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CHARLES GRAVIER, French statesman; born in Dijon, France, Dec. 28, 1717. After a diplomatic ca- 7, Turkey and Sweden, reer in Germany, Turkey and Sweden, he became Louis XVI.'s minister of foreign affairs, and, by promoting the independence of the United States, concluded the alliance of 1778. He died in Versailles, Feb, 13, 1787. he became Louis XVI.'s author; born in Urbino, Italy, about 1470. He had his education at Bologna, and seems to have commenced life under the patronage of Guido Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino, to whom was dedicated his first work, "Proverbiorum Libellus" (1498),