Pierre Larousse
Pierre Larousse was born on October 23, 1817. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Pierre Larousse
Pierre Athanase Larousse (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ atanaz laʁus]; 23 October 1817 – 3 January 1875) 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.