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Moreau, Jean Victor
(Encyclopedia)Moreau, Jean Victor môrōˈ [key], 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Despite his successes on the Rhine and in Germany (1796–97), he was dismissed for withholding compr...Rhys, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Rhys, Jean rēs [key], pseud. of Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams, 1894–1979, English novelist, b. Dominica. Her novels written in the 1930s mercilessly exploit her own emotional life, depicting pretty...Gary, Romain
(Encyclopedia)Gary, Romain rōmăNˈ gĕrēˈ [key], 1914–80, French novelist, b. Vilna (now Vilnius), of Russian parentage, as Romain Kacew. In France after 1928, he fought in World War II and later entered the ...Cottereau, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Cottereau, Jean: see Chouans.Janet
(Encyclopedia)Janet: see Clouet, Jean.Jehannet
(Encyclopedia)Jehannet: see Clouet, Jean.Bleimor
(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...Bologne, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Bologne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...Boulogne, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Boulogne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...Rampal, Jean-Pierre
(Encyclopedia)Rampal, Jean-Pierre, 1922–2000, French virtuoso flutist. He played in several chamber groups but was most celebrated as a soloist of great brilliance. ...Browse by Subject
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