# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-adolphe-sere-de-rivieres
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:11:24.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-adolphe-sere-de-rivieres"
name: "Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières"
slug: "raymond-adolphe-sere-de-rivieres"
description: "Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières was a French military engineer and general whose ideas revolutionized the design of fortifications in France. He gave his name to the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications constructed after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Described as the Vauban of the 19th century, his Belgian counterpart was Henri Alexis Brialmont."
tagline: "French military engineer and general (1815–1895)"
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gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1815-05-20"
deathDate: "1895-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump