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Odile Jacob Portrait
Odile is a feminine given name of French origin, and may refer to: Characters * Odile, the evil black swan of '' Swan Lake'' * Odile de Caray, in the 1966 film ''Eye of the Devil'' * Odile, a principal character in the 1964 Jean-Luc Godard film '' Bande à part'' People * Odile of Cologne (c. 4th century), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church *Odile of Alsace (c. 662–c. 720), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church *Odile Bain (1939-2012), French parasitologist *Odile Baron Supervielle (1915-2016), Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist *Odile Crick (1920–2007), British artist best known for her drawing of the DNA double helix *Odile Defraye (1888–1965), Belgian road-racing bicyclist * Odile Fanton d’Andon, French environmental researcher, CEO of the company ACRI-ST *Odile Gilbert (contemporary), French hairstylist *Odile Harington (born 1961), South African intelligence agent *Odile Jacob (contemporary), French scientist who studies the workings of the brain *Odile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odilon
Odilon is a given name of French people, French origin. The name refers to: *Odilo of Cluny, sometimes referred to as St. Odilon *Odilon Barrot (1791–1873), French politician *Odilon Lannelongue (1840–1911), French physician and surgeon *Odilon Polleunis (b. 1943), Belgian football player, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe *Odilon Redon (1840–1916), French painter and printmaker {{given name French masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Crick
Odile Crick (11 August 1920 – 5 July 2007) was a British artist best known for her drawing of the double helix structure of DNA discovered by her husband Francis Crick and his partner James D. Watson in 1953."Odile Crick, Who Drew Iconic Double Helix, Dies at 86" , ''New York Times'', 30 July 2007 Early life Odile Crick was born as Odile Speed in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, to a French mother, Marie-Therese Josephine Jaeger and an English father, Alfred Valentine Speed, who was a jeweller. She was an art student in Vienna when the Nazis occupied Austria in 1938. Returning to England, Speed joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a lorry drive ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Saugues
Odile Saugues (born 26 January 1943) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency in the Puy-de-Dôme department, from 1997 to 2017 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche The Socialists and affiliated group (french: groupe Socialistes et apparentés ) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS). History The first socialist parliamentary group emerged i .... References 1943 births Living people Socialist Party (France) politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French women politicians {{France-politician-Socialist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Lesage
Odile Lesage (born 28 June 1969, in Paris) is a retired French heptathlete. She finished eighth at the 1988 World Junior Championships, seventeenth at the 1991 World Championships, third at the 1993 Mediterranean Games and twelfth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite She is married to Stéphane Diagana with whom she has three children. Prize list * World Record Holder in in |
Odile Jacob
Odile Jacob is a French publisher who founded ''Les Éditions Odile Jacob'' in the middle of the 1980s. She is also a trained scientist, studying the workings of the brain, the mind and thought. She is a member of Le Siècle.Frédéric Saliba, 'Le pouvoir à la table du Siècle', in '' Stratégies'', issue 1365, April 14, 2005, p. 4/ref> Biography Odile Jacob's father, François Jacob (17 June 1920 – 19 April 2013), was a French biologist, who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Having been awarded a grant from the Sachs Foundation, Odile went to Harvard University to work on a thesis on the acquisition of concepts in children. She was a pioneer in this field, which at the time was neither taught nor researched in France. In the United States, she studied with many professors, including Roger Brown and Jerry Kagan, who urged her to stay at Harvard and pursue her career there. She also received an offer from the Department of Cognitive Psychology at New York City’s Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Harington
Eone Odile Harington (born 1961) was an alleged South African agent. Early life Odile Harington was born in 1961 and lived in Johannesburg. At the age of 23 Harington was an agent of South African military intelligence and was sent to Zimbabwe to infiltrate the African National Congress and send back plans of the organizations' buildings in Harare. Arrest and trial Harington was arrested by police and interrogated by the Central Intelligence Organization. At her trial before the Zimbabwe High Court in November 1987 Odile testified that she had been tortured before February 1987 at a place called Daventry House, while she was being held at Mabelreign police station in Harare, and after May 1987 at the CIO detention centre in Goromonzi. She described repeated sexual assaults, severe beatings, burnings with cigarettes and other humiliating treatment. She claimed that an ANC official and her superior had taken part in her torture. According to her testimony, the ANC official beat he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Gilbert
