Grasse (French pronunciation: [ɡʁas]; Provençal Occitan: Grassa in classical norm or Grasso in Mistralian norm [ˈɡɾasɔ]; traditional Italian: Grassa) is...
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François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, SMOM (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. He is...
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de grasse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. De Grasse may refer to: Andre De Grasse (born 1994), Canadian sprinter François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722–1788)...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: /dəˈɡræs/ də-GRASS or UK: /dəˈɡrɑːs/ də-GRAHSS; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator...
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Andre De Grasse OOnt (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. A seven-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the 200...
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Alfred De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He was the uncle of cinematographer Robert De Grasse. Samuel Alfred De Grasse was...
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De Grasse was an anti-aircraft cruiser of the French Navy. She was the first French vessel named in honour of François Joseph Paul, Marquis de Grasse...
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De Grasse (May 4, 1873 – May 25, 1940) was a Canadian film director. Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse...
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Navy have borne the name De Grasse in honour of François Joseph Paul de Grasse: De Grasse (1939), a requisitioned steamer De Grasse (C610), an anti-aircraft...
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Châteauneuf-Grasse (French: [ʃɑtonœf ɡʁas]; Occitan: Castèunòu de Grassa), alternatively known as names are Châteauneuf de Grasse or simply Châteauneuf...
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the United States Navy have been named De Grasse, in honor of Admiral Comte de Grasse of France. USS De Grasse (ID-1217), was a steam-powered yacht selected...
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USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), named for Admiral Francois-Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse (1722–1788), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls...
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Siege of Yorktown (redirect from Siège de Yorktown)
the Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau and a French naval force commanded by the Comte de Grasse over the British...
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SS De Grasse was a transatlantic liner built in 1921 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, and launched...
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De Grasse is a F67 type large high-sea frigate of the French Marine Nationale specialised in anti-submarine warfare, though she also has anti-air and...
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August. Admiral Graves learned that de Grasse had sailed from the West Indies for North America and that French Admiral de Barras had also sailed from Newport...
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Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse, known as Auguste de Grasse and Comte de Grasse-Tilly (February 14, 1765 – June 10, 1845), was a French career army...
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Robert De Grasse (February 9, 1900 – January 28, 1971) was an American cinematographer and member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Over the...
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under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeated a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse, forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned invasion of Jamaica...
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on ITA's Filippo Tortu and CAN's six time Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse. De Grasse and Tortu quickly picked off Ueyama but down the stretch Simbine...
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François Joseph Paul de Grasse from the West Indies. British Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, who had been tracking de Grasse around the West Indies...
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Tourville-class frigate (redirect from De Grasse class frigate)
anti-air and anti-surface capabilities. Between 1994 and 1996, Tourville and De Grasse were refitted with the modern SLASM anti-submarine system, and active...
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John van Salee de Grasse (June 6, 1825– November 25, 1868) was the first Black physician admitted to a United States medical society and a commissioned...
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Sept-Îles, Quebec (redirect from De Grasse, Quebec)
The city includes the neighbourhoods of Arnaud, Clarke-City, De Grasse, de la Pointe, de la Rivière, Ferland, La Boule, Lac Labrie, Matamec, Plages, Pointe-Noire...
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Racing Club Pays de Grasse is a French association football club founded in 1959. Until 2022 they were known as Racing Club de Grasse. They are based in...
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Grasse Cathedral, now the Church of Notre-Dame-du-Puy (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Puy de Grasse), is a 12th-century Roman Catholic church located...
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Rochambeau, and de Grasse then held council aboard de Grasse's flagship Ville de Paris to finalize preparations for the siege; de Grasse agreed to provide...
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Grasse (7 km) and only 31 km away from Nice airport. Although bordered by several communes—Valbonne, Opio, Mouans-Sartoux and Châteauneuf-de-Grasse—it...
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to defend the French West Indies allowed Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse to relocate to the Atlantic seaboard, a move Arbuthnot did not anticipate...
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Augusta de Grasse Stevens (1852 – 10 October 1894) was an American novelist and art critic. Augusta de Grasse Stevens was born in 1852 in Albany, New...
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