Charles de Secondat Montesquieu ( 1689 - 1755 )

Birth: La Brede, near Bordeaux, France (18 January 1689) Death: Paris, France (10 February 1755) Research Field: Philosophy, political theory Education: Oratorian College, Juilly; Bordeaux (1705-1708) Career: President a mortier in the Parliament of Bordeaux (1716); had problems with his eyesight; researched the weight and transparency of bodies, and the causes of echoes; published "Lettres persanes" (1721); visited several European countries, including England where he lived for two years (1729-1731); his "De l'esprit des lois" was placed on the Index (1748); was blind by the time he died Memberships: Academie des Sciences (1728)); Academie de Bordeaux (1716); Freemason Membership: Fellow Election Date: 26/02/1730 Proposers: George Lewis Teissier; Paul de St Hyacinthe; Sir Hans Sloane.