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Born 1603 • Paris • France
Died September 23, 1675 (aged 72) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study French language • grammar
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French historian
Delille, detail of an engraving by Antoine Cardon after a painting by J.-L. Monnier
Jacques Delille
French writer
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André Dacier
French scholar and translator
Jean de La Fontaine, oil painting by François De Troy; in the Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Geneva
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French poet
Nicolas Boileau.
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Jean de La Bruyère
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French author
Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author
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Anne Dacier
French scholar and translator
Maynard, François
François Maynard
French poet
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François Furet
French historian
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Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
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Jean Tharaud
French writer
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Maurice Druon
French author
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André Siegfried
French political scientist
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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.
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French philosopher and author
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
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.
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French cardinal and statesman