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Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County
Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV *André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian *François Duchesne (1616–1693), French historian, son of André * Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747–1827) French botanist and strawberry breeder *Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), Catholic nun and French saint * Henri Gabriel Duchesne (1793–1822), French naturalist *Abbé Louis Duchesne (1843–1922), French priest, philologist, teacher and church historian *Ernest Duchesne (1874–1912), French physician *Roger Duchesne (1906–1996), French film actor *André Duchesne (musician) (1949–), Canadian musician * Christiane Duchesne (1949–), Canadian researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer *Ricardo Duchesne, Canadian historical sociologist *Gaétan Duchesne (1962–2007), French ice hockey player * Steve Duchesne (1965–), French ice hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Duchesne
Joseph Duchesne or du Chesne (Quercetan, Latin Josephus Quercetanus) ( 1544–1609) was a French physician. A follower of Paracelsus, he is now remembered for important if transitional alchemical theories. He called sugar toxic, saying: “Under its whiteness, sugar hides a great blackness.” Biography Duchesne was born around 1544 in Armagnac and studied at Montpellier, and then at Basle, where he received a medical diploma in 1573. During the 1570s at Lyon, he married Anne Trie the granddaughter of Guillaume Budé, and became a Calvinist convert. He went into medical practice and became physician to Francis, Duke of Anjou. He left Lyon in 1580 for Kassel in Hesse, and moved on to Geneva, where in 1584 he received citizenship. Duchesne was elected to the Council of Two Hundred in 1587, and undertook diplomatic missions to Bern, Basle, Schaffhausen and Zurich in the years 1589 to 1596. In 1594 he became a member of the Council of Sixty. In 1598, following the Edict of Nantes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaétan Duchesne
Gaétan Joseph Pierre Duchesne (July 11, 1962 – April 16, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Early life Duchesne was born in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1974 and 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Quebec City. Playing career Duchesne was drafted in 1981 by the Washington Capitals. He played six seasons with the Capitals before being dealt to the Quebec Nordiques in the trade that sent Dale Hunter to the Capitals. He also played for the Minnesota North Stars, helping to guide them to their improbable appearance in the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals. He later played for the San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers. In 1,028 NHL games, he scored 179 goals and 254 assists. Starting in 2008, the Capitals have awarded the Gaetan Duchesne Trophy to the best intra-squad team in training camp scrimmages. Death Duchesne died of a heart attack at the age of 44 in Quebec City. Personal life His son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchesne Academy Of The Sacred Heart (Omaha, Nebraska)
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, located at 3601 Burt Street in the Midtown area of Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is a Catholic, college-preparatory high school for girls run by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The institution previously included a college which was operated from 1908 to 1968. Today Duchesne is home to the high school and a co-ed preschool. While it is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha, it is an independent institution. History Duchesne Academy was established in Omaha in 1881 and is named in honor of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, one of the first women to join the Society of the Sacred Heart. St. Rose Philippine came to the United States from France in the early 19th century and established the first Sacred Heart school in St. Charles, Missouri. Duchesne is one of 24 schools in the Sacred Heart Network in the United States. Duchesne enrolls approximately 85 students in each class, for a total of 340 in the school. Duchesne has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchesne Academy Of The Sacred Heart (Houston, Texas)
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart ( ) is a combined primary and secondary independent girls' school located at 10202 Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas. A member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, it offers a college preparatory curriculum for girls. Duchesne, which enrolls girls from pre-K3 to the 12th grade, is part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. Duchesne is in the Memorial area and is east of the city of Hunters Creek Village. History Duchesne was established in September 1960 as a part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, with 58 high-school pupils. The school is named after Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, the first member of the Society of the Sacred Heart to come to America. The school is part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. The campus was built around a large oak tree, in the center of its campus. It became a symbol for the school because the name "Duchesne" is French for "of the oak". T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Duchesne, Utah
Fort Duchesne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 714 at the 2010 census, an increase from the 2000 figure of 621. Fort Duchesne was originally a fort, established by the United States Army in 1886 and closed in 1912. The community developed around it within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, established in 1864. Several bands of Ute were forced on to the reservation about 1880. The headquarters of the Ute Indian Tribe are located here. Its reservation includes much of Uintah and nearby counties. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.7 square miles (19.8 km2), of which 7.0 square miles (18.2 km2) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.7 km2) (8.36%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 621 people, 165 households, and 138 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 88.5 people per square mile (34.2/km2). There were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchesne River
