About Félix Grat
Lived 1898 – 1940 (aged 41). Félix Grat was a French politician, historian and palaeographer.
Félix Eugène Grat (12 November 1898 – 13 May 1940) was a French politician and historian. An independent candidate, he was elected in 1936 to represent Mayenne in the National Assembly. He was killed in action during the Second World War in 1940.
Life Born in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris in 1898, Grat graduated from the Lycée Condorcet with a bachelor's degree in letters in 1917. Upon his graduation, he enlisted to fight in the First World War and was awarded a Croix de guerre for valiant service. After the war, he pursued a degree in law at the École Nationale des Chartes and was appointed a member of the French Academy in Rome in 1923. He was temporarily buried in Fontoy. Grat was the first Deputy killed during the Second World War.
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Who was Félix Grat?
French politician
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Félix Grat was born on 12 November 1898 in Paris.
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Félix Grat died on 13 May 1940 in Moselle, Volmerange-les-Mines.
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Félix Grat was a politician, historian and palaeographer.
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Félix Grat was French.
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