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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
1713Apr, 12

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (d. 1796)
Guillaume Thomas Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796) was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.

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