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Michel, Claude
(Encyclopedia)Michel, Claude: see Clodion.Claude Michel
(Encyclopedia)Claude Michel: see Clodion.Anguier, François
(Encyclopedia)Anguier, François fräNswäˈ äNgyāˈ [key], 1604–69, French sculptor. He is noted for the monuments of the Longuevilles and of Jacques Souvré (Louvre). His most ambitious work is probably the m...Castelnau, Michel de
(Encyclopedia)Castelnau, Michel de mēshĕlˈ də kästĕlnōˈ [key], c.1520–1592, French diplomat and soldier. He early attracted the favorable notice of the cardinal of Lorraine (Charles de Guise) and performe...De Langlade, Charles Michel
(Encyclopedia)De Langlade, Charles Michel: see Langlade. ...Louvois, François Michel Le Tellier, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Louvois, François Michel Le Tellier, marquis de fräNswäˈ mēshĕlˈ lə tĕlyāˈ märkēˈ də lo͞ovwäˈ [key], 1641–91, French statesman, minister during the reign of King Louis XIV. After 1...Moreau, Louis Gabriel
(Encyclopedia)Moreau, Louis Gabriel: see Moreau, Jean-Michel. ...Chamillart, Michel
(Encyclopedia)Chamillart or Chamillard, Michel both: mēshĕlˈ shämēyärˈ [key], 1652–1721, French statesman. He was named controller general of finances (1699), minister of state (1700), and minister of war ...Eilshemius, Louis Michel
(Encyclopedia)Eilshemius, Louis Michel īlshēˈmēəs [key], 1864–1941, American painter, b. near Newark, N.J. The son of a wealthy Dutch importer, he spent much of his youth abroad. After two years at Cornell h...Blanchot, Maurice
(Encyclopedia)Blanchot, Maurice mōrēsˈ bläNshōˈ [key], 1907–2003, French novelist and literary critic. One of the first intellectuals in France to be interested in questions of language and meaning, he was ...Browse by Subject
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