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Pont Bessières
Pont, meaning "bridge" in French, may refer to: Places France * Pont, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Pont-Bellanger, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-d'Ouilly, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-Farcy, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * Pont-l'Évêque, Oise, in the Oise ''département'' Elsewhere * Pont, Cornwall, England * Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales * Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales * in Ponteland, Northumberland * Du Pont, Switzerland, in the commune of L'Abbaye, Switzerland Other * Pont (surname) * Pont (Haiti), a political party led by Jean Marie Chérestal * Pont Rouelle, a bridge in Paris, France * Du Pont family * Graham Laidler (1908–1940), British cartoonist, "Pont" of ''Punch'' magazine * PONT, time zone abbreviation for Ponape Time (Micronesia), UTC+11:00 See also * Dupont (surname) * DuPont, the company * Dupont (other) DuPont de Nemours, Inc., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the 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 influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably 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 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DuPont
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in the development of Delaware and first arose as a major supplier of gunpowder. DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, Corfam and Lycra in the 20th century, and its scientists developed many chemicals, most notably Freon (chlorofluorocarbons), for the refrigerant industry. It also developed synthetic pigments and paints including ChromaFlair. In 2015, DuPont and the Dow Chemical Company agreed to a reorganization plan in which the two companies would merge and split into three. As a merged entity, DuPont simultaneously acquired Dow and renamed itself to DowDuPont on August 31, 2017, and after 18 months spin off the merged entity' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupont (surname)
Dupont, variously styled as DuPont, duPont, Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname resided near a bridge. , the name was the fourth most popular surname in Belgium, and , it was the 26th most popular in France. People * Du Pont family, an American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours * Aimé Dupont (1841–1900), Belgian-born American photographer * Alfred I. du Pont (1864–1935), American industrialist, financier, philanthropist, cellist * André Dupont (born 1949), retired National Hockey League player * Andrée Dupont-Roc, French curler and coach * Antoine Dupont (born 1996), French professional Rugby Union player * Aurélie Dupont (born 1973), Paris Opera Ballet ''étoile'' * Chantal duPont (1942–2019), Canadian multidisciplinary artist * Charles H. DuPont (1805–1877), Florida Supreme Court justice * Christian Dupont (born 1947), Belgian politician * Christian Dupont-Roc, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Laidler
Graham Laidler (4 July 1908 – 23 November 1940) was a British cartoonist, noted for his work in ''Punch'' magazine in the 1930s. He signed his name as "pont", short for a nickname, ''Pontifex Maximus''. Life Laidler was born on 4 July 1908 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England at 6 Osborne Avenue, Jesmond. His father, George Gavin Laidler, owner of a painting and decorating business, died when Laidler was 13 and his mother, Kathleen née Crosby, eventually the family moved south, finally settling in Jordans in Buckinghamshire. Laidler had always hoped to become a cartoonist but, to ensure an income that would adequately support himself and his widowed mother, he enrolled at the London School of Architecture in 1926. After being diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1932, he was unable to continue with an office-based career and started to concentrate on his cartoons. He lived in Austria for some time for his health in the 1930s, returning to Britain following the Anschluss in 1938. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Pont Family
The du Pont family () or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it expanded its wealth through the chemical industry and the automotive industry, with substantial interests in the DuPont company, General Motors, and various other corporations. Several former du Pont family estates are open to the public as museums, gardens or parks, such as Winterthur, Nemours, Eleutherian Mills, Longwood Gardens, Gibraltar, Mt. Cuba, and Goodstay. The family's interest in horticulture was planted in the United States by their immigrant progenitors from France and was also nourished and cultivated in later generations by avid gardeners who married into the family. As early as 1924, the du Ponts were recognized by Charles Sprague Sargent, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont Rouelle
The Pont Rouelle (English: Rouelle Bridge) is a railway bridge in Paris that crosses the river Seine. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the Île aux Cygnes. Constructed of steel, the bridge is 173 metres (567 feet) long and 20 metres (66 feet) wide. It is currently used for railway service, carrying the RER C. Structure It is composed of four distinct portions: * On the Right Bank, an arch in masonry spans the bank road. * The portion that spans the right arm of the Seine consists of a single metal arch. * The part which crosses the Île aux Cygnes spans the island's pedestrian alley with a small stone arch. * The part which spans the left arm of the river, reaching the Left Bank In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as ''banks'' in different fields of geography, as follows. In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terra ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont (Haiti)
PONT (), officially the Political Party for Us All (french: Parti politique pou nou tout), is a centre-left political party in Haiti. Jean Marie Chérestal, Prime Minister from 2 March 2001 to 21 January 2002, was the leader of the party. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 1.1% of the popular vote and two senators. In the 7 February and 21 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ..., the party won no seats. For the 2015 parliamentary elections, the party presented 3 candidates for the Senate and 52 for the Chamber of Deputies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont (surname) , Scottish mapmaker of the late 16th century
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Pont is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles E. Pont, American artist *John Pont, American college football coach * Mike Pont, singer *Mónica Pont, Spanish long-distance runner *Robert Pont, 16th century Scottish reformer *Timothy Pont Rev Timothy Pont (c. 1560–c.1627) was a Scottish minister, cartographer and topographer. He was the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponteland
Ponteland ( ) is a large village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means "island in the Pont", after the River Pont which flows from west to east and joins the River Blyth further downstream, before flowing into the North Sea. Newcastle Airport is to the south of the village. Ponteland was first built on marshland near St Mary's Church and the old bridge. Most of the marshland has now been drained to make way for housing. In the industrial era, Ponteland village enlarged to include residential developments in Darras Hall. The village has grown to be a significant commuter village, although it retains a local community. Its location just outside Newcastle, in proximity to the airport but also on the edge of rural Northumberland, has resulted in parts of Ponteland containing some of North-East England's most expensive houses, being home for many of the region's business leaders, footballers and celebrities. The civil parish of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pont, Côte-d'Or
Pont is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Côte-d'Or {{CôteOr-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
