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Calvet
Calvet is a Catalan surname. Notable people with the surname include: People * Corinne Calvet (1925–2001), French actress * Damià Calvet (born 1968), Catalan politician *Esprit Calvet (1728–1810), French physician and collector *Francisco Calvet (1921–2001), Catalan football player *François Calvet (born 1953), French politician from Catalonia * Gérard Calvet (1927–2008), French abbot * Jean Marc Calvet (born 1965), French artist *Joseph Calvet (1897–1984), French classical violinist * Laurent-Emmanuel Calvet (born 1969), French economist * Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet (born 1944), New Caledonian archbishop *Nuria Calvet (born 1950), Venezuelan astronomer * Pierre du Calvet (1735–1786), Canadian businessman * Pol Calvet (born 1994), Catalan football player * Raphaël Calvet (born 1994), French football player *Raul Donazar Calvet (1938–2008), Brazilian football player Other uses *Casa Calvet, Barcelona, Spain *Fondation Calvet, French art foundation See also *Calv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Calvet
Corinne Calvet (April 30, 1925 – June 23, 2001), born Corinne Dibos, was a French actress who appeared mostly in American films. According to one obituary, she was promoted "as a combination of Dietrich and Rita Hayworth", but her persona failed to live up to this description, though the fault lay as much with a string of mediocre films as with a lack of a compelling talent, for Calvet's sultry looks and flashing eyes were allied with an impish sense of humour. She eventually became better known for her fiery private life and some well-publicised legal battles." Biography Early life Calvet was born in Paris. Her mother was a scientist who played a part in the development of Pyrex glass. One of her sisters, a doctor, died when taken hostage by the Germans during the war. She and her father had to flee Paris when the Germans came. Calvet studied criminal law at the Sorbonne. "A lawyer needs exactly what an actor needs, strong personality, persuasive powers and a good voic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Du Calvet
Pierre du Calvet (1735 – March 28, 1786) was a Montreal trader, justice of the peace, political prisoner and epistle writer of French Huguenot origin. Biography Family Pierre du Calvet was born in the Summer of 1735 in Caussade in the French province of Guyenne (today the Tarn-et-Garonne ''département''). He was the oldest of a family of five children. His father, Pierre Calvet, of Calvinist confession, had his children baptized as Catholics. He however passed on his Protestant faith to them. His mother was Anne Boudet. His family is said to be of noble origin and owned a domain at Montalzat, north of Toulouse. An ancestor, François Calvet, was hanged on June 23, 1563 for introducing the Reform in Montauban. Education He received a Catholic education without renouncing his Calvinism. Judging from his writings, he certainly studied the Humanities, French law, the Law of Nations and the philosophy of his time, that of the Enlightenment. In the main epistle of his ''Appel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Calvet
Raphaël Calvet (born 7 February 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Martigues. Calvet is a product of the Auxerre youth system and after failing to break into the first team squad, he moved to England to join Brentford in 2013. Again a fringe player, he returned to France in 2016 and entered lower-league football. Calvet represented France at youth level. Club career Auxerre After beginning his youth career with CAV St. Georges, Calvet joined his hometown club AJ Auxerre in 2004 and progressed through the youth teams. He made his debut for the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur at the end of the 2010–11 season. Calvet made his first team debut in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw at Châteauroux in November 2012, starting the match and playing the full 90 minutes. He was an unused substitute on a further three occasions during Auxerre's 2012–13 campaign. Following a meniscus tear and the arrival of Bernard Casoni as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fondation Calvet
La Fondation Calvet is an art foundation in Avignon, France, named for Esprit Calvet, who left his collections and library to it in 1810. The foundation maintains several museums and two libraries, with support from the town. The original legacies of paintings, archaeological items, coins and medals, and medieval sculpture have been added to by many other legacies, and a significant deposit of works of art from the Louvre. The archaeological collections and medieval sculpture are now housed separately in the "Musée Lapidaire" - once the chapel of the Jesuit College. The main museum is in an 18th-century city mansion, to which modern buildings have been added; the Library bequeathed by Calvet, and the important collection of over 12,000 coins and medals, have moved to a different location in the city. The foundation has changed its name on several occasions. It was initially called the "Bibliothèque Calvet", then the "Museum Calvet", then "Musée Calvet", and since 1985 the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damià Calvet
Damià Calvet i Valera (born 23 May 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and the current Minister of Territory and Sustainability. Born in 1968 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Calvet studied construction engineering at La Salle before becoming an academic. He later worked in the private sector in the Balearic Islands before holding various senior positions at the Generalitat de Catalunya. He was a deputy mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès, a municipality in north-eastern Spain, before being appointed Minister of Territory and Sustainability in June 2018. Early life Calvet was born on 23 May 1968 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia. He has a degree in construction engineering from La Salle (Ramon Llull University), a diploma in technical architecture from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a postgraduate degree in real estate management from Autonomous University of Barcelona. Calvet was a member the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent-Emmanuel Calvet
