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Tag Archives: Diplomacy
1792: The Chevalier d’Éon
Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont—known more simply as the Chevalier d’Éon—was a French soldier, diplomat, and spy who settled in London, living from 1762-1777 as a man and from 1786-1810 as a woman. Born to a poor noble family in Burgundy … Continue reading
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1732: The Morals of Chess
Although Benjamin Franklin likely composed his essay “The Morals of Chess” as early as 1732, it was first published in 1786, during the height of interest surrounding Wolfgang von Kempelen’s mechanical chess-playing Turk; Franklin himself had lost to the machine … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Art, Automata, Benjamin Franklin, Caroline Howe, Chess, Digital Art, Diplomacy, Edward Harrison May, France, Great Britain, Negotiations, Painting, Richard Howe, Thomas Jefferson, USA, William Temple Franklin, Wolfgang von Kempelen
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