Bouvet can have the following meanings:
Places
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Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island ( ; or ''Bouvetøyen'') is an island claimed by Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic ...
, an uninhabited Norwegian island in the South Atlantic
People
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Joachim Bouvet
Joachim Bouvet (, courtesy name: 明远) (July 18, 1656, in Le Mans – June 28, 1730, in Peking) was a French Jesuit who worked in China, and the leading member of the Figurist movement.
China
Bouvet came to China in 1687, as one of six Jesui ...
(1656–1730), French Jesuit who worked in China, leading member of the Figurist movement
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Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (14 January 1705 – 1786) was a French sailor, explorer, and governor of the Mascarene Islands.
He was orphaned at the age of seven and after being educated in Paris, he was sent to Saint Malo to study na ...
(1705–1786), French explorer, discovered Bouvet Island
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René Joseph Bouvet de Précourt (1715 — 1782), French Navy officer, captain of ''Ajax'' in Suffren's squadron during the War of American Independence
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Pierre-Servan-René Bouvet (1750 — 1795), French Navy officer, officer in Suffren's squadron during the War of American Independence
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François Joseph Bouvet
François Joseph Bouvet (1753–1832) was a French admiral.
Early life
Son of René Joseph Bouvet de Précourt, a captain in the service of the French East India Company and of the French Royal Navy under Suffren, François Joseph Bouvet wen ...
de Précourt (1753–1832), French admiral
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Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve
Pierre-François-Henri-Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve (28 December 1775, in Saint-Benoît, RéunionLevot, p.57Quintin (p.83) says 28 November 1775 – 18 June 1860, in Saint-ServanLevot, p.59Quintin, p.87) was a French Navy officer and privateer ...
(1775–1860), French Navy officer
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Gustave Bouvet
On Bastille Day 1922, anarchist Gustave Bouvet attempted to assassinate French President Alexandre Millerand.
Background
Gustave Bouvet (1898–1984) was raised in Angers and moved to Paris as a teenager. He was involved in the Anarchist Yo ...
(born 1898), French anarchist and attempted assassin
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Maximilien-Nicolas Bouvet, French opera singer (1854–1943)
Organizations
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Bouvet ASA, Norwegian software services company
Warships
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French ship ''Bouvet'', five ships named in honour of François Joseph Bouvet
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