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Haussmann

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Hauss·mann  (housmn, s-män), Baron Georges Eugène 1809-1891.
French public official who planned and oversaw numerous municipal improvements to Paris during the tenure of Napoleon III.
Haussmann (French) [əsmən]
n
(Biographies / Haussmann, Georges-Eugène, Baron (1809-1891) M, French, MISC: town planner) Georges-Eugène, Baron. 1809-91, French town planner, noted for his major rebuilding of Paris in the reign of Napoleon III
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