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Boissière (Paris Métro)
Boissiere is an anglicised form of the French name Boissière, which is related to the French word ''bois'', meaning ''wood''. It is part of a number of place names and is a common family name. Places * Boissières, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' of France * Boissières, Lot, in the Lot ''département'' of France * Boissière (Paris Métro) is the name of a Metro station in Paris *''La Grande Boissière'' is the name of one of the campuses of the International School of Geneva * Boissiere Village is a village in Trinidad and Tobago People *Jean-Baptiste Boissière, a 19th-century French lexicographer *Jean Galtier-Boissière Jean Galtier-Boissière (26 December 1891, Paris – 22 January 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a writer, polemist, and journalist from Paris, France. He founded ''Le Crapouillot'' and wrote for ''Le Canard enchaîné''. Bibliography * ''Croquis ..., a French writer and journalist who wrote for the ''Canard enchaîné'' * Ralph de Boissière, a Trinid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissières, Gard
Boissières (; oc, Boissièira) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department This is a list of the 351 communes of the Gard department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gard {{Gard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissières, Lot
Boissières (; oc, Boissièras) is a commune in the Lot department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Lot department References Communes of Lot (department) {{Lot-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissière (Paris Métro)
Boissiere is an anglicised form of the French name Boissière, which is related to the French word ''bois'', meaning ''wood''. It is part of a number of place names and is a common family name. Places * Boissières, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' of France * Boissières, Lot, in the Lot ''département'' of France * Boissière (Paris Métro) is the name of a Metro station in Paris *''La Grande Boissière'' is the name of one of the campuses of the International School of Geneva * Boissiere Village is a village in Trinidad and Tobago People *Jean-Baptiste Boissière, a 19th-century French lexicographer *Jean Galtier-Boissière Jean Galtier-Boissière (26 December 1891, Paris – 22 January 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a writer, polemist, and journalist from Paris, France. He founded ''Le Crapouillot'' and wrote for ''Le Canard enchaîné''. Bibliography * ''Croquis ..., a French writer and journalist who wrote for the ''Canard enchaîné'' * Ralph de Boissière, a Trinid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International School Of Geneva
The International School of Geneva (in French: ''Ecole Internationale de Genève''), also known as "Ecolint" or "The International School", is a private, non-profit international school based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1924 in the service of the League of Nations and the International Labour Organization (the world's first international organizations), it is the oldest international school in the world, and the largest one with 'international' in its name. It was the result of a partnership between parents ( Arthur Sweetser and Ludwik Rajchman) and educators from the Institut Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Adolphe Ferrière and Paul Meyhoffer). In the mid-1960s, a group of teachers from Ecolint (La Grande Boissière campus) created the International Schools Examinations Syndicate (ISES), which later became the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and then the International Baccalaureate (IB). Since its inception, the school's mission was conceived as educating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissiere Village
Boissiere is an anglicised form of the French name Boissière, which is related to the French word ''bois'', meaning ''wood''. It is part of a number of place names and is a common family name. Places * Boissières, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' of France * Boissières, Lot, in the Lot ''département'' of France *Boissière (Paris Métro) is the name of a Metro station in Paris *''La Grande Boissière'' is the name of one of the campuses of the International School of Geneva *Boissiere Village is a village in Trinidad and Tobago People *Jean-Baptiste Boissière, a 19th-century French lexicographer *Jean Galtier-Boissière, a French writer and journalist who wrote for the ''Canard enchaîné'' *Ralph de Boissière, a Trinidadian and Tobagonian novelist Other * ''Boissière'' (film), a 1937 French film directed by Fernand Rivers See also *La Boissière (other) La Boissière is the name of several communes in France: * La Boissière, Calvados, in the Calvados ''dépa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinidad And Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller islands, it is situated south of Grenada and off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. It shares maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with Barbados to the northeast, Grenada to the northwest and Venezuela to the south and west. Trinidad and Tobago is generally considered to be part of the West Indies. The island country's capital is Port of Spain, while its largest and most populous city is San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando. The island of Trinidad was inhabited for centuries by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples before becoming a colony in the Spanish Empire, following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, in 1498. Spanish governor José María Chacón surrendered the island to a British fleet under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Boissière
Jean-Baptiste-Prudence Boissière (1806–1885) was a French lexicographer born in Valognes, Manche, France. He was the editor of the '' Dictionnaire analogique de la langue française'' (''Analogical dictionary of French''), published by Larousse in 1862. It was, in effect, the first thesaurus A thesaurus (plural ''thesauri'' or ''thesauruses'') or synonym dictionary is a reference work for finding synonyms and sometimes antonyms of words. They are often used by writers to help find the best word to express an idea: Synonym diction ... of the French language. Works under the name Prudence Boissière * ''Réforme du dictionnaire : Appel à tous les amis de la langue et du progrès'', Paris, Bailly, Divry et Cie, 1860. * ''Dictionnaire analogique de la langue française : Répertoire complet des mots par les idées et des idées par les mots'', Paris, Larousse et A. Boyer, 1862. XI-IV-1439-32 p. Several reprint 9th ed. augm. with many new words and one complement, and a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Galtier-Boissière
Jean Galtier-Boissière (26 December 1891, Paris – 22 January 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a writer, polemist, and journalist from Paris, France. He founded ''Le Crapouillot'' and wrote for ''Le Canard enchaîné''. Bibliography * ''Croquis De Tranchées''. 1917 * ''Loin De La Rifflette''. Baudinière, 1921 * ''La fleur au fusil''. Baudinière, 1929 * ''Mon journal pendant l'occupation''. Garas, La Jeune parque, 1944 * ''La belle amour''. Illustrations de Jean Oberlé, Gründ, 1945 * ''Tradition de la trahison chez les maréchaux, suivie d'une vie de Philippe-Omer Pétain''. Trémois, 1945 * ''Trois héros''. La Jeune parque, 1947 * ''Mon journal dans la drôle de paix''. La Jeune parque, 1947 * ''Mon journal dans la grande pagaïe''. La Jeune parque, 1950 * ''Mémoires d'un parisien''. La Table Ronde, 1961 External linksA complete list of Jean Galtier-Boissière workson the OCLC OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, See also: is an American nonprofit cooperative organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph De Boissière
Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière (6 October 1907 – 16 February 2008) was a Trinidad-born Australian social realist novelist. Described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate humanist with a vision of a just society", he was the author of four novels although most acclaimed for the first two: ''Crown Jewel'' and ''Rum and Coca-Cola'', both originally published in the 1950s. A fifth novel called ''Homeless in Paradise'' remains unpublished. Biography Ralph de Boissière was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the son of Armand de Boissière, a solicitor, and Maude Harper, an Englishwoman who died three weeks later. He attended Queen's Royal College and during this time discovered the Russian authors, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Gorky, Chekhov, Pushkin and Gogol, who were to remain a lasting influence: Initially he wished to become a concert pianist but on leaving school took a job as a salesman, which enlightened him to the living and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boissière (film)
''Boissière'' is a 1937 French war drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and starring Andrée Spinelly, Pierre Renoir and Suzanne Desprès. It is an adaptation of the 1935 novel of the same title by Pierre Benoit.Goble p.36 The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Cast * Andrée Spinelly as Adlone Hébert * Pierre Renoir as Le général baron von Hubner * Suzanne Desprès as Catherine Vandehove * Lucien Nat as Jean Le Barois * Pauline Carton as Estelle * Andrée Ducret as Madame Le Barois * Augustine Prieur as Françoise Faget * Paulette Élambert as La petite Lucile * Ducellier as La mère Thérèse * Marie Marcilly as Une vieille femme * Jean Yonnel as Hector Le Barois * Serge Grave as Le petit Jean * Rivers Cadet as Estève * Jean Périer as Charles Le Barois * Paul Velsa Paul Velsa (29 December 1905 – 20 May 1944) was a French film actor.Alpi p.346 He appeared in more than thirty films between 1928 and 1938. Selected filmography * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Boissière (other)
La Boissière is the name of several communes in France: * La Boissière, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' * La Boissière, Eure, in the Eure ''département'' * La Boissière, Hérault, in the Hérault ''département'' * La Boissière, Jura, in the Jura ''département'' * La Boissière, Mayenne, in the Mayenne ''département'' Also part of the name of: * La Boissière-d'Ans, in the Dordogne ''département'' * La Boissière-de-Montaigu, in the Vendée ''département'' * La Boissière-des-Landes, in the Vendée ''département'' * La Boissière-du-Doré, in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' * La Boissière-École, in the Yvelines ''département'' * La Boissière-en-Gâtine, in the Deux-Sèvres ''département'' * La Boissière-sur-Èvre, in the Maine-et-Loire ''département'' See also * Laboissière (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
