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Meunier (other)
Meunier is a French surname meaning "miller". Meunier may also refer to: * Pinot Meunier, aka Meunier; a variety of wine grape * Meunier rifle, WWI French battle rifle * Mount Meunier, Kohler Range, Antarctica * Meunier Museum, Brussels, Belgium; named after sculptor Constance Meunier See also * * Menier (other) * Minier Minier is a French surname. Origin In French, the word means ''mining'', in the sense of ''pertaining or related to mining''. Notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Christine Minier (born 1964), French singer * Daniel D. M ... (surname) * Mounier (surname) * Munier (surname) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meunier
Meunier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian Meunier (born 1967), French automotive businessman * Claude Meunier (born 1951), Canadian actor and film director * Claude Marie Meunier (1770–1846), French general during the Napoleonic Wars * Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor * David Meunier, American film and television actor * Henri Meunier, Belgian ''art nouveau'' illustrator * Manon Meunier (born 1996), French politician * Michelle Meunier (born 1956), French politician * Monique Meunier, former New York City Ballet principal dancer * Pascal Meunier, documentary photographer about Arabian and Muslim world * Sébastien Meunier, French fashion designer * Sophie Meunier, the co-director of the Princeton University European Union program * Thomas Meunier, Belgian footballer for Borussia Dortmund See also * Menier (other) * Minier * Mounier Mounier is a surname, and may refer to: * Anthony Mounier (born 1987), French footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meunier Rifle
The Meunier rifle, known as the "Meunier A6" or "STA No. 8", evolved as a part of the program initiated in 1890 by the French military to develop a semi-automatic infantry rifle that would eventually replace the Mle 1886–93 Lebel rifle. Four government research establishments (STA, ENT, Puteaux and CTV) proposed over 20 prototypes. About half of them were based on recoil (both short recoil and long recoil) and the others were gas operated. This secret program was placed under the direction of General Naquet-Laroque who headed the Puteaux (APX) government arsenal. History Shortly after the adoption of the Lebel 1886 and its revolutionary ammunition, two brothers, Clair, built a semi-automatic shotgun in 1888, an 8 mm semi-auto pistol in 1892, and prototypes of semi-auto rifles were made in 1894. In addition, the adoption in 1888 of the German Kommissions Gewehr with its rimless cartridge had shown the obsolete design of the French 8×50mm rimmed case. Programs were initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Meunier
Mount Meunier () is a mountain rising to near the northeast end of the Kohler Range, Antarctica, east of Mount Strange. The northern slopes of the feature are partly ice free and overlook Dotson Ice Shelf on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1977 after Tony Kenneth Meunier, a cartographer and physical scientist with the USGS from 1972. Meunier was a member of the USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party, 1974, and a member of the ANSMET team in the Allan Hills The Allan Hills are a group of hills at the end of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in Oates Land and Victoria Land regions of Antarctica. They are mainly ice free and about long, lying just north-west of the Coombs Hills near th ... area, 1982–83, initiating a plan for positioning, by satellite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Museums Of Fine Arts Of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Museum, the Magritte Museum, the Fin-de-Siècle Museum, the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum. The Royal Museums contains over 20,000 drawings, sculptures, and paintings, covering a period extending from the early 15th century to the present, such as those of Flemish old masters like Bruegel, Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Peter Paul Rubens, making it the most popular art institution and most visited museum complex in Belgium. The Magritte Museum houses the world's largest collection of the works of the surrealist René Magritte. History Early history The museum was founded in 1801 by Napoleon and opened in 1803 as the Museum of Fine Arts of Brussels ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menier (other)
Menier may refer to: Places: *Port-Menier, Quebec, a small fishing town located in Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada * Port-Menier Airport, (IATA: YPN, ICAO: CYPN), located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) east of Port-Menier, Quebec, Canada Chocolate: * Menier Chocolate, a French chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 *Menier family of Noisiel, France, was a prominent family of chocolatiers who began as pharmaceutical manufacturers in Paris in 1816 * Émile-Justin Menier (1826–1881), French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician, born in Paris *Antoine Brutus Menier (1795–1853), a French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers *Antoine Gilles Menier (1904–1967), a French businessman and municipal politician, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers *Henri Menier (1853–1913), a French businessman and adventurer, member of the Menier family of chocolatiers *Menier Chocolate Factory, a 180-seat fringe studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minier
Minier is a French surname. Origin In French, the word means ''mining'', in the sense of ''pertaining or related to mining''. Notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Christine Minier (born 1964), French singer * Daniel D. Minier (1794–1849), American soldier * Ethan B. Minier (1874–1958), American politician * Karen Minier (born 1973), Belgian television presenter * Nelson Minier, pseudonym of Adrien Stoutenburg Adrien Stoutenburg (December 1, 1916 – April 14, 1982) was an American poet and a prolific writer of juvenile literature. Her poetry collection ''Heroes, Advise Us'' was the 1964 Lamont Poetry Selection. Life Stoutenburg was born in Darfur ... (1916–1982), American writer * Theodore L. Minier (1819–1895), American politician See also * Menier * Meunier * Mounier * Munier References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounier
Mounier is a surname, and may refer to: * Anthony Mounier (born 1987), French footballer * Emmanuel Mounier (1905–1950), French philosopher * Flo Mounier, drummer * Jean-Jacques Mounier (born 1949), French judoka * Jean Joseph Mounier (1758–1806), French politician See also * Meunier * Menier * Minier Minier is a French surname. Origin In French, the word means ''mining'', in the sense of ''pertaining or related to mining''. Notable people Notable people with this surname include: * Christine Minier (born 1964), French singer * Daniel D. M ... * Munier {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |