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Martignac, Jean Baptiste Sylvère Gay, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia)Martignac, Jean Baptiste Sylvère Gay, vicomte de zhäN bätēstˈ sēlvĕrˈ gā vēkôNtˈ də märtēnyäkˈ [key], 1778–1832, French statesman. He was elected (1821) to the chamber of deputies a...

Chapais, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Chapais, Sir Thomas shäpāˈ [key], 1858–1946, Canadian politician and historian, b. Quebec prov.; son of Jean Charles Chapais (1811–85). Thomas Chapais became professor of history at Laval Univ....

Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix zhäN bätēstˈ də lä krwä săN-välyāˈ [key], 1653–1727, Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, b. France. He succeeded François Xavier de Laval in 1688 af...

Taeuber-Arp, Sophie

(Encyclopedia)Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...

Grandville, French caricaturist, illustrator, and lithographer

(Encyclopedia)Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...

Clericus, Johannes

(Encyclopedia)Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...

Williams, Gwen

(Encyclopedia)Williams, Gwen: see Rhys, Jean.

Saint Johns, city, Quebec, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...

Moreau, Louis Gabriel

(Encyclopedia)Moreau, Louis Gabriel: see Moreau, Jean-Michel. ...

L'Olonnois, François

(Encyclopedia)L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...