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Necker, Jacques
(Encyclopedia)Necker, Jacques zhäk nĕkĕrˈ [key], 1732–1804, French financier and statesman, b. Geneva, Switzerland. In 1750 he went to Paris and entered banking. He rose rapidly to importance, established a b...Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert
(Encyclopedia)Houdin, Jean Eugène Robert or Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin zhäN özhĕnˈ rōbĕrˈ o͞odăNˈ [key], 1805–71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a clockmaker, he was celebrated for his optica...Jean, Michaëlle
(Encyclopedia)Jean, Michaëlle, 1957–, Canadian journalist, filmmaker, and women's rights activist, b. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1968. After studying languages and literature at th...Giono, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Giono, Jean zhäN jônōˈ [key], 1895–1970, French novelist, b. Provence. His semiautobiographical novel, Jean le bleu (1932, tr. Blue Boy, 1946) concerns his childhood. His pastoral trilogy—Coll...Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron străthkōˈnə [key], 1820–1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b. Scotland. Coming to Canada in 1838, he was hi...Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Fisher, John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron ärbŭthˈnət [key], 1841–1920, British admiral. Entering the navy in 1854, he specialized in gunnery and in 1872 was responsible for instituting the develo...Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert, 2d Baron
(Encyclopedia)Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert, 2d Baron: see Calvert, Cecilius. ...Baltimore, Charles Calvert, 3d Baron
(Encyclopedia)Baltimore, Charles Calvert, 3d Baron: see Calvert, Charles. ...Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron: see Trafalgar, battle of. ...Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron: see Burghley. ...Browse by Subject
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