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Ma, Yo-Yo
(Encyclopedia) Ma, Yo-YoMa, Yo-Yomä [key], 1955–, American cellist, b. Paris. The son of musicologist Hiao-Tsun Ma, who left China in the 1930s, he was a musical prodigy, giving a public recital in…Charcot, Jean Martin
(Encyclopedia) Charcot, Jean MartinCharcot, Jean MartinzhäN märtăNˈ shärkōˈ [key], 1825–93, French neurologist. At the Salpêtrière in Paris he developed the greatest clinic of his time for diseases…Picabia, Francis
(Encyclopedia) Picabia, FrancisPicabia, FrancisfräNsēsˈ pĕkäˈbēä [key], 1878–1953, French painter, b. Paris. After working in an impressionist style, Picabia was influenced by cubism and later was…Peter Lombard
(Encyclopedia) Peter Lombard, Lat. Petrus Lombardus, c.1100–c.1160, Italian theologian, often called Magister Sententiarum. He studied at Bologna, Reims, and Paris, where he is said to have been a…Aznavour, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Aznavour, Charles, 1924–2018, French singer, songwriter, and actor, b. Paris as Shahnourh Varinag Aznavourian. The son of ethnic Armenian refugees, he began performing while a child.…Oyono, Ferdinand Léopold
(Encyclopedia) Oyono, Ferdinand LéopoldOyono, Ferdinand Léopoldōyōˈnō, ōˌyōnōˈ [key], 1929–2010, Cameroonian statesman and novelist writing in French. After studying in Africa and in Paris at the Law…Soutine, Chaïm
(Encyclopedia) Soutine, ChaïmSoutine, Chaïmkhīˈyĭm s&oomacr;tēnˈ [key], 1893–1943, French expressionist painter, b. near Minsk, Russia (now Belarus). He went to Paris in 1913 and joined the…Benacerraf, Baruj
(Encyclopedia) Benacerraf, BarujBenacerraf, Barujbäˈr&oomacr;kh bĕnăsˈərəf [key], 1920–2011, American immunologist, b. Caracas, Venezuela, grad. Columbia (B.S., 1942), Medical College of Virginia…Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de
(Encyclopedia) Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses deFreycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses delwē klōd dəsōlsˈ [key]Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de də frāsēnāˈ [key], 1779–1842, French marine officer.…Garnier, Marie Joseph François
(Encyclopedia) Garnier, Marie Joseph FrançoisGarnier, Marie Joseph Françoismärēˈ zhôzĕfˈ fräNswäˈ [key]Garnier, Marie Joseph François gärnyāˈ [key], 1839–73, French explorer and naval officer,…Trending
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