Dominique Frémy (5 May 1931 – 2 October 2008)
was the creator of the ''
Quid''
encyclopedia. His spouse Michèle
and son Fabrice participated in writing it as well.
Frémy attended the
Cours Hattemer
Cours Hattemer is a French private, secular school. It is independent of the state, and can follow its own teaching approach, which is structured and places great stress on repetition to drive home what has been learned. The school has many well-kn ...
, a private school.
He was a diplomaed student of the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
, motto_lang = fr
, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
, type = Public research university''Grande école''
, established =
, founder = Émile Boutmy
, accreditation ...
( en, Paris Institute of Political Studies) and of the Faculté des lettres de Paris.
[ "Fabrice Frémy, quid en famille", ''Économie Matin'', 2007-02-19] He was employed by
Shell
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Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard o ...
in
London
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, but quit his job to produce a new encyclopedia with his wife, Dominique.
It began in 1963, named ''Quid''.
References
External links
Official site of ''Quid''
Writers from Paris
1931 births
2008 deaths
Burials at Passy Cemetery
French encyclopedists
French publishers (people)
Lycée Condorcet alumni
Sciences Po alumni
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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