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Guillaume de Machaut
(Encyclopedia)Guillaume de Machaut: see Machaut, Guillaume de. ...Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron gēyōmˈ bärôNˈ düpüēträNˈ [key], 1777–1835, French surgeon. As professor at the Hôtel Dieu, Paris, from 1812, he was noted as diagnostician, lecturer, and surg...Du Bellay, Guillaume
(Encyclopedia)Du Bellay, Guillaume gēyōmˈ dü bĕlāˈ [key], 1491–1543, French diplomat under King Francis I; brother of Jean Du Bellay. He was employed in negotiations regarding the Treaty of Cambrai (1529) ...Dufour, Guillaume Henri
(Encyclopedia)Dufour, Guillaume Henri gēyōmˈ äNrēˈ düfo͞orˈ [key], 1787–1875, Swiss general. He served in the French army under Napoleon I, and in 1847 he led the Swiss federal forces to victory against ...Chevalier, Guillaume Sulpice
(Encyclopedia)Chevalier, Guillaume Sulpice: see Gavarni. ...Nogaret, Guillaume de
(Encyclopedia)Nogaret, Guillaume de gēyōmˈ də nôgärāˈ [key], 1265?–1313, French statesman. A jurist, he was a member of the royal council of King Philip IV. During Philip's conflict with Pope Boniface VII...Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand
(Encyclopedia)Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand gēyōmˈ bäNzhämăNˈ ämäNˈ düshĕnˈ [key], 1806–75, French physician. He is noted for researches on diseases of the muscular and nervous systems and for h...Talon, Patrice Guillaume Athanase
(Encyclopedia)Talon, Patrice Guillaume Athanase, 1958–, Beninois businessman and political leader, president of Benin (2016–), b. Abomey. A successful businessman, he made his fortune in the cotton industry. He...D'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count
(Encyclopedia)D'Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count: see Orsay, Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, count d'. ...Cousin-Montauban, Charles Guillaume Marie
(Encyclopedia)Cousin-Montauban, Charles Guillaume Marie: see Palikao, Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de. ...Browse by Subject
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