Alexis De Tocqueville

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French historian and politician born on July 29, 1805, in Paris, France. He died on April 16, 1859. His father was a magistrate and his mother came from a noble family. De Tocqueville studied law at the University of Paris and later became a lawyer. In 1831, he traveled to the United States with his friend Gustave de Beaumont to study its prison system. This trip had a profound impact on his thoughts about democracy and liberty. AI Generated Content