Pierre-Frédéric Dorian (24 January 1814 in

Montbéliard Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. History Montbéliard is ...

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) was a French master

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and

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leader. He served as

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from 4 September 1870 – 19 February 1871. He was the grandfather of

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