Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (rew-soh), French philosopher, novelist, and essayist, was born June 28, 1712, in Geneva. The fact that his mother died at his birth he referred to as the first of his misfortunes. When he was twelve years old his father, a watchmaker of restless disposition, was forced to leave Geneva for challenging someone of high social standing. Isaac Rousseau sent Jean-Jacques to live with his mother’s brother. Himself a man of many moods and little stability, Rousseau wandered and held positions for very short periods of time until he settled, more or less, upon a life as...
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