(Encyclopedia) Dunois, Jean, comte deDunois, Jean, comte dezhäN kôNt də dünwäˈ [key], c.1403–1468, French general, called the Bastard of Orléans; natural son of Louis, duc d'Orléans. He joined the…
(Encyclopedia) Daubenton, Louis Jean MarieDaubenton, Louis Jean Marielwē zhäN märēˈ dōbäNtôNˈ [key], 1716–1800, French naturalist. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1778; his work…
(Encyclopedia) Corot, Jean-Baptiste CamilleCorot, Jean-Baptiste CamillezhäN-bätēstˈ kämēˈyə kôrōˈ [key], 1796–1875, French landscape painter, b. Paris. Corot was one of the most influential of 19th-…
(Encyclopedia) Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-SiméonChardin, Jean-Baptiste-SiméonzhäN-bätēstˈ-sēmāôNˈ shärdăNˈ [key], 1699–1779, French painter. He was a major figure of 18th-century painting. While the…
(Encyclopedia) Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques, 1924–2006, French journalist, politician, and public intellectual, b. Paris, grad. École Polytechnique (1947). A political writer at Le Monde (1948–53…
(Encyclopedia) Sibelius, Jean Julius ChristianSibelius, Jean Julius Christianzhän y&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s krĭsˈtyän sĭbāˈly&oobreve;s [key], 1865–1957, Finnish composer. Sibelius was a…
(Encyclopedia) Baïf, Jean Antoine deBaïf, Jean Antoine dezhäN äNtwänˈ də bäēfˈ [key], 1532–89, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad). He wrote sonnets, didactic and satirical poems, and plays.
(Encyclopedia) Pompidou, Georges Jean RaymondPompidou, Georges Jean Raymondzhôrzh pôNpēd&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1911–74. French political leader, president of France (1969–74). Georges Pompidou taught…
(Encyclopedia) Portalis, Jean Étienne MariePortalis, Jean Étienne MariezhäN ātyĕnˈ märēˈ pôrtälēsˈ [key], 1746–1807, French statesman and lawyer. A moderate, he was suspected of royalist sympathies…
