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Born November 23, 1632 • near Reims • France
Died December 27, 1707 (aged 75) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Benedictines • Maurists • paleography

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Jules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
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French arts administrator and historian
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Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris
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French historian and poet
Jacques-Auguste de Thou
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