Gustave Lyon (19 November 1857 – 12 January 1936) was a French piano maker, acoustician and inventor. He was head of Pleyel et Cie from 1887. Lyon was...
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the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, designed by the acoustician Gustave Lyon together with the architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin, who died in 1926...
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Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (UK: /ˈdɔːreɪ/ DOR-ay, US: /dɔːˈreɪ/ dor-AY, French: [ɡystav dɔʁe]; 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French...
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single-action pedal system still in use on orchestral harps). Designed by Gustave Lyon and known as the harpe chromatique, it had two sets of strings, one tuned...
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computer expert Gustave Lyon (1857–1936), French piano maker, acoustician and inventor Guy J. Lyon (1933–2001), US horse trainer Harris Merton Lyon (1882–1916)...
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Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher, and editor Gustave Lyon (1857–1936), French piano maker, inventor and acoustician Heinrich Gustav...
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Gustave Malécot (28 December 1911 – November 1998) was a French mathematician whose work on heredity had a strong influence on population genetics. Malécot...
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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (UK: /ˈkʊərbeɪ/ KOOR-bay, US: /kʊərˈbeɪ/ koor-BAY, French: [ɡystav kuʁbɛ]; 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter...
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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl, French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡystav ɛfɛl]; né Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French...
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Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874 – 10 October 1927) was a German–American aviation pioneer. Between 1897 and 1915...
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Gustave Eiffel University (French: Université Gustave Eiffel) is a public university located throughout Metropolitan France. The university's namesake...
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Croatian, from Rijeka) – self-propelled torpedo Gustave Lyon (1857–1936), France – chromatic harp Richard F. Lyon (born 1952), U.S. – Optical mouse Arkhip Lyulka...
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The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon (French pronunciation: [paʁi ɡaʁ də ljɔ̃]), is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris...
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distinctions." Wolff died in Paris on 9 February 1887; his son-in-law Gustave Lyon took over as head of the company. Jullien, Adolphe (1900). "Wolff, Auguste" ...
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sixth tones (36-tet: 33.3 cents) and twelfth tones (72-tet: 16.6 cents). Gustave Lyon at Pleyel was sympathetic to Wyschnegradsky's ambitions. The firm manufactured...
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such as Gustave Lyon, director of Pleyel, two banker Ménard brothers, and the Princess de Polignac. Members of the management board were Robert Lyon (general...
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Gustave Mark Gilbert (September 30, 1911 – February 6, 1977) was an American psychologist best known for his writings containing observations of high-ranking...
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from Paris with the title of public prosecutor in Lyon. Albert Richard, meanwhile, returned with Gustave Paul Cluseret who was to be appointed commander...
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Monteux was born in Paris, the third son and the fifth of six children of Gustave Élie Monteux, a shoe salesman, and his wife, Clémence Rebecca née Brisac...
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List of universities and colleges in France (redirect from Université Lumière-Lyon 2)
Métiers University of Lyon (Lyon) École centrale de Lyon École normale supérieure de Lyon Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon University of Toulouse...
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Lyon, one of the intellectual centres of the Renaissance, and began working as a doctor at the hospital Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon. During his time in Lyon,...
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from...
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de Lyon ENS de Lyon (France) The École normale supérieure de Lyon (French pronunciation: [ekɔl nɔʁmal sypeʁjœʁ də ljɔ̃]; also known as ENS de Lyon, ENSL...
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whom he had a son Daniel and a daughter Geneviève. He died in Lyon in 2006. Choquet, Gustave (1986), "La naissance de la théorie des capacités: réflexion...
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Fleurant on board a hot air balloon christened La Gustave in honour of King Gustav III of Sweden's visit to Lyon. Monsieur Fleurant originally planned to fly...
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The University of Lyon (French: Université de Lyon [ynivɛʁsite də ljɔ̃], or UdL) is a university system (ComUE) based in Lyon, France. It comprises 12...
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Gustave Paul Cluseret (13 June 1823 – 22 August 1900) was a French soldier and politician who served as a general in the Union Army during the American...
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been appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur the following year. Gustave Lyon, director of the Pleyel harp-making company, had invented a new type...
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layers of glass), both Le Corbusier's latest inventions, as well as Gustave Lyon's aeration ponctuelle method were considered for heating and refrigeration...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lyon School. The Lyon School (French: École de Lyon) is a term for a group of French artists which gathered around...
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