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Jérôme Segal
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french-austrian essayist and historian”. Today it says “french-austrian essayist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “French-Austrian essayist and historian”. It now reads “French-Austrian essayist, historian, and journalist (born 1970)”.
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French-Austrian essayist, historian, and journalist (born 1970) Not to be confused with Jerome Segal . Jérôme Segal (born 26 December 1970) is a French-Austrian essayist and historian, lecturer at Sorbonne University and a researcher and journalist in Vienna . He is also known for his contributions in the field of animal law . He is the author of several articles and books, in particular on Jewishness and animal advocacy . Le zéro et le un : histoire de la notion scientifique d'information au 20e siècle / Jérôme Segal .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “french-austrian essayist and historian”. Today it says “french-austrian essayist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “French-Austrian essayist and historian”. It now reads “French-Austrian essayist, historian, and journalist (born 1970)”. Read the current article and compare.
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