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Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine
  • Born: October 21, 1790
  • Died: February 28, 1869
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: 19th Century

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, Knight of Pratz was a French author, poet, and statesman who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic and the continuation of the Tricolore as the flag of France.