Pierre Larousse

Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author (died 1875)

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Born: October 23, 1817
Died: January 3, 1875
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1817

About Pierre Larousse

Pierre Athanase Larousse was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. In 1851 he met Augustin Boyer, another disillusioned ex-teacher, and together they founded the Librairie Larousse et Boyer (Larousse and Boyer Bookshop). At the age of sixteen he won a scholarship at the teaching school in Versailles.

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The world when Pierre Larousse was born

Pierre Larousse was born in 1817. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineJames Monroe inaugurated as 5th President
Technology milestoneFirst bicycle (draisine) invented
Defining fadDraisine bicycle craze
World population~985M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderJames Monroe
U.S. population8.9M

1817 versus 2026

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Measure	1817	2026
Population	8.9M	341 million

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