This article concerns the European writer and politician; for others see
Benjamin Constant (disambiguation). Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (
October 25,
1767 –
December 8,
1830) was a
Swiss-born thinker,
writer and
French politician.Constant was born in
Lausanne,
Switzerland, to descendants of
Huguenots. He was educated by private tutors and at the
University of Erlangen,
Bavaria, and the
University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. In the course of his life, he spent many years in
France, Switzerland,
Germany, and
Great Britain.He was intimate with
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël and their intellectual collaboration made them one of the most important intellectual pairs of their time. He was active in
French politics as a publicist and politician during the latter half of the
French Revolution and between 1815 and 1830. During part of this latter period, he sat in the
French National Assembly. He was one of its most eloquent
orators and a leader of the left-liberal opposition known as the Indepentants.
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