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Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence: Quick Facts

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Flourished c.1101 - c.1200
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Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French author
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
French philosopher and historian
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
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Georges Duby
French scholar
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan French author
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Pierre-Félix Guattari
French psychiatrist and philosopher
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Christian Jacq
French Egyptologist and writer
Kristeva, Julia
Julia Kristeva
French author
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Michel Butor
French author
Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric
Antoine Frédéric Ozanam
French lawyer
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Joseph Joubert
French writer
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Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond
French author
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Fernand Pelloutier
French political scientist
Madame d'Agoult, detail of a portrait by Henri Lehmann; in a private collection
Marie de Flavigny, countess d’Agoult
French author
Bronze medallion portrait of Eugene Burnouf in profile, by David d'Angers, with Burnouf's name inscribed along the edge.
Eugène Burnouf
French Orientalist
Louise Michel
Louise Michel
French revolutionary
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Antoine Court de Gébelin
French scholar and writer
Marquis d'Argens, detail of an engraving by E.-J. Desrochers after a painting by van Pee
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d’Argens
French author
Marcel Prévost.
Marcel Prévost
French novelist