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
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Boissières, Gard, in the Gard ''département'' of France
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Boissières, Lot, in the Lot ''département'' of France
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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
The International School of Geneva (in French: ''École internationale de Genève''), commonly known as Ecolint, is a private, non-profit international school based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Background
Founded in 1924 in the service of the Leagu ...
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Boissiere Village is a village in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
People
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Jean-Baptiste Boissière (1806–1885), a French lexicographer
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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
* ''Croqui ...
(1891–1966), a French writer and journalist who wrote for the ''Canard enchaîné''
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Ralph de Boissière
Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière (6 October 1907 – 16 February 2008) was a Trinidad-born social realist novelist, who in 1948 settled in Melbourne, Australia. Described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a ...
(1907–2008), a Trinidad-born novelist who moved in Australia in 1948
Other
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''Boissière'' (film), a 1937 French film directed by Fernand Rivers
See also
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La Boissière (disambiguation)
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