Laurent-Emmanuel Calvet (born 28 February 1969) is a French economist. He taught at Harvard University, at HEC Paris, and is now Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School. Early years Calvet was born on 28 February 1969. He attended Lycée Janson de Sailly and Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He obtained engineering degrees from École Polytechnique in 1991 and École des ponts ParisTech in 1994. He went on to complete his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (1998) in economics from Yale University. Academic career Calvet served as an assistant professor and then as the John Loeb associate professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University from 1998 to 2004. He taught finance at HEC Paris from 2004 to 2016. Calvet was also a professor and chair in finance at Imperial College London from 2007 to 2008. Specialist in asset pricing, household finance, and volatility modelling, Laurent Calvet joined the EDHEC Business School faculty in 2016 as a professor of finance. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esprit Calvet
__NOTOC__ Esprit Calvet (28 November 1728 – 25 July 1810) was a French physician and collector. Calvet came from a long established family in Avignon and was educated at the Jesuit college in the town. He studied medicine at the university in Avignon, in Montpellier and then in Paris. He returned to Avignon and became the first Professor of Medicine at the university. He eventually became the chief doctor of the Hôpitaux Sainte-Marte. In his last will, dated 10 January 1810, Calvet donated his cabinet of curiosities, his library and a few pictures to the town of Avignon. The donation was accepted by Napoleon I in a decree dated 9 April 1811. The collection is housed in the Musee Calvert on rue Joseph Vernet in Avignon. See also *Fondation Calvet La Fondation Calvet is an art foundation in Avignon, France, named for Esprit Calvet, who left his collections and library to it in 1810. The foundation maintains several museums and two libraries, with support from the town. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Calvet
Étienne André Joseph Calvet (8 October 1897 – 3 May 1984 ) was a famous French classical violinist. In 1919 he founded the celebrated Calvet Quartet. Calvet died in the 17th arrondissement of Paris at age 86. Biography ;Musical studies Born in Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne, Calvet began studying the violin at the Conservatoire of Toulouse, where he obtained a First Prize in 1904, then continued his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, and also obtained a First Prize in 1919. Calvet was trained at the which developed between the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th. ; The Calvet Quartet In 1919, he created his string quartet with Georges Mignot (2nd violin), replaced by Daniel Guilevitch in 1929), Léon Pascal on viola and Paul Mas on cello. Less than ten years later, the Calvet Quartet's fame was made, and it is with the support of Nadia Boulanger that the Quartet gave the complete Beethoven Quartets in Paris. At the same time, Joseph Calvet and his qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marc Calvet
Jean Marc Calvet (born March 23, 1965) is a French artist living in Granada, Nicaragua. Calvet was one of six winners of the VII Biennale of Nicaraguan Arts in 2009 selected to represent Nicaragua at the Biennale of Central America in Panama in 2010. Calvet was born in Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ..., France. With no prior art experience, Calvet said he began painting at the age of 38 following a drug-induced rage while living in Costa Rica. Calvet is the subject of a 2010 documentary by British filmmaker Dominic Allan. Films For Good Workshop, Working Films.org, July 22, 2010
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Pol Calvet
Pol Calvet (born 19 April 1994) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Calvet joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2008, aged 14. He made his Barça B debut on 23 March 2013, coming on as a late substitute for the reserves in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca for the Segunda División championship. On 10 June 2013, Calvet was definitely promoted to the B-side. He was handed his first start on 31 August, in a 1–0 home win against Real Zaragoza. On 7 January 2016, he joined Galician team Deportivo de La Coruña from Barcelona B, initially signing for the B–team until June 2016, but with an option to renew and be promoted to the first team at the end of the season. After leaving Deportivo, Calvet joined Llagostera and went on to make four appearances with the club. In 2017 Calvet decided to play college soccer in the United States at the University of Pittsburgh. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Calvet
Dom Gérard Calvet (18 November 1927 – 28 February 2008) was a French Catholic abbot and founder of the Sainte Madeleine du Barroux abbey in Le Barroux, France. He was considered to be an important figure in contemporary Catholic traditionalism. Early life Calvet was born in Bordeaux, Gironde on 18 November 1927. He took his vows to become a Benedictine monk in the Benedictine Abbey of Madiran on 4 February 1951. Calvet was ordained a Catholic priest on 13 May 1956. In 1963 he was sent to help with the foundation of a daughterhouse of his abbey in Tournay, Brazil. Upon returning from Brazil in 1968 he found the religious life in the abbey completely changed in the aftermath of the Second Vatican Council. Feeling unable to live with those changes he asked for and received the permission to leave the abbey for some time. After having spent some time at Fontgombault Abbey and Montrieux Charterhouse, he settled down as a hermit in Bédoin 1970, again with the permission of his su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raul Donazar Calvet
Raul Donazar Calvet (3 November 1934 – 29 March 2008), simply known as Calvet, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender. Honours Club ;Grêmio *Campeonato Gaúcho: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 ;Santos * Intercontinental Cup: 1962, 1963 *Copa Libertadores: 1962, 1963 *Taça Brasil: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 * Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1963 *Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 References External links * 1934 births 2008 deaths People from Bagé Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Guarany Futebol Clube players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Santos FC players Brazil international footballers Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul {{Brazil-footy-defender-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
