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François-Louis is a French masculine compound given name which may refer to: * François-Louis David Bocion (1828–1890), Swiss painter, designer and art professor * François-Louis de Brach, 18th century French Navy lieutenant-colonel * François-Louis Cailler (1796–1852), Swiss entrepreneur and early chocolatier, founder of Cailler, the first modern brand of Swiss chocolate * François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (1716–1785 or later), a priest in New France (now Canada) * François-Louis Crosnier (1792–1867), French theatre manager, politician and playwright * François-Louis Dejuinne (1786–1844), French painter * François-Louis Français (1814–1897), French painter, lithographer, illustrator and printmaker * François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet (1716–1786), French diplomat and playwright * François-Louis Gounod (1758–1825), French painter * François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone * François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1810–1880), Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Louis David Bocion
François-Louis is a French masculine compound given name which may refer to: * François-Louis David Bocion (1828–1890), Swiss painter, designer and art professor * François-Louis de Brach, 18th century French Navy lieutenant-colonel * François-Louis Cailler (1796–1852), Swiss entrepreneur and early chocolatier, founder of Cailler, the first modern brand of Swiss chocolate * François-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière (1716–1785 or later), a priest in New France (now Canada) * François-Louis Crosnier (1792–1867), French theatre manager, politician and playwright * François-Louis Dejuinne (1786–1844), French painter * François-Louis Français (1814–1897), French painter, lithographer, illustrator and printmaker * François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet (1716–1786), French diplomat and playwright * François-Louis Gounod (1758–1825), French painter * François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone * François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1810–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis, Prince Of Conti
François Louis de Bourbon, ''le Grand Conti'' (30 April 1664 – 22 February 1709),"François-Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti" ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' online, accessed 24 June 2020 "Notice bibliographique: Conti, François Louis de Bourbon (1664-1709 ; prince de)" BnF. was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685. Until this date, he used the title of Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon. He was son of Armand, Prince of Conti, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and Anne Marie Martinozzi, daughter of Girolamo Martino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulochrome
The aulochrome is a woodwind instrument invented by Belgian François Louis and first prototyped in 1999. It consists of two soprano saxophones that can be played either separately or together. The name comes from Greek ''aulos'' (name of the most important ancient Greek musical instrument) and ''chrome'' (for chromatic and colored). The first user of this instrument was saxophonist Fabrizio Cassol, and Joe Lovano has recently recorded with it as well. Composer Philippe Boesmans Philippe Boesmans (17 May 1936 – 10 April 2022) was a Belgian pianist, composer and academic teacher. He studied to be a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, and was self-taught as a composer, influenced by the Liège Group of Henri Po ... wrote a work for aulochrome and orchestra, ''Fanfare III'', which was premiered in 2002 by Cassol and conductor Sylvain Cambreling. References External links * Belgian jazz Saxophones {{SingleReed-instrument-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis De Salignac
François-Louis de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, marquis de La Mothe-Fénelon (7 November 1722 – 10 October 1767) was a French soldier and playwright who was governor of Martinique from 1763 to 1764. Family François-Louis de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon was born on 7 November 1722. His paternal family was descended from Antoine de Neuville, baron of Magnac in Manche in the 16th century, whose sole granddaughter married Francois de Salignac or Salangac, Baron of Motte-Fénelon, in 1599. His father was Gabriel Jacques de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (1688–1746), Marquis of Mothe-Fénelon, an army lieutenant general and ambassador to the Hague. His father died of wounds received in the battle of Rocoux. His mother was Françoise Louise Le Pelletier de Montméliand (died 1782). Career In 1737 Fénelon was a second lieutenant in the King's Infantry Regiment at the age of 15. He was made a knight of the Order of Saint Louis in 1740. He was attached to the gendarmes of Berry i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francois Louis Paul Gervais
Paul Gervais (full name: François Louis Paul Gervais) (26 September 1816 – 10 February 1879) was a French palaeontologist and entomologist. Biography Gervais was born in Paris, where he obtained the diplomas of doctor of science and of medicine, and in 1835 he began palaeontological research as assistant in the laboratory of comparative anatomy at the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle''. In 1841 he obtained the chair of zoology and comparative anatomy at the Faculty of Sciences in Montpellier, of which he was in 1856 appointed dean. In 1848–1852 appeared his important work ''Zoologie et paléontologie françaises'', supplementary to the palaeontological publications of Georges Cuvier and Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville; of this a second and greatly improved edition was issued in 1859. In 1865 he accepted the professorship of zoology at the Sorbonne, vacant through the death of Louis Pierre Gratiolet; this post he left in 1868 for the chair of comparative anatomy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Ganshof
