Talk:Volta Prize

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Alexandre Dumas was dead in 1880

"One of its most notable awards was made in 1880, when Alexander Graham Bell received the Volta Prize with its purse of 50,000 francs (approximately $10,000) for the invention of the telephone from L’Académie française[1], representing the French government. Among the luminaries who judged were Victor Hugo and Father Alexandre Dumas" Alexandre Dumas is listed as having died in 1870. Andargor (talk) 04:09, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, but Alexandre Dumas, fils was alive. (And what cloth eared translator decided to write "Father Alexandre Dumas" for Dumas, pére? He wasn't exactly a priest!) HughesJohn (talk) 13:56, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]