Born Saint-Malo, Brittany. Died Paris.
Went to America in 1791, returned to France and then in 1793 escaped to England where he lived in extreme poverty until returning to France in 1800. He returned in 1822 as French Ambassador and resided in Portland Place.
Wrote The Genius of Christianity (Paris,1802) and Memoirs from beyond the tomb (1849-50).
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Chateaubriand
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Chateaubriand
In 1793 the author of Memoires D'Outre-Tombe, Chateaubriand, 1768 - 1848, l...
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John Galsworthy
Novelist and playwright. Born Kingston Hill, Surrey. Nobel Prize for literature, 1932. The Forsyte Saga is his best known work. Died Grove Lodge, Hampstead.
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
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Alan Bennett
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch
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Vivien Noakes
Biographer, editor and critic. Wife of the painter Michael Noakes. She wrote a notable biography of Edward Lear and was a leading scholar of the war poet Isaac Rosenberg.
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