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Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

(Encyclopedia) Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la MotteGuyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Mottezhän märēˈ b&oomacr;vyāˈ də lä môt güēyôNˈ [key], 1648–1717, French mystic and author of writings…

Épernon, Jean Louis de Nogaret, duc d'

(Encyclopedia) Épernon, Jean Louis de Nogaret, duc d'Épernon, Jean Louis de Nogaret, duc d'zhäN lwē də nōgärāˈ dük dāpĕrnôNˈ [key], 1554–1642, French nobleman. He distinguished himself during the…

Duhem, Pierre Maurice Marie

(Encyclopedia) Duhem, Pierre Maurice MarieDuhem, Pierre Maurice Mariepyĕr mōrēsˈ märēˈ düĕmˈ [key], 1861–1916, French physicist and philosopher and historian of science. After studying at the École…

Vigée-Lebrun, Élisabeth

(Encyclopedia) Vigée-Lebrun, ÉlisabethVigée-Lebrun, Élisabethālēzäbĕtˈ vēzhāˈ-ləbröNˈ [key], 1755–1842, French portrait painter; pupil of her father, the painter Louis Vigée. She was influenced by…

Flourens, Pierre

(Encyclopedia) Flourens, Pierre (Marie Jean Pierre Flourens)Flourens, Pierrepyĕr fl&oomacr;räNsˈ [key], 1794–1867, French physiologist. He demonstrated the respiratory center in the medulla and…

Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de

(Encyclopedia) Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise deSévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise demärēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her…

Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de

(Encyclopedia) Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deMontpensier, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, duchesse deän märēˈ lwēz dôrlāäNˈ düshĕsˈ də mŏpäsyāˈ [key], 1627–93, French princess,…

Dressler, Marie

(Encyclopedia) Dressler, Marie, 1869–1934, American actress, b. Coburg, Ont., Canada. She appeared on stage and in vaudeville before making her first film, Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914). Although…

Ursins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse des

(Encyclopedia) Ursins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse desUrsins, Marie Anne de la Trémoille, princesse desmärēˈ än də lä trāmwäˈyə prăNsĕsˈ dāzürsănˈ [key], 1642–1722, French noblewoman and…