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Decaux
Decaux, or De Caux, is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Decaux *Abel Decaux (1869–1943), French classical organist and composer *Alain Decaux (1925–2016), French historian *Alice Decaux (born 1985), French hurdler *Georges Decaux (1930–2015), French cyclist *Jacques Decaux (1918–2003), French sport shooter * Jean-Claude Decaux (1937–2016), French businessman De Caux * Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot (1723-1796), French army officer * John de Caux, or John de Caleto ( – 1263), Norman-English administrator * Len De Caux (1899–1991), American labor activist * Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux (1773–1845), French army officer See also *Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau Iphigénie Decaux or Vicomtesse Iphigenie Decaux, née Milet-Moreau (17 June 1778 – 8 July 1862) was a French flower painter. Decaux was born in Toulon as the daughter of Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau. She took lessons from the flower pa ... (1778–1862), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Decaux
Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux (11 February 1869 – 19 March 1943) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue, best known for his piano suite ''Clairs de lune'', some of the earliest pieces of dodecaphonic, yet impressionist music. A student of Théodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, and Charles-Marie Widor, among others, he was the titular organist of the grand organ of the Sacré-Cœur basilica. Decaux was more renowned as a player and professor during his lifetime than a composer. He is popularly known as the "French Schoenberg". Biography Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux was born at 03:00 in Auffay (Seine-Maritime; then named Seine-Inférieure). He was the second son of Louis-Émile Decaux, a mayoral secretary, teacher, and school principal; and Aimé Désiré Picard. His parents married on 17 September 1855 in Mesnières-en-Bray. From his earliest years, he began to display artistic tendencies. His elder brother, Alexis then tutored him in the basics of music. Alexis, an amateur com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Decaux
Jean-Claude Decaux (15 September 1937 – 27 May 2016) was a French entrepreneur who earned his fortune in advertising. He was the founder and honorary chair of the advertising firm JCDecaux, which is now run by his sons, Jean-François Decaux and Jean-Charles Decaux. Personal life Jean-Claude Decaux was the son of a shoe salesman in Beauvais, France. He was married with three children and lived in Paris. His death was announced on 27 May 2016. Career At the age of 18, inspired by an argument with his father over the family shoe store's window display, Jean-Claude started a business creating billboards along French roadways. In 1963, legislation in France placed restrictions on billboard use which forced Decaux out of business. He founded JCDecaux in 1964. He made a deal with the city of Lyon, proposing that he would build bus shelters and keep them clean in exchange for advertising space there. The company quickly expanded to other cities. In 1980, Decaux personally designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Decaux
Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979. In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, among the Beirut Book Fair's main guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL).''Improvisation ''so'' piano'', Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Ed., 2017, p. 277. Bibliography * 1947 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1949 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1951 ' (in collaboration with André Castelot, J.-C. Simard, and J.-F. Chiappe) * 1952 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1952 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1953 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1954 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1954 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1956-1957 ' (in collaboration with Stellio Lorenzi and André Castelot) * 1957 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1957-1966 ' (in collaboration with St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau
Iphigénie Decaux or Vicomtesse Iphigenie Decaux, née Milet-Moreau (17 June 1778 – 8 July 1862) was a French flower painter. Decaux was born in Toulon as the daughter of Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau. She took lessons from the flower painter Jan Frans van Dael and became an accomplished painter in her own right, though because of her wealthy connections she painted more as a hobby than for a living. In 1800 she married Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux and thereafter went by the name ''Vicomtesse Iphigenie Decaux''. Decaux died in Paris. External links painting sold at Christie's in 1999 for $79,316Still-life with fruitby Iphigenie Milet-Moreau on artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on t ... Iphigenie Decauxon artnet Biography on Jerome Fine Arts 1778 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Decaux
