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    language. Jean Marie Le Bris was born in Concarneau, Brittany, France on 25 March 1817 at 5AM local time. He was the third child of Michel Marie Le Bris, boat...
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  • Le Bris, or Bris, is a surname, and may refer to: Gilbert Le Bris (1949–), French politician Jean Marie Le Bris (1817–1879), French sea captain and aviation...
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  • diplomat Jean-Marie Guyau (1854–1888), a French philosopher and poet Jean-Marie Halsdorf (born 1957), a Luxembourgian politician Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817–1872)...
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    successful passenger-carrying glider in 1853. In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first powered flight, by having his glider "L'Albatros artificiel"...
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    European pioneers such as George Cayley's coachman in England (1853) and Jean-Marie Le Bris in France (1856). Although Montgomery never claimed firsts, his gliding...
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    book The Empire Of The Air (l'Empire de l'Air). In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first flight higher than his point of departure, by having...
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  • a human-powered airplane L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868 "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for...
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    even dreamed of the first Aerial Transit Company. In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first flight higher than his point of departure, by having...
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    from around 1849. Thereafter gliders were built by pioneers such as Jean Marie Le Bris, John J. Montgomery, Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher, Octave Chanute...
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  • travel : First glider to fly higher than its point of departure, by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856. First manned, powered, heavier-than-air flight of a significant...
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    Aviation history Albrecht Berblinger Abbas Ibn Firnas George Cayley Jean-Marie Le Bris John Joseph Montgomery German inventors and discoverers "Otto Lilienthal...
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  • Lanchester Bay (redirect from Mount Bris)
    nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) south of Cape Kater. Named by UK-APC for Jean Marie Le Bris (1808–72), French naval officer who designed a glider and became the...
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    in history aboard his Monoplane in 1874. He was a contemporary of Jean-Marie Le Bris. Félix du Temple entered the French Navy Academy (École Navale) in...
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    was also described or experimented with by several people including Jean-Marie Le Bris, John Montgomery, Clement Ader, Edson Gallaudet, D.D. Wells, and Hugo...
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    successful passenger-carrying glider in 1853. In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first powered flight, had his glider L'Albatros artificiel...
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  • Société des Amis de Bram Stoker. He will also be with Michel Caen, Alain Le Bris and Jean-Claude Romer, the co-founder of the film review Midi Minuit Fantastique...
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    Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu Martin (22 July 1847 – 10 December 1943) was a French Radical leader and cabinet officer. He was born at Saint-Bris-le-Vineux (Yonne)...
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  • "aeroplane", in a paper by Joseph Pline. 1856 December – French Captain Jean Marie Le Bris is towed into the air in his Artificial Albatross glider, flying 600 ft...
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    Vierge Marie, soyez bénie !") Marcel enters with a letter from Raoul to Saint-Bris and interrupts the procession, seeking to know Saint-Bris's whereabouts...
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  • Robert Kronfeld - Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer Jean-Marie Le Bris - pioneer of French aviation George Lee - three time world champion...
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  • Tahar Ben Jelloun, Jean-Marie Drot, Michèle Kahn, Pierre Haski, Gilles Lapouge, Michel Le Bris, Érik Orsenna, Patrick Rambaud, Jean-Christophe Rufin, André...
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  • cruiser-battleship Pothaua, School of Application Naval Fusiliers (Cdt. Pierre Le Bris). 18 May 1908, Commander of the torpedo boat Oriflamme. 25 April 1910,...
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    Brice Lalonde (French pronunciation: [bʁis lalɔ̃d]; born 10 February 1946) is a former green party leader in France, who ran for President of France in...
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    was also described or experimented with by several people including Jean-Marie Le Bris, John Montgomery, Clement Ader, Edson Gallaudet, D. D. Wells, and...
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    2006. "Le creuset des possibles" in Pour une littérature-monde, sous la direction de Michel Le Bris et Jean Rouaud. Paris: Gallimard, 2007. "Sur le bord...
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  • Finistère Ms. Brigitte Le Brethon, UMP, Calvados Mr. Gilbert Le Bris, socialist, Finistère Mr. Robert Lecou, UMP, Hérault Mr. Jean-Yves Le Déaut, socialist...
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  • - Experimental Psychology". www.bris.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2018. "Professor Dorothy Hodgkin obituary". Chm.bris.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2009. "Huang...
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    Joseph Kessel (category Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni)
    Tahar Ben Jelloun, Jean-Marie Drot, Michèle Kahn, Pierre Haski, Gilles Lapouge, Michel Le Bris, Érik Orsenna, Patrick Rambaud, Jean-Christophe Rufin, André...
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    Jean Marie Behra (16 February 1921 – 1 August 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. Behra...
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  • Rouen Normandie, Sebastien Rouland Ferdinand Hérold, Le Pré Aux Clercs, Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres, Éric Huchet...
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