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D'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle
(Encyclopedia)D'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle: see Merle d'Aubigné, Jean Henri. ...Damville, Henri, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Damville, Henri, comte de: see Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the elder. ...Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle d'
(Encyclopedia)Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle d': see Merle d'Aubigné, Jean Henri. ...Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte de fēlēpˈ ōgüstˈ mätyäsˈ kôNt də vēyāˈ də lēˈl-ädäNˈ [key], 1838–89, French novelist. His works, in the romantic style, a...Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de: see Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri. ...Duparc, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Duparc, Henri äNrēˈ düpärkˈ [key], 1848–1933, French composer. Duparc studied piano with César Franck and became one of his first composition pupils. A nervous disorder caused him to cease co...Vendée
(Encyclopedia)Vendée väNdāˈ [key], department (1990 pop. 509,356), W France, on the Bay of Biscay, in Poitou. The offshore islands of Noirmoutier and Yeu are included in the department. Largely an agricultural ...Pinel, Philippe
(Encyclopedia)Pinel, Philippe fēlēpˈ pēnĕlˈ [key], 1745–1826, French physician, M.D. Univ. of Toulouse, 1773. After moving to Paris in 1778, he was appointed (1793) director of the Bicêtre hospital and sho...Taschereau, Sir Henri Elzéar
(Encyclopedia)Taschereau, Sir Henri Elzéar, 1836–1911, Canadian jurist, b. Quebec prov., nephew of Elzéar Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (1878) and was later chief ...Gérard, Étienne Maurice
(Encyclopedia)Gérard, Étienne Maurice ātyĕnˈ môrēsˈ zhārärˈ [key], 1773–1852, French army officer. He fought with distinction in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and in the Waterloo campai...Browse by Subject
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