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Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819

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Personal name headingBlanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819
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Variant(s)Blanchard, Sophie, 1778-1819
Blanchard, Madame, 1778-1819
Birth date1778-03-25
Death date1819-07-06
Place of birthTrois-Canons, Kingdom of France
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityAeronautics
Profession or occupationBalloonists
Found inÉlémens de pyrotechnie, 1821: p. 285 (Madame Blanchard; d. 6 juillet 1819)
Dict. de biog. française (Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, Mme; balloonist, wife/widow of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; b. 25 Mar. 1778; killed in ballooning accident, Paris, 6 July 1819)
Wikipedia, June 7, 2022 (Sophie Blanchard, commonly Madame Blanchard; born Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant; born Mar. 25, 1778, Trois-Canons, Kingdom of France; died Jul. 6, 1819, Paris, France; married famous balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard; died of a broken neck when her balloon crashed into a roof)