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Doumergue, Gaston
(Encyclopedia)Doumergue, Gaston gästôNˈ do͞omĕrgˈ [key], 1863–1937, president of the French republic (1924–31). He entered national politics in 1893 as a Radical Socialist deputy and served in various cab...Doumer, Paul
(Encyclopedia)Doumer, Paul pōl do͞omârˈ [key], 1857–1932, president of the French republic (1931–32). He entered the chamber of deputies in 1888, was governor-general of Indochina (1897–1902) and a senato...Barthou, Louis
(Encyclopedia)Barthou, Louis lwē bärto͞oˈ [key], 1862–1934, French cabinet minister and man of letters. He held portfolios in numerous cabinets after 1894 and was briefly premier in July–Aug., 1913. His gov...Millerand, Alexandre
(Encyclopedia)Millerand, Alexandre älĕksäNˈdrə mēlräNˈ [key], 1859–1943, French politician, president of France (1920–24). A Socialist member of the chamber of deputies, he was the first Socialist to se...Stavisky Affair
(Encyclopedia)Stavisky Affair stävēskēˈ [key], financial and political scandal that shook France in 1934. Serge Alexandre Stavisky, a swindler associated with the municipal pawnshop of Bayonne, sold huge quanti...Gaston de Foix
(Encyclopedia)Gaston de Foix: see Foix, Gaston de. ...Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de: see Foix, Gaston de. ...Orléans, Gaston, duc d'
(Encyclopedia)Orléans, Gaston, duc d' dük dôrlāäNˈ [key], 1608–60, son of King Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, younger brother of Louis XIII. He took part in many of the conspiracies of the great nobles aga...Darboux, Jean Gaston
(Encyclopedia)Darboux, Jean Gaston zhäN gästôNˈ därbo͞oˈ [key], 1842–1917, French mathematician. He is known for his work on orthogonal surfaces and for his application of infinitesimal calculus to geometr...Gastonia
(Encyclopedia)Gastonia găstōˈnēə [key], city (2020 pop. 80,411), seat of Gaston co., SW N.C.; inc. 1877. ...Browse by Subject
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