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Georges (name)
Georges is a French language, French name with the same origin as the English name George (given name), George. It may refer to: People with the given name "Georges" include A *Georges Abi-Saab *Georges Abrial *Georges Adéagbo *Georges Adwan *Georges Agabekov *Georges Akieremy *Georges Altman *Georges Anderla *Georges André *Georges Andrique *Georges Anglade *Georges Annenkov *Georges Aperghis *Georges-Jean Arnaud *Georges Arvanitas *Georges Auguste *Georges Auric *Georges Azenstarck B *Georges Ba *Georges Badin *Georges Balandier *Georges Ball *Georges Bank *Georges Bardet *Georges-Isidore Barthe *Georges Bataille *Georges Beauchemin *Georges Beaucourt *Georges Bédard *Georges Bégué *Georges Bénédite *Georges Bénézé *Georges Bereta *Georges Berger *Georges Bernanos *Georges Bernier *Georges Bess *Georges Besse *Georges Biassou *Georges Bidault *Georges Biscot *Georges Bizet *Georges-Henri Blouin *Georges Boillot *Georges Bonnet *Georges Boucher *Georges Boudarel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George (given Name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to death for his refusal to renounce Christianity, and prior to that, it might have been a theophoric name, with origins in Zeus Georgos, an early title of the Greek god Zeus. Today, it is one of the most commonly used names in the Western world, though its religious significance has waned among modern populations. Its diminutives are Geordie and Georgie, with the former being limited primarily to residents of England and Scotland. The most popular feminine forms in the Anglosphere, are Georgia, Georgiana, and Georgina. History Etymology and origins Its original Greek form, Georgios, is based on the Greek word ''georgos'' (γεωργός) 'farmer'. The word ''georgos'' itself is ultimately a combination of two Greek words: ''ge'' (γ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Andrique
Georges Andriques (November 2nd 1874 – 1964) was a French Impressionist painter. He was born and died in Calais .http://www.calais.fr/IMG/pdf/page_07-10.pdf He largely painted in oils but also worked with watercolours. Andrique produced a number of posters including advertisements for the port of Calais. He remains relatively unknown, partly as a result of a significant body of his work being destroyed in a fire in the 1940s. He was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ... in 1962. References 1874 births 1964 deaths People from Calais 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French Impressionist pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Bank
Georges Bank (formerly known as St. Georges Bank) is a large elevated area of the sea floor between Cape Cod, Massachusetts (United States), and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada). It separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean. The origin of its name is obscure. The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name "S. Georges Banck", a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, St. George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world. By the 1850s, it was known simply as Georges Bank. Physical environment Georges Bank is the most westward of the great Atlantic fishing banks. The now-submerged portions of the North American mainland are comprised in the continental shelf running from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to Georges. Georges Bank was part of the North American mainland as recently as 12,000 years ago. Roughly oval in shape, Georges Bank measures about 149 miles (240 kilometres) in length by 75 miles (120 kilometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Ball
Georges Ball (September 11, 1838 – May 30, 1928), also known as George Ball, was a Canadian politician and lumber merchant. Born in Champlain, Lower Canada, Ball was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Nicolet from 1897 to 1900. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the 1900 federal election for the riding of Nicolet. He was defeated in the 1904 federal election and again in the 1906 Nicolet by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f .... By-election: On Mr. Lemieux being elected to sit for Gaspé, 3 December 1906 References * * 1838 births 1928 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Members of the House of Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Balandier
Georges Balandier (21 December 1920 – 5 October 2016) was a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. Balandier was born in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. He was a professor at the Sorbonne (Université René Descartes, Paris-V), and is a member of the Center for African Studies (Centre d'études africaines eaf, a research center of the École pratique des hautes études (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences). He held for many years the Editorship of ''Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie'' (previously held by his mentor Georges Gurvitch) and edited the series ''Sociologie d'Aujourd'hui'' at Presses Universitaires de France. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Badin
