Louis Du Bois (21 October 1626 – 1696) was a Huguenot colonist in New Netherland who, with two of his sons and nine other refugees, founded the town of...
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prompted vocal protests from Du Bois. After the East St. Louis riots occurred in the summer of 1917, Du Bois traveled to St. Louis to report on the riots....
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– February 17, 2020), known professionally as Ja'Net DuBois, Ja'net DuBois, and Ja'Net Du Bois (/dʒəˈneɪ duːˈbwɑː/), was an American actress and singer...
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The W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, formerly the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research, is part of the Hutchins Center...
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Lewis DuBois (1744 – March 4, 1824) was an American Revolutionary War commander. A descendant of Louis Dubois, who founded the early Huguenot settlement...
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William Sherman Pène du Bois (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for...
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Louis Dubois may refer to: Louis DuBois (Huguenot) (died 1696), Huguenot colonist in New Netherland Louis Dubois (painter) (1830–1880), Belgian painter...
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Saint-André-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃dʁe dy bwa]; Occitan: Sant Andrieu deu Bòi) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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Hasbrouck family (section Louis Hasbrouck)
brother-in-law, Abraham DuBois (who married Margaret Deyo); Jean's son-in-law Isaac DuBois (married Maria Hasbrouck); Abraham and Isaac's father Louis; Simon's brother...
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Charles-Louis-Léon Du Bois (10 Jan 1859 - 19 November 1935) was a Belgian organist, composer, and conductor. Born in Brussels, Du Bois was educated at...
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the Séminaire de Géométrie Algébrique du Bois Marie (SGA; from French: "Seminar on Algebraic Geometry of Bois Marie") was an influential seminar run...
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of these, Louis Dubois, was among the founders of New Paltz, New York, in the late 1600s. Chretien du Bois was the son of Antoine du Bois and Anne Cousin...
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spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Florent du Bois de La Villerabel...
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in the Bois de Boulogne (1868), by Pierre-Auguste Renoir A horse race in the Bois de Boulogne (1872), by Édouard Manet Strollers in the Bois de Boulogne...
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prostitution after dark. The Bois de Vincennes has a total area of 995 hectares (2,459 acres), making it slightly larger than the Bois de Boulogne, (846 hectares...
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coureur des bois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were independent...
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Jonkheer Charles Louis du Bois de Vroylande (21 January 1835 – 30 December 1888) was a Belgian lawyer and politician. He was governor of the province...
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Louis Joseph Marie Dubois (10 June 1859 – 20 January 1946) was a French politician who was Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts and Telegraphs in the...
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Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿ilɛʁ dy bwa]; Occitan: Sent Ilari deu Bòsc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine...
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Château du Bois Thibault is a 15th-century ruined castle in the commune of Lassay-les-Châteaux, Pays de la Loire, France. It was owned by the du Bellay...
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François Du Bois, born in La Charité-sur-Loire in Burgundy, France, is a composer, marimba virtuoso, as well as professor, columnist and author. Du Bois began...
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pharmaceutical industry. The genus was named by Robert Brown in honour of Louis DuBois who wrote Méthode éprouvée, avec laquelle on peut parvenir facilement...
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Rob du Bois (28 May 1934 – 28 August 2013) was a Dutch composer, pianist, and jurist. Rob (Robert Louis) du Bois was born in Amsterdam. His French ancestry...
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Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois (/duːˈbwɑː/; sometimes written DuBois; August 24, 1899 – October 20, 1993) was an American writer of comic book stories and...
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Color line (racism) (section Use by Du Bois)
the North American Review in 1881. The phrase gained fame after W. E. B. Du Bois' repeated use of it in his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk. The phrase...
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Louis Gates Jr. is the director of the Center. The Center publishes Transition Magazine, and is connected to the Du Bois Review (edited by W.E.B. Du Bois...
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locals reported the presence of "old, ancient ruins". On May 18, 1818, Louis Du Bois rediscovered the remains of the building. He was the first to identify...
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land part of the original Huguenot Patent owned by Louis DuBois of nearby New Paltz. The Jenkins–DuBois descendants still live on the land today. It was...
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- Carteret Dr. Jim (1921) - Captain Blake Shattered Dreams (1922) - Louis du Bois I Can Explain (1922) - Howard Dawson Don't Write Letters (1922) - Richard...
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irreconcilable differences. Through his mother, Bush is a descendant of Louis DuBois, who fled religious persecution in France and settled in what was then...
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