Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières
French general
Died when: 79 years 272 days (956 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières (20 May 1815 – 16 February 1895) was a French military engineer and general whose ideas revolutionized the design of fortifications in France.
He gave his name to the Séré de Rivières system of fortifications constructed after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Described as the Vauban of the 19th century, his Belgian counterpart was Henri Alexis Brialmont.
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