Charpentier () is the

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carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...

", and it is also a French

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; a variant spelling is

Carpentier Carpentier is a Norman- Picard surname, variant form of French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter, that is borrowed from Norman. In Basse Normandie, the most common form is Lecarpentier. The words ''carpentier, charpentier, car ...

. In English, the equivalent word and name is "

Carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, Shipbuilding, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. ...

"; in German, " Zimmermann"; in Dutch, "

Timmerman Timmerman is a Dutch occupational surname with the meaning "carpenter". It may refer to: * Adam Timmerman (1971), American football guard * Axel Timmermann, climate physicist and oceanographer * Gert Jan Timmerman (1956), Dutch chess player * Ge ...

". The origin of the name dates to 900–1000, when the

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"Charpentier" derived from the

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''carpentarius artifex'' ("carpenter" or "wainwright"), equivalent to

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''carpent(um)'', meaning "two-wheeled carriage" (perhaps ultimately derived from Celtic—consider Old Irish ''carpad'', "chariot"), suffixed with ''arius'' ("-ary"); see ER2.Combined from several sources including: "Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books and "Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition by Oxford University Press.

Persons with the surname

Visual arts

Alexandre Charpentier Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909) was a French sculptor, medalist, craftsman, and cabinet-maker. Life and work From working-class origins and apprenticed to an engraver as a young man, he became a studio assistant to the innov ...

(1856–1909), French sculptor *

Constance Marie Charpentier Constance Marie Charpentier (born 4 April 1767 Paris, – 3 August 1849 Paris) was a French painter. She specialized in genre scenes and portraits, mainly of children and women. She was also known as Constance Marie Blondelu. Life and career ...

(1767–1849), French painter *

Elisa Beetz-Charpentier The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (, ) is a commonly used analytical biochemistry assay, first described by Eva Engvall and Peter Perlmann in 1971. The assay uses a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence ...

(1859-1949), French sculptor * Jean-Marie Charpentier (1939-2010), French architect *

Marguerite Charpentier Marguerite Charpentier (1 March 1848 – 30 November 1904) was a French salonist and art collector who was one of the earliest champions of the Impressionists, especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Biography She was born Marguerite Louise Lemonnier ...

(1848-1904), French art collector and salonist

Composers & musicians

* Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), French composer of much sacred vocal music including

Te Deum (Charpentier) Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed six ''Te Deum'' settings, although only four of them have survived. Largely because of the great popularity of its prelude, the best known is the ''Te Deum'' in D major, H.146, written as a ''grand motet'' for so ...

, and Molière's last collaborator * Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (28 June 1734 – 6 May 1794) French organist and composer, father of Jacques-Marie (1766–1834), also an organist and composer *

Gustave Charpentier Gustave Charpentier (; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera ''Louise''.Langham Smith R., "Gustave Charpentier", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Life and ca ...

(1860–1956), French composer of

Louise (opera) ''Louise'' is a “musical novel,” or “,” in four acts and five scenes by Gustave Charpentier. It can be considered an opera. The composer himself penned the French libretto with contributions from Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspir ...

* Gabriel Charpentier (born 1925), Canadian composer (se
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Jacques Charpentier Jacques Charpentier (born 18 October 1933 in Paris, France, died 15 June 2017 in Lézignan-Corbières) was a French composer and organist. He is unrelated to either of two other eminent French musicians with the same surname (Marc-Antoine Charpen ...

(1933–2017), French composer and organist

Politicians

Gilles Charpentier Gilles Albert Célestin Joël Charpentier (born 1 September 1927) is a French retired politician. He served as Socialist Member of Parliament for Ardennes's 3rd constituency from 1981 to 1986. His grandfather was Léon Charpentier Léon Hubert ...

(born 1927), French politician *

Léon Charpentier Léon Hubert Charpentier (22 August 1859 – 12 May 1945) was a French politician who represented Ardennes in the French Senate from 1920 to 1930. Family His grandson Gilles Charpentier was Socialist Member of Parliament A member of parliam ...

(1859–1945), French politician * Victor-Therese Charpentier (1732–1776), French governor-general of

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer ...

Scientists

* Augustin Charpentier (1852–1916), French physician, investigator of size-weight illusion * Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968), French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry *

François Charpentier François Charpentier (15 February 1620 – 22 April 1702) was a French archaeologist and man of letters. Biography Charpentier was born in Paris, and intended for the bar, but was employed by Colbert, who had determined on the foundation of a F ...

(1620–1702), French archaeologist and scholar *

François-Philippe Charpentier François-Philippe Charpentier (b. Blois, 1734; d. there 22 July 1817) was a French engraver and inventor. His father was a bookbinder, a poor man who reportedly made many sacrifices so that his son might attend the Jesuit college at Blois; but a ...

(1734–1817), French engraver and inventor * Johann von or

Jean de Charpentier Jean de Charpentier or Johann von Charpentier (8 December 1786 – 12 December 1855) was a German-Swiss geologist who studied Swiss glaciers. He was born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany and died in Bex, Switzerland. Life After following in his f ...

(1786–1855), German-Swiss geologist, namesake of the Antarctic

Charpentier Pyramid Charpentier Pyramid () is a pyramid-shaped summit (topography), peak rising to in the northwest part of the Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antar ...

* Johann Friedrich Wilhelm de Charpentier (1738–1805), the father of both Toussaint and Johann/Jean *

Marie Charpentier Jeanne Radegonde Marie Charpentier (30 October 1903 – 9 October 1994) was a French mathematician. She was the first woman to obtain a doctorate in pure mathematics in France, and the second woman, after Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, to obtain a ...

(1903–1994), mathematician *

Toussaint de Charpentier Toussaint von Charpentier (22 November 1779 – 4 March 1847) was a German geologist and entomologist. He was the author of ''Libellulinae europaeae descriptae e depictae'' (1840). Biography Toussaint von Charpentier was born in Freiberg, Saxony ...

(1779–1847), German geologist and entomologist

Soldiers

Henri François Marie Charpentier Henri François Marie Charpentier (23 June 1769 – 14 October 1831) became a French chief of staff during the French Revolutionary Wars and a division commander during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1791 he joined a volunteer battalion and later became a ...

(1769–1831), French general of the Napoleonic Wars

Writers

Fulgence Charpentier Fulgence Charpentier, OC (June 29, 1897 – February 6, 2001) was a French Canadian journalist, editor and publisher. Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario, Charpentier's career included diplomatic, political and bureaucratic positions, ...

(1897–2001), Canadian journalist, editor and publisher

Athletes

* Sébastien Charpentier (born 1973), French motorcycle racer * Sébastien Charpentier (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player * Gabriel Charpentier (born 1999), Congolese-born French association football player

Other

* Henri Charpentier (183?-1888), namesake of a lake and town in

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

Georges Charpentier Georges Charpentier (December 22, 1846 - November 15, 1905) was a 19th-century French publisher who became known as a champion of naturalist writers, especially Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Guy de Maupassant. He also promoted Impressionist ...

(1846-1905), 19th century French publisher

References

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