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(Encyclopedia) Dôle Dôle dōl [key], city, Jura dept., E France, in Franche-Comté, on the Doubs…Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue
(Encyclopedia) Hosmer, Harriet GoodhueHosmer, Harriet Goodhuehŏzˈmər [key], 1830–1908, American sculptor, b. Watertown, Mass. She lived chiefly in Rome, where she produced graceful statues very…Saint Louis University
(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis University, mainly at St. Louis, Mo.; Jesuit; coeducational; opened 1818 as an academy, became a college 1820, chartered as a university 1832. Parks College (est. 1927 as…Fizeau, Armand Hippolyte Louis
(Encyclopedia) Fizeau, Armand Hippolyte LouisFizeau, Armand Hippolyte LouisärmäNˈ ēpôlētˈ lwē fēzōˈ [key], 1819–96, French physicist. The first to measure (1849) the velocity of light in air, he also…Ferguson
(Encyclopedia) Ferguson, city (2020 pop. 20,359), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1894. It is primarily residential. In Aug. 2014,…Restoration, in French history
(Encyclopedia) Restoration, in French history, the period from 1814 to 1830. It began with the first abdication of Emperor Napoleon I and the return of the Bourbon king, Louis XVIII, but was…Charles VIII, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Charles VIII, 1470–98, king of France (1483–98), son and successor of Louis XI. He first reigned under the regency of his sister Anne de Beaujeu. After his marriage (1491) to Anne of…Louis XII, king of France
(Encyclopedia) Louis XII, 1462–1515, king of France (1498–1515), son of Charles, duc d'Orléans. He succeeded his father as duke. While still duke, he rebelled against the regency of Anne de Beaujeu…Marie Leszczynska
(Encyclopedia) Marie LeszczynskaMarie Leszczynskalĕshchĭnˈskə [key], 1703–68, queen of France, wife of Louis XV, and daughter of Stanislaus I of Poland. Married in 1725, she bore 10 children and was…Desaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles Antoine
(Encyclopedia) Desaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles AntoineDesaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles Antoinelwē shärl äNtwänˈ dəsāˈ də vāg&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1768–1800, French general in the French Revolutionary…Trending
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