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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Denis Papin was born in France on 22 August 1647, trained in physics and mathematics, and by 1675 had emigrated to London, where his work earned him a place on the staff of the Royal Society by 1684. His signature invention, the steam digester — a sealed vessel that used steam pressure to cook food and pointed toward the principles of the steam engine — arrived years before the world knew what to do with it. In 1685 the Edict of Fontainebleau revoked tolerance for Huguenots, stripping him of French citizenship and any path home. He moved to the University of Marburg in 1687, holding a mathematics professorship until 1707, then returned to England for his final five years. He died in poverty on 26 August 1713, and his burial site went unrecorded for 303 years.