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Pierre Levasseur (other)
Pierre Levasseur may refer to: * Pierre Levasseur (aircraft builder) Pierre Georges Albert Levasseur (July 16, 1890 in Paris – August 2, 1941 in Paris) was a French aircraft and component maker. He set up his company ''Société Pierre Levasseur Aéronautique'', always referred to simply as Levasseur in Paris in 19 ... (1890–1941), French aircraft builder * Pierre Émile Levasseur (1828–1911), French economist * A colonial head of French Sénégal from September 1807 to 13 July 1809 * The protagonist of the 2006 French film '' The Valet'' See also * Levasseur (other) {{hndis, Levasseur, Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Levasseur (aircraft Builder)
Pierre Georges Albert Levasseur (July 16, 1890 in Paris – August 2, 1941 in Paris) was a French aircraft and component maker. He set up his company ''Société Pierre Levasseur Aéronautique'', always referred to simply as Levasseur in Paris in 1910, beginning by making propellers. In 1913 he began building aircraft designed by others. He then began to design his own, the majority of which were single-engine biplanes for French Naval Aviation. He also ran a flying school, where the chief pilot of his school was François Denhaut (1877–1952), notable for designing the first flying boat. Georges Abrial (1898 – 1970), an early French aerodynamicist, also worked with Levasseur to produce the Levasseur-Abrial A-1. Sociéte Pierre Levasseur Aéronautique Models created included: * Levasseur-Abrial A-1, 1922 glider * Levasseur PL.2, naval biplane torpedo bomber * Levasseur PL.4, carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft * Levasseur PL.5, carrier-based fighter * Levasseur PL.6, 1926 tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Émile Levasseur
Pierre Émile Levasseur, 3rd Baron Levasseur (8 December 1828 – 10 July 1911), was a French economist, historian, Professor of geography, history and statistics in the Collège de France, at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers and at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques, known as one of the founders and promoters of the study of commercial geography. Life and work Levasseur was born in Paris, France, as son of the jewelry manufacturer Pierre Antoine Levasseur. He was educated at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Levasseur began teaching in the lycée at Alençon in 1852, and in 1857 became professor of rhetoric at Besançon. He returned to Paris to become professor at the lycée Saint Louis. In 1868 he was chosen a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. In 1872 he was appointed professor of geography, history and statistics in the College de France, and subsequently became also professor at the ''Conservatoire des arts et métiers'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonial Heads Of French Sénégal
See also * Timeline of Saint-Louis, Senegal References Rulers.org: Senegal*Lucie Gallistel Colvin. Historical Dictionary of Senegal. Scarecrow Press/ Metuchen. NJ–London (1981) pp. 81–98 (Table 10). {{Former French colonies Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ... French West Africa Colonial heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valet
''The Valet'' (french: La Doublure, lit=The Stand-In) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber and starring Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film is about a Valet parking, parking valet who is enlisted to pretend to be the lover of a famous fashion model in order to deflect attention from her relationship with a married businessman. The film enjoyed box office success in France and the United States. ''The Valet'' was remade as the 2009 Hindi film ''Do Knot Disturb'', which in turn inspired the 2014 Punjabi film ''Disco Singh'' and the 2016 Bengali movie ''Haripad Bandwala''. An English-language remake, ''The Valet (2022 film), The Valet'', was released on 20 May 2022 by Hulu. Plot Pierre Levasseur is a wealthy married Parisian executive involved in an affair with top model Elena Simonsen. When a Paparazzi, paparazzo catches the two of them departing their secret hideaway and their photograph is published on the front pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
