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Paul Deschanel
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AI overview
Paul Deschanel was a French politician who served as the 11th President of the French Republic in the early 1920s. He is a notable figure in French history during the period following World War I, though his presidency was relatively brief.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Schaerbeek
- Place of death
- Paris
- Father
- Émile Deschanel
- Occupation
- writer
- Political party
- Democratic Republican Alliance
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Deschanel.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- member of
- Académie Française
- Commons category
- Paul Deschanel
- date of birth
- 1855-02-13
- date of death
- 1922-04-28
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Paul Deschanel
- archives at
- Archives nationales
- writing language
- French
- cause of death
- pleurisy
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P12749
- Paraguayan War
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel ( French: [pɔl deʃanɛl]; 13 February 1855 – 28 April 1922) was a French politician who served as President of France from 18 February to 21 September 1920.
Biography
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