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(Encyclopedia) Beyazid, 1612–1638?, Ottoman prince; brother of Sultan Murad IV. Considering Beyazid a dangerous rival, Murad ordered his execution. Beyazid's death is treated in Jean Racine's tragedy…Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon
(Encyclopedia) Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-SiméonChardin, Jean-Baptiste-SiméonzhäN-bätēstˈ-sēmāôNˈ shärdăNˈ [key], 1699–1779, French painter. He was a major figure of 18th-century painting. While the…Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Duvergier de Hauranne, JeanDuvergier de Hauranne, JeanzhäN düvĕrzhyāˈ də ōränˈ [key], 1581–1643, French theologian. He is often called the Abbé de Saint-Cyran from an abbacy he held in…Anouilh, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Anouilh, JeanAnouilh, JeanzhäN änwēˈyə [key], 1910–87, French dramatist. Anouilh's many popular plays range from tragedy to sophisticated comedy. His first play, L'hermine, was…Rameau, Jean Philippe
(Encyclopedia) Rameau, Jean PhilippeRameau, Jean PhilippezhäN fēlēpˈ rämōˈ [key], 1683–1764, French composer and theorist. He was organist at the cathedral in Clermont and at Notre Dame de Dijon. In…Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de
(Encyclopedia) Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal deRetz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal dezhäN fräNswäˈ pōl də gôNdēˈ, də rĕts [key], 1613–79, French prelate and political leader. He…Savary, Anne Jean Marie René
(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu
(Encyclopedia) Soult, Nicolas Jean de DieuSoult, Nicolas Jean de Dieunēkôläˈ zhäN də dyö s&oomacr;lt [key], 1769–1851, marshal of France. Having won distinction in the Napoleonic Wars, especially…Fouquet, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Fouquet or Foucquet, Jean or JehanFouquet or Foucquet, Jean or Jehanall: zhäN f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], c.1420–c.1480, French painter and illuminator. He was summoned to Rome in the…Cocteau, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Cocteau, JeanCocteau, JeanzhäN kôktōˈ [key], 1889–1963, French writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He experimented audaciously in almost every artistic medium, becoming a leader of…Trending
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