Alice Decaux, born 10 April 1985 at Abidjan, is a French athlete, who specializes in the 60 meter hurdles and 100 meters hurdles. Career She was eliminated in the 60 meters hurdles semifinals at Doha world Championships, Saturday 13 March 2010, placing 8th and last with a time of 8.23s. A year later, she seemed to have turned a corner by running 7.97s in the final of the Indoors French championship, making her a serious contender for the podium 2011 Indoors European Championships at Paris, in France. But on 4 March 2011, at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, she failed in the semifinal of the 60 meter hurdles, where she failed on the fifth and final hurdle before which she was doing well. In 2012, she stopped being coached by former French hurdles champion Patricia Girard. In 2013, she further improved her personal best on 13 July on the occasion of French Championships running 12.70s. However a few days later she was declared positive for the use of amphetamines, as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Decaux
Georges Decaux (Gamaches, 14 April 1930 - October 12, 2015) was a French professional road bicycle racer from 1952 to 1956. In 1952, Decaux won a stage in the Tour de France. Major results ;1952 :Circuit de la Vallée de la Loire :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 15 ;1954 :Circuit de la Vallée de la Loire External links *Official Tour de France results for Georges Decaux French male cyclists 1930 births 2015 deaths French Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from Somme (department) Cyclists from Hauts-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Decaux
Jacques Decaux (9 March 1918 – 2003) was a French sports shooter. He competed in the 25 metre pistol event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References 1918 births 2003 deaths French male sport shooters Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Aigle District {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Victor De Blacquetot De Caux
Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux (23 May 1773 in Douai – 6 June 1845) was a Lieutenant-General of Engineering, State Councilor, Minister, Commander of St. Louis and the Legion of Honor. Life He was the son of Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot. He studied at College of Juilly, and he joined the Army, a second lieutenant in the engineers on 1 March 1793. He was in the campaign of the armies of the Ardennes, the Rhine, and Moselle. He distinguished himself in fighting at the Battle of Erbach, Dillingen, at the Battle of Neresheim and crossing the Danube, and at Korich, and Bourgrieden. He was appointed Battalion commander in 1799, and was appointed by Moreau, to settle with the Ferdinand, Graf Bubna von Littitz, an armistice on the streets of Ulm, Ingolstadt and Philipsburg, occupied by the Austrians. In 1800 he married the flower painter Iphigénie Milet-Moreau, the daughter of Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau. He was employed successively to the Army Reserve in 1806, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste De Caux Of Blacquetot
Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot (24 May 1723, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais - 8 September 1796) was a French general. He was appointed Marechal de Camp on 1 March 1780, and Lieutenant General on 20 May 1791. His son was Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux (23 May 1773 in Douai – 6 June 1845) was a Lieutenant-General of Engineering, State Councilor, Minister, Commander of St. Louis and the Legion of Honor. Life He was the son of Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquet .... References 1723 births 1796 deaths People from Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais French generals {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Caleto
John de Caleto, or John de Caux ( – 3 March 1263), born in Normandy, was Abbot of Peterborough Abbey and Treasurer of England. Life Caleto was probably a native of the Pays de Caux. He is called John of Caen (Johannes de Cadamo) by Matthew Paris, and other writers give his cognomen in the various forms De Calceto, De Cauz, De Cauaz, De Caus, and De Chauce. The Peterborough chronicler, Walter of Whittlesey, writing in the fourteenth century, states that he was born in Normandy, of a noble family, being related to Eleanor of Provence, the queen of Henry III, and entered the monastic life when a child seven years of age. Prior of Winchester monastery Coming over to England at an early age, he became a monk of the monastery of St Swithun in Winchester, and was chosen as Prior of the monastery in 1247. In 1249 William Hotot, Abbot of Peterborough, had been accused by his monks to Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, of enriching his relatives at the expense of the church. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len De Caux
Len De Caux (aka Leonard De Caux) (1899–1991) was a 20th-century labor activist in the United States of America who served as publicity director for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and worked to stop passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. Background Leonard Howard DeCaux was born in Westport, New Zealand, on October 14, 1899. His father was an Anglican vicar. In the United Kingdom, he studied at Harrow School and then Oxford University in Classics. In 1921, he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a laborer and merchant seaman; he joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). From 1922 to 1924 he attended the Brookwood Labor College. Career Federated Press 1925–1935 In 1925, Carl Haessler of the Federated Press, a labor news service, hired De Caux and sent him to the United Kingdom and Germany as a foreign correspondent. During this period, De Caux joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (founded in 1920). In 1926, he came b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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