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It took the mob only a moment to remove his head a century will not suffice to reproduce it.

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Age: 77 †
Born: 1736
Born: January 25
Died: 1813
Died: April 10
Astronomer
Mathematician
Physicist
Politician
Turin
Italy
José Luis Lagrange
Joseph Louis
Comte Lagrange
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