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Grégoire
Grégoire is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname / Family name * Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001), Haitian painter * Antonina Grégoire (1914-1952), Belgian commercial engineer, feminist and communist, member of Belgian Partisans Armés resistance during the Second World War * Augustus Gregoire (1936–1972), Dominican cricketer *Christine Gregoire (born 1947), American Democratic governor of the state of Washington * Christophe Grégoire (born 1980), Belgian footballer * Gabriel Grégoire (born 1953), defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League * Gilles Grégoire (1926–2006), co-founder of the Parti Québécois *Henri Grégoire (1750–1831), French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader * Henri Grégoire (historian) (1881–1964), scholar of the Byzantine Empire * Jean-Albert Grégoire (1899–1992), pioneer of the front-wheel drive car * Jérémy Grégoire (1995), professional ice hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Grégoire
Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (; 4 December 1750 – 28 May 1831), often referred to as the Abbé Grégoire, was a French Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader. He was an ardent slavery abolitionist and supporter of universal suffrage. He was a founding member of the '' Bureau des longitudes'', the ''Institut de France'', and the ''Conservatoire national des arts et métiers''. Early life and education Grégoire was born in Vého near Lunéville, France, as the son of a tailor. Educated at the Jesuit college at Nancy, he became ''curé'' (parish priest) of Emberménil in 1782. In 1783 he was crowned by the Academy of Nancy for his ''Eloge de la poésie'', and in 1788 by that of Metz for an ''Essai sur la régénération physique et morale des Juifs''. He was elected in 1789 by the clergy of the bailliage of Nancy to the Estates-General, where he soon made his name as one of the group of clerical and lay deputies of Jansenist or Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémy Grégoire
Jérémy Grégoire (born September 5, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Vienna Capitals of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). He was selected in the sixth round, 176th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to turning professional, Grégoire played for the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) where he twice won the Marcel Robert Trophy as QMJHL Scholastic Player of the Year. Playing career Amateur Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Grégoire moved to Texas and Oklahoma for his father's hockey career before returning to Quebec. While in Texas, he began playing Minor ice hockey, although the market was low in the state. After returning to Quebec, he attended École Sacré-Cœur before attending Collège du Mont-Sainte-Anne, a private all boys high school his mother taught at. Grégoire played two seasons with the Magog Cantonniers in the Quebec Midget AAA league before becoming eligible for the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grégoire (musician)
Grégoire (born Grégoire Boissenot, 3 April 1979)PrésentationMyMajorCompany.com(in French, retrieved 29 February 2012) is a Music of France, French singer-songwriter and composer. He has released three albums to date and has had a number of successful singles in France, Belgium and Switzerland. Career In December 2007 Gregoire signed a contract with the young label My Major Company, which gives subscribers the possibility of becoming music producers. Grégoire's first album was produced by 347 producers, forty of whom feature in the music video of his first single, "Toi + Moi (song), Toi + Moi". The song was subsequently played on NRJ and RTL radio stations and became a hit in Belgium and Switzerland and in the French digital chart. In 2008 Grégoire was nominated at the NRJ Music Awards in the category 'French revelation of the year'. A second single, "Rue des Étoiles", was played on the radio in November 2008 and was released in December, then a third single, "Ta Main", t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Grégoire (jurist)
Pierre Grégoire (also Pedro Gregoire, Petrus Gregorius Tholosanus) (c.1540–1597) was a French jurist and philosopher Career and key ideas Grégoire was born to a poor Catholic family in Toulouse. He studied the law and made a career for himself as an influential and at times controversial Catholic jurist. He taught law at Cahors and Toulouse from 1566 until 1582 when his patron, Charles III of Lorraine, procured a professorship in civil and canon law for him at the university of Pont à Mousson. Here Grégoire found himself colleague to the Scottish jurist William Barclay, best known for his invention of the term ‘monarchomach’ and his political treatise ''De Regno et Regali Potestate'' (1600). Barclay and Grégoire jointly entered into a dispute with the Jesuit masters of the university, and Grégoire famously threatened to abandon Pont à Mousson altogether in protest at their governance. He was reintegrated into the law faculty in 1587 and remained there until his dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Albert Grégoire
Jean-Albert Grégoire (7 July 1899 in Paris – 19 August 1992) was one of the great pioneers of the front-wheel-drive car. He contributed to the development of front-wheel-drive vehicles in two ways. The first way was in developing and promoting the Tracta joint (designed by his friend Pierre Fenaille), which was, until manufacturing techniques had progressed sufficiently to allow the successful manufacture of the constant velocity joints commonly in use today, the preferred choice of most manufactures of vehicles that had driven front wheels. Tracta joints were used by many of the pioneers of front-wheel drive, including DKW between 1929 and 1936 and Adler from 1932 to 1939 as well as the cars designed by J A Grégoire that will be mentioned later. The Tracta joint was fitted to most of the military vehicles that had driven front wheels used by most of the combatants in the Second World War. They included Laffly and Panhard in France, Alvis and Daimler in the UK and Willys in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonina Grégoire
