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Raynal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aline Marie Raynal (born 1937), French botanist and botanical illustrator * David Raynal (1840–1903), French politician * Étienne Weill-Raynal (1887–1982), French historian, resistant, journalist and Socialist politician * François Édouard Raynal (1830–1898), French sailor * Frédérick Raynal (born 1966), French video game designer and programmer * Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713–1796), French writer * Jean Raynal (1929–2015), French sports journalist * Mathieu Raynal, French rugby union referee * Maurice Raynal (1884–1954), French art critic * Michel Raynal Michel Raynal (born 1949) is a French informatics scientist, professor at IRISA, University of Rennes, France. He is known for his contributions in the fields of algorithms, computability, and fault-tolerance in the context of concurrent and distrib ... (born 1949), French computer scientist * Sylvain Eugène Raynal (1867–1939), Frenc ...
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Aline Marie Raynal
Aline Marie Raynal (4 February 1937 – 16 July 2022) is a French botanist and botanical illustrator noted for studying the taxonomy of parasitic and aquatic tropical plants, as well as plants of the Sahel desert. She was professor of botany at the Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle de Paris. In 1995, her work was honored by the Institut de France The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute .... The minor planet 8651 Alineraynal was named in her honor. Works * * * References 1937 births 20th-century French women scientists 20th-century French botanists Living people 21st-century French botanists {{France-botanist-stub ...
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David Raynal
David Raynal (July 26, 1840 – January 28, 1903) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of France (1879–1897) and Senate of France (1897–1903). He was twice minister of public works (January 14, 1881 – January 30, 1882; February 21, 1883 – April 6, 1885) in the governments of Léon Gambetta and Jules Ferry. He was minister of the interior (December 3, 1893 – May 30, 1894) in the government of Jean Casimir-Perier.Pierre-André Meyer, ''Julien Cain, un humaniste en guerre: Lettres 1914-1917'', 2011 References Sources * André Bénac, ''Conférence sur la vie et l'œuvre politique de David Raynal'', 1925 * Pierre Birnbaum Pierre Birnbaum (1940, Lourdes) is a French historian and sociologist.. Bibliography *1977: ''Les Sommets de l’État. Essai sur l'élite du pouvoir en France'', Paris, Éditions du Seuil, . *1979: . *1982: ''La Logique de l’État'', Fayar ..., ''Les Fous de la République: Histoire ...
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Étienne Weill-Raynal
Étienne Weill-Raynal (1887–1982) was a French historian, resistant, journalist and Socialist politician. As a scholar following World War I, he specialized in the subject of reparations. When World War II began, he was dismissed from his teaching position and sent to the Drancy internment camp because he was Jewish. He escaped from the internment camp, and joined the National Council of the French Resistance. After the war, he wrote articles in socialist newspapers and served as a member of the National Assembly from 1950 to 1951, representing Oise. Early life Étienne Weill-Raynal was born on 9 December 1887 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. His father was a supporter of the republic. His mother was a niece of Léon Gambetta, who served as the 45th Prime Minister of France (1881-1882). He was Jewish. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure. He received the agrégation in History in 1910. After his military service, he received a bachelor's degree in Law. He ...
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François Édouard Raynal
François Édouard Raynal (8 July 1830 – 28 April 1898) was a French sailor best known for his involvement in the ''Grafton'' shipwreck at the Auckland Islands. He wrote a popular account of the voyage, ''Les Naufragés, ou Vingt mois sur un récif des îles Auckland'' which was translated into English as ''Wrecked on a Reef''. The 2003 English edition of ''Wrecked On A Reef'' (1869) has additional appendices by French scholar Christiane Mortelier who presents a case for the influence of Raynal's book on Jules Verne's ''The Mysterious Island''. ''Wrecked On A Reef'' was very popular at the time of publication, being translated into multiple languages Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met .... According to Mortelier, Verne read Raynal's account and loosely based his ...
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Frédérick Raynal
Frédérick Raynal (born 1966) is a French video game designer and programmer, notable for his game developments in Infogrames, Adeline Software International and No Cliché. He is married to Yaël Barroz, a fellow game designer, with whom he has two children. He is perhaps best known for '' Alone in the Dark'', a game that established many conventions of the survival horror genre. Raynal also has a cult following for his ''Little Big Adventure'' series. Raynal and other former Adeline members have repeatedly told fans that creating the third installment is made difficult by having to license or reacquire the rights to the franchise, which currently belong to Delphine Software International. However, Raynal has hinted that his current company, Ludoïd, which Raynal owns jointly with his wife, is attempting to negotiate the rights for a game to be called ''Little Big Adventure 3: Genesis of the Stellar Entity'', and at least one sketch, by Didier Chanfray, related to development o ...
