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biography classifications major works cross references biography name: Duval, Claude pronunciation: [düval] sex: male lived: (1643–70) biography: Highwayman, born in Domfront, NW France. He moved to England at the Restoration (1660) in the service of the Duke of Richmond. Taking soon to the road, he pursued a successful career as a robber, gaining a popular reputation, especially for his daring and gallantry towards the women he robbed. He was captured drunk, and hanged at Tyburn, London. Samuel Butler satirically commemorated his death in a Pindaric ode.