Birth: 1884-06-27
, Bar-sur-Aube
Death: 1962-10-16
, 9.º arrondissement de Paris
Gaston Bachelard (27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher. He was known for his work in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of poetry, and for his analyses of the imagination and the "poetic rêverie" of the elements.