Basire is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Claude Basire
Claude Basire (; 1764 – 5 April 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. He was guillotined.
Biography
Born in Dijon, he became a deputy for the Côte-d'Or in the Legislative Assembly, he made himself prominent by denouncin ...
(1764–1794), French politician
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Isaac Basire
Isaac Basire (1607 – 12 October 1676) was an English Anglican divine and traveller. A chaplain to Charles I, he left Britain during the Civil War, and travelled to Greece and Asia Minor, with the ambition of converting the Eastern Orthodox churc ...
(1607–1676), French-born English divine and traveler
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Isaac Basire (engraver) (1704–1768), English map maker
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James Basire
James Basire (1730–1802
London), also known as James Basire Sr., was a British engraver. He is the most significant of a family of engravers, and noted for his apprenticing of the young William Blake.
Early life
His father was Isaac Basir ...
(1730–1802), English engraver, son of Isaac Basire, the engraver and map maker
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