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Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, [1] Hérault on 19 January 1798, at the time under the rule of the newly founded French First Republic.After attending the Lycée Joffre [7] and then the University of Montpellier, Comte was admitted to École Polytechnique in Paris.
The positivist calendar was a calendar reform proposal by Auguste Comte in 1849. Revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, or an even earlier proposal by "Hirossa Ap-Iccim" (), Comte developed a solar calendar with 13 months of 28 days, and an additional festival day commemorating the dead, totalling 365 days.
February 17 - Friedrich Eduard Beneke (died 1854) February 19 - Auguste Comte (died 1857) April 7 - Pierre Leroux (died 1871) May 9 - Augustin Bonnetty (died 1879) June 29 - Giacomo Leopardi (died 1837) December 20 - Laurens Perseus Hickok (died 1888) December 29 - Barzillai Quaife (died 1873)
Comte was not helpful during her convalescence, and they lived apart from the middle of March to the end of August 1833. [19] Caroline's mother died on 29 August 1833 and she suffered a strong emotional crisis. Comte did what he could to help her through this period. The marriage continued to be strained by lack of money, particularly in 1834. [20]
The Maison d'Auguste Comte (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ doɡyst kɔ̃t]), also known as the Musée Auguste Comte, is a private writer's house museum and archive dedicated to positivist philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857).
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Harriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist. [3] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. [4]
In October 1844, when visiting her brother, Clotilde met one of his Polytechnique's Professors, philosopher Auguste Comte. The first known letter from Comte to Clotilde is dated April 30, 1845 and from that day on it was very clear that he was in love with her, a love which Clotilde, a fervent Catholic, firmly rejected.