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François Fournier (other)
François Fournier may refer to: * François Fournier (Lower Canada politician) (1776–1836), land surveyor and politician in Lower Canada * François Fournier (French politician) (1866–1941), French politician from Manduel, Gard * François Fournier (stamp forger) (1846–1917), Swiss-born stamp forger * François Fournier-Sarlovèze François Louis Fournier-Sarlovèze (6 September 1773 Sarlat, France – 18 January 1827) was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Born in Sarlat in 1773, his father owned a cabaret. In his youth, he received solid instruction b ... (1773–1827), French general of the Napoleonic Wars * François Joseph Fournier (1857–1935), Belgian adventurer * Jean-François Fournier (born 1966), writer, poet and biographer from Saint-Maurice {{hndis, Fournier, Francois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Fournier (Lower Canada Politician)
François Fournier (1776 – October 18, 1836) was a land surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Devon in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1814 to 1824. He was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, the son of Louis Fournier and Madeleine Jean, probably on June 2, 1776. He studied as a land surveyor and received his commission in 1799. Fournier was also a captain and later major in the militia and served as a justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa .... In 1804, he married Catherine Miville-Deschênes. He did not run for reelection in 1824. Fournier died in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli at the age of 60. His son Charles-François served in the assembly for the Province of Canada. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Francoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Fournier (French Politician)
François Fournier is a French politician, born on August 14, 1866 in Manduel (Gard Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;Manduel. Mandates * Member of Parliament for the Gard région in France from 1901 to 1919External links His biographie on the site of the French parliament 1866 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Fournier (stamp Forger)
François Fournier (24 April 1846 – 12 July 1917) Tyler, Varro E. ''Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works.'' London: Robson Lowe Ltd., 1976, pp. 14-15. was a stamp forger who thought of himself as a creator of "art objects" Ragatz, Lowell., ed. ''The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries: A Photographic Composite for Reference Purposes''. Worthington, Ohio: Janet van den Berg, 1970, introduction. and a friend of the little man. Fournier was born in Croix-de-Rozon, Switzerland, but became a French citizen and served in the army during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71. Facsimile business Fournier did not become involved with the philatelic business until later life. In about 1903 he returned to Switzerland and settled in Geneva, where in May 1904 he bought the stock of Louis-Henri Mercier, real name ''Henri Goegg'', who had gone bankrupt. It is at about this time that Fournier began his business producing facsimile stamps. The business grew rapidly, and from 1910 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Fournier-Sarlovèze
François Louis Fournier-Sarlovèze (6 September 1773 Sarlat, France – 18 January 1827) was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars. Biography Born in Sarlat in 1773, his father owned a cabaret. In his youth, he received solid instruction by the monks of his hometown and became a clerk of the prosecutor. In 1791, he went to Paris and entered the army, and the following year became second lieutenant of the Ninth Dragoons. Posted to the Army of the Alps, he distinguished himself through his extreme Jacobinist political opinions so that, after Robespierre’s death, he was deprived of his rank and imprisoned in Lyon. He succeeded in escaping prison and was reinstated in the Army of the North, and afterwards in the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse, the most famous army of the French Revolution. In ''The Encyclopedia of the Sword'', Nick Evangelista wrote: As a young officer in Napoleon's Army, Dupont was ordered to deliver a disagreeable message to a fellow officer, Fournier, a rab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Joseph Fournier
François Joseph Fournier (December 6, 1857 - January 13, 1935) was a self-taught Belgian adventurer and entrepreneur who explored Mexico and the island of Porquerolles. He was born into a family of modest means, in Clabecq, Belgium and died on Porquerolles. Fournier purchased the entire island of Porquerolles in 1912, apparently as a wedding present for his wife. He planted 200 hectares (about 500 acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...s) of vineyards which produced a wine that was among the first to be classed des Côtes de Provence. References * * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Francois Joseph 1857 births 1935 deaths Belgian businesspeople Belgian explorers People from Tubize Walloon people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
