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Sue, Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Sue, EugèneSue, Eugèneözhĕnˈ sü [key], 1804–57, French novelist, whose name was originally Marie-Joseph Sue. A surgeon in the French navy, he went into exile when Napoleon III came to…

Brosse, Salomon de

(Encyclopedia) Brosse, Salomon deBrosse, Salomon desälōmôNˈ də brôs [key], 1571–1626, French architect, trained by his grandfather, Jacques du Cerceau, the elder. He paved the way for the next…

Arnauld

(Encyclopedia) ArnauldArnauldärnōˈ [key], French family involved in Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis). The name is also spelled Arnaut or Arnault. The leader was a nun, Marie Angélique de Sainte…

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Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine Quentin

(Encyclopedia) Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine QuentinFouquier-Tinville, Antoine QuentinäNtwänˈ käNtăNˈ f&oomacr;kyāˈ-tăNvēlˈ [key], 1746–95, French revolutionary. A lawyer, he was public prosecutor (…

Pedersen, Charles John

(Encyclopedia) Pedersen, Charles John, 1904–89, American chemist, b. Busan, Korea, M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1927. After finishing his studies, Pedersen began work as a research…

Viotti, Giovanni Battista

(Encyclopedia) Viotti, Giovanni BattistaViotti, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä vyôtˈtē [key], 1755–1824, Italian violinist, considered the greatest of his day. He made public appearances until…

Cram, Donald James

(Encyclopedia) Cram, Donald James, 1919–2001, American chemist, b. Chester, Vt., Ph.D. Harvard, 1947. A professor at the Univ. of California at Los Angeles, Cram expanded on the work of Charles J.…

Jacobsen, Jens Peter

(Encyclopedia) Jacobsen, Jens PeterJacobsen, Jens Peteryĕns pāˈtər yäˈkôpsən [key], 1847–85, Danish writer. His historical romance Marie Grubbe (1876, tr. 1917) deals with spiritual degeneration in…

Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'

(Encyclopedia) Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'rənāˈ lwē də vwäyāˈ də pōmē märkēˈ därzhäNsôNˈ [key], 1694–1757, French foreign…