René Noël Théophile Girard was a French polymath, historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the author of nearly thirty books, with his writings... Wikipedia
Born: December 25, 1923, Avignon, France
Died: November 4, 2015 (age 91 years), Stanford, CA
Spouse: Martha Girard (m. ?–2015)
Influenced: Michel Serres, Byung-Chul Han, Raymund Schwager, and more
Parents: Joseph Girard and Marie-Thérèse Fabre de Loye
Awards: Académie française (Seat 37); Knight of the Légion d’honneur; Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres