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A biography is a history of a person's life. In a biography you may
find an individual's birth, marriage, and death information and the
names of his parents, children, or other family members. Use the
information given in biographies carefully because there may be
inaccuracies. There are many biographical sources for France, but
typically they are about the most notable people.
Thousands of brief biographies have been gathered and
published in collective biographies, sometimes called biographical
encyclopedias or dictionaries. Usually these include only biographies
of prominent or well-known citizens of France. Some feature biographies
of specific groups of people, such as artists, military officers, or
Protestant leaders.
A significant biographical dictionary follows. Its articles about individuals run from a few lines to several pages:
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