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    Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (/tiˈɛər/ tee-AIR, French: [maʁi ʒɔzɛf lwi adɔlf tjɛʁ]; 15 April 1797 – 3 September 1877) was a French statesman and...
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    Costermonger (redirect from Coster-Monger)
    A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns. The term is derived from the words costard (a medieval...
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    Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre...
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    Adolf Hitler (redirect from Adolphe Hitler)
    to late 1930s compared with wages during the Weimar Republic, while the cost of living increased by 25 per cent. The average work week increased during...
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    Baron Edmond Adolphe Maurice Jules Jacques de Rothschild or Baron Edmond de Rothschild (30 September 1926 – 2 November 1997) was a French-Swiss banker...
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  • sentiment français Frederick Charles Roe Taine et l’Angleterre 1925: Adolphe Coster Luis de Léon Maurice de Fleury L’Angoisse humaine Camille Looten for...
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    Michel Auguste Adolphe Landry (29 September 1874 – 30 August 1956) was a French demographer and politician. He was deputy and then senator for Corsica...
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  • which helped Adolphe accept his marital misfortunes. Marguerite's affair with the President of the Republic, Félix Faure, won Adolphe an official commission...
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    des cendres, at the initiative of King Louis Philippe I and his minister Adolphe Thiers. While the tomb's planning started in 1840, it was only completed...
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    popular music. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s and was patented on 28 June 1846. Sax invented two...
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