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François-René de Chateaubriand brass plaque
François-René de Chateaubriand · Vicomte de Chateaubriand
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“In 1793 the author of "Memoires D'Outre-Tombe" Chateaubriand 1768–1848 lived as an emigre in a garret close to this site and began his literary career. He returned in 1822 as French Ambassador and resided in Portland Place”
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1768-1848
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