Home›More›Articles›Voltaire and the Calas affair: from satirist to defender of the persecutedArticleVoltaire and the Calas affair: from satirist to defender of the persecutedArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnVoltaire, Authors Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: Voltairetier 2Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)Career, Geneva and FerneyQuote, Career, Geneva and FerneyFrom 1762, as an unmatched intellectual celebrity, he began to champion unjustly persecuted individuals, most famously the Huguenot merchant Jean Calas.View the SourceEncyclopaedia Britannicatier 1Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.