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Boulle
Boulle is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean Boulle, the father of André Charles Boulle, a cabinetmaker to the King of France * André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker to the Sun King * Jean-Philippe Boulle (1678–1744), French cabinetmaker to the King of France and the oldest son of André-Charles Boulle * Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799), French neoclassical architect * Pierre Boulle (1912–1994), French novelist * Jean-Raymond Boulle (born 1950), mining entrepreneur, founder and principal shareholder of Titanium Resources Group * Francis Boulle (born 1988) Comedian, entrepreneur and creator of Made in Chelsea * Mark Boulle (born 1979), Australian musician See also * Boulle work, marquetry process made famous by the French cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle André-Charles Boulle (11 November 164229 February 1732), ''le joailler du meuble'' (the "furniture jeweller"), became the most famous French cabinetmaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Charles Boulle
André-Charles Boulle (11 November 164229 February 1732), ''le joailler du meuble'' (the "furniture jeweller"), became the most famous French cabinetmaker and the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry, also known as "inlay". Boulle was "the most remarkable of all French cabinetmakers". Jean-Baptiste Colbert (29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) recommended him to Louis XIV of France, the "Sun King" (), as "the most skilled craftsman in his profession". Over the centuries since his death, his name and that of his family has become associated with the art he perfected, the inlay of tortoiseshell, brass and pewter into ebony. It has become known as '' Boulle Work'', and the École Boulle (founded in 1886), a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, continues today to bear testimony to his enduring art, the art of inlay. Life in 1677, on his marriage certificate, André-Charles Boulle gave his birth date, for posterity, as being 11 November 1642. No other d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Raymond Boulle
Jean-Raymond Boulle, COR (born 10 October 1950) is a Monaco-based Mauritian businessman, the founder of four publicly traded companies with deposits of nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, titanium and diamonds. Career Early career Boulle worked for the De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) for ten years, in Zaire, Sierra Leone and Antwerp, Belgium, and then established Boulle Inc. in Dallas, Texas. In 1984 he began exploring for diamonds, first in Minnesota, then in Arkansas. In 1987 he formed Arkansas Diamond Development Co., to carry out exploration work on the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. He claimed there were perhaps $5 billion worth of diamonds there, but in 1996 exploration work was halted as it was found to be not worth mining. Diamond Fields and Voisey's Bay Boulle was chairman, founder and CEO as well as a major shareholder of Diamond Fields Resources (TSE:DFR) which commenced trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange on 6 April 1993 and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Boulle
Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'' (1952) and ''Planet of the Apes (novel), Planet of the Apes'' (1963), that were both made into award-winning films. Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'', about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film, named ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', by David Lean won seven Oscars, and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two actual screenwriters had been Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted. His science-fiction novel ''Planet of the Apes'', in which intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, was adapted into a series of nine award-winning films that spawned magazine and TV versions and popular themed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Boulle
Mark Boulle (born 21 April 1979) is an independent musician and recording artist from the Gold Coast, Australia. As of January 2016 he has released eight albums (one of which has since been withdrawn), six of them with his band, the Haba Dudes. He describes his music as "indie folk".Jody Macgregor"Haba Dudes", Rave Magazine, 27 July 2010 History Boulle was born in South Africa during the apartheid era and emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1988 at the age of eight. In 2001 he travelled to Japan to work as an English language teacher, and there he began to play the guitar, sing and write music. (on Mornings with Nicole Dyer), ABC Gold Coast, 11 March 2011 His first few gigs with his band, the Haba Dudes, were at Zullas Restaurant in Burleigh Heads on the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Boulle
''Made in Chelsea'' (abbreviated ''MIC'') is a British structured-reality television series broadcast by E4. ''Made in Chelsea'' chronicles the lives of affluent young people in the West London and South West areas of Belgravia, King's Road, Chelsea and Knightsbridge, as well as their travels to other locations around the world. Series 1Series 8's average figure for the ten episodes where the viewing figures were available. Series 1 (2011) The first series began airing on 9 May 2011 on E4. The series concluded on 27 June 2011 after eight episodes. The show was first announced in April 2011 and was described as a "fly-on-the-wall-drama". Filming for the series took place between January and May 2011, with the first full-length trailer airing 28 April 2011. This series includes Spencer Matthews and Funda's turbulent relationship coming to an end after Spencer's childhood sweetheart Caggie comes back into his life, Hugo Taylor being torn between two women; Millie and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Made In Chelsea
''Made in Chelsea'' (abbreviated ''MIC'') is a British structured-reality television series broadcast by E4. ''Made in Chelsea'' chronicles the lives of affluent young people in the West London and South West areas of Belgravia, King's Road, Chelsea and Knightsbridge, as well as their travels to other locations around the world. Series 1Series 8's average figure for the ten episodes where the viewing figures were available. Series 1 (2011) The first series began airing on 9 May 2011 on E4. The series concluded on 27 June 2011 after eight episodes. The show was first announced in April 2011 and was described as a "fly-on-the-wall-drama". Filming for the series took place between January and May 2011, with the first full-length trailer airing 28 April 2011. This series includes Spencer Matthews and Funda's turbulent relationship coming to an end after Spencer's childhood sweetheart Caggie comes back into his life, Hugo Taylor being torn between two women; Millie and Rosie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun King
, house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France , burial_date = 9 September 1715 , burial_place = Basilica of Saint-Denis , religion = Catholicism ( Gallican Rite) , signature = Louis XIV Signature.svg Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign in history whose date is verifiable. Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the age of absolutism in Europe, the King surrounded himself with a variety of significant political, military, and cultural figures, such as Bossuet, Colbert, Le Brun, Le Nôtre, Lully, Mazarin, Molière, Racine, Ture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne-Louis Boullée
Étienne-Louis Boullée (12 February 17284 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Life Born in Paris, he studied under Jacques-François Blondel, Germain Boffrand and Jean-Laurent Le Geay, from whom he learned the mainstream French Classical architecture Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the works of the Roman architect V ... in the 17th and 18th century and the Neoclassicism that evolved after the mid century. He was elected to the Académie Royale d'Architecture in 1762 and became chief architect to Frederick II of Prussia, a largely honorary title. He designed a number of private houses from 1762 to 1778, though most of these no longer exist; notable survivors into the modern era include the Hôtel de Brunoy (demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Boulle
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Boulle
Jean-Philippe may refer to: * ''Jean-Philippe'' (film) *Jean-Philippe (given name) Jean-Philippe is a French male given name. Notable people so named include: * Jean-Philippe Baile * Jean-Philippe Baratier (1721-1740), German scholar & child prodigy * Jean-Philippe Belloc (born 1970), French race car driver * Jean-Philippe ... See also * Jean Philippe, French singer {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
