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Caillaux Affair
Cailloux, Cailleux, or Caillaux is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alphonse de Cailleux (1788–1876), French painter and gallery director *André Cailleux (1907–1986), French paleontologist and geologist * Andre Cailloux (1825–1863), U.S. soldier * Edmond Caillaux (1896–1943), French World War I flying ace * Joseph Caillaux (1863–1944), French politician and prime minister *Henriette Caillaux (1874–1943), French socialite and wife of Joseph *Théophile Cailleux (fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ... 1879), Belgian lawyer and author See also * Cailleux (crater), a lunar crater *'' Marchand de cailloux'', an album by the French artist Renaud * Cailloux-sur-Fontaines, a town in central-eastern France * Caillou (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse De Cailleux
Alphonse de Cailleux, in full Alexandre Achille Alphonse de Cailleux but numerous variations exist (31 December 1788 – 24 May 1876) was a painter, connoisseur and arts administrator who became director of the Musée du Louvre and all the royal museums of France. Under the Bourbon Restoration. he was attached to the reconstituted royal household (''maison du roi''). Bibliography Early life Cailleux was born on 31 December 1788 in Rouen ( Normandie, France). Employment As ''secrétaire général des Musées royaux'', he shared a carriage with Charles Nodier, Jean Alaux and Victor Hugo at the coronation of Charles X in 1825. In 1836, he was appointed ''directeur adjoint'' at the Louvre, where he assisted the increasingly debilitated Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin. Upon Forbin's death he was appointed ''directeur général des beaux-arts'', a precursor of the position of Minister of Fine Arts. In 1845, he was elected a ''membre libre'' (not being an artist himself) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Cailleux
André de Cayeux de Senarpont (known as André Cailleux, 24 December 1907 – 27 December 1986) was a French paleontologist and geologistVerger, Fernand. (1987). ''André Cailleux (1907-1986).'' '' Annales de Géographie'' 96 (537): 601-604. known for being a pioneer in planetary geology. Career He was born in Paris, France. After earning his Ph.D. in 1942, he became a specialist in glacial and periglacial morphology. His studies of terrestrial geology spanned the globe: he participated in missions to America, Greenland, Poland, Guyana, Mauritania, the Sahara and the Antarctic. In 1960, he represented the French government on an American polar expedition to Antarctica. Early in his career, his interest in the application of mathematics to his fields of study, especially that of planetology, led him to the observatory of Paris-Meudon. He suggested and started applying geological science to planetary bodies other than the Earth as early as 1948, studying and publishing on the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Caillaux
Edmond Eugene Henri Caillaux (18 February 1896 — 22 January 1943) was a French World War I flying ace credited with five confirmed and three unconfirmed aerial victories. Biography Caillaux was born on 18 February 1896 in Vendôme, France. On 11 March 1915, he volunteered to serve in the military for the war's duration. After serving as a driver and an artilleryman, he transferred to an aviation unit on the Eastern Front. He entered the aviation service on 29 February 1916, trained as a pilot, and received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 4646 on 22 May 1916. He was then returned to the Eastern Front as a pilot. On 1 January 1917, he was transferred to the Western Front; on 28 April 1917, he was posted to '' Escadrille SPA.48''. After three unconfirmed victories, he was credited with downing an Aviatik on 3 December 1917. He would continue to score until 17 June 1918, ending with five confirmed victories.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Caillaux
Joseph-Marie-Auguste Caillaux (; 30 March 1863 – 22 November 1944) was a French politician of the French Third Republic, Third Republic. He was a leader of the French Radical Party and Minister of Finance, but his progressive views in opposition to the military alienated him from conservative elements. He was accused of corruption, but was cleared by a parliamentary commission. This political weakness strengthened the right wing elements in the Radical Party. Biography He was the son of Eugène Caillaux. After studying law and following lectures at the École des Sciences Politiques, he entered the civil service in 1888 as an inspector of finance, and spent most of his official career in Algiers. Standing as a Republican Party (France), Republican candidate in the elections of 1898 for the department of the Sarthe, in opposition to the Duc de la Rochefoucault-Bisaccia, he was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, Chamber of Deputies by 12,929 votes to 11,737. He became M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
