Jacques Delille

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

Jacques Delille (French: [dəlil]; 22 June 1738 at Aigueperse in Auvergne – 1 May 1813, in Paris) was a French poet who came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil's Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening.

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