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Also Known As Jeanne Villepreux • Jeannette Power • Givovanne Power
Born September 25, 1794 • France
Died January 26, 1871 (aged 76) • France
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Subjects Of Study Argonauta argos
Philip Henry Gosse, portrait miniature by W. Gosse, 1839; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Philip Henry Gosse
British naturalist
Nicéphore Niépce
Nicéphore Niépce
French inventor
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Palissy ware
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Gérard Mourou
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Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, lithograph.
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Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède
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Georges Claude
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Émile Levassor
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Belon, detail from an engraving
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Bernard Lyot
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
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Deslandres
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Maurice Martenot
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Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet
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