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Alphonse Péron
Alphonse Péron (29 November 1834 – 2 April 1908) was a French soldier and amateur naturalist. He used his spare time to pursue his interest in paleontology, and authored or coauthored several important works on the geology and paleontology of France and Algeria. Life Pierre-Alphonse Péron was born on 29 November 1834 in Saint-Fargeau, Yonne. He attended the Collège d’Auxerre for his secondary education, then in 1853 entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. After graduating in 1855 he was posted to a series of different garrisons. He was assigned to Corsica in 1860, and later transferred to Algeria. In both places he was able to pursue his growing interest in geology, which absorbed much of his spare time for the rest of his life. In 1867 he was promoted to captain. During the Franco-Prussian War Péron was seriously wounded at the Battle of Sedan in September 1870. After recovering he was posted to Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, from 1871 to 1875. He was promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Fargeau
Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Main sights * Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable burials: heart of Antoine de Chabannes, whose body was laid to rest in Dammartin-en-Goële; burials of his wife Marguerite de Nanteuil (ca. 1422-1475), and of his son and successor Jean de Chabannes (1462-1503). * Château de Saint-Fargeau (Saint-Fargeau Castle) mostly built in the 15th and 17th centuries. * Musée de l'Aventure du Son (Museum of Sound Discovery) displaying more than 1000 gramophones, radios and mechanical musical instruments. Personalities * Saint Fargeau, or Ferreolus, (died ), an early Christian martyr * Antoine de Chabannes, a significant figure of France's 15th-century history, acquired Saint-Fargeau and other lands in Puisaye previously held by the disgraced Jacques Coeur. He reconstructed the castle in the late 1460s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the Latin word for the white limestone known as chalk. The chalk of northern France and the white cliffs of south-eastern England date from the Cretaceous Period. Climate During the Late Cretaceous, the climate was warmer than present, although throughout the period a cooling trend is evident. The tropics became restricted to equatorial regions and northern latitudes experienced markedly more seasonal climatic conditions. Geography Due to plate tectonics, the Americas were gradually moving westward, causing the Atlantic Ocean to expand. The Western Interior Seaway divided North America into eastern and western halves; Appalachia and Laramidia. India maintained a northward course towards Asia. In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia and Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Province
Constantine ( ar, ولاية قسنطينة) is one of the 58 provinces (''wilayas'') of Algeria, whose capital is the city of the same name. History In 1984 Mila Province Mila ( ar, ولاية ميلة, link=no, ) is a province (''wilayah'') of Algeria, whose capital is Mila. Other localities include Teleghma, Grarem Gouga, Hamala and Rouached. History The province was created from parts of Constantine Province ... was carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions The province is divided into 6 districts or ''daïra'', which are subdivided into 12 ''communes'' or municipalities. List of districts References Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{ConstantineDZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Tissot
Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name * Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer * Jules Abadie (1876–1953), French politician and surgeon * Jules Accorsi (born 1937), French football player and manager *Jules Adenis (1823–1900), French playwright and opera librettist * Jules Adler 1865–1952), French painter * Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality * Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922), French botanist * Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player * Jules Bianchi (1989–2015), French Formula One driver * Jules Breton (1827–1906), French Realist painter * Jules-André Brillant (1888–1973), Canadian entrepreneur * Jules Brunet (1838–1911), French Army general * Jules Charles-Roux (1841–1918), French businessman and politician * Jules Dewaquez (1899–1971), French footballer * Jules Marie Alphonse Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oran Province
Oran Province ( ar, ولاية وهران, ) is a province (''wilayah'') in Algeria whose seat is the city of the same name. Geography It is located in the northwestern part of the country. Its population is 1,584,607 and it covers a total area of 2,114 km². The province is bordered to the east by Mostaganem, to the southeast by Mascara, to the southwest by Sidi Bel Abbes, and to the west by Aïn Témouchent Province. History The province was formed from the former French department of Oran, which was maintained after independence and was transformed into a ''wilaya'' (province) by the ordnance of 1968. It inherited its current structure after the re-organization of 1974, when it lost its western and southern parts in favor of the creation of Sidi Bel Abbès Province. Administrative divisions As of 1984, the province is divided into 9 districts (''daïras''), which are further divided into 26 ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts # Aïn El Turk # Arzew # Bethiou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exposition Universelle (1867)
