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Du Cerceau

(Encyclopedia)Du Cerceau: see Androuet du Cerceau. ...

Androuet du Cerceau

(Encyclopedia)Androuet du Cerceau äNdro͞o-āˈ dü sĕrsōˈ [key], family of French architects active in the 16th and 17th cent. It was founded by Jacques Androuet, c.1520–c.1584, surnamed du Cerceau [Fr.,=cir...

Brosse, Salomon de

(Encyclopedia)Brosse, Salomon de sälōmôNˈ də brôs [key], 1571–1626, French architect, trained by his grandfather, Jacques du Cerceau, the elder. He paved the way for the next generation in the use of classi...

Du Pont

(Encyclopedia)Du Pont do͞opŏnt [key], family notable in U.S. industrial history. The Du Pont family's importance began when Eleuthère Irénée Du Pont established a gunpowder mill on the Brandywine River in N De...

Du Bois

(Encyclopedia)Du Bois do͞oˈbois, dəboisˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 7,272), Clearfield co., W central Pa., in the ...

Bellay, Du

(Encyclopedia)Bellay, Du. For persons thus named use Du Bellay.

Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, sieur

(Encyclopedia)Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, sieur shärl dü frĕn syör dü käNzh [key], 1610–88, French medieval historian and philologist. He is principally known for his Glossarium mediae et infimae Latinitat...

Midi, Pic du

(Encyclopedia)Midi, Pic du: see Pic du Midi d'Ossau. ...

Guesclin, Bertrand Du

(Encyclopedia)Guesclin, Bertrand Du: see Du Guesclin, Bertrand. ...

Fond du Lac

(Encyclopedia)Fond du Lac fŏnˈ də lăkˌ, –jə– [key], city (2021 pop. 104,154), seat of Fon...