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Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire, photograph by Étienne Carjat, 1863.
Charles Baudelaire attended several institutions during his youth in Lyons and Paris:
- Lyons: In 1832, he began his education at the Collège Royal in Lyons.1
- Paris: Upon returning to Paris in 1836, he transferred to the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Following his expulsion from that school in 1839, he enrolled at the Collège Saint-Louis to pass his baccalauréat examinations. Later, he was a nominal student of law at the École de Droit.1