Edmond François Valentin About
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Edmond François Valentin About
Edmond François Valentin About was a French novelist, publicist and journalist.
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culture · French writer (1828–1885) · writer · journalist · playwright · science fiction writer · novelist · art critic · also Edmond François Valentin About, Edmond About, Edmond-François-Valentin About, About
Born 14 February 1828 · Died 16 January 1885 · Q361004
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1885· 2 entries
Edmond François Valentin About
Died 1885-01-16.
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Edmond François Valentin About
Career landmark: funeral.
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1884· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Career landmark: seat 11 of the Académie française (1884–1885).
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1881· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Career landmark: president of the Société des gens de lettres (1881–1884).
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1877· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Career landmark: president of the Société des gens de lettres (1877–1880).
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1867· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1867).
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1858· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Out of the fruits of his earlier literary successes
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1853· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Returned to France and devoted himself to literature and journalism
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1848· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Entered the École Normale, taking second place in the annual competition for admission in which Hippolyte Taine came first
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1828· 1 entry
Edmond François Valentin About
Born 1828-02-14.
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