Voltaire was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris, France. His occupations is a Writer, Historian and a Philosopher. Voltaire believed that the best form of government was a monarchy that was advised by philosophers. He believed that the Church and government were corrupt. Voltaire was also against democracy, since he believed that people were inherently selfish. He appreciated the liberal, free society established in England and adopted many of its ideas. He despised the religious intolerance in France and wrote Henriade, an epic poem in honor of Henry IV, an assassinated ruler of France who had established the Edict of Nantes (French royal decree establishing toleration for Protestants), which ended the persecution of the French Protestants