biography
| name: |
Foy, Maximilien Sébastien
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pronunciation:
[fwah]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1775–1825)
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| biography:
| French soldier, born in Ham, N France. He entered the army in 1791, by 1808 was a brigadier general, and retired after the defeat of Napoleon (1815). He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies (1819) where he led the Liberal Opposition, and was a constant advocate of constitutional liberty. |
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