Charles Ambroise de Caffarelli du Falga (1758–1826), baron
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*Luis Caffarelli (born 1948), American-Argentine mathematician
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, was
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of
Toul
Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
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Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin.
Climate
Toul h ...
before the
French Revolution
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and one of the
Caffarelli Caffarelli may be
*Caffarelli (castrato), stage name of the castrato Gaetano Majorano (1710-1783)Carmela Cafarelli(1889-1979) was proprietor of Cleveland Ohio's Cafarelli Opera Company
*Luis Caffarelli (born 1948), American-Argentine mathematician
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brothers. He became prefect under the
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, then a member of the general counsel of
Haute-Garonne
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. He was notably Prefect of the
Ardèche
Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norm ...
and
Aube
Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),arrondissement de Nogent, lorsque nos troupes l'occupaient encore; que depuis il ne s'est pas mis en mesure de venir reprendre ses fonctions au moment de l'évacuation de son département par l'ennemi, nous avons décrété et décrétons ce qui suit : Le baron Caffarelli, préfet du département de l'Aube, est destitué."
Bulletin des Lois
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The quai Caffarelli and cours Caffarelli in Caen are named after him.
He wrote an "Abrégé des Géoponiques" (summary of the ''
Geoponica
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'' attributed to
Cassianus Bassus Cassianus Bassus, called Scholasticus (lawyer) was one of the , the group of writers on agricultural subjects.
He lived at the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th century. He compiled from earlier writers a collection of agricultural litera ...
), Paris, 1812.
Sources
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Dictionnaire Bouillet
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