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Placide is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Placide Adams (1929–2003), American jazz double bassist * Placide Bossier, American Civil War victim * Placide Cappeau (1808–1877), French poet * Placide Louis Chapelle (1842–1905), French-born American prelate * Placide Gaudet (1850–1930), Canadian historian, educator, genealogist and journalist * Placide Nicod (1876–1953), Swiss orthopedic surgeon * Placide Nyangala (born 1967), Gabonese footballer * Placide Poulin (born 1938), Canadian businessman * Placide Tempels (1906–1977), Belgian Franciscan missionary * Placide Viel (1815–1877), French Roman Catholic professed religious and mother general * Placide Vigneau (1842–1926), French Canadian author Surname * Alexander Placide (1750–1812), American actor and theatre manager * Charlotte Wrighten Placide (1776–1823), American actress and opera singer * Jane Placide (1804–1835), American actress * Johny Placide (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Adams
Placide Adams (August 30, 1929 – March 29, 2003) was an American jazz double bassist, who worked prolifically with a wide circle of New Orleans jazz stars over his 50-year career. He was the son of the New Orleans pianist Dolly Adams, and the brother of New Orleans bassist Jerry Adams, and New Orleans recording session guitarist, Justin Adams, all of whom were descended from a popular New Orleans family band whose roots dated back to the 19th century. Career Early contributions to American R&B Although he was well-schooled in the Traditional New Orleans Jazz repertoire from an early age, Adams began his professional career in Rhythm & Blues. From 1949 to 1959, Adams performed and toured with such notable R&Bs stars as BB King, Chuck Berry, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter and Big Joe Turner. New Orleans jazz renaissance Beginning with the onset of the New Orleans traditional jazz renaissance in 1959-1960, Adams concentrated exclusively on playing and promoting the authentic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Bossier
Placide Bossier was an American from Louisiana who died in the American Civil War. A Catholic Creole person who lived a privileged life in high society, for Clement Eaton he exemplified that lifestyle, "a gay life of parties, hunting, fishing, dancing, serenades, and constant fishing". Bossier came from Louisiana, the Natchitoches area, and was a Catholic Creole; historian Clement Eaton described him as a "young Creole of fashion". He attended Georgetown University in 1850-1851. Around 1860, he briefly kept a diary (written in English, and corrected by the family's governess); apparently the study of law bored him, and he spent his time in a rocking chair, thinking about billiards, dinner parties, and the woman he was in love with. The American Civil War was approaching and he exercised with a cavalry company. In January 1861 he voted to secede. Bossier joined the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate). He was killed on the morning of August 10, 1861, during the Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Cappeau
Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the poem, "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to music by Adolphe Adam and known in English as the carol "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël". Biography He was born on 25 October 1808 in Roquemaure (Gard). He was the son of Mathieu Cappeau, a cooper, and Agathe Louise Martinet. He was expected to follow his father in the family business (vinification and cooperage), but after an accident, he turned to the life of an academic. While at play as an eight-years-old, his friend Brignon was handling a gun and shot Cappeau in the hand. Cappeau's hand was amputated. With the financial support of Brignon's father, who supplied half the tuition, Cappeau attended a town school and then the Collège Royal d' Avignon. There he was awarded the first prize in drawing in 1825. After studying in Nîmes, where he received a ''baccalauréat littéraire'' (A level in literature), he studied law in Paris and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Louis Chapelle
Placide Louis Chapelle (August 28, 1842 – August 9, 1905) was a French-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santa Fe (1894-1897) and later Archbishop of New Orleans (1897-1905). Following the Spanish–American War, he also served as Apostolic Delegate to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Early life and education Chapelle was born in Fraissinet-de-Lozère to Jean Pierre and Sophia (née Viala) Chapelle. His mother died in childbirth in 1847, when Chapelle was five years old. He received his early education in Mende and completed his classical studies at Collège Saint-Augustin in Enghien, Belgium. At age 17, he was brought to the United States by his uncle Jean Chapelle, a missionary priest in Haiti who worked on the Vatican's concordat with the Haitian government and was on the eve of being appointed Archbishop of Port-au-Prince before his death in 1861."Haïti, état civil, 1794-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https:/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Gaudet
Placide Gaudet (November 19, 1850 – November 9, 1930) was a Canadian historian, educator, genealogist and journalist. He signed his name as Placide P. Gaudet. Gaudet is noted for his research into the history and genealogy of the Acadian people and played an important role in the preservation of their history. Biography Early years He was born at Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, the son of Placide Gaudet and Marie Vienneau dit Michaud. Gaudet's father died shortly before his birth and his mother returned to her father's farm. She moved to her father-in-law's farm in Dorchester in 1862. Education and career Gaudet was educated at St. Joseph's College in Memramcook. He began studies for the priesthood at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal but left in 1874 due to poor health, returning to New Brunswick. From 1874 to 1882, he then took on a number of short term teaching positions at schools in Saint-Louis de Kent, Tracadie, Neguac, Shédiac and Cocagne. It was during this time, comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Nicod
