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Fatio is a surname, and may refer to: * Francis Philip Fatio, 18th-19th-century Swiss colonist of Florida * Jean Christophe Fatio, 17th-18th-century Swiss natural philosopher *Johannes Fatio, 17th-century Swiss surgeon * Louise Fatio, 20th-century children's author *Maurice Fatio, 20th-century American architect *Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, 17th-18th-century Swiss mathematician and astronomer *Pierre Fatio, 17th-18th-century Genevan politician *Victor Fatio, 19th-20th-century Swiss zoologist * Alfred Morel-Fatio, 19th-20th-century French linguist * Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, 19th-century French naval painter See also *Facio *Faccio *Ximenez-Fatio House Ximenez-Fatio House Museum is one of the best-preserved and most authentic Second Spanish Period (1783-1821) residential buildings in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Philip Fatio
Francis Philip Fatio (''Spanish'' Francisco Phelipe Fatio) (1724-1811), born in Switzerland, was a soldier for France, a viscount in Sardinia, a merchant in London, and a prominent planter in East Florida during both the British period and the second Spanish period. Francis Philip Fatio was born in 1724 in Vevey, Switzerland. He joined the Swiss Guard, and fought for France in the War of Austrian Succession. He later moved to the Kingdom of Sardinia, his wife's native land, where he was made a viscount. In 1759 Fatio joined his brother in commerce in London.Parker (1988). 46. British period in East Florida In 1769 Francis Fatio invested with two partners, Thomas Dunnage and John Francis Rivas, in plantations in East Florida. In 1771 Francis Fatio moved with his family to East Florida to become the managing partner of New Castle Plantation, which specialized in producing indigo. New Castle Plantation was located on the St. Johns River in what is now the Arlington neighborhood of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Christophe Fatio
Jean-Christophe Fatio de Duillier (17 November 1656 – 18 October 1720) was a Genevan engineer, politician, and natural philosopher, who became Fellow of the Royal Society in 1706. in the . He was the elder brother of Nicolas Fatio. He was elected F.R.S. on 3 April 1706 and published in the '''' (xxv. 2241–6) a description of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Fatio
Johannes Fatio (14 June 1649 – 28 September 1691) was a Swiss surgeon who worked in Basel. He performed the first successful separation of conjoined twins in 1689. He was publicly executed two years later for his role in the 1691 Basel revolution. Biography Johannes Fatio was born on 14 June 1649 in Basel to Johann Anton Fatio, a merchant, and Christina Henricpetri. His father was of Italian Protestant descent and his mother came from a well known Basel family. Fatio enrolled in medicine at the University of Basel in 1662, aged 13, but never studied there. He completed an apprenticeship as a barber surgeon and was admitted to a barber surgeon's guild in 1672. Fatio befriended Johann Heinrich Glaser, a professor of medicine, with whom he performed dissections and surgical demonstrations on cadavers at the University of Basel. After Glaser's death in 1675, Fatio completed a medical degree at the French University of Valence. Upon his return to Basel in 1678, his application for r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Fatio
Louise Emma Fatio Duvoisin (August 18, 1904 – July 26, 1993) was a Swiss-born American writer of children's books. Many were created in collaboration with her husband Roger Duvoisin, a Swiss-born illustrator, and she is known best for their picture book series Happy Lion. ''The Happy Lion'' (1954), first in the series, won the inaugural, 1956 in its German-language translation ('). Background Fatio was born August 18, 1904, in Lausanne, Switzerland, and educated in Geneva. She emigrated to the United States in 1925 and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Fatio's earliest work in the U.S. Library of Congress catalog is ''The Christmas forest'', a 48-page book illustrated by Duvoisin, with a 1950 copyright date."The Christmas forest" Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2013-07-16. It was published by |
Maurice Fatio
Maurice Fatio (1897–1943) was a Swiss-born American architect. Biography Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland on March 18, 1897. He graduated from the Polytechnical School at the University of Zurich and studied under Swiss architect Karl Moser. In 1920, he came to New York City, where he first worked for society architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. He soon branched out on his own in partnership with William A. Treanor who was twenty years his senior. In May 1923, the 26-year-old Fatio was voted the most popular architect in New York. He moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1925 and opened an office there In Palm Beach, he began designing harmonious Mediterranean-style houses and eventually branched out into everything from Georgian to contemporary. In 1929, he married Eleanor Chase (1901-1944), a prominent Palm Beach society girl and novelist, in New York City. Fatio had two children with Chase, Alexandra (1932-2015) and Maurice Pierre "Petey"(1930-1961). Maurice Fatio died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Fatio De Duillier
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (also spelled Faccio or Facio; 16 February 1664 – 10 May 1753) was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of Geneva, of which he was a citizen, before spending much of his adult life in England and Holland. Fatio is known for his collaboration with Giovanni Domenico Cassini on the correct explanation of the astronomical phenomenon of zodiacal light, for inventing the "push" or "shadow" theory of gravitation, for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, and for his role in the Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy. He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London at the age of 24, Fatio never achieved the position and reputation that his early achievements and connections had promis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Fatio
