| Born | 28 June 1712, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Died | 2 July 1778 (aged 66), Ermenonville, France |
| Spouse | Therese Levasseur (1768-1778) |
| Children | 5 children (all put in an orphanage) |
| Known for | Social contract theory • natural rights theory • environmental preservation • animal welfare advocacy |
| Influenced | Immanuel Kant • Maximilien Robespierre • Mary Wollstonecraft • Henri Rousseau |
| Influences | John Locke • Baron de Montesquieu • Voltaire • Thomas Hobbes |
| Citizenship | Geneva (then independent city-state) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupations | Writer • philosopher • composer |
| Controversies | His ideas were criticized during the French Revolution |
| Notable works | Discourse on Inequality • The Social Contract • Émile, or On Education • Confessions • Reveries of the Solitary Walker |
