Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. He is often regarded as the first philosopher of science in the modern sense of the term. Wikipedia
Born: January 19, 1798, Montpellier, France
Died: September 5, 1857 (age 59 years), Paris, France
Influenced by: Henri de Saint-Simon, John Stuart Mill, Adam Smith, and more
Parents: Rosalie Boyer and Louis-Auguste-Xavier Comte
Spouse: Caroline Massin (m. 1825–1842)
Education: University of Montpellier; École Polytechnique