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Soufflot, Jacques Germain
(Encyclopedia)Soufflot, Jacques Germain zhäk zhĕrmăNˈ so͞oflōˈ [key], 1709–80, French architect, noted chiefly as the designer of the Panthéon (1764–89; see under pantheon) in Paris. He won the commissi...Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques zhäN zhäk bo͝orlämäkēˈ [key], 1694–1748, Swiss jurist. His chief works are Principes du droit naturel [principles of natural law] (1747) and Principes du droit politi...Chaban-Delmas, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Chaban-Delmas, Jacques zhäk shäbäNˈ-dĕlmäˈ [key], 1915–2000, French political leader, born Jacques Delmas. He joined (1940) the resistance, using the nom de guerre “Chaban,” which he late...Dijon
(Encyclopedia)Dijon dēzhôNˈ [key], city, capital of Côte-d'Or dept., E France, the old capital of Burgu...Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Lefèvre d'Étaples, Jacques zhäk ləfăvˈrə dātäpˈlə [key], c.1450–1536, French theologian and humanist. A priest, he studied in Italy, where he was influenced by Neoplatonism. In 1507, he w...Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire
(Encyclopedia)Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire zhôzĕfˈ zhäk sāzĕrˈ zhôˈfrə [key], 1852–1931, marshal of France. He began his career as a military engineer in the French colonies and was appointed French ...Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé
(Encyclopedia)Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé lwē zhäk mäNdāˈ dägârˈ [key], 1789–1851, French scene painter and physicist, inventor of the daguerreotype, a photograph produced on a silver-coated copper pla...Charles, Jacques Alexandre César
(Encyclopedia)Charles, Jacques Alexandre César zhäk älĕksäNˈdrə sāzärˈ shärl [key], 1746–1823, French physicist. He confirmed Benjamin Franklin's electrical experiments, became interested in aeronautic...Champollion-Figeac, Jean Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Champollion-Figeac, Jean Jacques: see under Champollion, Jean François. ...Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques
(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), he moved o...Browse by Subject
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