Tocqueville,
Alexis (Charles Henri Maurice Clérel) de 1805-59; Fr. author & statesman
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(tōkˈvĭl, tŏkˈ-, tôk-vēlˈ), Alexis Charles Henri Clérel de 1805-1859.
French politician, traveler, and historian. After touring the United States (1831-1832), he wrote Democracy in America (1835), a widely influential study of American institutions.