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	Fossey (other) Fossey may refer to: * 23032 Fossey, a main-belt asteroid * Brigitte Fossey (born 1947), French actress * Charles Fossey (1869–1946), French assyriologist * Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American zoologist * F. J. C. Hearnshaw (1869–1946), English professor of history * Koen Fossey (born 1953), Belgian illustrator * Steve Fossey, British astronomer See also * Fosseys Target Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Lindsay's and Lindsay's Target, formerly stylised as Target. and doing business as Target and Target Australia) is a department store chain owned by Australian retail conglomerate Wesfarmers. Target stocks c ... * {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	23032 Fossey 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Brigitte Fossey Brigitte Florence Fossey (; born 15 June 1946) is a French actress. Early years The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, ''Jeux interdits, Forbidden Games''.Brigitte Fossey Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II. The film won numerous awards worldwide, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, ''The Happy Road''. When Fossey was ten years old her parents took her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling. While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance and then went on to work in Geneva, Switzerland as an interpreting, interpreter/translation, translator. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charles Fossey Charles Fossey (29 July 1869 – 27 November 1946) was a French assyriologist. In education he was a follower and colleague of Émile Durkheim. Living at the turn of the century, he made a significant contribution to Assyriology and studied the magic of Jerusalem. His work and contribution to science has remained unnoticed only because of the socio-political situation of the time. Charles Fosse Fossey was primarily an archaeologist. He organised a number of expeditions to the Middle East. Fosse was a disciple of the famous French sociologist Émile Durkheim, which was reflected in the methodical side of his research in the field of social relations in Mesopotamia. Charles Fossey had no high-profile titles or honours: his whole life was dedicated to his one passion, Assyriology. Nevertheless, he held the following positions: * Member of the French school in Athens (1894-1897). * Member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (1897-1899). * Professor of Philosoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Dian Fossey Dian Fossey (, January 16, 1932 – ) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. ''Gorillas in the Mist'', a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.Ware, Susan; Braukman, Stacy (2004). ''Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 5''. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. pp. 220–1. . Fossey was a leading primatologist, and a member of the "Trimates", a group of female scientists recruited by Leakey to study great apes in their natural environments, along with Jane Goodall who studies chimpanzees, and Biruté Galdikas, who studies orangutans. Fossey spent 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Koen Fossey Koen Fossey (born 30 June 1953) is a Belgian illustrator. Career He won the Prijs van de Vlaamse Provincies in 1983 for his picture book ''Het spoortje in het bos''. Fossey received the Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen several times for illustrating various books written by Ed Franck: in 1986 for the book ''Spetters op de kermis'', in 1987 for ''Tenten in de wei'', in 1989 for ''De witte muur'' and in 1990 for ''Wie wil Wubbe weg''. In 1989, he won the very first Boekenpauw award for illustrating the book ''Moet je echt weg'', also written by Ed Franck. Awards * 1983: Prijs van de Vlaamse Provincies, ''Het spoortje in het bos'' * 1986: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Spetters op de kermis'' * 1987: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Tenten in de wei'' * 1989: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''De witte muur'' * 1989: Boekenpauw, ''Moet je echt we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Steve Fossey Stephen John Fossey is a British astronomer working at UCL Observatory, which is part of University College London (UCL). He is one of the three editors of ''The Observatory'' magazine. Fossey's research interests are in the interstellar medium, exoplanets and time-domain astronomy. Along with Ingo Waldmann and David Kipping, Fossey discovered in 2009 that the exoplanet HD 80606b (previously known from radial velocity) transits its host star. Fossey also discovered supernova SN 2014J, the closest supernova for each for several decades, in January 2014. Education Fossey studied at University College London (UCL), receiving his Bachelor of Science with Honours in 1983. This was followed in 1990 by a PhD in Astronomy (also at UCL). Fossey later became a member of staff at ULO (University of London Observatory). Research and publications The areas of research that Fossey takes most interest in are extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium, and molecular astrophysics. He has au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]