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Barthélemy Latomus
Barthélemy, or Barthélémy is a French name, a cognate of Bartholomew. Notable people with this name include: Given name * Barthélemy (explorer), French youth who accompanied the explorer de La Salle in 1687 * Barthélémy Bisengimana, Congolese chief of staff to President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire * Barthélemy Boganda (1910–1959), politician and advocate for the independence of Oubangui-Chari, which later became the Central African Republic * Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville (1625–1695), French Orientalist * Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist and traveler * Barthélemy Hauréau (Jean-Barthélémy) (1812–1896), French historian and writer * Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin (1796–1864), French social reformer * Barthélémy Thomas Strafforello Barthélémy Thomas Strafforello (1764-1845) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1820 to 1829. He was a Knight of the Legion of Honour The Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew (name)
Bartholomew is an English or Jewish (generally also Christian) given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai". wikt:בר, ''Bar'' is Aramaic for "son", and marks patronymic, patronyms. wikt:תלמי, ''Talmai'' either comes from wikt:תלם, ''telem'' ridge and furrow, "furrow" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy (name), Ptolemy. Thus Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" (i.e., rich in land) or "son of Ptolemy". Bartholomew (Barry) is English or Scottish but also a Jewish surname with the same meaning as the above as a given name. People with the given name * Bartholomew, one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus * Bartholomew (Archdeacon of Waterford) (early 13th century) * Bartholomew of Bologna (missionary), Bartholomaeus Parvus (died 1333), known as the ''Apostle of Armenia'' * Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Franciscan encyclopedist of the thirteenth century * Venerable Bartholomew of Braga (1514–1582) Catholic Encyclopedia article* Bartholomew of Braganca (c.1200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Barthélemy
Emmanuel Barthélemy (1823–1855) was a French revolutionary and a member of secret Blanquist societies during the reign of Louis-Phillipe, the citizen king of France in the July monarchy from 1830 until 1848. He fled to London in 1850. He is remembered for being the winner of the last fatal duel in England, fought in 1852 with another French exile. In 1855, he was hanged in London after killing two Englishmen. Revolutionary activity Born in 1823, Barthélemy was from Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris.Lattek, (2006), p.131 In 1839, he was imprisoned for shooting a police officer during a coup attempt by the ''Société des saisons'', led by Louis Auguste Blanqui and Armand Barbès. Some sources state the officer was killed, others state he was only wounded. Barthélemy was released in 1847 during a general amnesty. The following year he participated in the June Days Uprising in Paris, which saw working-class Parisians erecting barricades and battling government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy (french: Saint-Barthélemy, ), officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. It is often abbreviated to St. Barth in French, and St. Barts in English. The island lies about south of the Caribbean island Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin, and is northeast of the Dutch islands of Saba (island), Saba, Sint Eustatius, and the independent country of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Barthélemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. In 2003 the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe in order to form a separate overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', abbreviated to ''COM'') of France. The collectivity is one of four territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that make up the French West Indies, along with Collectivity of Saint Martin, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe ( sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of New Orleans
The post of Mayor of the City of New Orleans (french: Maire de La Nouvelle-Orléans) has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Louisiana Purchase — the acquisition by the U.S. of of the French province ''La Louisiane'' in 1803. In mayoral elections since 1930, New Orleans has used a two-round system with a preliminary round and a runoff if no candidate reached a majority in the first round. List All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats. Acting military mayors during the Civil War and Reconstruction The following are the Union Army-appointed acting military mayors that served during the military's occupation of the city during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era: See also * New Orleans mayoral elections * Timeline of New Orleans References * * {{New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans ( , , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Barthelemy
Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure. The second African American to hold the New Orleans mayoral chair, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1974 to 1978 and a member at-large of the New Orleans City Council from 1978 to 1986. He served as mayor of New Orleans from 1986 to 1994. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Early life and education Barthelemy was born on March 17, 1942 in New Orleans, LA and was the third of six children in a Creole family. He grew up in the Seventh Ward, and attended Corpus Christi Elementary School and St. Augustine High School (New Orleans), run by the Josephites. He then sought to enter the priesthood with the Josephites, studying at Epiphany Apostolic Junior College in Newburgh, New York and then St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, D.C., where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and pursued graduate study in Theology. While in seminary, he worked summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rances Barthelemy