The Duchesne River ( ), located in the Uintah Basin region of Utah in the western United States, is a tributary of the Green River (Colorado River), Green River. The watershed of the river covers the Northeastern corner of Utah. The Duchesne River is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed 2016-05-13 and drains a total land area of . Geography The Duchesne River begins in the Uinta Mountains in northern Utah. It first flows southeast, then turns east at the confluence of the Strawberry River (Utah), Strawberry River, which enters from the west. It picks up the Lake Fork River from the north near Myton, Utah, Myton and the Uinta River from the north at Randlett, Utah, Randlett. Below Randlett it turns southeast, emptying into the Green River at Ouray, Utah, Ouray. The Duchesne River proper flows through Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne and Uintah County, Utah, Uintah counties, although some of its watershed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchesne, Utah
Duchesne ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Duchesne County, Utah, Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography Duchesne is located just west of the junction of the Strawberry River (Utah), Strawberry and Duchesne River, Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah. The Duchesne River drains the southwest slope of the Uinta Mountains, and the Strawberry river drains the eastern slopes of the Wasatch Range and is connected to Strawberry Reservoir. The two rivers combine at Duchesne, and the Duchesne River continues east to join the Green River (Colorado River), Green River at Ouray, Utah. Native stands of Populus sect. Aigeiros, cottonwood trees and willows grow along the river banks, while sagebrush and rabbitbrush fill the unirrigated bench tops. Alfalfa is the main cultivated crop of farmers in the area. Via highway, Salt Lake City is to the west, Vernal, Utah, Vernal is to the eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchesne County, Utah
Duchesne County ( ) is a county in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 18,607. Its county seat is Duchesne, and the largest city is Roosevelt. History Much of Duchesne County was part of the Uintah Reservation, created 1861 by US President Abraham Lincoln as a permanent home of the Uintah and White River Utes. Later the Uncompahgre Utes were moved to the Uintah and newly created Uncompahgre Indian reservations from western Colorado. At the turn of the century, under the Dawes Act, both Indian reservations were thrown open to homesteaders. This was done after allotments of land were made to Indians of the three tribes. The homesteading process was opened on the Uintah on August 27, 1905. Unlike much of the rest of Utah Territory, settlement of the future Duchesne County area did not occur due to LDS Church pressures. It was settled by individuals who obtained 160 acres under the federal Homestead Act. Homesteaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchêne (other)
Duchêne may refer to: People *Achille Duchêne (1866–1947), French garden designer *Deborah Duchêne (born 1962), American film, television, and stage actress *Denis Auguste Duchêne (1862–1950), French World War I general * Gabrielle Duchêne (1870–1954), French feminist and pacifist * Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne (1919–2009), French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church *Kate Duchêne (born 1959), British actress * Maria Duchêne (born 1884), French contralto of the Metropolitan Opera * Marysa Baradji-Duchêne (born 1982), French épée fencer *Matt Duchene (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player *Roger Duchêne (1930–2006), French biographer * Stefanie Duchêne, former member of German gothic metal band "Flowing Tears" Other uses *Canard-Duchêne Canard-Duchêne is a Champagne house founded in 1868 and currently part of the Thiénot group, owner of its own label Champagne Thiénot, plus Joseph Perrier and Marie Stuart. The House was founded by Victor Canard and Léonie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Duchesne
Steve Duchesne (born June 30, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with several teams from 1986 until 2002. He was a three-time NHL All-Star and was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in 2002. Playing career Duchesne began his notable hockey career with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Never drafted by an NHL team, he was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings on October 1, 1984. He played one season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League before becoming an NHL regular in 1986–87. In his rookie NHL season, he played well enough to be named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. It did not take Duchesne long to establish himself as an above average offensive defenceman. In the 1988–89 NHL season, he led all defensemen in shorthanded goals with 5. Duchesne remained with the Kings until May 30, 1991, when he was traded to the Philadelphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Duchesne
Ricardo Duchesne is a Puerto Rican-born Canadian historical sociologist and former professor at the University of New Brunswick's Saint John campus. His main research interests are Western civilization, the rise of the West, and multiculturalism. Duchesne's views on immigration and multiculturalism have been described as racist and white nationalist. He has denied being a racist to the mainstream press, but has described himself as being "the only academic in Canada, and possibly the Western world, who questions the ideology of diversity while advocating white identity politics." Biographical information and career overview Duchesne was born in Puerto Rico. His mother, Coralie Tattersall Duchesne, was a British citizen born in Kolkata, India; his father, Juan Duchesne Landrón, was a medical doctor of Afro-Puerto Rican and French heritage. His parents met when his mother was studying at the Sorbonne; they were wed in Tangier, had three children while living in Madrid, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Duchesne
André Duchesne (; sometimes spelled ''Du Chesne'', Latinized ''Andreas Chesneus'', ''Andreas Quercetanus'', or ''Andreas Querneus''; May 158430 May 1640) was a French geographer and historian, generally styled the father of French history. Duchesne was born in L'Île-Bouchard. He was educated at Loudun and afterwards at Paris. From his earliest years he devoted himself to historical and geographical research, and his first work, ''Egregiarum seu selectarum lectionum et antiquitatum liber'', published in his eighteenth year, displayed great erudition. He enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, a native of the same district with himself, through whose influence he was appointed historiographer and geographer to the king. He died in Paris in 1640, in consequence of having been run over by a carriage when on his way from the city to his country house at Verrières. Works Duchesne's works were very numerous and varied, and in addition to what he published, he left behind him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
