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Boivin
Boivin (French: from bois vin "(you) drink wine" (from the Old French verb boire "to drink" + vin "wine") used as a nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ... for a (heavy) alcoholic beverage, drinker) is a surname from France. Boivin is a combination of the French words ''bois'' (verb ''boire'' "to drink") and ''vin'', which mean "drink" and "wine" respectively. The surname refers to someone who drinks (too much) wine.DAUZAT 49 Persons in France *François de Boivin (died 1618), French chronicler *Jean-Marc Boivin (1951–1990), French mountaineer and BASE jumper born in Dijon *Jean Boivin the Younger or Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1663–Paris), French writer, scholar and translator *Jeanne Poiret Boivin (1871-1959), French jewelry designer *Jérôme Boivin, film di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Boivin
Jean-Marc Boivin (6 April 1951 – 17 February 1990) was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, film maker and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paragliding, the creator of numerous first ascents and first ski descents in the Alps, a member of the team that broke the record for a sub-glacial dive and the first person to paraglide from the summit of Mount Everest, Boivin was a pioneer of extreme sports. He died from injuries incurred after BASE jumping off Angel Falls in Venezuela, the highest waterfall in the world. Early life Boivin was born in Dijon in 1951. He went to secondary school in Dijon, Belfort and Tournus, and gained his ''Baccalauréat de technicien'' in 1971.Jean-Marc BOIVIN: PARCOURS jeanmarcboivin.free.fr, retrieved 4 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |