Quick Facts

• NAME: Michel Foucault
• OCCUPATION: Anthropologist, Educator, Historian, Philosopher, Scholar, Activist, Academic Author, Journalist
• BIRTH DATE: October 15, 1926
• DEATH DATE: June 25, 1984
• EDUCATION: École Normale Supérieure
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Poitiers, France
• PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
• Full Name: Paul-Michel Foucault

Best Known For

Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and historian. His best known works are Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality.