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Also Known As Jean-Jacques-Élisée Reclus
Born March 15, 1830 • France
Died July 4, 1905 (aged 75) • France
Notable Works “The Earth and Its Inhabitants”
Role In Revolutions of 1848

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Crémieux, lithograph by L.-E. Coedès
Adolphe Crémieux
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
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Melchior de Polignac
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
King Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Louis-Philippe
Louis-Philippe
king of France
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
French politician and orator
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political writer