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  • NAME: Casimir Périer
  • OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Government Official
  • BIRTH DATE: October 21, 1777
  • DEATH DATE: May 16, 1832
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Grenoble, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

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Casimir Périer became one of the best-known Paris bankers by 1814. He served as president of the Chamber of Deputies under King Louis-Philippe.


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Casimir Périer was born on October 21, 1777, in Grenoble, France. He served with the French army from 1789 to 1801. After which, he founded a bank with his brother in Paris. He opposed the government’s reliance on foreign banks. He became the president of the Chamber of Deputies under King Louis-Philippe’s rule. He was politically important and controversial in France. He died in 1832 from cholera.

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