Rances Barthelemy (born 25 June 1986) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior lightweight title in 2014, and the IBF lightweight title from 2015 to 2016. Amateur career Barthelemy was a standout amateur, competing in more than 200 fights and winning a Cuban junior national championship. Barthelemy defected to the United States prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics. He left Cuba over frustration with how his brother Yan’s career was developing and the implications that it could have for his own future in the sport. Professional career Barthelemy defeated Arash Usmanee on 4 January 2013 by a controversial twelve-round unanimous decision which many observers thought Usmanee had won and became the #2 contender for the IBF junior lightweight title. Barthelemy would later become the #1 contender by defeating Fahsai Sakkreerin on 21 June 2013 by second-round knockout. Barthelemy originally defeated Argenis Mendez on 3 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Barthélemy
René Barthélemy (10 March 1889 – 12 February 1954) was a French engineer and a pioneer in the development of television. Background The invention of television was a slow enterprise of collective improvement between researchers and do-it-yourselfers from different countries, the first concepts of which date back to the end of the 1870s. It was the successive discoveries in electricity and optics that made it possible to formulate the theoretical projects, the first experiments and the first demonstrations. Biography Barthélemy was the son of a tailor from Nangis, and his teachers encouraged him to continue his studies in engineering in which during 1909–1910 he studied for a diploma from the École Supérieure d'Électricité. At 22 years old he was a radio-telegraphist at the Eiffel Tower. In 1922 he filed a patent on mains power supply for radio receivers for which, until then, heavy and bulky batteries were used; his invention assisted the development of radio bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire (19 August 1805 – 24 November 1895) was a French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France. Biography Jules was born in Paris. Marie Belloc Lowndes, in the second volume of her autobiography '' Where Love and Friendship Dwelt'' (1943), made claims regarding his paternity. He was reportedly ashamed of and did not talk about it. Lowndes did not say who his mother was. In his early years he worked for the Ministry of Finance (1825–1828), and was an active journalist. From 1826 to 1830 he opposed the policies of Charles X of France in ''Le Globe''. At the revolution of 1830 he signed the protestation of the journalists on 28 July 1830. After 1830, he contributed to different newspapers, ''Le Constitutionnel'', ''Le National'' and '' Le Courrier français'' until 1833, when he gave up politics in order to devote himself to the history of ancient philosophy, undertaking a translation of Aristotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (20 January 1716 – 30 April 1795) was a French scholar who became the first person to decipher an extinct language. He deciphered the Palmyrene alphabet in 1754 and the Phoenician alphabet in 1758. Early years Barthélemy was born at Cassis, in Provence, and began his classical studies at the College of Oratory in Marseilles. He took up philosophy and theology at the Jesuits' college, and finally attended the seminary of the Lazarists. While studying for the priesthood, which he intended to join, he devoted much attention to oriental languages, and was introduced by a friend to the study of classical antiquities, and particularly to the field of numismatics. Career In 1744, he went to Paris with a letter of introduction to Claude Gros de Boze, Perpetual Secretary of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres and Keeper of the Royal Collection of Medals. He became assistant to de Boze and in 1753 succeeded him in this post, remaining in this pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Marie, Marquis De Barthélemy
François-Marie, Marquess of Barthélemy (20 October 1747, Aubagne3 April 1830 Paris) was a French politician and diplomat, active at the time of the French Revolution. Biography Diplomat and member of the Directory Born in Aubagne, he was educated by his uncle the ''abbé'' Jean-Jacques Barthélemy for a diplomatic career. After serving as secretary of legation in Sweden, in Switzerland and in the Kingdom of Great Britain, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland, in which capacity he negotiated the treaties of Basel with Prussia and Spain (1795). This, in turn, cites as references: *Marquis de Barthélemy, ''Papiers'', published by Jean Kaulek, 4 vols. (Paris, 1886–1888) *Albert Sorel, ''L'Europe et la Révolution française'', iv. (Paris, 1892) *Ludovic Sciout, ''Le Directoire'' (Paris, 1895) Elected a member of the Directory in May 1797, through Royalist influence, he was arrested after General Augereau's anti-Royalist ''coup d'état'' of the 18 Fructid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy (179623 August 1867), born at Marseilles, was a French people, French satire, satirical poet. His name can hardly be separated from that of his friend and compatriot, Joseph Méry (1798–1866), with whom he carried on so intimate a collaboration that it is not possible to distinguish their personalities in their joint works. Life After having established some local reputation as a poet, Barthélemy went to Paris, where by one of his first efforts, ''Le Sacre de Charles X'' (1825) he gained the favor of the court. His energies, however, were soon enlisted in the service of the opposition party. In 1825 appeared a clever political satire, ''Les Sidiennes'', followed by ''La Villéliade ou la prise du château de Rivoli'' (1827), ''La Corbiéréide'' (1827), ''La Peyronnéide'', the joint productions of Barthélemy and Méry. The success was immediate and pronounced; fifteen editions of the ''Villéliade'' were called for during the year. A rapid success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586, it is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics known as the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 500 years, OUP has primarily focused on the publication of pedagogical texts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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