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Monnier
Monnier is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrienne Monnier (1892–1955), French poet, bookseller and publisher * André Monnier (born 1926), French ski jumper * Blanche Monnier (1849–1913), French woman who was secretly kept locked up in a small room for 25 years * Francis Monnier ( fl. 1863), French literary figure * Gabriel Monnier (born 1977), French figure skater * Henry Monnier (1799–1877), French playwright, caricaturist and actor * Jean-Charles Monnier (or Monier, 1758–1816), French Army general * Louis Monnier (1900–1969), French track and field athlete * Marc Monnier (1827–1885), French writer * Mathilde Monnier Mathilde Monnier (born 1959 in Mulhouse) is a French choreographer. She directs the '' Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon'' in Montpellier. She collaborates with notable artists throughout various disciplines ... (born 1959), French choreographer * Paul Monnier (1907–1982), Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Monnier
Adrienne Monnier (26 April 1892 – 19 June 1955) was a French bookseller, writer, and publisher, and an influential figure in the modernist writing scene in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Formative years Monnier was born in Paris on 26 April 1892. Her father, Clovis Monnier (1859–1944), was a postal worker (''postier ambulant''), sorting mail in transit on night trains. Her mother, Philiberte (née Sollier, 1873–1944), was "open-minded" with an interest in literature and the arts. Adrienne's younger sister, Marie (1894–1976), would become known as a skillful embroiderer and illustrator. Their mother encouraged the sisters to read widely from an early age and frequently took them to the theatre, opera, and ballet. In 1909, aged 17, Monnier graduated from high school, with a teaching qualification (''brevet supérieur''). Within months, in September, she moved to London, officially to improve her English but in reality to be close to her classmate, Suzanne Bonnierre, with wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Monnier
Blanche Monnier (; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as ''la Séquestrée de Poitiers'' (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years. She was eventually found by police, then middle-aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition; according to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity. Biography Monnier was a French socialite born on March 1, 1849, from a well-respected, conservative bourgeois family of Charles (1820–1882) and Louise Monnier (1825–1901), in Poitiers of old noble origins. She had one older brother named Marcel Monnier (1848–1913). She was renowned for her beauty and attracted many potential suitors for marriage. In 1876, at the age of 27, she desired to marry an older lawyer who was not to her mother's liking; she argued that her daughter could not marry a "penniless lawyer" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Monnier
Henry-Bonaventure Monnier (7 June 1799 in Paris – 3 January 1877) was a French playwright, caricaturist and actor. Life After studying at the Lycée Bonaparte, he frequented the workshops of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and Antoine-Jean Gros. He positioned himself in London in 1822 and returned to France 5 years later. His meetings with Alexandre Dumas, Théophile Gautier, Stendhal, Eugène Sue, Prosper Mérimée, Eugène Scribe, Eugène Delacroix, Louis Boulanger and Honoré de Balzac opened doors to him. Between 1827 and 1832, he produced several albums of lithographs, satirising the mores and physiognomies of his contemporaries and of the "grisettes" (or louche young men) in his office. He created the character Monsieur Prudhomme, of whom Balzac said was the "illustration of the type of the Parisian middle-class" and who inspired the poem of that title in Paul Verlaine's ''Poèmes saturniens''. On 21 May 1834, Monnier married Caroline Péguchet (known as Caroline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Monnier
Paul Monnier (1907–1982) was a Swiss painter. Biography Monnier was born in Montana-Vermala. From 1924 to 1930, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, took numerous trips in Italy and France, and was a member of the :fr:Ecole des Pâquis. "The 'Ecole des Pâquis' occurred simply and effortlessly, naturally putting aside any cumbersome conceit and any personal outburst. ...These artists belong to this post-war generation which no longer dreams of superman. The subtleties of their craft come before aesthetic theories. Whenever laziness, alcohol, Bohemia and fiddling don't tempt them, they are capable of efforts far more disciplined than those we have made in the past 30 years. In a nutshell, long live the post-war youth that we have so run down." (Alexandre Cingria, 1929) From 1930 to 1932, Monnier journeyed in India, Indo-China, and Tonkin. In a letter to C. J., Paul Monnier writes: "I'm wasting my time trying to abolish this job from my life. Painting is my ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Monnier
Gabriel Monnier (born 10 May 1977) is a French former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 French national champion and won four senior international medals. He reached the free skate at four ISU Championships, achieving his best result, 10th, at the 2002 Europeans in Lausanne. Personal life Monnier was born 10 May 1977 in Paris. He studied at Rognoni College in Paris and at the National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP). He earned a Bachelor of Science in 1995. He continued his studies in biology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, earning a degree in 1999 and a BA. Career Monnier began skating at the age of five and became serious about it when he was nine. One of his favorite skaters was Petr Barna for his precision and style. In November 1991, Monnier placed 16th at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Hull, Quebec. The following season, making his senior international debut, he placed 13th at the Grand Prix International St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Charles Monnier
Jean-Charles, comte Monnier (22 March 1758 in Cavaillon – 29 January 1816 in Paris), was a French infantry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Hundred Days. Monnier's name is inscribed {{unreferenced, date=August 2012 An inscribed triangle of a circle In geometry, an inscribed planar shape or solid is one that is enclosed by and "fits snugly" inside another geometric shape or solid. To say that "figure F is inscribed in figu ... on the Arc de Triomphe as 'Monier'. References French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Knights of the Order of Saint Louis Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur 1758 births 1816 deaths People from Vaucluse Peers of France Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Monnier
Mathilde Monnier (born 1959 in Mulhouse) is a French choreographer. She directs the '' Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon'' in Montpellier. She collaborates with notable artists throughout various disciplines, such as philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, Katerine, novelist Christine Angot Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Life Born Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel ''L'I ..., fellow choreographer La Ribot, and composer Heiner Goebbels). Monnier was awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts du Spectacle Vivant (National Award for the Performing Arts awarded by the French Ministry of Culture and Communications) in 1999. .External links Mathilde Monnier: Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon* French women choreographers Living people People from Mulho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monnier (other)
Le Monnier or Lemonnier may refer to: People *André Lemonnier (1896–1963), French admiral who pioneered French underwater research with Jacques Cousteau * Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier (1743–1824), French painter of historical subjects * Camille Lemonnier (1844–1913), Belgian journalist and poet * Charles Lemonnier (also known as Maurice Lemonnier, 1860–1930), Belgian liberal politician and mayor of Brussels * Eduardo Le Monnier (1873–1931), French-Argentine architect who worked in the Buenos Aires Central Business District * Élisa Lemonnier (1805–1865), French educationist who is considered to be the founder of vocational education for women in France * Émile Lemonnier (1893–1945), French general * Francis Lemonnier (1940–1998), French actor and director of the Parisian Théâtre des Variétés *Hervé Lemonnier (born 1947), French rallycross, rally and ice racing driver of the Andros Trophy series * Jérôme Lemonnier, French film composer, known from ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Monnier
Francis Monnier was a French literary figure, specialising in the Carolingian era, notably the figure of Alcuin, who was briefly appointed in March 1863 tutor to the Prince Imperial, only son of Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew ..., following the prince's seventh birthday. Monnier was occupied at the time with his ''Alcuin et Charlemagne'', which was published in 1864.Noted in ''The Bookseller'', 29 February 1864: 163. Monnier also wrote ''Guillaume de Lamoignon et Colbert: Essai sur la legislation française au XVIIe siècle (Paris, 1862). Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Monnier, Francis 19th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Monnier
André Monnier (born 26 June 1926) is a French former ski jumper who competed in the early 1950s. He finished tied for 36th in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population .... External linksOlympic ski jumping results: 1948-60 1926 births Living people Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monier
Monier is a French name that may refer to the following notable people: * Damien Monier (born 1982), French professional road bicycle racer * Étienne Monier (1889–1913), French anarchist * Evelyn Monier-Williams (1920–2015), English barrister * Georges Monier (1892–1974), Belgian composer *Iszlam Monier Suliman (born 1990), Hungarian Sudanese judoka * Jean Monier (or Mosnier) (1600–1656), French painter * Joseph Monier (1823–1906), French gardener, one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete ** Monier Ventilation Shaft 1 in Brisbane, Australia ** Monier Ventilation Shaft 2 in Brisbane, Australia ** Monier Ventilation Shaft 3 in Brisbane, Australia * Louis Monier (born 1956), founder of Internet search engine AltaVista * Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899), British Indologist * Pierre Monier (or Mosnier) (1641–1703), French painter * Raúl Monier (born 1960), Argentine chess master * Robert Monier (1885–1944), French sailor * Sébastien Monier (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also substratum, influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the (Germanic languages, Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Franks, Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's French colonial empire, past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole language, Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
