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Brandeau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Esther Brandeau (born 1718), first Jew in Canada *Margaret Brandeau Margaret Louise Brandeau is an American management scientist and engineer whose research applies operations research to decision-making in public health. The main focus of her work is on the development of applied mathematical and economic models ..., American management scientist and engineer See also * Brando (other) * Suikoden IV, video game featuring an antagonist named Brandeau {{surname ...
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Esther Brandeau
Esther Brandeau ( ''flor.'' in Canada 1738–39) is notable in the history of the Jews in Canada as the first Jew to set foot in the country, travelling from France to New France. She was born around 1718, probably at Saint-Esprit-lès-Bayonne (near Bayonne), in the diocese of Dax. Jews in France were subject to waves of expulsion, and women's lives were limited by gender roles, which some tried to evade by cross-dressing. Brandeau reinvented herself as Jacques La Fargue, a Roman Catholic boy, and became a sailor on the ''St-Michel'', a ship bound from Bordeaux for the Port of Quebec. At that time, Canada was the only colony of the New World never reported to have been visited by a Jew. After a brief masquerade, Esther's religion and sex were both discovered. As a non-Catholic in a legally Catholic country, she was arrested on the orders of Gilles Hocquart, Intendant of New France, and taken to the ''Hôpital Général'' in Quebec City. Hocquart was initially under the impress ...
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Margaret Brandeau
Margaret Louise Brandeau is an American management scientist and engineer whose research applies operations research to decision-making in public health. The main focus of her work is on the development of applied mathematical and economic models to support health policy decisions. She is the Coleman F. Fung Professor in the Stanford University School of Engineering, and also holds a courtesy affiliation with the Stanford University School of Medicine. With Edward H. Kaplan, Brandeau is the editor of the book ''Modeling the AIDS Epidemic: Planning, Policy, and Prediction'' (Raven Press, 1994). She has also studied strategies for responding to the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the question of whether eating organic food has health benefits. Education Brandeau earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1977 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After continuing at MIT for a master's degree in operations research in 1978, she completed her Ph.D. in eng ...
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Brando (other)
Brando may refer to: People * Marlon Brando (1924–2004), American actor ** Christian Brando (1958–2008), son of Marlon Brando ** Miko C. Brando, Marlon Brando's son and Michael Jackson's one-time friend, bodyguard, and assistant ** Tarita Cheyenne Brando (1970–1995), daughter of Marlon Brando known as Cheyenne Brando * Brando Eaton (born 1986), American actor Places *Brändö, a municipality in Finland * Brändö, Helsinki, a part of the city of Helsinki * Brändö, Vaasa, a part of the city of Vaasa, Finland * Brando, Haute-Corse, a commune in France *Castel Brando, a medieval castle in the Veneto region of Italy Art, entertainment, and media Films * ''Brando'' (film), a 2007 documentary about Marlon Brando Fictional characters *Brando Dingle, from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * Dio Brando, villain of the anime and manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' *Dario Brando, father of Dio Brando from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' *Diego Brando, an alternate universe co ...
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