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Guillaume Thomas François Raynal
Guillaume Thomas Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796) was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. Early life He was born at Lapanouse in Rouergue. He was educated at the Jesuit school of Pézenas, and received priest's orders, but he was dismissed for unexplained reasons from the parish of Saint-Sulpice, Paris. He became a writer and journalist, leaving the religious life. The Abbé Raynal wrote for the ''Mercure de France'', and compiled a series of popular but superficial works, which he published and sold himself. These—''L'Histoire du stathoudérat'' (The Hague, 1748), ''L'Histoire du parlement d'Angleterre'' (London, 1748), ''Anecdotes historiques'' (Amsterdam, 3 vols., 1753)—gained for him access to the salons of Mme. Geoffrin, Helvétius, and the Baron d'Holbach. In May 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1775, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society. The ''Histoire philosophique des deux ...
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Jean Raynal
Jean Raynal (18 August 1929 – January 2015) was a French sports journalist, who worked for Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and TF1. He commentated on football, rugby, basketball, and the Olympic Games. He was nicknamed ''Monsieur Basket'' (Mr Basketball). Personal life Raynal was born in Massiac, Cantal, France. He studied at the in Paris. Career Raynal began his work as a radio presenter in 1957. In 1968, Raynal became a television presenter on Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, and was one of the first five members of the organisation's committee on objective journalism. From 1975 to 1988, Raynal worked for TF1. Raynal commentated at five FIFA World Cups; he commentated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup alongside Pierre Cangioni. Between 1983 and 1984, Raynal presented one season of TF1's football programme Téléfoot. Aside from football, Raynal covered basketball in the 1970s and 1980s. Raynal was nicknamed "Monsieur Basket" (Mr Basketball), a ...
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Mathieu Raynal
Mathieu Raynal (born 9 August 1981) is a professional rugby union referee. He officiates at the highest level in the Top 14, European club rugby, and is on the World Rugby referee panel. In 2012, he broke his two legs in two places after getting too close to the action. He is regarded for being an extremely technical referee, often making decisions regardless of the impact of the game. This was notable in two offside calls in the England vs New Zealand All Blacks test on the 20th November which an offside offence was called for each side regardless of the play impact. Playing career Raynal was born in Perpignan, France, and played for USA Perpignan and was part of the successful 1998 Junior Perpignan team that won the Junior Championships in France. He joined a local referees society in 2001, while representing the first XV from the University of Perpignan in 2001. Refereeing career By the age of 25, Raynal had officiated at amateur rugby matches in the Fédérale 3, Fédérale ...
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Maurice Raynal
Portrait of Maurice Raynal (1911), by Juan Gris. Maurice Raynal (3 February 1884, Paris – 18 September 1954, Suresnes) was a French art critic and an ardent propagandist of cubism. Some publications *''Essai de Définition de la Peinture Cubiste'', Bulletin de la Section d'Or, Paris, 9 October 1912 *''Quelques Intentions du Cubisme'', I'Effort Moderne, 1919 *''Picasso'', 1921 *''Juan Gris et la métaphore plastique'', Feuilles Libres, 1923 *''Quelques Intentions du Cubisme'', Bulletin de I'Effort Moderne, nos. 1, 2, 3, January-March, 1924 *''Anthologie de la Peinture en France de 1906 a nos jours'', Paris, Editions Montaigne, 1927 * ''Modern French Painters'', Brentano's, New York, 1928 *''Histoire de la peinture moderne de Baudelaire à Bonnard'', Skira, Geneva, 1949 * ''Modern Painting: Painting, Color, History''. (1953). Editions D'Art Albert Skira Albert Skira (1904–1973) was a Swiss art dealer, publisher and the founder of the Skira publishing house. The Skira publ ...
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Michel Raynal
Michel Raynal (born 1949) is a French informatics scientist, professor at IRISA, University of Rennes, France. He is known for his contributions in the fields of algorithms, computability, and fault-tolerance in the context of concurrent and distributed systems. Michel Raynal is also Distinguished Chair professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and editor of the “Synthesis Lectures on Distributed Computing Theory” published by Morgan & Claypool. He is a senior member of Institut Universitaire de France and a member of Academia Europaea. Michel Raynal co-authored numerous research papers on concurrent and distributed computing, and has written 12 books. His last three books constitute an introduction to fault-free and fault-tolerant concurrent and distributed computing. In his publications Michel Raynal strives to promote simplicity as a “first-class citizen” in the scientific approach. Michel Raynal (and his co-authors) won several best paper awards in prestigious ...
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