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Besnard
Besnard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armand Besnard *Charlotte Besnard (1854 –1931), born Charlotte Dubray, a French sculptor *David Besnard (born 1977), Australian racing driver *Florent Besnard *Lucien Besnard *Marie Besnard (1896–1980), French poisoner *Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934), French painter *Philippe Besnard (1885-1971), French sculptor *Pierre Besnard *René Besnard *Wladimir Besnard (1890-1960), French biologist and oceanographer See also * * Benard {{surname, Besnard French-language surnames nl:Besnard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Besnard
René Henry Besnard (12 April 1879 – 12 March 1952) was a French politician who was a deputy for Indre-et-Loire from 1906 to 1919 and senator from 1920 to 1941. He was briefly Minister of the Colonies and then Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in 1913. He was twice Undersecretary of State for War during World War I (1914–18), and did much to reform aircraft production. He was briefly Minister of Colonies in 1917. From 1924 to 1928 Besnard was Ambassador of France to Rome. For a few days in 1930 he was Minister of War. Pre-war period (1879–1914) René Henry Besnard was born in Artannes-sur-Indre, Indre-et-Loire, on 12 April 1879. His family was from Touraine. He qualified as a doctor of Law in 1903 with the thesis on search and seizure in criminal cases, and became a lawyer. He was elected deputy for the 1st district of Tours in the national elections of 6/20 May 1906 representing a group of Republicans, Radicals and anti-clerical Radical Socialists. In 1909 he was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Besnard
Charlotte Besnard (25 April 1854 – 15 March 1931), born Charlotte Dubray, was a French sculptor. She is perhaps best known as the wife of the successful painter Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934), whose career she did much to advance. Although she was well known for her own work in her day, she has since been largely forgotten. Life Charlotte-Gabrielle Dubray was born in Paris on 25 April 1854. Her parents were Vital Gabriel Dubray (1818–1892), a sculptor, and Jeanne Aglaë Cecconi (1820–1896). Her father had a successful career under the Second French Empire (1851–70), executed many commissions and became a member of the Legion of Honour. Vital Dubray taught sculpture to two of his daughters, Charlotte and Giovanna. At this time sculpture was considered a less noble art than painting, a rough and dirty trade akin to artisan stonecutting, that generally required a public or private sponsor to cover the cost. Women sculptors were rare and had to have strong and determined c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Besnard
Marie Besnard (15 August 1896 – 14 February 1980), also known as 'The Good Lady of Loudun', was an accused serial poisoner in the mid-20th century. Besnard was first charged with multiple murder on July 21, 1949, under her maiden name, Marie Joséphine Philippine Davaillaud. After three trials lasting over ten years (the first held in Poitiers), Besnard was finally freed in 1954, then acquitted on December 12, 1961. The case attracted widespread attention throughout the country and remains one of the most enigmatic in modern French legal history. Early life Born in Loudun, France, Marie married her cousin, Auguste Antigny, in 1920. The marriage lasted until his death from pleurisy on July 21, 1927 (Antigny was known to suffer from tuberculosis). When his body was eventually exhumed, 60 mg of arsenic were found in his remains. In 1928, Marie married Léon Besnard. Suspicious deaths When Léon Besnard's parents inherited family wealth, the couple invited them to mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Besnard
Gustave Besnard (11 October 1833, Rambouillet – 15 July 1903, Château du Rohu near Lorient) was a French admiral and ''Ministre de la Marine''. Biography From the time he joined the French Navy as a cadet at the ''École Navale'' in 1849, until his retirement date in 1898, Besnard served 50 years in the French Navy. After graduating from the ''École Navale'' in 1852, Besnard progressed rapidly in rank and commanded twelve warships (frigates, light cruisers, heavy cruisers) between 1867 and 1892, in all parts of the world (Mediterranean, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Indochina, China). He held a number of prestigious shore positions such as Navy Chief of Staff (1881), Head of Navy Personnel (1887–1889), ''Préfet Maritime de Brest'' (1893–1895).Vice-amiral Charles Touchard, ''Notice sur la carrière du Vice-amiral Besnard'', Paris, Imprimerie E. Desfossés, 1923, 10 p. After this long and distinguished career in the French Navy, Besnard served as , the French equivalent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Albert Besnard
Paul-Albert Besnard (2 June 1849 – 4 December 1934) was a French painter and printmaker. Biography Besnard was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, studied with Jean Bremond and was influenced by Alexandre Cabanel. He won the Prix de Rome in 1874 with the painting ''Death of Timophanes''. On 19 November 1879 he married the sculptor Charlotte Dubray (1854–1931). They had four children, of whom three were artists. Until about 1880 he followed the academic tradition, but then broke away completely, and devoted himself to the study of colour and light as conceived by the Impressionists. The realism of this group never appealed to his bold imagination, but he applied their technical method to ideological and decorative works on a large scale, such as his frescoes at the Sorbonne, the Ecole de Pharmacie, the ceiling of the Comédie-Française (main theatre in Paris), the Salle des Sciences at the Hôtel de Ville, the ''mairie'' of the 1st arrondissement, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wladimir Besnard