Georges Badin (March 13, 1927 – November 23, 2014) was a French poet and painter. Georges Badin was the curator of the Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret from 1967 to 1986. Recent exhibitions * Maison de la Catalanité, Perpignan (2011) Galerie Åkern Kongsberg, Norway (2007) Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligmann Paris (2005, 2006) Galerie Berthet Aittouares Paris (2005, 2006) * Galerie Nicolas Deman, Paris (2005) * Galerie Florence Arnaud, Paris (1993, 1997, 1998) * Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris (1984, 1985, 1986) * Galerie L'Arturiale, Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ... (1981, 1982, 1983) External links Archivio Conz* Artist's Website http://www.georgesbadin.com/ 1927 births 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French male painters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Ba
Georges Ba (born 21 January 1979) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Georges Ba has played for a number of clubs in France and also for Israel's Maccabi Netanya. He traveled to England in early 2008 for a trial with Leeds United, and on 29 March 2008 instead joined another League One side, Gillingham, on a deal which ran until the end of the 2007–08 season. He made his Gillingham debut in a 2–1 home win against Luton Town on 1 April, but he was released at the end of the season after four games for the Kent-based club, and rejoined Maccabi Netanya. On 17 December he was released from his contract with Netanya for the second time. He has since returned to France. and recently moved to America to start his own professional soccer training business. He coached an Under-16 team called Capistrano FC, from San Juan Capistrano. Current Georges Ba runs a Professional Soccer Training Business in Irvine, California, as of February 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Azenstarck
Georges Azenstarck (1934 – 2 September 2020) was a French photographer. Biography Azenstarck was a reporter-photographer for ''L'Humanité'' from 1956 to 1968, when he created an association for reporter-photographers alongside his colleagues Marcel Delius, Louis Lucchesi, and Jean-Claude Seine. He also began working for ''La Nouvelle Vie Ouvrière''. He joined the photographic agency Rapho in 1979 and traveled to over fifty countries. He was one of the few photographers to cover the Ratonnades and the May 68 protests. He worked for Roger-Viollet until his retirement. Georges Azenstarck died in Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ... on 2 September 2020. Bibliography *''Les Rudiments du monde'' *''Le Siècle du dragon : un reportage et quelques réflexions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Auric
Georges Auric (; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. He was considered one of ''Les Six'', a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. He also had a long and distinguished career as a film composer. Early life and education Georges Auric began his musical career at a young age, performing a piano recital at the Société musicale indépendante at the age of 14. Several songs that he had written were then performed in the following year by Société Nationale de Musique. Along with his early successes professionally, Auric studied music at the Paris Conservatoire, as well as composition with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and Albert Roussel. Having gained recognition as a child prodigy both in composition and piano performance, he became a protégé of Erik Satie durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Auguste
Georges Auguste (born 1933 in Petit-Goâve) is a Haitian painter. Auguste paints scenes of rural Haitian life in vibrant color. His style is known as "Raw Art". References * 1933 births Haitian painters Haitian male painters Living people Date of birth missing (living people) People from Ouest (department) 20th-century Haitian male artists {{Haiti-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Arvanitas
Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist. Life and career He was born in Marseille, a child of Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially trained as a classical pianist, switching to jazz during his teens. His influences included Bud Powell and Bill Evans. In the late 1950s, he featured on albums by Art Farmer and Louis Hayes, and played with Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin. He also worked with Yusef Lateef.Yusef Lateef and Herb Boyd''The Gentle Giant: The autobiography of Yusef Lateef'' Morton Books, 2006, p. 99. Discography * ''3 am'' (Pretoria, 1958) * ''Cocktail for Three'' (Pretoria, 1959) * ''Soul Jazz'' (Columbia, 1960) * ''Pianos Puzzle'' (Saravah, 1970) * ''In Concert'' (Futura, 1970) * ''Les Classiques Du Jazz'' (AFA, 1970) * ''Orgue Hammond'' (Neuilly, 1971) * ''Douce Ambiance'' (Neuilly, 1972) * ''Live Again'' (Futura, 1973) * ''Porgy and Bess'' (AFA, 1973) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges-Jean Arnaud
Georges-Jean Arnaud (July 3, 1928 – April 26, 2020) was a French author. Biography Arnaud was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, Camargue, Gard. He was first published in 1971 in the science fiction magazine ''Anticipation'' from the French publisher Fleuve Noir with his story ''Les Croisés de Mara'' he Crusaders Of Mara This is the first volume of a trilogy entitled ''Chroniques de la Longue Séparation'' hronicles of the Long Separation in which a group of characters from the lost human colony of Mara, which had reverted to feudalism, rediscovered their origins and then embarked on a quest through space to find Earth. Arnaud is the author of more than three hundred novels of different genres, including espionage thrillers, detective fiction, science fiction, horror, erotic fiction, and mainstream literature. His espionage fiction includes two series of note: ''Luc Ferran'' (16 novels), written under the pseudonym of "Gil Darcy" for the publisher L'Arabesque between 1963 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
