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Édouard de Laboulaye	Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi	Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
The "Father of the Statue of Liberty." He provided the idea that would become the Statue.	The French artist and sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World.	The original architect hired to design a support structure for the Statue.
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Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel	Richard Morris Hunt
The architect and engineer who replaced Viollet-le-Duc to design the Statue's internal support.	The famous American architect who designed the pedestal under the Statue's feet.
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William Maxwell Evarts	Richard Butler	Charles P. Stone
The chairman of the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty.	The secretary of the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty.	The chief engineer for the pedestal construction.
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Joseph Pulitzer	Emma Lazarus
The newspaper publisher who helped raise the money needed to complete the pedestal's construction.	The poetess who wrote "The New Colossus" to help raise money for the pedestal's construction.
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