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Bernard, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Bernard, ClaudeBernard, Claudeklōd bĕrnärˈ [key], 1813–78, French physiologist. He turned from literature to medicine, working in Paris under Magendie and teaching at the Collège de…

Fleury, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Fleury, ClaudeFleury, Claudeklōd [key]Fleury, Claude flörēˈ [key], 1640–1723?, French ecclesiastical historian, a Roman Catholic priest, confessor to Louis XV, and author of the…

Jean-Claude Killy

Born: Aug. 30, 1943French alpine skier 2-time World Cup champion (1967-68); won 3 gold medals at 1968 Olympics in Grenoble; co-president of 1992 Winter Games in Albertville; president of…

Fauchet, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Fauchet, ClaudeFauchet, Claudeklōd fōshāˈ [key], 1744–93, French clergyman and revolutionary, constitutional bishop of Calvados. A leader in the attack (1789) on the Bastille, Fauchet…

Perrault, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Perrault, ClaudePerrault, Claudeklōd [key]Perrault, Claude pĕrōˈ [key], 1613–88, French architect, scientist, and physician. One of the most eminent French scholars of his time, he…

Dablon, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Dablon, ClaudeDablon, Claudeklōd däblôNˈ [key], 1619?–1697, French Jesuit missionary in North America. He went from France to Canada in 1655 and worked first among the Onondaga Indians…

Jean-Claude Van Damme

(Jean-Claude Van Varenberg)actorBorn: 10/18/1960Birthplace: Berchem-Sainte Agathe, Belgium As a teenager, Van Damme won the European Professional Karate Association's middleweight championship. He…