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(Encyclopedia) ChouansChouanssh&oomacr;ˈənz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was…
(Encyclopedia) Cheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre deCheverus, Jean Louis Anne Madeleine Lefebvre dezhäN lwē än mädəlĕnˈ ləfĕˈvrə də shəvrüsˈ [key], 1768–1836, French churchman, first Roman…
(Encyclopedia) Millet, Jean François, 1814–75, French painter. He was born into a poor farming family. In 1837 an award enabled him to go to Paris, where he studied with Delaroche. In 1849 he settled…
(Encyclopedia) La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte deLa Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte dezhäN fräNswäˈ də gälōˈ kôNt də lä pār&oomacr;zˈ [key], 1741–c.1788, French navigator. A…
