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Achard
Achard is a surname, and was a given name in the Middle Ages As a surname, it may refer to: * Albert Achard (1894–1972), French World War I flying ace * Antoine Achard (1696–1772), Swiss Protestant minister * Claude-François Achard (1751–1809), French physician * Emile Achard (1860–1944), French physician * Franz Karl Achard (1753–1821), Prussian chemist * Gilbert Achard-Picard (1918–1954), French bobsledder * Guy Achard (born 1936), French Latinist * Jean Achard (1807–1884), French painter * Jean Achard (racing driver) (1918–1951), French race-car driver and journalist * Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir (1749–1783), secret French envoy to the American colonies * Léon Achard (1831–1905), French tenor * Louis Amédée Achard (1814–1875), French novelist * Marcel Achard (1899–1974), French playwright * Michel Jacques François Achard (1778–1865), French general As a given name, it may refer to: * Achard of St. Victor Achard of Saint Victor ( 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Achard
Jean Alexis Achard () (1807–1884) was a French painter. Biography Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying paintings at the Museum of Grenoble. He then attended the free municipal school of Grenoble, and met the Lyon school painters who gave him his first tutelage. Isidore Dagnan was his teacher from 1824 to 1830. At 27, he moved to Paris and copied the Dutch masters at the Louvre. He made an expedition organized by the St. Simonians and thus lived in Egypt between 1835 and 1837 with his friend Victor Sappey. He bought landscapes and genre scenes when he came back to France. Thus, he exhibited at the Salon (Paris) in 1838, ''Vue prise aux environs du Caire'', and then regularly thereafter, as in 1843 with ''Vue de la vallée de Grenoble''. In 1846, he attended the Barbizon School and became friends with the painters Jean-Baptiste-Camille Coro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Karl Achard
Franz Karl Achard (28 April 1753 – 20 April 1821) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. Life and work Achard was born in Berlin, the son of preacher Max Guillaume Achard, a descendant of Huguenot refugees, and his wife Marguerite Elisabeth (Rouppert). He studied physics and chemistry in Berlin. He became interested in sugar refining through his stepfather. At the age of 20, Achard entered the "Circle of Friends of Natural Sciences" and met Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, then director of the physical classes at the Royal Academy of Sciences. Achard studied many subjects, including meteorology, evaporation chillness, electricity, telegraphy, gravity, lightning arresters, and published in German and French. Achard was a favourite of King Frederick II of Prussia, and directly reported to the King on his research twice a week. About a study on the influence of electricity on ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Achard
Albert Achard (26 March 1894 – 21 August 1972) was a French flying ace of the First World War, credited with five aerial victories, one as an observer and four as a pilot. He served as a reserve air force officer in the 1920s and 1930s, and returned to active duty in World War II. Family background Achard was born in Briançon in the department of Hautes-Alpes, the son of Gabriel Denis Achard and his wife Florentine Hête-Thievoz. At the time of his birth his father was a ''sous-lieutenant'' in the 159th Infantry Regiment, but later he became a merchant. World War I Achard enlisted into the French Army on 7 August 1913. After passing the entrance examination he entered the military academy at Saint-Cyr as an officer cadet on 6 September, and was commissioned as a ''sous-lieutenant'' on 6 November. On 12 August 1914, soon after the outbreak of the war, he was posted to the 9th Hussar Regiment, which was engaged in the Battle of the Frontiers and the subsequent Race to the Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades.New York Times He was elected to the Académie française in 1959. Themes and variations within a philosophical outlook A native of the Rhône département's Urban Community of Lyon, France's second largest metropolitan area, Marcel-Auguste Ferréol was born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, one of the city's suburbs, and adopted his pen name at the start of his writing career in the early 1920s. Able to absorb knowledge quickly, he became, in 1916, in the midst of World War I, a village schoolteacher at the age of 17. In 1919, a few months after the end of the war, the 20-year-old aspiring writer arrived in Paris and found jobs as a prompter at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier and as a journalist for various publications, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achard Of St
Achard is a surname, and was a given name in the Middle Ages As a surname, it may refer to: * Albert Achard (1894–1972), French World War I flying ace * Antoine Achard (1696–1772), Swiss Protestant minister * Claude-François Achard (1751–1809), French physician * Emile Achard (1860–1944), French physician * Franz Karl Achard (1753–1821), Prussian chemist * Gilbert Achard-Picard (1918–1954), French bobsledder * Guy Achard (born 1936), French Latinist * Jean Achard (1807–1884), French painter * Jean Achard (racing driver) (1918–1951), French race-car driver and journalist * Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir (1749–1783), secret French envoy to the American colonies * Léon Achard (1831–1905), French tenor * Louis Amédée Achard (1814–1875), French novelist * Marcel Achard (1899–1974), French playwright * Michel Jacques François Achard (1778–1865), French general As a given name, it may refer to: * Achard of St. Victor Achard of Saint Victor ( 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude-François Achard
Claude-François Achard (1751–1809) was a French physician and author. He was the founder of the first public library in Marseille. He was the author of several books, including the first French- Provençal dictionary. Early life Claude-François Achard was born on 23 May 1751 in Marseille, France. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. He was educated in Montpellier, and he earned a doctorate in medicine from the University of Avignon in 1772. Career Achard started his career as a physician in Aubagne from 1772 to 1775. He subsequently practised medicine in Marseille, and he became a member of the Société Royale de médecine de Paris in 1785. Achard was also the author of several non-fiction books. For example, he wrote the first French- Provençal dictionary. He became a member of the Académie de Marseille in 1786. Achard began collecting books from Catholic schools and monasteries closed down during the French Revolution in 1790. By 1793, he was a founder of the first public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Achard (racing Driver)
Jean-Jacques Grosman, known as Jean Achard (15 March 1918 – 14 July 1951) was a French race-car driver and journalist and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Biography Achard was born in Paris on 14 July 1918. When the Nazis invaded France, Achard, like many Frenchmen, took up arms for the French Resistance, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of one of the many resistance newspapers, "Debout" (French for "On Our Feet"), which was founded by Claude Julien, another member of the French Resistance. Achard eventually became the Chairman of the ''Fédération nationale française des anciens combattants''("French National Federation of Former Combatants"). He made his racing debut in a supercharged Maserati 1500. Achard was successful in the 1946 and 1947 racing seasons, but in June 1947 he crashed on the first lap, while the V12 Delahaye 155 that he had used in 1946 was lent to Levegh for the race. Achard drove the Delahaye again on 13 July 1947. That sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Amédée Achard
Louis Amédée Eugène Achard (19 April 1814 – 25 March 1875) was a prolific French novelist. Achard was born in Marseille. After a short stay near Algiers, where he supervised a farm, he went to Toulouse, and then Marseille, where he became a journalist and wrote for the ''Sémaphore.'' He moved to Paris, where he wrote for the ''Vert-Vert'', the ''Entracte'', the ''Charivari'', and the ''Époque''. Achard wrote extensively for the ''Époque'', even writing for his colleagues when they lacked inspiration. He then collaborated in the satirical journal ''Le Pamphlet'', and was gravely wounded in a duel with a man named Fiorentino, whom he had defamed. While still convalescent, he left for Italy with the French Army to cover the war for the ''Journal des Débats''. Achard was a prolific writer. In addition to his journalism, he wrote about thirty plays and about forty books. He is known today primarily for his cloak and dagger novels. Some incorrectly claim that he was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Achard
Léon Achard (16 February 1831 – 10 July 1905) was a French tenor. Biography Born in Lyon, Achard was the son of , modest canut became an artist who has distinguished himself in the world of theatre. He studied at a major Parisian high school, Louis-le-Grand or Henri IV, and then went on to study law. After completing his law studies, Achard entered a lawyer's office, while taking courses at the Conservatoire de Paris. After one year, he was awarded the First Prizes in singing and opéra comique. Subsequently, Achard was hired by the Théâtre-Lyrique, then directed by Léon Carvalho Léon Carvalho (18 January 1825 – 29 December 1897) was a French impresario and stage director. Biography Born Léon Carvaille in Port Louis, British Mauritius, he came to France at an early age. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and sa .... There he interpreted Tobias, alongside Pauline Lauters, in ''Le Billet de Marguerite'' by Gevaert, play premiered on 7 October 1854.. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Alexandre Achard De Bonvouloir
Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir (10 May 1749, in Passais-la-Conception – 1783) was a secret French envoy to the American colonies, in 1775. Julien Alexandre Achard de Bonvouloir's ancient family from Poitou and Normandy was divided into three branches: Achard de Bonvouloir, Achard de la Vente, and Achard de Leluardière. The eldest Achard was granted the right to lead the Bishop of Angoulême A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ... in saving the city from the infidels. Achard also fought the Saracens; a cross commemorating this battle stands at the site of the battle, bearing the inscription: "Achard, the Tison, the neighbor across the country has driven off the Saracens. References Bibliography * Joseph Hamon, ''Le chevalier de Bonvouloir: premier émissaire s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Achard
Guy Achard (born 1936 in Lyon) is a French Latinist and historian of Ancient Rome. An emeritus professor at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, he is a specialist in Latin rhetoric and Roman sociology. Publications * * * * ''Cicéron : De l'invention'', éd. traduction et commentaire, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, coll. des Universités de France, Paris, 1994; * ''La Femme à Rome'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, coll. « Que sais-je ? "Que sais-je?" (QSJ) (; Literally: "What do I know?", ) is an editorial collection published by the Presses universitaires de France (PUF). The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study wr ... », 1995, 128 p.; éd. roumaine, Bucarest, Corint, 2004 * ''Néron'', Paris, Presses universitaires de France, coll. « Que sais-je? », 1995, 128 p.; éd. roumaine, Bucarest, Corint, 2004; éd. japonaise, Tokyo, Hakusuisha, 2016, * ''Orateur, Auditeurs, Lecteurs. À propos de l'éloque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Achard-Picard
Gilbert Achard-Picard (June 17, 1918 – August 17, 1954) was a French bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ... in St. Moritz. References1948 bobsleigh four-man results*Mention of Gilbert Achard-Picard's death 1918 births 1954 deaths French male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of France Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{France-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
