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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant
(Encyclopedia)Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant bōˈrĭgärd [key], 1818–93, Confederate general, b. St. Bernard parish, La., grad. West Point, 1838. As engineer on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Mexican Wa...Calonne, Charles Alexandre de
(Encyclopedia)Calonne, Charles Alexandre de shärl älĕksäNˈdrə də kälōnˈ [key], 1734–1802, French statesman, controller general of finances (1783–87). Faced with a huge public debt and a steadily deter...Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre
(Encyclopedia)Herculano de Carvalho e Araújo, Alexandre əlēshäNˈdrə ərko͞oläˈno͝o ᵺĭ kərväˈlyo͝o ĕ ərouˈzho͝o [key], 1810–77, Portuguese historian. One of the outstanding thinkers of his tim...Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward
(Encyclopedia)Mayor, Michel Gustave Edward, 1942–, Swiss astrophysicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Geneva, 1971. He spent his entire career at the Univ. of Geneva, retiring as professor emeritus in 2007. In 2019 Mayor and D...Macdonald, Jacques Étienne Joseph Alexandre
(Encyclopedia)Macdonald, Jacques Étienne Joseph Alexandre zhäk ātyĕnˈzhôzĕfˈ älĕksäNˈdrə mäkdônälˈ [key], 1765–1840, marshal of France, of Scottish descent. He distinguished himself in the French...Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre Auguste
(Encyclopedia)Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre Auguste älĕksäNˈdrə ôgüstˈ lədrüˈ-rôlăNˈ [key], 1807–74, French politician. A lawyer, he first became known as a radical opponent to the accession (1830) of Lou...Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Galliffet, Gaston Alexandre Auguste, marquis de gästôNˈ älĕksäNˈdrə ōgüstˈ märkēˈ də gälēfāˈ [key], 1830–1909, French general. He served in the Crimean War, in colonial campaigns,...Walewski, Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna, Comte
(Encyclopedia)Walewski, Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna, Comte älĕksäNˈdrə flôryäNˈ zhôzĕfˈ kôlônäˈ kôNt välĕfskēˈ [key], 1810–68, French diplomat, b. Poland; illegitimate son of Maria Walews...Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
(Encyclopedia)Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave, 1940–, French novelist, b. Nice, grad. Univ. of Nice (L. ès L., 1963), Univ. of Aix-en-Provence (M.A., 1964), Univ. of Perpignan (D. ès L., 1983). He spent much of ...La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia)La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de älĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ-lyäNko͞orˈ [key], 1747–1827, French social reformer. Before the Fren...Browse by Subject
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