1. Death at Ermenonville

    · Château d'Ermenonville, Ermenonville, Kingdom of France

    Death at Ermenonville
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    Rousseau died at Ermenonville while preparing to teach music to Girardin’s daughter, ending his final period of retirement and botanical study. The article infobox gives his death date as 2 July 1778 and place as Ermenonville; the quoted passage follows the account of his final evening at the château.

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