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Birthplace: La Haye en Touraine, Kingdom of France Died: February 11, 1650 René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. (Source: Wikipedia)