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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.

Castelnau, Michel de

(Encyclopedia)Castelnau, Michel de mēshĕlˈ də kästĕlnōˈ [key], c.1520–1592, French diplomat and soldier. He early attracted the favorable notice of the cardinal of Lorraine (Charles de Guise) and performe...

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...

Colomb, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Colomb or Colombe, Michel both: mēshĕlˈ kôlôNˈ [key], c.1430–1512, French sculptor, one of the masters of the French Renaissance. Few of his works survive. His name is associated with the exec...

Jobert, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Jobert, Michel mēshĕlˈ zhôbĕrˈ [key], 1921–2002, French diplomat, b. Morocco (then a French colony). In 1963, he joined Georges Pompidou's staff during Pompidou's premiership. After Pompidou's...

Baron, Michel

(Encyclopedia)Baron or Boyron, Michel mēshĕlˈ bärôNˈ or bwärôNˈ [key], 1653–1729, one of the first great French actors. A protégé of Molière, he acted at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and at the Comédie Fr...