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La Bruyère (other)
La Bruyère may refer to: * La Bruyère, Belgium, a municipality * La Bruyère, Haute-Saône, a commune in France * Jean de La Bruyère Jean de La Bruyère (, , ; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Early years Jean de La Bruyère was born in Paris, in today's Essonne ''département'', in 1645. His family was mi ... (1645–1696), French essayist and moralist * Louis-Claude Chéron de La Bruyère (1758–1807), French playwright, translator and politician See also * Labruyère (other) * Bruyère (other) * Bruguière, a surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bruyère, Belgium
La Bruyère ( or ; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas .... The municipality is composed of the following districts: Bovesse, Émines, Meux, Rhisnes, Saint-Denis-Bovesse, Villers-lez-Heest, and Warisoulx. Rhisnes is the administrative seat of the municipality. See also * List of protected heritage sites in La Bruyère, Belgium References External links * Official website (in French) Municipalities of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Bruyère, Haute-Saône
La Bruyère () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in eastern France. It was the birthplace (1874) of Albert Mathiez, a prominent historian of the French Revolution, born to a very local innkeeper's family, who later moved to the city of Paris and achieved a successful academic career.Jean Dautry, "ALBERT MATHIEZ, HISTORIEN DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE", Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 34e Année, No. 168 (Avril-Juin 1962), pp. 129-15 See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The following is a list of the 536 communes in the French department of Haute-Saône. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Haute-Saône {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (, , ; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Early years Jean de La Bruyère was born in Paris, in today's Essonne ''département'', in 1645. His family was middle class, and his reference to a certain "Geoffroy de La Bruyère", a crusader, is only a satirical illustration of a method of self-ennoblement then common in France, as in some other countries. As such, he signed his surname as Delabruyère in one word, as evidence of this disdain. La Bruyère could trace his family back on his father's side at least as far as his great-grandfather, who along with his grandfather had been dedicated members of the Catholic League. His great-grandfather had been exiled from France when Henry IV came to the throne and Catholics fell into disfavor. La Bruyère's father also had been active in the league under the Duke of Guise in 1584. His father was controller general of finance to the Hôtel de Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Claude Chéron De La Bruyère
Louis-Claude Chéron de La Bruyère (28 October 1758, in Paris – 13 November 1807, in Poitiers) was a French politician, playwright and translator. Works ;Theatre * ''Caton d'Utique'', tragedy in 3 acts and in verse, imitated from Addison (1789) *''L'Homme à sentimens, ou le Tartuffe de mœurs'', comedy in 5 acts and in verse, partly imitated from ''The School for Scandal'' by Sheridan, Paris, French comedians of the Comédie Italienne, 10 March 1789. Reworked and abridged under the title ''Valsain et Florville'' (1803). ;Translations *Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Maria Edgeworth: ''Leçons de l'enfance'' (5 volumes, 1803) * Elizabeth Hamilton: ''Lettres sur les principes élémentaires d'éducation'' (2 volumes, 1804) *Henry Fielding: ''Tom Jones Tom Jones may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer *Tom Jones (writer) (1928–2023), American librettist and lyricist *''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'', a novel by Henry Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labruyère (other)
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Labruyère may refer to one of several communes in France: * Labruyère, Côte-d'Or * Labruyère, Oise * Labruyère-Dorsa, Haute-Garonne See also * La Bruyère (other) La Bruyère may refer to: * La Bruyère, Belgium, a municipality * La Bruyère, Haute-Saône, a commune in France * Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696), French essayist and moralist * Louis-Claude Chéron de La Bruyère (1758–1807), French playwrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruyère (other)
Bruyère is a French name (the word ''bruyère'' means heather in French or a place where heather grows, ''brugière'' derives from it). The family name Bruyère may refer to: * Bernard Bruyère (1879–1971), French Egyptologist * Élisabeth Bruyère or Bruguier (1818–1876), the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Charity of Bytown * Francesco Bruyere (1980), an Italian judoka * Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696), French essayist and moralist, also known for his writing skills shown in his "The Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus" * Jean Pierre Joseph Bruyère or Bruguière (1772–1813), French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars * Joseph Bruyère (1948), a former Belgian cyclist * Marie-Louise Bruyère, aka Madame Bruyère, a French fashion designer who worked from 1928 until the 1950s * Robin Bruyère (born 1992), Belgian politician * Véronique Bruyère, Belgian computer scientist See also * Bruyères * La Bruyère (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |