Hen⋅ri Ben⋅ja⋅min /ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ʒaˈmɛ̃/Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahn-ree ban-zha-man]Show IPA, (Benjamin Constant), 1767–1830, French statesman and author, born in Switzerland.
Con·stant de Re·becque (kôɴ-stäɴ' də rə-běk') French writer and politician who was exiled in 1802 for denouncing Napoleon's machinations. He is best known for the novel Adolphe (1816), inspired by his affair with Madame de Staël.