Antonina Grégoire (23 January 1914 – 21 July 1952) was a Belgian business engineer, feminist and communist. She joined the Belgian Partisans Armés resistance during the Second World War, and ran an intelligence gathering section, then post war became involved in politics before being expelled from the Communist Party because of her "bourgeois origins". Early life and education Antoinette Grégoire (known as Antonina) was born in Brussels on 23 January 1914 into a well-to-do family. Grégoire was one of the first women to study business engineering (les études d'ingénieur commercial) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) where, in addition to her studies, she was heavily involved in student life. She was president of the General Assembly of Women Students in 1935 and vice-president of the Cercle du Libre-Examen, whose mission is to promote the values of free examination, advocating the rejection of authority in matters of knowledge and freedom of judgment. In thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphan Grégoire
Stéphan Grégoire (born May 14, 1969 in Neufchâteau, Vosges) is a French race car driver currently living in Zionsville, Indiana. Gregoire is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex Sports Car Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Racing League. He made 44 IRL starts between 1996 and 2001 with a best finish of 2nd at Pikes Peak International Raceway in 1997. In that season he also recorded his best ever points finish of 11th. In his 6 Indy 500 starts he has a best finish of 8th in 2000. Gregoire was in an accident late in the 2000 season at the Texas Motor Speedway during a test run which caused him to have bruises to his left knee and ankle. He returned to the IRL and the "500" for the 2006 race in a car fielded by Team Leader Motorsports and finished 29th. Gregoire was set to return to the Indy 500 in 2007 for Chastain Motorsports, the team he drove for in 1997 and 1998. A crash in practice on May 17, ended his chances. Racing record American open–wheel ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Grégoire
Raymond Grégoire (31 December 1905 – 24 March 1960) was a French teacher and research physicist. He was a PhD student of Marie Curie and made his career at the Curie Laboratory (now preserved as the Curie Museum) in Paris from 1927 to 1960. Early life and education Raymond Emile Georges was born in Paris at dawn on 1 January 1906. His father was Émile, Grégoire, an accountant, and his mother was Mélanie Grégoire, née Combes, a stay-at-home wife. His father decided to register the birth for the previous day, 31 December 1905. At that time babies were delivered at home and registering a son a year earlier meant that his army service would also begin a year earlier and the boy would then subsequently enter active life a year earlier. The young Raymond knew little of his father who was working at Salle Wagram in Paris as an accountant. The latter was called up early in the First World War in 1914, and came back in 1918 having suffered gas attacks. His internal and external ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Grégoire
Christophe Grégoire (born 20 April 1980) is a Belgian former professional football player and manager, most recently in charge of Virton Virton (; Gaumais: ''Viertån''; ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is also the administrative centre of the district (''arrondissement'') of the same name, as well as the principal town .... Coaching career After playing for RFCB Sprimont from 2011 to 2014, he retired and became the manager of the club. He was in charge until November 2016, where he was appointed manager of RFC Seraing. After a streak without any victories, Grégoire was fired on 8 December 2019. rtc.be, 8 December 2019 Refer ...
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Romain Grégoire
Romain Grégoire (born 21 January 2003) is a French road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Grégoire had a successful junior career, being crowned both the national and European junior road race champion. He also won the silver medal in the road race at the 2021 UCI World Junior Championships. He also competed in cyclo-cross until 2022, winning the 2022 national under-23 championships. In 2022, Grégoire joined UCI Continental team for his first year in the under-23 category. He took six UCI victories that season, including the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs, the G.P. Palio del Recioto, the Flèche Ardennaise and a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir. The following season, he was promoted to the World Tour squad, taking five professional wins, including the overall wins of the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour du Limousin. he also finished eighth in his first UCI WorldTour event: Strade Bianche. In August, he entered his first Grand Tour: the Vuelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire
Joseph-Ernest Grégoire (; July 31, 1886 – September 17, 1980) was a French Canadian politician. Background He was born in Disraeli, Quebec on July 31, 1886. He was an attorney and a professor. Member of the Barreau du Quebec in 1913, he practised law from 1938 to 1966. Mayor of Quebec Grégoire ran for mayor in Quebec City in 1934 and won, defeating Pierre Bertrand. He was reelected in the 1936 election, defeating Lucien Borne. He ran again in the 1938 election, but this time he was defeated by Lucien Borne. Member of the legislature He was elected as the Action libérale nationale candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1935 in the riding of Montmagny. He was re-elected in 1936 as the Union Nationale candidate. In 1937, he and colleagues René Chaloult, Oscar Drouin, Philippe Hamel and Adolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. They founded a short-lived party that was called ''Parti national''. Grégoire did not run for re-election in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Grégoire
Alexandre Grégoire (August 29, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style. Born in Jacmel, Grégoire was educated from 1930 to 1937 by the Christian Teaching Brothers, and then studied cabinet making at the Jacmel vocational school for two years. In 1939 he joined the army and played the tuba and saxophone in the army band. He stayed in the army until the 1950s; during the presidency of Paul Magloire he left the military and joined the band at the National Palace. In 1968, with the encouragement of his friends Préfete Duffaut and Pierre-Joseph Valcin and the help of the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ..., Grégoire began paintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
