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Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation used to indicate Henri Alain Liogier, also known as Brother Alain, as the author when citing a botanical name * Émile Chartier (1868–1951), French philosopher and antimilitarist commonly known as Alain Places * Alain, Iran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran * Al Ain, a city in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ** Al Ain International Airport in the United Arab Emirates * Val-Alain, Quebec, village of 950 people in Quebec, Canada Other uses * 1969 Alain (1935 CG), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1935 * ''Alain'' (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Pinnotheridae * Prix Alain-Grandbois or Alain Grandbois Prize is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry * Rosa 'Alain' ''Rosa'' 'Alain' is a red Floribunda rose variety, ...
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Alain (given Name)
Alain () is widely used as a personal name and is the French form of Alan but also exists in English-speaking countries: A * Alain Absire (born 1950), French writer * Alain Acard (born 1951), French sprint canoeist * Alain Alivon (born 1965), French military and drill instructor *Alain Altinoglu (born 1975), French-Armenian conductor * Alain Ambrosino (born 1951), French rally driver * Alain Amougou (born 1973), Cameroonian footballer *Alain Anderton, British author of business studies and economics textbooks * Alain Anen (born 1950), Luxembourgian fencer * Alain Andji (born 1974), French pole vaulter * Alain André, Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec *Alain Anziani (born 1951), member of the Senate of France, representing the Gironde department *Alain Aoun (born 1971), Lebanese politician and nephew of President Michel Aoun *Alain Arroyo (born 1982), Spanish footballer and manager *Alain Aspect (born 1947), French physicist * Alain Akouala Atipault (born ...
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Alain (surname)
Alain is a surname, and may refer to: *Jehan Alain (1911–1940), French organist and composer *Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013), French organist and organ teacher *Olivier Alain Olivier Georges Alain (3 August 1918 – 28 February 1994) was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer. Life Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albe ...
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Daniel Brustlein
Daniel Brustlein (1904–1996) was an Alsace, Alsatian-born American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and author of children's books. He is best known for the cartoons and cover art he contributed to ''The New Yorker'' magazine under the pen name "Alain" from the 1930s through the 1950s. The novelist John Updike once said his childhood discovery of Brustlein's cartoons helped to stimulate his desire to write for the magazine and one of Brustlein's cartoons has been repeatedly cited for its skillful and witty self-reference. Although they have not received the same public acclaim as his humorous drawings, his paintings drew strong praise from influential critics such as Hilton Kramer, who said Brustlein's work had great refinement showing "beautiful control over the precise emotion he wants it to convey" and "complete command of color and form handled with a remarkable delicacy and discretion." In October 1960 a painting of Brustlein's appeared on the cover of ARTnews and his reputa ...
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Henri Alain Liogier
Henri Alain Liogier, also known as Brother Alain (January 31, 1916 – November 9, 2009) was a French botanist, educator, and member of the clergy based out of Texas, United States. Liogier is responsible for over 100 scientific journal articles and over 30 books devoted to the study of botany. He published the quintessential work on the flora of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, and these works are the foundation of botanical science for the Caribbean. During his life's work, he discovered over 300 species of plants all of which can be found at the New York Botanical Garden where he also served as a research associate. He was a founding member of the Academy of Science and first scientific director of the National Botanical Garden in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Liogier was recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Studies in Plant Science. He was also the director of the Botanic Garden at the University of Puerto Rico. Education and training Liogier was educated at H ...
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Émile Chartier
Émile-Auguste Chartier (; 3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain (), was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist. He adopted his pseudonym in homage to the 15th-century Norman poet Alain Chartier. Early life Alain was born in 1868 in Mortagne-au-Perche (Orne). He entered Lycée d'Alençon in 1881 and studied there for five years. On 13 June 1956, the lycée was renamed Lycée Alain, after its most famous student. In 1892, Alain graduated from École Normale Supérieure and received the agrégation in philosophy. Career He subsequently taught at various institutions: Pontivy, Lorient, Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, and, in Paris: (Lycée Condorcet and Lycée Michelet). From 1903, he contributed to several journals using his pseudonym, Alain. He was most commonly referred to as "Alain" by his pupils and peers. In 1909, he was appointed a teacher (or professor) at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. He deeply influenced his pupils, who included Raymond Aro ...
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Alain, Iran
Alaeen ( fa, علائين, also Romanized as Alain, ‘Alā’īn) is a village in Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District, Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 99, in 34 families. References Populated places in Shemiranat County {{Shemiranat-geo-stub ...
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Al Ain
Al Ain ( ar, ٱلْعَيْن, , ) is a city in the western side of Tawam (region), Tuwwam region and the seat of the administrative division of its namesake, Al-Ain Region, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is Oman–United Arab Emirates border, bordered to the east by the Omani town of Al-Buraimi in the Al Buraimi Governorate. It is the largest inland city in the Emirates, the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, fourth-largest city (after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), and the second-largest in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Controlled-access highway, freeways connecting Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the country, each city being roughly from the other two. Al-Ain is known as the "Garden City" ( ar, مَدِيْنَة ٱلْحَدِيْقَة, Madīnat Al-Ḥadīqah, lit=City of The Garden) of Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, the UAE or the Persian Gulf, Gulf, due to its greenery, particularly with reg ...
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Al Ain International Airport
Al Ain International Airport ; ar, مَطَار ٱلْعَيْن ٱلدَُوَلِِي; transliterated: Maṭār Al-ʿAyn Ad-Duwalī) is an airport located west or northwest (login required) of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It was opened on 31 March 1994. It is the fifth busiest airport in the UAE. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents * On 27 February 2011, a Grumman 21T eight seater aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, killing four on board. See also * Buraimi Airport References Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ... Airports in the United Arab Emirates 1994 establishments in the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-transport-stub ...
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Val-Alain, Quebec
Val-Alain is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 930 as of 2009. It is named after Alain Chartier Joly de Lotbinière, grandson of Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, former premier of Quebec. "Monsieur Alain," as he was known, headed the Lotbinière ''seigneurie In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...'' from 1911 to 1954. References Commission de toponymie du QuébecMinistère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire


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1969 Alain
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ...
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Alain (crab)
''Alain'' is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Pinnotheridae. The species of this genus are found in Northern Australia. Species: *''Alain crosnieri'' *''Alain raymondi Alain may refer to: People * Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Alain (surname) * "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein * Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18596303 Pinnotheroidea Decapod genera ...
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Prix Alain-Grandbois
The Prix Alain-Grandbois or ''Alain Grandbois Prize'' is awarded each year to an author for a book of poetry."Prix Alain-Grandbois"
Memorial University of Newfoundland Literary Awards in Canada 1923-2000.
The jury is composed of three members of the Académie des lettres du Québec. It is named after writer .


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