(Encyclopedia) Cousin, JeanCousin, JeanzhäN k&oomacr;zăNˈ [key], c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of…
(Encyclopedia) Cruveilhier, JeanCruveilhier, JeanzhäN krüvĕyāˈ [key], 1791–1874, French physician. The first professor of pathology at the Univ. of Paris (from 1836), he introduced the descriptive…
(Encyclopedia) Daurat or Dorat, JeanDaurat or Dorat, Jeanboth: zhäN dōräˈ [key], 1508?–1588, French classical scholar. He taught (1546–56) at the Collège de Coqueret at Paris. Among his pupils were…
(Encyclopedia) Dausset, JeanDausset, JeanzhäN dōsĕˈ [key], 1916–2009, French immunologist. A physician specializing in blood diseases, he was the laboratory director of the National Blood Transfusion…
(Encyclopedia) Claude, JeanClaude, JeanzhäN [key]Claude, Jean klōd [key], 1619–87, French Protestant theologian. As Protestant pastor at Paris, Claude received considerable attention for his…
(Encyclopedia) Chrétien, Jean (Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien)Chrétien, Jeanzhōsĕfˈ zhäk zhäN krātyăNˈ [key], 1934–, Canadian politician and prime minister (1993–2003), b. Quebec. He received his legal…
(Encyclopedia) Chapelain, JeanChapelain, JeanzhäN shäplăNˈ [key], 1595–1674, French critic and poet. His works include La Pucelle (1656), an epic poem about Joan of Arc. Chapelain was a founding…
(Encyclopedia) Charest, JeanCharest, JeanzhäN shäˈrĕ [key], 1958–, Canadian politician. A lawyer and member of the Progressive Conservative party, he was a member of parliament from Quebec from 1984…
