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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer and politician, gained fame for his culinary expertise. He rose to prominence during France's Ancien Régime and fled into exile during the Reign of Terror. After teaching French and playing the violin in the United States, he returned to France and pursued a successful legal career. Brillat-Savarin's influential work, The Physiology of Taste, was published shortly before his death in 1826, solidifying his legacy as a pioneer in gastronomic literature alongside Grimod de La Reynière.