Valentin Haüy

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Valentin Haüy, statue in Paris.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 14, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 12, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 10, 2023
	Invalidated site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Valentin Haüy.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 11, 2021
	Added photograph of Hauy's statue in Paris.	Amy Tikkanen	Jun 02, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998