Abbé Pierre GOQ (born Henri Marie Joseph Grouès; 5 August 1912 – 22 January 2007) was a French Catholic priest. He was a member of the Resistance during...
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The Abbé Pierre sexual abuse scandal regards the numerous sexual assaults that French Catholic priest and Emmaus charity organization founder Abbé Pierre...
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In optics and lens design, the Abbe number, also known as the Vd-number or constringence of a transparent material, is an approximate measure of the material's...
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An Abbe refractometer is a bench-top device for the high-precision measurement of an index of refraction. Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), working for Carl Zeiss...
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Abbe condenser Abbe diffraction limit Abbe error Abbe eyepiece Abbe number Abbe prism Abbe refractometer Abbe sine condition Abbe–Koenig prism Abbe–Porro...
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Henri Grégoire (redirect from Abbé Grégoire)
batist ɡʁeɡwaʁ]; 4 December 1750 – 28 May 1831), often referred to as the Abbé Grégoire, was a French Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and...
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Charles-Michel de l'Épée (redirect from Charles-Michel Abbé de L'Epee)
Some deaf schools in Germany and the UK that were contemporaries of the Abbé de l'Épée's Paris School used an oralist approach emphasising speech and...
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Abbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria), or Abbé) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819), was a Luso-Goan Catholic priest who was...
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Augustin Barruel (redirect from Abbe Augustin Barruel)
Revolution, in Three Parts, I. Neale & H. Kammerer, 1794. Selections from the Abbe Barruel's "Memoirs, Illustrating the History of Jacobinism," with Brief Remarks...
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Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (redirect from Abbé Sieyès)
1748 – 20 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (French: [sjejɛs]), was a French Roman Catholic abbé, clergyman, and political writer who was the...
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François-Timoléon de Choisy (redirect from Francois Timoleon, Abbe de Choisy)
François Timoléon, abbé de Choisy (French: [ʃwazi]; 16 August 1644 – 2 October 1724) was a French cross-dresser, abbé, and author. He wrote numerous works...
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François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac (4 August 1604 in Paris – 27 July 1676) was a French author and cleric. The father of François Hédelin was Claude Hédelin...
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household of a priest. Among the variants of Abbe are Labbé, Labbey (see below) and Labbez. Independently, Abbe is considered one variant of Abbey. Notable...
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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (redirect from Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille)
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də lakaj]; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer...
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Jacques Delille (redirect from Abbe de Lille)
Latin poetry at the Collège de France, and was given the secular title of Abbé de Saint-Sévrin, when the outbreak of the French Revolution reduced him to...
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Franz Liszt (redirect from Abbe Franz Liszt)
developed an intense interest in religion, having many conversations with Abbé de Lamennais and Chrétien Urhan, a German-born violinist who introduced him...
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Abbé Martin usually refers to Paulin Martin, a biblical scholar specializing in Semitic languages (full name Abbé Paulin Martin). Abbé Martin, Abbot Martin...
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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (redirect from Guillaume-Thomas, Abbe de Raynal)
Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796), also known as Abbé Raynal, was a French writer, former Catholic priest, and man of letters during...
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Corrective lens (section Abbe number)
mid-index. Thinner, sometimes lighter lenses (See below). Improved UV protection over CR-39 and glass lenses. Lower Abbe number, meaning, amongst other things...
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André Morellet (redirect from Abbé Morellet)
early instruction by the Jesuits and his eventual clerical designation as abbé undoubtedly influenced his earliest writings in which the then 28-year-old...
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the Château d'If, a grim island fortress off Marseille. A fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, correctly deduces that romantic rival Fernand Mondego, envious crewmate...
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Edmond Dantès (section Edmond and the Abbé)
the aliases The Count of Monte Cristo (French: le Comte de Monte-Cristo), Abbé Busoni, Lord Wilmore, and Sinbad the Sailor. When the reader is first introduced...
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Winslet as laundress Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Joaquin Phoenix as the Abbé de Coulmier, and Michael Caine as Dr. Royer-Collard. Well received by critics...
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Abbé (or Abbey or Abbay), are an Akan people who live predominantly in the Ivory Coast, and number 580,000. Abbés speak the Akan dialect Abé. Abbés populations...
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Lionel Groulx (redirect from Abbé Groulx)
L'Action Nationale: 238–247 – via BANQ. Caldwell, Gary. "The Sins of the Abbé Groulx". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2020. Gélinas, Xavier...
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César Vichard de Saint-Réal (redirect from Abbe de St Real)
important. This novel was a hit with high society. Nowadays French critics see it as an important text in the construction of the French psychological novel...
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Abbes". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 1 January 2021. "Claude Abbès: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 1 January 2021. See also...
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Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎, Abe Kenshirō, 15 December 1915 – 1 December 1985)[a] was a prominent Japanese master of judo, aikido, and kendo. He introduced aikido...
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Béni Abbès (Arabic: بني عباس), also known as the Pearl of the Saoura, and also as the White Oasis, is a town and commune located in western Algeria in...
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Franz Stock (redirect from Abbé Stock)
supported in particular by the Gaullist Edmond Michelet. On 24 April 1945, the Abbé Le Meur accompanied him to Orléans, where already twenty-eight theology students...
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