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About||the band|The Dicks|the fast food restaurant|Dick's Drive-In|the sporting goods retailer|Dick's Sporting GoodsDistinguish|Dix (disambiguation)Unreferenced|date=December 2009 Edmond de la Fontaine (24 July 1823 – 24 June 1891), better known by his pen name of Dicks , was a Luxembourg ian jurist , poet , and lyricist , known for his work in the Luxembourgish language . He is considered the national poet of Luxembourg, and, along with Michel Lentz and Michel Rodange , one of the most important figures in the history of Luxembourgian literature . In addition, his Luxemburger Sitten und Bräuche was one of the most influential early ethnography|ethnographies on the Luxembourgian people.
Fontaine was the third son of Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine , who was appointed Governor of Luxembourg in 1841, and subsequently served as the country's first Prime Minister of Luxembourg|Prime Minister in 1848. Fontaine studied at University of Liège|Liège and Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg from 1844 until 1847, before becoming a lawyer in 1850. From 1867 until 1870, he served as mayor of Stadtbredimus , in eastern Luxembourg's Moselle Valley . He lived in Stadtbredimus Castle from 1858 to 1881 when he became a Justice of the Peace in Vianden , where he would live for the last decade of his life.
Luxemburger Sitten und Bräuche , Luxemburg: Brück 1883 (in German language|German )
Die luxemburger Kinderreime , Luxemburg: Bück 1877
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Legacy
The Place_d'Armes_(Luxembourg)#Dicks-Lentz_monument|Dicks-Lentz Monument at the west end of Place d'Armes (Luxembourg)|Place d'Armes in Luxembourg City was built in 1903 to honor Dicks and Michel Lentz.
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