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He was born in La Chapelle-d'Angillon, in the Cher département, in France, the son of a school teacher. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux , near Paris, where he prepared the entrance examination to the École Normale Supérieure, but without success. He then studied at the merchant marine school in BrestBrest (population 155,000) is a city in Brittany, north-west France, in the departement of Finistere (29). Located on the western tip of the Brittany peninsula, the city is an important port and naval base. The military harbor was fortified by Vauban ( 16.
From 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier, he worked as a volunteer in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri. He returned to France in 1909Events January 5 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. January 16 Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. January 28 United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War. February 12 The National and became a literary critic. He met André GideAndre Paul Guillaume Gide ( November 22, 1869 February 19, 1951) was a French author and spokesman for gay rights. Gide was born in Paris, France on November 22, 1869. His father was a Paris University professor of law and died 1880. His uncle was the pol and Paul ClaudelPaul Claudel ( August 6, 1868 February 23, 1955) was a French poet and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. Life He was born in Villeneuve-sur-Fere, into a family of farmers and gentry. His father, Louis-Prosper, dealt in mor.
He died fighting near Les Éparges ( Meuse) shortly after the beginning of World War I.
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