François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 1745 – 1 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on...
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Jean Chevalier (1906–1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian, best known for his co-authorship of the Dictionnaire des symboles (Dictionary...
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Jean-François, chevalier Roger, sometimes called François Roger (17 April 1776, Langres – 1 March 1842), was a French politician, journalist, poet and...
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Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa də ɡalo kɔ̃t də lapeʁuz]; variant spelling: La Pérouse; 23 August 1741 – 1788?), often...
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (25 December 1745 – 9 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier. Moreover he demonstrated...
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Jean-François Millet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa milɛ]; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon...
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Charles Blondin (redirect from Jean François Gravelet)
birth name was Jean-François Gravelet, though he was known by many other names and nicknames: Charles Blondin, Jean-François Blondin, Chevalier Blondin, and...
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François Chevalier (27 May 1914 – 6 May 2012) was a distinguished French historian of Latin America. His most well-known publication is La formation des...
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– François Avril and Nicole Reynaud state that for most of the 1450s Fouquet spent almost all his time on this and another commission from Chevalier, the...
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Jean-François Zygel (born 23 November 1960) is a French pianist, improviser, composer and improvisation teacher for piano at the Conservatoire de Paris...
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Manon Lescaut (redirect from Chevalier des Grieux)
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (French: Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut [istwaʁ dy ʃ(ə)valje de ɡʁijø e...
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Maurice Auguste Chevalier (French: [mɔʁis ʃəvalje]; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known...
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Stanislas de Boufflers (redirect from Stanislas Jean, Chevalier de Boufflers)
Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers (31 May 1738, Nancy – 18 January 1815) was a French statesman and writer. He was born near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle...
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charter members of the league. Owned by entrepreneurs Isabèle Chevalier and Jean-François Crevier, it is one of two professional soccer clubs in the province...
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1111/j.1365-2389.1986.tb00382.x. Retrieved 17 July 2022. Ponge, Jean-François; Chevalier, Richard; Loussot, Philippe (2002). "Humus Index: an integrated...
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Jean-François Jannekeyn (16 November 1892 – 17 November 1971) was a French military aviator, general, politician and Olympic fencer. A World War I flying...
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Philippe of Lorraine (1643 – 8 December 1702), known as the Chevalier de Lorraine, was a French nobleman, descendant of the Dukes of Elbeuf, member of...
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François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a French Royal Army officer...
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Jean, chevalier du Teil de Beaumont (1738 in la Côte-Saint-André – 25 April 1820 in Ancy-sur-Moselle), seigneur d'Ancy, was a French soldier in the Ancien...
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Chevalière d'Éon (redirect from Charles, Chevalier D' Eon de Beaumont)
Vaudeville The Chevalier d'Eon, a comedy in three acts by Dumanoir and Jean-François Bayard (1837), Théâtre des Variétés Le chevalier d'Eon, opéra-comique...
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preface, notes and tables, by François Victor Alphonse Aulard, were published in Paris in 1889. Une année de la vie du Chevalier de Faublas, Londres et Paris...
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Jean-François Gerbillon (4 June 1654, Verdun, France – 27 March 1707, Peking, China) was a French Catholic missionary who worked in China. Gerbillon entered...
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Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, Marquis de Nadaillac (16 July 1818, in London – 1 October 1904, in Rougemont, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir) was a French anthropologist...
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Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 – 13 May 1921) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard...
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François Villiers (2 March 1920 – 29 January 2009) Chevalier of the Legion of Honor was a French film director. He was responsible for several films, from...
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Jean-Baptiste François Ernest de Chatelain (Chevalier de Chatelain; 19 January 1801 – 15 August 1881) was a French writer and translator. He lived in...
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François-Jean Willemain d'Abancourt (22 July 1745, Paris – 16 June 1803, Paris) was a French man of letters and bibliophile. Willemain wrote a great number...
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Jean-Pierre [François] Blanchard (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ blɑ̃ʃaʁ]; 4 July 1753 – 7 March 1809) was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer...
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commercial enterprises . He was the son of Jean-Louis de la Corne de Chaptes and a brother of Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne and Luc de la Corne. His...
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Jean-François Le Sueur (more commonly Lesueur; French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa lə sɥœʁ]; 15 February 1760 – 6 October 1837) was a French composer, best known for...
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