Odile Gilbert has been described as France's "most celebrated female hairstylist",Chu, Ying Marie Claire. Hearst Magazines. 1 October 2009. and is the only woman in that profession to have received the French honor ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres''. Her career has been based in Paris and New York. Biography Born in Brittany, Gilbert started her career in 1975 as first assistant to the famous hairstylist Bruno Pittini, in his salon and studio. Working with Pittini allowed her to meet celebrities and work on fashion shows and advertising photo shoots. In 1982, she moved to New York and started working for fashion and beauty editorials in famous fashion magazines with well-known photographers such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Irving Penn, Steven Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Jean-Baptiste Mondino and Paolo Roversi, among others. She styled the hair of models in advertising campaigns for fashion and perfume houses, such as Calvin Klein, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Jean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Hembise Fanton D’Andon
Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon is a French environmental researcher, and co-founder and CEO of the company ACRI-ST, which leads an International consortium of independent organizations working together to better understand and monitor the Earth's environment. Fanton d’Andon was the recipient of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the category "Women, Research and Enterprise" in 2021 for her work. Life and work Fanton d'Andon earned a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis, a DEA from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, and a Doctorate from Sorbonne University ( Paris VI). The work of Fanton d'Andon has focused on methods and products derived from combinations of satellite observation, atmospheric chemistry and climatology. She co-founded the French company ACRI in 1989 to create a way to bring together experts in the fields of mathematics, physics and fluid dynamics and collectively gain a better understanding of the Earth's environment. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Defraye
Odile Defraye (; nl, Odiel Defraeye; 14 July 1888 – 21 August 1965) was a Belgian road racing cyclist who won three stages and the overall title of the 1912 Tour de France, which was the last tour decided by a points system instead of overall best time. He was the first Belgian to win the Tour and was only invited to join Alcyon's all-French team at a late stage for publicity purposes. In the 1913 Tour de France, Defraye held the overall lead after stages 2 through 5 before relinquishing the lead on the Tourmalet to Stage 6 and eventual winner Philippe Thys. He participated in six tours between 1909 and 1924 but his victory Tour was the only one that he completed.http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/defraye_odiel.php Memoire du cyclisme Other major wins include the 1913 Milan–San Remo, a one-day classic, and four stages and the overall for the 1912 Tour of Belgium. Career achievements Major results ;1908 : Tour of Flanders (Amateur edition) ;1910 : Winner Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Baron Supervielle
Odile Baron Supervielle (May 1, 1915October 25, 2016) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist. A pioneer of women journalists in Argentina, she was director of the literary supplement of the newspaper ''La Nación''. Biography Odile Baron Supervielle was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 1, 1915. She was the fourth of the six children of the French banker Etienne Baron Lamothe and the Uruguayan Ana Supervielle Munyo. Odile's siblings were Santiago, Andrés, Victoria, Susana and Colette. She is the niece and goddaughter of Jules Supervielle. Other relations include: Susana Baron Supervielle, Ana Baron Supervielle, Silvia Baron Supervielle, Gloria Alcorta, and Oliverio Girondo. Baron Supervielle was a writer and journalist for the daily ''La Nación'', ''La Prensa ''La Prensa'' ("The Press") is a frequently used name for newspapers in the Spanish-speaking world. It may refer to: Argentina * ''La Prensa'' (Buenos Aires) * , a current publication of Caleta Olivia, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Bain
Odile Bain (April 28, 1939 – October 16, 2012) was a French parasitologist. Early life and education Odile Bain was born in Dalat, Vietnam where her father - who was a military officer - was based. She attended high school in Dakar, Senegal and then graduated from Rennes in France with a degree in biology in 1960. In 1963, she began a postgraduate course focusing in histology Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology which studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at larger structures vis ... in Paris. Bain joined the Helminth Zoology Laboratory in 1964, which is where she began her career as a parasitologist. Bain received her Ph.D. in histology in April 1968. Career Bain was appointed as a CNRS research supervisor in the Heminth Zoology Laboratory. The lab researched parasitic nematodes, trematodes, cestodes and protozoa. Bain specialized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
