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Louis Lucien Bonaparte

1813–91

French statesman and philologist. Nephew of Napoleon I, emperor of France. Born and educated in England; went to France after the 1848 revolution. Deputy for the Seine in the Legislative Assembly, 1849. Returned to England after 1870 and concentrated on philology. His principal interest was in dialects and minority languages and he was best known as a scholar of Basque.

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EB

Bibliography

EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.

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