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You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
Antoine-Henri Jomini

Born: March 6, 1779
Died: March 24, 1869 (aged 90)
Bio: Antoine-Henri, Baron Jomini was a Swiss officer who served as a general in the French and later in the Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini's ideas were a staple at military academies.
Known for:
- The art of war (1862)
- Jomini and his Summary of the art of war
- Life of Napoleon