Louis-Henri Baratte (born 20 April 1805) was a French scholar from Criquetot-l'Esneval, Normandy.

Biography

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Publications

* ''Poètes normands'', Paris, Lacrampe, 1845. * ''Essai de littérature médicale ; choix des meilleurs morceaux en prose et en vers, extraits des auteurs les plus célèbres qui ont traité de la médecine et de son application'',Essai de littérature médicale: choix des meilleurs morceaux en prose et en vers. ''Extraits des auteurs les plus célèbres qui ont traité de la médecine et de son application''
/ref> Paris, Baillière, 1846

Sources

* Société havraise d’études diverses, ''Bio-bibliographie des écrivains de l'arrondissement du Havre'', éd. Auguste Lechevalier, Le Havre, H. Micaux, 1903.

References

External links

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