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Explorer and devout Catholic. He dedicated himself to mapping Ethiopia. Inventor of expeditious geodesy, an extremely precise surveying method which he put into practice in Ethiopia. Specialist in the Basque language.
French clergyman, poet and playwright. He was admitted to the French Academy in 1704.
Sinologist, reviver of this science in France. Doctor of Medicine, member of the council for the improvement of the deaf and mute (1824). He died of cholera in 1832.
Diplomat, writer, geographer and historian.
A memoirist, friend of Josephine, wife of General Junot, her Memoirs on the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration were a considerable success.
A woman of letters and a salon hostess, she notably published works on political life after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, a period during which her salon was frequented by influential writers and politicians. She founded the Nouvelle Revue (1879).
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