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Jean Kérisel
Jean Lehuérou Kérisel (18 November 1908 – 22 January 2005) was a French engineer and Egyptologist. He was a specialist in soil mechanics and geotechnics. After studying at Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, he became a pioneer in understanding and modeling the way soil interacts with man built structures. He had a rich career, as a civil servant (he notably led the reconstruction effort in France after World War II, from 1944 to 1951), as an entrepreneur (he founded the soil mechanics engineering firm called SIMECSOL), and as a teacher and a writer. He married Suzy Caquot, the daughter of Albert Caquot, in 1931. Towards the end of his life, he applied his engineering skills to examining old buildings with a different perspective. An engineer's perspective in the field of Egyptology for instance led him to the publication of interesting theories about the Kheops pyramid and where the actual Kheops tomb might be located. He also wrote books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Houérou
Le Houérou, Le Huérou, Le Huërou or Le Houërff is a surname of Breton origin. Le Houérou as written in the Catholicon derives from ''c'hwerv'' which means ''bitter'' in Breton. Notable people with this surname * Annie Le Houérou, French MP and mayor of Guingamp * Cathy Le Houérou, French basketball player who played for Pays d'Aix Basket 13, Pleyber-Christ, Saint-Brieuc * Henri-Noël Le Houérou, French biologist, plant collector and specialist of North African ecosystems, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit in 1991 * Joël Le Houérou, French badminton player who won the 1963 French National Badminton Championships with Yves Corbel and Vice-champion of France veterans in 1986 with Christian Badou * Philippe Le Houérou, Vice President for the World Bank’s South Asia Region * Pierre-Paul Le Houérou, vicar of Saint-Eutrope (Plougonven) in 1791 who refused to take the oath of fidelity to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commandeur De La Legion 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 Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' (Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. From this wish was instituted a , a body of men that was not an order of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
