Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Martin Nadaud (17 November 1815, Soubrebost, Creuse – 28 December 1898) rose from being a peasant boy to becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. His first language was Langue d'oc and he learned French while working in Paris as a stonemason from the age of 14.He avoided being drafted into the army for seven years service due to injuries from a fall on a Paris building site and local connections with a sympathetic doctor.He escaped to England after the French Revolution of 1848 and became a schoolmaster under an assumed name in Wimbledon. As a member of the Parliament of France, he advocated better public transport and public services. A station of the Paris Métro was named after him but was absorbed by a renovated Gambetta station in 1969.His story is told in Gillian Tindall's book The Journey of Martin Nadaud – A Life and Turbulent Times (Pimlico, 2000).. }
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- Martin_Nadaud abstract "Martin Nadaud (17 November 1815, Soubrebost, Creuse – 28 December 1898) rose from being a peasant boy to becoming a revolutionary and Member of Parliament. His first language was Langue d'oc and he learned French while working in Paris as a stonemason from the age of 14.He avoided being drafted into the army for seven years service due to injuries from a fall on a Paris building site and local connections with a sympathetic doctor.He escaped to England after the French Revolution of 1848 and became a schoolmaster under an assumed name in Wimbledon. As a member of the Parliament of France, he advocated better public transport and public services. A station of the Paris Métro was named after him but was absorbed by a renovated Gambetta station in 1969.His story is told in Gillian Tindall's book The Journey of Martin Nadaud – A Life and Turbulent Times (Pimlico, 2000).".