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Auguste Michel-Lévy
1844Aug, 7

Auguste Michel-Lévy

Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author (d. 1911)
Auguste Michel-Lévy (7 August 1844 – 27 September 1911) was a French geologist. He was born in Paris.

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