Question: Facts: - death place: brest , britanny , france - death date: october 26 , 1773 - parents: pierre-louis frezier - birth date: 1682 - name: amedee-francois frezier - image: amedee frezier.jpg - birth place: chambery , savoy , france - occupation: engineer , mathematician , spy , explorer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of amedee-francois frezier .
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amedee-francois frezier -lrb- 1682 -- october 26 , 1773 -rrb- was a french military engineer , mathematician , spy , and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of '' fragaria chiloensis '' , the beach strawberry , from an assignment in south america , thus introducing this new world fruit to the old .