(Encyclopedia) Molière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinMolière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinzhäN bätēstˈ pôklăNˈ môlyĕrˈ [key], 1622–73, French playwright and actor, b. Paris; son of a merchant who was upholsterer…
(Encyclopedia) Géricault, Jean Louis André ThéodoreGéricault, Jean Louis André ThéodorezhäN lwē äNdrāˈ tāōdôrˈ zhārēkōˈ [key], 1791–1824, French painter. He studied with Antoine Vernet and with…
(Encyclopedia) Rancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier deRancé, Armand Jean le Bouthillier deärmäNˈ zhäN lə b&oomacr;tēyāˈ də räNsāˈ [key], 1626–1700, French religious reformer, founder of the…
(Encyclopedia) Roland de la Platière, Jean MarieRoland de la Platière, Jean MariezhäN märēˈ rôläNˈ də lä plätyĕrˈ [key], 1734–93, French revolutionary. An inspector general of commerce at Rouen and…
(Encyclopedia) Maurepas, Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte deMaurepas, Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte dezhäN frādārēkˈ fālēpōˈ kôNt də môrəpäˈ [key], 1701–81, French statesman. He succeeded his…
(Encyclopedia) Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, Baron, 1768–1830, French mathematician and physicist. He was noted for his researches on heat and on numerical equations. He originated Fourier's theorem…
(Encyclopedia) Rousseau, Jean JacquesRousseau, Jean JacqueszhäN zhäk [key]Rousseau, Jean Jacques r&oomacr;sōˈ [key], 1712–78, Swiss-French philosopher, author, political theorist, and composer…
(Encyclopedia) Machault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste deMachault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste dezhäN bätēstˈ də mäshōˈ därn&oomacr;vēlˈ [key], 1701–94, French statesman. He held a succession of…
(Encyclopedia) Sismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simonde deSismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simonde dezhäN shärl lāônärˈ sēmôNdˈ də sēsmôNdēˈ [key], 1773–1842, Swiss historian, economist, and critic. A…
