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Sorbonne

The institution of theology, science, and literature in Paris founded by Robert de Sorbon, Canon of Cambrai, in 1252. In 1808 the buildings were given to the University, and since 1821 have been the Académie universitaire de Paris.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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