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Dr. Raphael died in 1880. He was one of the participants in the
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109:Dr. Benjamin I. Raphael
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45:Benjamin I. Raphael
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165:Lionel Kieseritzky
161:Pierre Saint-Amant
157:Café de la Régence
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287:"Benjamin Rafael"
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