(Encyclopedia) Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, JacquesBoucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Jacqueszhäk [key]Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Jacques, [key]Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Jacques b&…
CLAYTON, Henry De Lamar, (brother of Bertram Tracy Clayton), a Representative from Alabama; born near Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., February 10, 1857; attended the common schools; was…
(Encyclopedia) Favras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis deFavras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis detômäˈ də mäēˈ märkēˈ də fävräsˈ [key], 1744–90, French royalist. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, he…
(Encyclopedia) Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur deMaisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur depōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A…
(Encyclopedia) Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire deBeaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire defēlēpˈ də rəmēˈ sēr də bōmänwärˈ [key], c.1250–1296, French poet and jurist, a writer of medieval law texts.…
(Encyclopedia) Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et deFrontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et defrŏnˈtĭnăk, Fr. lwē də büädˈ koNt də pälüōˈ ā də frôNtənäkˈ [key], 1620–98, French…
(Encyclopedia) De profundisDe profundisdā prōf&oomacr;nˈdēs [key] [Lat.,=from the depths], the opening words of Psalm 130, one of the penitential Psalms, in Jerome's Latin version (see Vulgate);…
(Encyclopedia) Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur deRacan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur deōnōräˈ də böˈyə sānyörˈ də räkäNˈ [key], 1589–1670, French poet. A disciple of Malherbe, he wrote some lyric…