Placide Nicod (29 January 1876, in Bottens – 1 August 1953, in Évian-les-Bains) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon. He was considered to be the top French-speaking Swiss orthopedist of his time.Nicod, Placide Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse He studied medicine at the , and afterwards, was an assistant to surgeon César Roux in . From 1903 he worked as an assistant at the orthopedic hospital in Lausanne, where from 1905 to 1948 he served as chief physician and director. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Nyangala
Placide Nyangala (born 30 December 1967) is a Gabonese footballer. Besides Gabon, he has played in France, Austria, and Saudi Arabia. He played in two matches for the Gabon national football team in 1994. He was also named in Gabon's squad for the 1994 African Cup of Nations The 1994 African Cup of Nations was the 19th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Tunisia, who replaced original hosts Zaire. Just as in 1992, the field of twelve teams was ... tournament. References External links * 1967 births Living people Gabonese men's footballers FC 105 Libreville players AS Nancy Lorraine players SAS Épinal players US Orléans players FC Aurillac Arpajon Cantal Auvergne players SV Stockerau players FC Lorient players Ligue 2 players Gabon men's international footballers 1994 African Cup of Nations players Place of birth missing (living people) Men's association football midfielders Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Poulin
Placide Poulin (born 1938 in Saint-Jules, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian businessman. He was the founder of MAAX Inc., a company producing bathroom products, kitchen cabinets and outdoor spas. An influential man in the Beauce, Poulin is a member of the Parti libéral du Québec. In 1969, he established Modern Fibreglass Inc. in Tring-Jonction, which specialized in the manufacture of snowmobile cabs, molded swimming pools and fibreglass components for the transportation industry. The introduction of acrylic as a new manufacturing material led him to establish Acrylica Inc. in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, which specialized in acrylic bathtubs and whirlpools. In 1987, all the companies were regrouped into one holding, MAAX Inc., with a research and development centre. Today, MAAX is a North American leader in bathroom products. On March 11, 2004, MAAX was sold to a group of investors comprising J.W. Childs Equity Funding III, Inc., Borealis Private Equity Limited Partnership, Borealis (Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Tempels
Placide Frans Tempels, OFM (18 February 1906 – 9 October 1977) was a Belgian Franciscan missionary in the Congo who became famous for his book '' Bantu Philosophy''. Life Tempels was born in Berlaar, Belgium. Born Frans Tempels, he took the name "Placide" on his entry into a Franciscan seminary in 1924. After his ordination to the priesthood in 1930 he taught for a short time in Belgium before being posted to the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1933. He stayed there for twenty-nine years, broken by only two short stays back in Belgium. In April 1962 he returned to live in a Franciscan monastery in Hasselt, where he died in 1977. ''Bantu Philosophy'' Though neither African nor a philosopher, Tempels had a huge influence on African philosophy through the publication in 1945 of his book ''La philosophie bantoue'', published in the English language in 1959 as ''Bantu Philosophy''. ''Philosophie bantoue'' Also in 1945, the ''Philosophie ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Viel
Placide Viel (26 September 1815 — 4 March 1877), born Eulalie-Victoire Jacqueline Viel, was a French Roman Catholic professed religious and mother general who was active in organizing relief during the Franco-Prussian War. Viel joined the Sisters of the Christian Schools in 1833 with the order's founder and mother general Saint Marie-Madeleine Postel being her aunt and served alongside her in various capacities. Viel made extensive travels setting up branches of the order and made several trips to Paris to collect funds for the order's expansion while later travelling across Europe as her aunt's successor for the order's continued growth. Her beatification was celebrated in 1951. Life Eulalie Victoire Jacqueline Viel was born in France on 26 September 1815 as one of eight children to farmers (she was baptized just moments after her birth with her godparents being Jeanne Viel and Jacques Tournaille). Her aunt was Saint Marie-Madeleine Postel. One sister was Victoire who d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placide Vigneau
Placide Vigneau (29 August 1842 − 1 March 1926 was a French Canadian author. He was keeper of the Île aux Perroquets Lighthouse from 1892 to 1912. He kept a journal that is preserved by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Life Placide Vigneau was born on Île du Havre aux Maisons, on the Magdalen Islands in Canada East on August 29, 1842. His parents were Vital Vigneau, an offshore fisherman of Acadian descent, and Élise Boudreau. He spent his childhood on the Magdalen Islands, where he learned the job of offshore fisherman. In 1858, the family moved to the village of Pointe-aux-Esquimaux (now Havre-Saint-Pierre) on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River. In 1892 he became the lighthouse keeper of Île aux Perroquets until 1912, when his son Hector succeeded him. His ''Histoire'' or ''Journal de la Pointe aux Esquimaux'' was published in the Report of the Archives du Québec (1968), and then as a work under the title ''Un pied d'ancre : journal de P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Placide
Alexander Placide (1750–1812), was an American (originally French) actor and theatre manager.Robin O. Warren, Women on Southern Stages, 1800-1865: Performance, Gender and Identity He debuted in France in 1770 and was active in Saint-Domingue until the Haitian Revolution, when he emigrated to the United States. He managed the Charleston Theatre from 1796 and was the leader of the Charleston Company, which also toured Georgia and Virginia and are considered to have introduced a permanent theatre in these states. In 1812 he became a co-manager with William Twaits (actor), William Twaits and Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard of the Olympic Theatre, New York, Olympic Theatre in New York. He was married to Charlotte Wrighten Placide and father of Jane Placide. References 1812 deaths 18th-century American male actors American male stage actors 1750 births 18th-century French male actors People of Saint-Domingue 18th-century theatre managers 19th-century theatre managers 18th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
