Fourier was born at Auxerre in the Yonne département of France, the son of a tailor. He was orphaned at age eight. Fourier was recommended to the Bishop of Auxerre, and through this introduction, he...
Ekaterina Djugashvili, Stalin's mother, died on June 4, 1937. Lavrenti Beria, later to be Stalin's depraved head of the NKVD, took care of arrangements. Stalin sent a wreath.