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Léon Gambetta — Proclaimer of the Republic, soul of the national defence, 1838–1882
The tribune who proclaimed the Republic on 4 September and left besieged Paris by balloon to raise armies in the provinces; “the Republic’s travelling salesman” rooted it in the countryside, and died at forty-four, on 31 December 1882, of septicaemia, after accidentally wounding his hand. (Editorial synthesis)
Léon Gambetta was born on 2 April 1838. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Gambetta was born in Cahors. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Gambetta died on 31 December 1882. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Léon Gambetta died in Sèvres. (source: Base Mérimée)
Léon Gambetta died of septicaemia, after the prolonged bed rest imposed by an accidental wound to his hand. (source: Larousse)
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