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Born August 20, 1752 • Nantes • France
Died June 19, 1821 (aged 68) • Basel • Switzerland
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Pierre de Meuron
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Théophile Bonet
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Paul Klee
Paul Klee
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Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
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Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
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Karl Barth
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Louis Agassiz
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Carl Jung
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