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(Encyclopedia) Degas, Edgar (Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas)Degas, Edgarēlĕrˈ zhĕrmăNˈ ĕdgärˈ dəgäˈ [key], 1834–1917, French painter and sculptor, b. Paris; son of a banker. Although prepared for the…