Pierre Fatio (7 November 1662 – 6 September 1707) was a lawyer and politician in the Republic of Geneva. His struggle against the dominance of the aristocracy in the Genevan government led to his execution on charges of conspiring against the State. Family and education He was born in Geneva into a patrician family. His father was François Fatio. His mother, Elisabeth, was the daughter of Léonard Chouet, councillor and general treasurer of the Republic of Geneva. Pierre Fatio was a cousin and contemporary of mathematician and inventor Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. Pierre matriculated at the University of Basel in 1679 and again in 1685. He received a doctorate in law in 1686. He also studied at the universities of Geneva, Valence, Montpellier and Leiden. Back in Geneva, he established a successful law practice. Political career Elected to the Council of Two Hundred in 1688, he held several positions in government: lord of Saint-Victor and chapter in 1691, auditor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Fatio
Victor Fatio (28 November 1838 – 19 March 1906), was a Swiss zoologist. He was a bird conservationist, noting the value of birds in pest control in agriculture. He was involved in organizing the first anti-phylloxera congress in Lauxanne in 1877. Biography Fatio was born as Victor Fatio de Beaumont in Geneva to lawyer Gustave Fatio de Beaumont and Suzanne Françoise. His interest in animals was aroused in childhood, when he was accompanied his father on hunting trips. Fatio studied physiology in Zurich, Berlin and Leipzig where he studied under Ernst Heinrich and Eduard Weber to receive the degree of a Doctor of Philosophy with a thesis titled ''De avium corpore pneumatic'' (1860). In 1861 however, he almost forgot his physiology knowledge due to a typhoid fever illness. After his recovery he went to Paris in 1862 to participate in the courses of Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) and Claude Bernard at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, where he studied zoology. He al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Morel-Fatio
Alfred Paul Victor Morel-Fatio (9 January 1850 in Strasbourg, France – 10 October 1924 in Versailles, France) was the leading French Hispanist of his time, educated at École des chartes, Paris. From 1875 to 1880 he was attaché of the department of manuscripts of the Bibliothèque Nationale, during which period he prepared his excellent ''Catalogue des manuscrits espagnols et portugais de la Bibliothèque Nationale''. For the next five years he was professor at the École supérieure des lettres at Algiers. In 1885 he returned to France to accept the chair of languages and literature of southern Europe in the Collège de France. He became influential and known widely, and in 1894 he was Taylorian lecturer at Oxford University. He was elected corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of the Language, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of Charles III, and in his own country became an officer of public instruction, a member of the Institute of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio
Antoine Léon Morel, later Morel-Fatio (1810–1871) was a French naval painter, Peintre officiel de la Marine, curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre, and mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He added Fatio in 1844 to distinguish himself from a businessman of the same name. It was apparently in reference to a Swiss branch of the family. Biography When he still very young his father, Étienne-Louis Morel, moved the family to Paris to open a bank. He was enrolled at the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand, but he was dismissed for lack of discipline in 1824. He finished his studies at the Lycée Condorcet (then known as the Collège Royal de Bourbon). In 1827, he enlisted as a pilot on a British merchant ship to learn navigation. Upon his return he began work at the family bank, but spent much of his time decorating the account books with ornamentation. His family then placed him with the banking firm of , but he soon renounced the profession. His arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facio
Facio is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alda Facio (born 1948), Costa Rican jurist, writer, and teacher *Bartolomeo Facio Bartolomeo Facio (c. before 1410 – 1457), Latinized as Bartholomaus Facius, was an Italian historian, writer and humanist.ometimes "Fazio'"> ''Dictionary of Art Historians'': "Facio, Bartolomeo ometimes "Fazio' latinized as, Facius, Bartho ..., Italian historian, writer, and humanist *Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress and producer *Lorena Clare Facio *Sara Facio (born 1932), Argentine photographer See also *Faccio *Fatio {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faccio
Faccio is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adele Faccio (1920–2007), Italian politician *Franco Faccio (1840–1891), Italian opera composer and conductor * Nicolas Faccio (1664–1753), Swiss mathematician; alternative name for Nicolas Fatio de Duillier *Ricardo Faccio (1907–1970), Uruguayan-Italian professional football player See also *Facio Facio is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alda Facio (born 1948), Costa Rican jurist, writer, and teacher *Bartolomeo Facio Bartolomeo Facio (c. before 1410 – 1457), Latinized as Bartholomaus Facius, was an Italian hist ... * Fatio {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