The International Exposition of 1867 (french: Exposition universelle 'art et d'industriede 1867), was the second world's fair to be held in Paris, from 1 April to 3 November 1867. A number of nations were represented at the fair. Following a decree of Emperor Napoleon III, the exposition was prepared as early as 1864, in the midst of the renovation of Paris, marking the culmination of the Second French Empire. Visitors included Tsar Alexander II of Russia, a brother of the King William and Otto von Bismarck of Prussia, Prince Metternich and Franz Josef of Austria, Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, and the Khedive of Egypt Isma'il. Conception In 1864, Napoleon III issued a decree stating that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. A commission was appointed with Prince Jerome Napoleon as president, under whose direction the preliminary work began. The site chosen for the Exposition Universelle of 1867 was the Champ de Mars, the great military parade ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers Province
Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers and has a population of about 3 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area. Territory In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions Algiers province is coincident with the city of Algiers, and is divided into 13 districts, in turn subdivided into 57 ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are: Communes The communes are: # Aïn Taya ( Ain-Taya) # Bab El Oued # Bab Ezzouar # Baba Hassen # Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah) # Bologhine ( Bouloghine) # Bordj El Bahri # Bordj El Kiffan ( Bordj El Kifan) # Bourouba # Casbah # Dar El Beïda # Douéra # Drar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinidae
Echinidae is a family of sea urchins in the order Echinoida. Members of the family are found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic.Family Echinidae Gray, 1825. The Echinoid Directory. Retrieved 2011-08-28. Characteristics Members of the family Echinidae are characterized by having trigeminate ambulacra (quadrigeminate in one genus) with pairs of pores arranged either as vertical arcs or as a dense band. The ambulacral plates are compound. The tubercles are imperforate and do not have crenulate edges. There are few tubercles on the interambulacral plates. The buccal notches are reduced in size and, their most significant distingu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor-Auguste Gauthier
Victor-Auguste Gauthier (5 March 1837 – 20 February 1911) was a French school teacher and amateur palaeontologist. He specialized in the study of fossilized sea urchins, contributing meticulous descriptions of many fossils found in southern France, Algeria, Tunisia and Persia. Life Victor-Auguste Gauthier was born in Tonnerre, Yonne, on 5 March 1837, son of a small winemaker. At an early age he was attracted to paleontology. He graduated from the College of Tonnerre, then was a ''maître répétiteur'' at the lycées of Sens and Orléans. He obtained a degree in Letters, then passed the ''agrégation'' in Grammar. He taught in turn at lycées in Pau, Le Puy, Moulins and finally, on 7 January 1864, at Marseille. During the nineteen years he spent in Marseille he devoted himself to the study of the Echinidae, a family of sea urchins, and made an important collection of the species of Provence. On 7 August 1883 Gauthier was named professor at the Lycée Michelet in Vanves and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustave Dollfus
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons * Gustav (''Zoids''), a transportation mecha in the ''Zoids'' fictional universe *Gustav, a character in '' Sesamstraße'' *Monsieur Gustav H., a leading character in '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Weapons * Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, dubbed "the Gustav" by US soldiers * Schwerer Gustav, 800-mm German siege cannon used during World War II Other uses * Gustav (pigeon), a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service in WWII * Gustave (crocodile), a large male Nile crocodile in Burundi *Gustave, South Dakota *Hurricane Gustav (other), a name used for several tropical cyclones and storms *Gustav, a streetwear clothing brand See also *Gustav of Sweden (other) *Gustav Adolf (other) *Gustave Eiffel (other) * * *Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Passy
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. It is a cognate of the masculine given name Anthony. Similar names include Antaine, Anthoine, Antoan, Antoin, Antton, Antuan, Antwain, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwone, Antwon and Antwuan. Feminine forms include Antonia, Antoinette, and (more rarely) Antionette. As a first name * Antoine Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), a French librarian and bibliographer * Antoine Arbogast (1759–1803), a French mathematician * Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
