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Pierre Larousse

French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist · France · On the map · Academics · Lived 1817 to 1875 · aged 57

Pierre Athanase Larousse 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.

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Academics
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Lived 1817 to 1875 · aged 57