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Duport is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adrien Duport (1759–1798), French politician * Alphred Duport (fl. 13th-century), English politician; mayor of Exeter, Devon, eight times * Auguste Duport (1777–1843), French playwright * James Duport (1606–1679), English classical scholar * Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819), French cellist, brother of Jean-Pierre * Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818), French cellist, brother of Jean-Louis *John Duport John Duport (died 1617) was an English scholar and translator. Dr John Duport was born in Shepshed in Leicestershire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1574. In 1583 he became rector of Fulham, and in 1585 ... (died 1617), English scholar and translator * Louis Duport (1781/83–1853), French ballet dancer * Paul Duport (1798–1866), French dramatist and librettist * Romain Duport (born 1986), French basketball player * Vincent Duport (born 1987), French rugby league foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Duport
Adrien Duport (6 February 17596 July 1798) was a French politician, and lawyer. He was an influential advocate in the parlement, and was prominent in opposition to the ministers Calonne and Loménie de Brienne. Life Adrien Jean Françoise Duport was born in Paris. Elected in 1789, to the states-general by the Paris nobility, he displayed remarkable eloquence. As a jurist, he contributed during the Constituent Assembly to the organization of the judiciary of France. In his report of March 29, 1790, he advocated trial by jury; but failed to introduce the jury system in civil cases. Duport formed with Barnave and Alexandre de Lameth a group known as the "triumvirate," which was popular at first. But after the flight of King Louis XVI to Varennes, Duport tried to defend him; as member of the commission charged to question the king, he found excuses, and on July 14, 1791, he opposed the formal accusation. Having separated himself from the Jacobins, he joined the Feuillant party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphred Duport
Alphred Duport (also written as Alured de la Porte) was a 13th-century freeman of the City of Exeter, Devon, in England. He served as Mayor of Exeter eight times, first in 1269, and for the last time in 1284. He was executed following his last tenure, for dereliction of duty. Mayoralty Duport was elected as Mayor of Exeter eight times, during the reigns of Henry III and Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o .... He was appointed in 1269, 1275, 1276, 1278, 1280, 1281, 1283, and 1284. Execution The Precentor of the cathedral, Walter Lechlade (also written as Lichlade or de Lecchelade) was murdered in the Cathedral Yard in November 1283, as he left from Matins at around 2am. The Cathedral Yard had six gates, and it was the responsibility of the City Council t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Duport
*1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à deux maris'', comédie-vaudeville in one act, with Paul Duport and Amable de Saint-Hil ...
Auguste Duport, full name François Auguste Duport, (22 January 1777 – 5 September 1843) was a French playwright. Originally a carpenter, he embraced literature and his plays were performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and at the Théâtre-Français. Selected works *1820 : ''Le Frère Philippe'', opéra comique in one act, with Victor Dourlen < 
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James Duport
James Duport (; 1606, Cambridge17 July 1679, Peterborough) was an English classical scholar. Life His father, John Duport, who was descended from an old Norman family (the Du Ports of Caen, who settled in Leicestershire during the reign of Henry IV), was master of Jesus College, Cambridge. The son was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, where he became fellow and subsequently vicemaster. In 1639 he was appointed Regius Professor of Greek, in 1641 Archdeacon of Stow, in 1664 Dean of Peterborough, and in 1668 Master of Magdalene College. Works Through the Civil War, in spite of the loss of his clerical offices and eventually of his professorship, Duport continued his lectures. He is best known by his ''Homeri gnomologia'' (1660), a collection of all the aphorisms, maxims, and remarkable opinions in the ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', illustrated by quotations from the Bible and classical literature. His other published works chiefly consist of translations (from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Duport
Jean-Louis Duport (4 October 17497 September 1819), sometimes known as Duport the Younger to distinguish him from his older brother (and teacher) Jean-Pierre (1741-1818), was a cellist, pedagogue, and composer. He is perhaps best known today for his 21 études for solo cello that constitute the final part of the "Essai sur le doigté du violoncelle et sur la conduite de l'archet" (" Essay on the fingering of the violoncello and on the conduct of the bow") (1806), a seminal work of cello technique. He also wrote six cello concertos and his '' Études pour violoncello''. In 1812, Jean-Louis returned to Paris, where he encountered Napoleon, who insisted on trying out Duport's Stradivarius cello, exclaiming, "How the devil do you hold this thing, Monsieur Duport?" Duport was so obviously afraid that Napoleon would damage it, that Napoleon laughingly returned it to the cellist's more careful hands. Actually, Napoleon had made a small dent in the ribs of the cello, which may still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Duport
