Cornelius de Pauw
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Cornelis Franciscus de Pauw was a Dutch philosopher, geographer and diplomat at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Obelisk de Pauw in Xanten
Title page of Cornelius de Pauw (1771): Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains.
Anacharsis Cloots
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Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots, better known as Anacharsis Cloots, was a Prussian nobleman who was a significant figure in the French Revolution. Perhaps the first to advocate a world
Cornelius de Pauw
…corresponded with the major philosophes of his time - including Voltaire -, and was asked to contribute articles to the Encyclopédie. He was the uncle of Anacharsis Cloots, to whom he was also a teacher. De Pauw died in Xanten. Napoleon I of France had an obelisk raised in his memory in Xanten…
Baron de Cloots engraved by Levachez
Écrits révolutionnaires by Anacharsis Cloots, Champ Libre