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Maurice Sand

Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant but better known by the pseudonym Maurice Sand (30 June 1823 – 4 September 1889), was a French writer, artist and entomologist. He studied art under Eugène Delacroix and also experimented in various other subjects, including geology and biology. He was the elder child and only son of George Sand, a French novelist and feminist, and her husband, Baron François Casimir Dudevant.

Also recorded as Jean Francois Maurice Sand · Jean François Maurice Sand · Jean François Maurice du Devant · Jean-François-Maurice Dudevant

Maurice Sand

An allegory of malaria. Process print after M. Sand., by Maurice Sand

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Name
Maurice Sand
Occupation
* Writer
Birth Name
Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant
Born
30 June 1823
Died
4 September 1889
Birthplace
Paris, France
Place of death
Nohant-Vic, France
Spouse
Lina Calamatta
Nationality
France
Teachers
Jules Boucoiran · Eugène Delacroix
Known for
Callirhoé
Honours
Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, known as Baron Dudevant but better known by the pseudonym Maurice Sand (30 June 1823 – 4 September 1889), was a French writer, artist and entomologist. He studied art under Eugène Delacroix and also experimented in various other subjects, including geology and biology. He was the elder child and only son of George Sand, a French novelist and feminist, and her husband, Baron François Casimir Dudevant.

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