French, born in Besançon. Examples of work: Les Misérables, Hunchback of Notre Dame. He came to Belgium as a tourist many times and came as a political exile from the Louis Napoleon coup in Fran...
War dead, Exile, Literature, Seriously Famous, France
Auguste Lumière: born 19 October 1862, died 10 April 1954 Louis Lumière: born 5 October 1864, died 6 June 1948
Group, Cinema, Seriously Famous, France
With his brothers, Gustave and Claude, he was one of the first to use reinforced concrete for construction, exploiting its possibilities and not disguising its look. Examples of their work are the...
War dead, Architecture, France
French poet. Born Charleville, Ardennes, France. Died Marseilles, France. There is a definitive biography: "Rimbaud" by Graham Robb, Picador, 2000. Rimbaud and Verlaine also feature on LondonRe...
War dead, Poetry & Song, Seriously Famous, France
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