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Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste
(Encyclopedia)Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste gēyōmˈ də sälüstˈ dü bärtäsˈ [key], 1544–90, French poet. A Huguenot soldier under Henry IV, Du Bartas is known chiefly for his epic poems La Sepmaine; ou...Du Bois, W. E. B.
(Encyclopedia)Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt Du Bois) dəboisˈ [key], 1868–1963, American civil-rights leader and author, b. Great Barrington, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1890; M.A., 1891; Ph.D., 18...Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis
(Encyclopedia)Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis äNrēˈ lwē düämĕlˈ dü môNsōˈ [key], 1700–1782, French agriculturist and tree expert. He did experimental work on plant physiology and ecology and wrote The...Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur
(Encyclopedia)Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur: see Duluth. ...Front de Libération du Québec
(Encyclopedia)Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) frôN də lēbĕräsyôNˈ dü kābĕkˈ [key], Canadian separatist group formed in the 1960s to bring about the independence of Quebec, which has a French herita...Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste Du
(Encyclopedia)Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste Du: see Du Bartas. ...Pic du Midi d'Ossau
(Encyclopedia)Pic du Midi d'Ossau dôsōˈ [key], double peak, 10,322 ft (3,146 m) high, SW France, in the Pyrenees, near the Spanish border. It is in a winter-sports area. The village of Gabas lies at its foot. ...Sérusier, Paul
(Encyclopedia)Sérusier, Paul pōl sāro͞osyāˈ [key], 1863–1927, French painter. In 1888 at Pont-Aven, Sérusier met Gauguin whose style he adhered to, particularly in his paintings of Breton landscapes. With ...de Gennes, Pierre-Gilles
(Encyclopedia)de Gennes, Pierre-Gilles, 1932–2007, French physicist, Ph.D. Center for Nuclear Studies at Saclay, France, 1958. He was a professor at the Univ. of Paris, Orsay, from 1961 to 1971, when he joined th...De Smet, Pierre Jean
(Encyclopedia)De Smet, Pierre Jean pyĕr zhäN də smĕtˈ [key], 1801–73, Jesuit missionary in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, b. Belgium. He emigrated to the United States in 1821, served his novitiate in Florissan...Browse by Subject
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