Philippe Antoine Merlin, a.k.a. Merlin de Douai

Count of the Empire

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Philippe Antoine Merlin was born on October 30, 1754 at Arleux, near Cambrai, Northern France.

He studied in Douai and became a lawyer.

Merlin de Douai died in Paris on December 26, 1838, and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery .