Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. Wikipedia
Born: March 14, 1908, Rochefort
Died: May 3, 1961 (age 53 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and more
Spouse: Suzanne Merleau-Ponty (m. 1940–1961)
Alma mater: École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris