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Choderlos de Laclos
(Encyclopedia)Choderlos de Laclos: see Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de.Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de
(Encyclopedia)Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de pyr äNbrwäz´ fräNswä´ shôdrl´ d läkl´ [key], 1741–1803, French novelist and general, known as Choderlos de Laclos. He is best known...Thomas, Ambroise
(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Ambroise äNbrwäz´ tmä´ [key], 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught composition there and became it...Vollard, Ambroise
(Encyclopedia)Vollard, Ambroise äNbrwäz´ vôlär´ [key], 1867–1939, French art dealer, collector, and publisher. He was noted for his early recognition and sponsorship of leading artists of the school of Pari...Paré, Ambroise
(Encyclopedia)Paré, Ambroise äNbrwäz´ pär´ [key], c.1510–1590, French surgeon. Serving in the army, he revived the use of ligature instead of cautery with boiling oil and continued to devise and champion ...Ronsard, Pierre de
(Encyclopedia)Ronsard, Pierre de pyr d rôNsär´ [key], 1524–1585, French poet. As page, then squire, Ronsard seemed destined for a career at court both in France and abroad. However, deafness turned him to ...Villeneuve, Pierre de
(Encyclopedia)Villeneuve, Pierre de pyr d vlnöv´ [key], 1763–1806, French admiral. He commanded the rear guard of the fleet in the disastrous battle of Abu Qir (1798). His defeat at the battle of Trafalga...Fermat, Pierre de
(Encyclopedia)Fermat, Pierre de pyr d frmä´ [key], 1601–65, French mathematician. A magistrate whose avocation was mathematics, Fermat is known as a founder of modern number theory and probability theory....Cluny Museum
(Encyclopedia)Cluny Museum, 14th- and 15th-century Gothic and Renaissance structure in Paris, built by Pierre de Chaslus, abbot of Cluny, and rebuilt by Jacques d'Ambroise. The site is that of the ancient Roman bat...Messmer, Pierre
(Encyclopedia)Messmer, Pierre (Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer)pyr msm´ [key], 1916–, French political leader. In World War II he fought with the Free French forces before joining General de Gaulle's staff. ...Browse by Subject
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