biography
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Duchesne, André
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Lat Chesnius or Quercetanus
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pronunciation:
[düshen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1584–1640)
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| biography:
| Historian, born in Ile-Bouchard, France. He was royal historiographer, and is known as ‘The father of French history’. He wrote histories of England, Scotland, and Ireland, of the popes down to Paul V, and of the House of Burgundy. He also made collections of the early Norman and French histories. |
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