- First name
- René
- Last name
- Descartes
- Date of Birth
- 1596.03.31
- Date of Death
- 1650.02.11
- Born in
- La Haye en Touraine
- Died in
- Stockholm
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Some have called him the father of modern Western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. See: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/.