biography
| name: |
du Simitière, Pierre (Eugène)
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pronunciation:
[dü simtyair]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1736–84)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Geneva, Switzerland. He went to America (1765) and became the curator of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia (1776–81). Remembered as a collector of historical objects, he also painted George Washington (1779). |
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