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Jean Lacroix

French fencer (1884-1971)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ3807680 ↗
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Jean Lacroix (2 December 1884 – 9 November 1971) was a French fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Jean Lacroix” as french fencer (1884-1971). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jean, Lacroix and French.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1884, 1971, 1928—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1884-12-02. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jean, Lacroix and French providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3807680. VIAF identifies the subject as 3968151837988820520004. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1884, 1971 and 1928.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jean Lacroix” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.