François Louis Ganshof (14 March 1895 – 26 July 1980) was a Belgian medievalist. Life After studies at the Athénée Royal, he attended the University of Ghent, where he came under the influence of Henri Pirenne. After studies with Ferdinand Lot, he practiced law for a period, before returning to the University of Ghent. Here, he succeeded Pirenne in 1930 as professor of medieval history, after Pirenne left the university as a result of the enforcement of Dutch as language of instruction. He remained there until his retirement in 1961. Scholar Ganshof's work was primarily on Flanders in the Carolingian period. His most well known book is ''Qu'est-ce que la féodalité?'' (1944). Here, he defines feudalism narrowly, in simple legal and military terms. Feudalism, in Ganshof's view, existed only within the nobility. This contrasts with Marc Bloch, where feudalism encompasses society as a whole, and Susan Reynolds, who questions the concept of feudalism in itself. Thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Thomas Francia
François Louis Thomas Francia (1772–1839) was a French watercolour painter born in Calais and famous for his shore landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...s. He spent much of the earlier part of his life in England. The British painter Richard Parkes Bonington was his pupil. Life Francia was born at Calais on 21 December 1772, and was taken early in life to London by his father, a refugee. He was for some time employed as an assistant of a drawing-master named Barrow, who was the master of John Varley. He showed a total of 85 works at the Royal Academy between 1795 and 1821 (inclusive). He was one of the sketching society formed by Thomas Girtin about 1799, and there is drawing of a moonlit landscape in the Victoria and Albert Museum dated in May of tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Fournier-Sarlovèze
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks * François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos * François Bonlieu (1937–1973), French alpine skier * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * François Clemmons (born 1945), American singer and actor * François Corbier (1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter * François Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer * François Coulomb the Elder (1654–1717), French naval architect * François Coulomb the Younger (1691–1751), French naval architect * François Couperin (1668–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis De Fitte
François Louis de Fitte de Soucy (10 August 1751 – 31 July 1793) was a French royalist general who died during the French Revolution. Life François Louis de Fitte de Soucy was born on 10 August 1751. His family had long belonged to the noblesse de robe of Paris and included officials in finance and also members of the army. The first record is of Pierre de Ficte, or de Fitte, of Bruyères-le-Châtel, seigneur de Soucy, a treasury official in 1552–67 and secretary of King Henry III of France before 1580. François Louis de Fitte's parents were Armand de Fitte de Soucy and Elisabeth Louise Lenoir (1729–1789). In 1774 he married Renée Suzanne-Marie-Louise de Mackau (born 1758). Their children were Louis Xavier (1775–1840), Charles (1776–1813), Angélique (1779–1792), Philippe (1781) and Louise (1784–1850). De Fitte belonged to the royalist party in Normandy. In 1781 his wife was sub-governess of the King's children. During the French Revolution on 25 July 1791 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Alfred Durrieu
François Louis Alfred Durrieu (18 January 1812, Hamburg – 27 September 1877, Paris) was a French major general and Governor of Algeria. He became Baron Durrieu in 1862, inheriting the title from his uncle General Antoine Simon Durrieu. He attended the military academy of Saint-Cyr. He became a captain in 1840 and was attached to do topographical work in Algeria. He was a squadron leader of Spahis in 1845, lieutenant colonel of the 1st Chasseurs d'Afrique in May 1849, colonel of the 2nd Spahis in July 1851, and was promoted to brigadier general on 29 August 1854. He received the command of the subdivision of Mascara Mascara (, ) is a Cosmetics, cosmetic commonly used to enhance the upper and lower eyelashes. It is used to darken, thicken, lengthen, and/or define the eyelashes. Normally in one of three forms—liquid, powder, or cream—the modern mascara p ..., then was promoted to major general on 11 December 1859. He held the post of Deputy Governor of Algeria from 19 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Michel Chemin Deforgues
François Louis Michel Chemin des Forgues (born 29 September 1759, in Vire – 10 September 1840, in Maincy (Seine-et-Marne)) was a French politician, and Foreign Minister. Biography Son of Jean Forgues Path and Anne-Bertrand Thomas de la Marche, he came to Paris, at twelve years old, studying at the College Louis-le-Grand and then to law school. According to Madame Roland, he was clerk to Danton, when he was attorney for the Parlement of Paris, He was also committed to the authority of the octroi of Paris. Member of the Commune of Paris, created 10 August 1792 and protected by Danton, he was appointed bureau chief of illumination, on 24 August and was deputy, from 2 September, with Marat, of the Supervisory Committee the town. On 3 September, he co-signed a Committee circular to justify the September massacres and considered a call to imitate the example of the "common good of Paris." Later, he protested his innocence, saying that his name had replaced another. On 30 Thermido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Louis Dedon-Duclos
François Louis Dedon-Duclos (; 21 October 1762 – 19 January 1830) was a French military commander of the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Dedon-Duclos was born in Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle. He entered military service in the Artillery School of Metz, 1 April 1777, and on 15 July 1780 he had the grade of Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain 17 May 1787. In 1792, he was commander of artillery, under the overall commands of, first, Kellerman and later Custine. He fought at Landau, Speyer, and later the siege of Mainz. He was part of the Army of the Rhine, the Army of the Danube, the Army of Helvetia, and he fought later at the Siege of Gaeta and in the Peninsular War. At the restoration, he retained the rank of lieutenant general, and Louis XVIII named him as a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis. DEDON is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe The following is a list of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most of them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
