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French lexicographer and philosopher (1801-1881)

Also known as: Émile Maximilien Paul Littré, Littré, Littre, Maximilien Paul Emile, Littre, Paul-Maximilien-Emile, Maximilien Paul Emile Littre, Paul-Emile Littre

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Known works

Médecine et médecins (1872)
Dictionnaire de la langue francaise
Études sur les barbares et le Moyen Age (1869)
Histoire de la langue française (1873)
Histoire de la langue francaise (1878)