First published in 2002. Henri Louis Bergson was born in Paris, October 18, 1859. He entered the Ecole normale in 1878, and was admitted agrege de philosophie in 1881 and docteur es lettres in 1889. After holding professorships in various provincial and Parisian lycees, he became maitre de conferences at the Ecole normale superieure in 1897, and since 1900 has been professor at the College de France. In 1901 he became a member of the Institute on his election to the Academie des Sciences morales et politiques.
