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Élise
Élise, Elise, Elyse or Elize is the shortened feminine French form of Elizabeth, coming originally from the Hebrew name אלישבע (אלי = My God שבע = oath) and meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance". People Élise * Élise Bruyère (1776–1847), a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral still lives * Élise Bussaglia (born 1985), French football player * Élise Crombez (born 1982), Belgian fashion model * Élise Fajgeles (born 1970), French politician * Élise Guilbault (born 1961), Canadian film and television actress * Élise Lucet (born 1963), French investigative journalist and television host * Élise Paré-Tousignant (1937–2018), Canadian music educator and administrator * Élise Rivet (1890–1945), French World War II heroine * Élise Turcotte (born 1957), Canadian writer Elise * Elise Averdieck (1808–1907), German social activist * Elise Burgin (born 1962), American tennis player * Elise Christie (born 1990), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Paré-Tousignant
Élise Paré-Tousignant (1937 – August 8, 2018) was a Canadian music administrator and music pedagogue. She was employed as a music theory teacher and auditory trainor at Université Laval and then was appointed the Faculty of Arts at Université Laval's first dean in 1985. Paré-Tousignant was the university's vice-rector of human resources and held the role of artistic director of the Domaine Forget that he held from 1993 to 2001. She oversaw the construction of the Domaine's Françoys-Bernier Hall and was the supervisor of the renovation of the . Paré-Tousignant served on the board of directors of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and was president of the between 2001 and 2005. She received awards and decorations such as the , the Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, the Officer of the National Order of Quebec, the Tribute Prize at the , the in 2015, and the Member of the Order of Canada. Biography Born in Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec in 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet (; born 30 May 1963) is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on shows such as '' Pièces à Conviction'', '' Cash Investigation'' and ''Envoyé spécial'', she has been dubbed France's "incorruptible journalist". In 2008, she was named Knight of the Legion of Honour. Lucet's work for '' Cash Investigation'' garnered her and her crew around twenty international awards including a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for their investigation on the Panama Papers. Early years Élise Lucet was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime. Her father is a teacher and her mother a school director. She has a sister. Lucet began her career under Henri Sannier on the Caen affiliate of France 3 in 1983. She subsequently worked for Sygma TV and the public service radio station France Inter. In 1990, she became the host of the ''19/20'' evening news on France 3. In 1997, she became its lead editor. Investigative journalism As a writer and television producer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Bruyère
Élise Bruyère (1776–1847) was a French painter who specialized in portraits and floral still lifes. Bruyère was the daughter of Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738–1836), a noted French writer, illustrator, and painter of French historical scenes. Her sister Henriette was also a painter. Bruyère was of the Realist school of French painting, she had studied with Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin and Jan Frans van Dael and her still lifes, particularly her paintings of flowers, are remarkably detailed. A typical work, ''Vase de fleurs'', is in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. File:Porträt des Charles Juste de Beauvau by Élise Bruyère (Versailles).jpg, ''Portrait of Charles Juste Beauvau'' by Élise Bruyère File:Portrait of Joseph Leopold Saget by Elise Bruyere.jpg, alt=, ''Portrait of Joseph Leopold Saget'', circa 1806 File:Élise Bruyère - Flowers.jpg, ''Flowers,'' Louvre References Bibliography * Ferdinand Hoefer, ''Nouvelle Biographie Générale'', vol. 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Bussaglia
Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year having won the award after a successful 2010–11 season with Paris Saint-Germain. Club career Born in Sedan, Bussaglia was in middle school at Nassau in class with Benjamin Lemaire. She started to play soccer at US Balan with male team. During this period, she was supporting CS Sedan Ardennes. Early career Bussaglia began her career playing for Olympique Saint-Memmie playing at the club during her youth. She spent two years with the senior team before being selected to attend the CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After leaving the academy, she joined D1 Féminine club FCF Juvisy playing 14 matches and scoring two goals in her first season. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Turcotte
Élise Turcotte (born 26 June 1957 in Sorel, Quebec) is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke. She now teaches literature at a CEGEP in Montreal, where she currently resides. Her writing has won much praise, and among other things she has won the Grand Prix de Poésie, as well as the 2003 Governor General's Award for her novel ''La Maison étrangère'' and the Prix Émile-Nelligan The Prix Émile-Nelligan is a literary award given annually by the Fondation Émile-Nelligan to a North American French language poet under the age of 35. It was named in honour of the Quebec poet Émile Nelligan and was first awarded in 1979, the 1 ... for ''La voix de Carla'' in 1987 and for ''La terre est ici'' in 1989. References External linksCritical bibliography database (Auteurs.contemporain.info) 1957 births Living people 20th-century Canadian novelists 20th-cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Guilbault
Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress. She won the Genie Award for Best Actress for her role in the film ''The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'', and was a nominee for ''Cap Tourmente''. She also starred in several later films by ''The Woman Who Drinks'' director Bernard Émond, also appearing in '' The Novena (La Neuvaine)'', '' The Legacy (La Donation)'' and '' A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici)''. Her television roles have included ''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'', '' Le Coeur a ses raisons'', '' Annie et ses hommes'', ''Un gars, une fille'' and ''René Lévesque'' and ''La Faille ''La Faille'' (English: ''The Flaw'') or ''The Wall'' (French: ''Le Mur'') is a French Canadian television crime drama series of three seasons, with a total of 25 episodes, which started broadcasting on Club Illico in 2019. The series ...'' (2019). References External links * 1961 births Canadian film actresses Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Rivet
Élise Rivet, also known as Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie (January 19, 1890, Draria, Algeria – March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany) was a Roman Catholic nun and World War II heroine. Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber, in place of a mother, in the German concentration camp of Ravensbrück. Early life Rivet was born to an Alsatian mother and French naval officer father. After the death of her father in 1910, she moved with her mother to Lyon. She worked for a time in a hair salon before joining the convent of the medical sisters of ''Notre Dame de Compassion'' in Lyon in 1912. In 1933 she became Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie, the convent's Mother Superior. World War II After the fall of the French Third Republic to Nazi Germany in World War II, she began hiding refugees from the Gestapo and eventually used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (MUR) at the request of Albert Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Fajgeles
Élise Fajgeles (born 6 July 1970) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 5th constituency of Paris from 2017 to 2019. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), she replaced Benjamin Griveaux as his substitute upon his appointment as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance. Griveaux returned to Parliament two years later after stepping down from his Government Spokesman position. Early life Fajgeles was born in Sartrouville, Yvelines. Her grandparents were Polish Jews. Political career At the 2017 French legislative election, Fajgeles was the substitute candidate for Benjamin Griveaux in Paris's 5th constituency. Fajgeles became a member of the National Assembly following Griveaux's appointment to the government as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance on 22 July 2017. She left Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza (given Name)
Eliza is a female given name in English language, English, meaning "pledged to God" or "joyful." Etymology The name first developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth (given name), Elizabeth in the 16th century and its use as an independent name started in the 18th century. The name Elizabeth has been around since the Middle Ages, mainly popularised by the French people, French (using the spelling Elisabeth). Elizabeth with a “z” is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints – Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Aragon, St. Elizabeth of Portugal. It was brought to England by the French and the English People, English can be credited with the formation of Eliza as a hypocorism (the French use Élise). It may also be used as a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza, עַלִיזָה mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Crombez
Élise Crombez (born 24 July 1982 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian model. Career She grew up and went to school in Koksijde. She was discovered in 1999 when she decided to enter a fashion contest (Miss Mannequin) with a friend of hers. The contest was held in the Belgian town of Roeselare. She worked with Steven Meisel extensively throughout her career, landing campaigns for Prada, H&M, Versace, Armani, Nina Ricci, Gianfranco Ferre, Lacoste, Eres, GAP, Jil Sander, Ralph Lauren, Escada, Pollini, and Valentino. Crombez also appeared on covers for '' W'', British, Italian, Mexican, Japanese, German, and Turkish ''Vogue'', and twice on the cover of French ''Elle'' and six times on the cover of Italian Vogue. She has appeared in editorials for French, Italian, German, Turkish, Mexican, and Japanese Vogue, British and American Harpers Bazaar, W, and Allure. Crombez has walked in numerous fashion shows, such as Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth (given Name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew language, Hebrew name (), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint. Occurrence in the Bible "Elizabeth" appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of Aaron's wife ("Elisheba, Elisheva" in the Hebrew Bible), and in the New Testament as the name of the Elizabeth (biblical figure), wife of the priest Zechariah (New Testament figure), Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist. It has also been the name of several saints and queens. Statistics The name has many variants in use across the world and has been in consistent use worldwide. 'Elizabeth' was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. In the early 21st century, 'Elizabeth' has been among the top 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa (given Name)
Elsa is a female given name mostly used in the Scandinavian countries. Provenance Originally Elsa was simply a short form for the biblical name Elisabeth and some of its variants: Elisabet, Elisabetta and Elizabeth.NamepediA Blog – The Real Elsa Retrieved 7 July 2016. The first record mentioning the name were in at the 15th century, and became generally used after the 19th century. Variants *Eli *Elis *Elise * *Ella *Elle *Else *Elsie *Elys *Elza *Ilsa *Ilse *ElsStatistics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
