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    Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French...
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    Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge of...
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  • Claude Nicolas (born 21 September 1941) is a French middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Nicolas...
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    craterlet toward the northern rim. The crater was named in 1935 after Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637), the French astronomer, antiquary and savant...
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  • Aquitanum (Antwerp 1634) It appears that allegations of plagiarism from Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc were made against him. See [1], under 'Calendar'....
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  • Nicolas Claude Bührer (born 14 February 1944, Biel, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and former car racing driver. Bührer is co-owner and long-time...
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    1054, was observed by Arabic and Chinese astronomers in 1054. In 1610, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc discovered the Orion Nebula using a telescope. This...
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    Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier (9 January 1861 – 26 October 1930) was a French landscape architect who trained with Adolphe Alphand and became conservator...
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    substantial leaves and non-succulent stems. The genus is named after Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a 16th-century French botanist. The genus was more...
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    Orion Nebula, now known to be an H II region, was observed in 1610 by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc by telescope, the first such object discovered. The...
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  • The Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon was a single-seat touring aircraft built in the late 1930s, featuring a low-wing monoplane with canard foreplanes. The...
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    Paris home, now a restaurant A closer shot of the Auberge Nicolas Flamel, June 2008 Rue Nicolas Flamel street sign in Paris Plaque on home Legendary accounts...
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    1620 by Pietro Della Valle; and from Damascus, Syria, into France by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc at around the same time. While the de Peiresc import...
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    The engraving prize was created in 1804. 1804 – Claude-Louis Masquelier (first award) 1805 – Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier 1806 – Théodore Richomme 1807 – Jacques-Édouard...
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  • choreographer and dancer, wife of Nicolas Claude Anelka (born 1968), French football manager, brother of Nicolas Nicolas Anelka (born 1979), French footballer...
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    was an important task of diplomats. He relied on his friendship with Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc to get information on political developments in France...
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    book was found in an Ethiopic (Ge'ez) language translation there, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc bought a book that was claimed to be identical to the...
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    nature of the Orion Nebula is generally credited to French astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, on November 26, 1610, when he made a record of observing...
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    gardener John Evelyn noted "was first discovered by the incomparable Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, which a mule had cropt from a wild shrub." In the...
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  • Foucard) Nickel & Foucard NF.001 Asterix Nickel & Foucard NF-2 Asterix Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon Nicollier HN 433 Menestrel Nicollier HN 434 Super Menestrel...
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    collectors included Robert Glover, John Dee, Sir Robert Cotton and Nicolas-Claude de Peiresc. The first published treatises dedicated to seals included...
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  • 1680) François Mauriceau, French obstetrician (died 1709) June 24 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (born 1580) May 19 – Isaac Beeckman...
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    July 18, 2024. Barshad, Amos; Brodesser-Akner, Claude (February 25, 2011). "The Star Market: Can Nicolas Cage Win Back Hollywood's Respect, or Has He Sold...
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    view sunspots through a telescope The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Diphtheria epidemic in Naples, during which Marco...
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  • Jean-Louis Nicolas is a French number theorist. He is the namesake (with Paul Erdős) of the Erdős–Nicolas numbers, and was a frequent co-author of Erdős...
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    astronomers, such as Thomas Harriot, Joseph Gaultier de la Vatelle, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, and Simon Marius, published their confirmation of...
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    contract between Claude and the future Charles V was signed by François de Busleyden, Archbishop of Besançon, William de Croÿ, Nicolas de Rutter and Pierre...
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    Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. The manuscript of this belonged to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Fragmenta Ursiniana The fragments of the first 34 books...
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  • – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died 1644) December 1 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (died 1637) Peter Crüger, German...
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    Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (6 September 1700 – 20 August 1768) was a French surgeon and science communicator. Le Cat was born in Blérancourt (Picardy). He was...
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