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Le Tellier, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Le Tellier, Michel mēshĕlˈ lə tĕlyāˈ [key], 1603–85, French statesman. A minister of state under Cardinal Mazarin, he became war minister in 1643. He later shared his duties with his son, the...

Coster, Charles de

(Encyclopedia)Coster, Charles de: see De Coster, Charles. ...

Gaulle, Charles de

(Encyclopedia)Gaulle, Charles de: see de Gaulle, Charles. ...

Accault, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Accault, Michel: see Aco, Michel.

Ako, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Ako, Michel: see Aco, Michel.

Sleiman, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Sleiman, Michel: see Suleiman, Michel. ...

Boyron, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Boyron, Michel: see Baron, Michel.

Chevalier, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Chevalier, Michel shəvälyāˈ [key], 1806–79, French economist. An ardent Saint-Simonian as a youth, he later favored a form of welfare capitalism. He advocated industrial development as the key ...

Mont-Saint-Michel

(Encyclopedia)Mont-Saint-Michel môN-săN-mēshĕlˈ [key], rocky isle (1993 est. pop. 72) in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, an arm of the English Channel, Manche dept., NW France, 1 mi (1.6 km) off the coast, near Avranc...

Bréal, Michel Jules Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Bréal, Michel Jules Alfred mēshĕlˈ zhül älfrĕdˈ brāälˈ [key], 1832–1915, French philologist. He is best known for his Essai de semantique (1897), which gave great impetus to scientific in...