Wladimir Besnard (1890, St. Petersburg, Russia – 1960, São Paulo, Brazil) was a French biologist and Brazilian oceanographer, and is considered to be the father of Brazilian oceanography.Homenagem aos mestres: esculturas na USP, vol. 5 of "Cadernos CPC", 2002, Biographical sketch of W. Besnard/ref> He was born in the Russian Empire of French parents. As a biologist he is credited (together with Theodore Monod) with the discovery of the skeleton of the Asselar man in 1927 (although various sources refer to him as M.M. Besnard or M.V. Besnard). An oceanographic ship, some undersea features (Besnard Bank, Besnard Passage), and a street in São Paulo (Rua Professor Wladimir Besnard) are named in his honor. Oceanographic ship During 1967-2008 Brazil operated ''Professor W. Besnard'', its only oceanographic vessel at that time. The ship was launched on August 18, 1966 from the shipyard Mjellem & Karlsen, Norway, and belonged to the Institute of Oceanography of the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Besnard
David Besnard, (born 21 January 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired professional racing driver. Career history Starting in karts in 1991, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title. 1996 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore He made a venture to the United States, with a small budget, and limited success. In 1998, he returned to win the U.S F2000 National Championship. 1999, saw David enter the US Formula Atlantic Championship. After a heavy crash at Nazareth Speedway, the team had to buy a new chassis and ran out of budget halfway through the season. 2000 saw Besnard again in the United States, running various Sports Car races, until Stone Brothers Racing picked him up for the Konica V8 Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, with the highlight being winning the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Besnard
Lucien Besnard (19 January 1872, Nonancourt – 1955) was a French playwright and drama critic. He held a doctorate in law and was graduated in Russian from the École des langues orientales. The Académie Française awarded Lucien Besnard two prizes: *1926: the Prix Émile Augier for ''L’homme qui n’est plus de ce monde'' *1928: thPrix Toiracfor ''Le cœur partagé'' In 1932, he adapted in French ''The White Horse Inn'', German operetta by Ralph Benatzky Ralph Benatzky (5 June 1884 – 16 October 1957), born in Mährisch Budwitz ( Moravské Budějovice) as Rudolph Franz rantišekJosef Benatzky, was an Austrian composer of Moravian origin. He composed operas and operettas, such as '' Casanova .... Lucien Besnard is buried at Vaugirard Cemetery in Paris. Main plays *1896: ''Le Glas'' *1898: ''Papa Dollivet'' *1899: ''Les Chiens du maître'' *1900: ''La Fronde'' *1902: ''Le Domaine'' *1904: ''L'Affaire Grisel'' *1906: ''La Plus Amoureuse'' *1908: ''Mon ami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Besnard
Pierre Besnard (8 October 1886 – 19 February 1947) was a French revolutionary syndicalist. He was the Secretary of the Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (CGT-SR) from 1929, and the Secretary of the International Workers' Association. Selected works *''Les syndicats ouvriers et la révolution sociale'', Paris, 1930 *''Le monde nouveau'', CGT-SR, 1936 *''L'éthique du syndicalisme'', CGT-SR, 1936 Besnard was also a contributor to Sébastien Faure Sébastien Faure (6 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a French anarchist, freethought and secularist activist and a principal proponent of synthesis anarchism. Biography Before becoming a free-thinker, Faure was a seminarist. He engage ...'s '' Encyclopédie anarchiste''. Bibliography * External linksBiography of Pierre Besnardfrom the Daily Bleed's Anarchist EncyclopediaFondation Pierre Besnard French anarchists Anarcho-syndicalists 1886 births 1947 deaths {{Anarchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florent Besnard
Florent Besnard (born 30 April 1984 in Vannes) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in the Championnat National 3 for Saint-Colomban Locminé, and in May 2021 was appointed joint head coach of the club. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, t .... References 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Morbihan French footballers Association football midfielders Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players GSI Pontivy players Vannes OC players Nîmes Olympique players AS Moulins players Paris FC players Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC players AS Vitré players Saint-Colomban Sportive Locminé players F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Besnard
Philippe Besnard (18 November 1885 – 2 November 1971) was a French sculptor. He was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures .... References 1885 births 1971 deaths Sculptors from Paris French male sculptors Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery {{France-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benard
Benard or Bénard is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Abraham-Joseph Bénard (1750–1822), French actor of the Comédie-Française * Aimé Bénard (1873–1938), Canadian politician * Alexander Benard, American businessman * André Bénard (1922–2016), French industrialist * Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard (1928–2010), better known as Cécile Aubry, French actress * Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), French lady-in-waiting * Cheryl Benard (born 1953), American academic * Chris Benard (born 1990), American track and field athlete * Claude Bénard (born 1926), French athlete * Dominique Bénard, French Deputy Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * Émile Bénard (1844–1929), French architect and painter * Henri Bénard (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection * Laurent Bénard (1573–1620), French chief founder of the Maurist Congregation * Marcos Abel Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
