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Born August 4, 1838 • Paris • France
Died April 3, 1871 (aged 32) • Chatou • France
Role In Commune of Paris
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Charles Delescluze
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Pyat, lithograph by C. Deshayes
Félix Pyat
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Galliffet, detail from a portrait by I. Pils, 1864; in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris
Gaston-Alexandre-Auguste, marquis de Galliffet
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Charles-Théophile Ferré
French politician
Serge Klarsfeld
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Frédéric Joliot-Curie
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Édouard Michelin
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Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Count d’Orsay
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
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Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
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Auguste Lumière
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André Siegfried
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Catherine Arnauld
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George de Benneville
American religious leader
Caresse Crosby
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Jean de Brunhoff
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Pierre Didot
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Jacques Caffiéri
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