Jean-Pierre Duport (27 November 1741 – 31 December 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre was the son of a dancing master, and a student of the founder of the French school of cello playing Martin Berteau (1700?–1771). Career After studying with Berteau, Jean-Pierre Duport made his debut at the age of 19 at the Concert Spirituel, then the center for non-operatic music in Paris. Between 1766 and 1769 Duport was employed by the Prince of Conti, after which he spent two years in England and two years in Spain. In 1773, Frederick the Great the King of Prussia offered Duport a position as principal cellist of his orchestra, and Duport accepted and remained in Berlin for the rest of his life. Duport was the cello tutor of Frederick's nephew, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm II, and soon after Friedrich Wilhelm II was crowned king in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duport
John Duport (died 1617) was an English scholar and translator. Dr John Duport was born in Shepshed in Leicestershire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1574. In 1583 he became rector of Fulham, and in 1585 precentor of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1590 he was appointed Master of Jesus College. He served as Director of the "Second Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England with translating parts the Apocrypha for the King James Version of the Bible.Adam Nicolson. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins In 1609 he added the prebendary of Ely to his income. Duport married Rachel Cox, daughter of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely. Their son, James Duport, a child when John Duport died, also became a scholar, and Master of Magdalene College Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Duport
Louis-Antoine Duport (1781, Paris – 19 October 1853, Paris) was a French ballet dancer, ballet composer and ballet master. Life Born in Paris, Duport studied dance under Jean-François Coulon and began his career on the Boulevards and at the Ambigu-Comique. He then made his debut at the Opéra de Paris in 1800, quickly becoming its premier danseur, with rivalries with Auguste Vestris as a dancer and with Pierre Gardel as a choreographer. He unilaterally broke his contract in 1808 and left Paris for Saint Petersburg, via Vienna. At the Mariinsky Theatre, he danced in the ballets by Charles-Louis Didelot, in January 1812 he danced in Warsaw, before being made the head of a theatre in Naples and returning to Vienna as professor and director at the Theater am Kärntnertor. From June to November 1837, he stayed in Warsaw with his Viennese student, prima ballerina Helene Schanzowsky, married name Grekowska. After spending many seasons in Paris, Saint-Petersburg, Naples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Duport
Nicolas-Paul Duport (22 April 1798 – 26 December 1866) was a French dramatist and librettiste who also wrote under the pen names M. P. D., Paulin and Erbert. Theatre * 1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à 2 maris'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Auguste Duport and Amable de Saint-Hilaire * 1824 : ''Une journée de Charles V'', comedy in 1 act in prose, with A. Duport * 1825 : ''Kettly ou le Retour en Suisse'' vaudeville in 1 act by Duvert and Paulin, Vaudeville (28 January) * 1827 : ''L'Arbitre, ou les Séductions'', comédie-vaudeville in two acts by Théaulon and Paulin, Théâtre de Madame (7 May) * 1835 : ''Alda'', one-act opera-comique by Bayard and Paul Duport, music by Alphonse Thys, Opéra-Comique, salle des Nouveautés (8 July) * 1837 : ''La Champmeslé'', comédie anecdotique in two acts mixed with songs by Erbert and Ancelot, vaudeville (11 February) * 1838 : ''Le Perruquier de la Régence'', opera in three acts by Eugène de Planard and Paul Duport, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Duport
Romain Duport (born 10 December 1986) is a French professional basketball player for Champagne Châlons-Reims Basket of the French League. Amateur career Born in Angers, France, Duport developed his basketball abilities through the Youth academies of Cholet Basket, Angers BC 49 The Nationale Masculine 1, abbreviated as NM1, (English: National Male 1), is the professional level third-tier division of men's club basketball in France. The two top teams from each season of the competition are promoted to the LNB Pro B, whic ... and mainly STB Le Havre. With the Youth team of STB Le Havre, he won the French Pro A Youth team championship in 2007 and was named in the All French Pro A Youth First Team. Professional career Romain Duport started its professional debuts with Le Havre in the 2004–05 season making one appearance on the court. His minutes with the professional team slowly increased through the seasons up to 17 minutes in the 2009–2010 season. However, he suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Duport
Vincent Duport (born 15 December 1987) is a French professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. He was previously playing for Toulouse Olympique in the Co-operative Championship. Primarily a centre but also used to playing in the back row and wing. In his early career, he was highly regarded in France as a talented, if physically fragile, youngster. Background Duport was born in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France. Career He was named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Duport returned to the Catalans Dragons for the remainder of the 2010 season after being granted a release from Toulouse.http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/07/01/RUGBYL_Catalans.html On 22 October 2016, Duport returned to international rugby league for the first time since the 2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
