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Member of the Académie française (1946–1955); ambassador of France to Belgium (1933–1935); ambassador of France to the United States (1926–1933); ambassador of France to Japan (1921–1927)."},{"q":"Where did Paul Claudel study?","a":"Paul Claudel was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École Libre des Sciences Politiques."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"François Jacob","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-jacob"},{"name":"Alain Aspect","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alain-aspect"},{"name":"Jules A. 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