Pierre Larousse
1817
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1875
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: University of Paris, Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Collège de France
occupation: lexicographer, linguist, publisher, editor, writer
Pierre Athanase Larousse (23 October 1817 – 3 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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