10 October 2016

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (continued): #1: Clotilde de Vaux

Clotilde de Vaux, or Charlotte Clotilde Josephine Marie de Ficquelmont (1815–46), was the poet and short story writer who greatly inspired the philosopher Auguste Comte. She died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-three.

Bust of Clotilde de Vaux, rue Clotilde de Vaux, 11e.

Statue of Clotilde de Vaux incorporated into Compte's statue, Place de la Sorbonne, 6e.

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