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Mill, John Stuart b. May 20, 1806 d. May 8, 1873 Philosopher. One of the greatest exponents of utilitarian ethics, free market economics, and expanded democracy. His father, an executive with the India House where Mill would later work, drilled him from on early age in a broad range of academic disciplines, including the study of Greek at the age of three. In his early twenties, this rigorous schooling produced a backlash, and Mill sank into depression. He emerged from these doldrums, however, through a renewed appreciation of poetry and...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy) Cimetiere de St. Véran, Saint-Veran, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
b. November 7, 1913 d. January 4, 1960