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Collège de Clermont

school, Paris, France

Also known as: Lycée Louis-le-Grand

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association with Molière

In Molière: Early life and beginnings in theatre
…a good education at the Collège de Clermont (the school that, as the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, was to train so many brilliant Frenchmen, including Voltaire). Although his father clearly intended him to take over his royal appointment, the young man renounced it in 1643, apparently determined to break with tradition and…
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