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Dominique de Villepin
Dominique de Villepin (Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin) , 1953-, French diplomat and government official, b. Rabat, Morocco. Of aristocratic descent, he graduated (1980) from the prestigious École nationale d'administration and served in the foreign ministr... Read more
Dominique Joseph Garat
Dominique Joseph Garat , 1749-1833, French revolutionary. He was minister of justice (1792-93) during the trial of King Louis XVI and notified the king of the death verdict. Appointed (1793) minister of the interior, Garat proved inadequate in the post. He was twice imprisoned during the Reign of T... Read more
Dominique de Gourgues
Dominique de Gourgues , c.1530-1593, French soldier and adventurer. He served in the French army in Italy, was captured by the Spanish, then by the Turks, served as galley slave under both, and after his release led expeditions to Africa and South America. Stirred by the massacre (1565), by Pedro M... Read more
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres , 1780-1867, French painter, b. Montauban; son of a sculptor. He studied with J. L. David in Paris and in 1801 won the Prix de Rome. The French government could not afford to award the prize until 1806. In the Salon of that year Ingres exhibited his portrait of Madame R... Read more
Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron
Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron , 1747-1825, French artist, writer, and archaeologist. He had a brilliant career as artist and diplomat under the ancien régime and followed Napoleon on his campaign in Egypt. In 1804 he became director-general of museums and was instrumental in bringing foreign ... Read more
Dominique François Arago
Dominique François Arago , 1786-1853, French physicist and astronomer. He is noted for his discoveries in magnetism and optics as well as for his astronomical observations. Arago was an ardent supporter of the wave theory of light. In 1811 he invented the polariscope and later developed a pol... Read more
François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture
François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture , c.1744-1803, Haitian patriot and martyr. A self-educated slave freed shortly before the uprising in 1791, he joined the black rebellion to liberate the slaves and became its organizational genius. Rapidly rising in power, Toussaint joined forces for ... Read more
Fort Caroline
Fort Caroline settlement near the mouth of the St. Johns River, NE Fla.; est. 1564 by French Huguenots under René de Laudonnière. A Spanish force led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés attacked the fort in 1565, killed most of the colonists, and renamed the fort San Mateo. This... Read more
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin , 1948-, French politician. From a political family, he began his career in business and served as a spokesman for a labor minister in the late 1970s before returning to the private sector. A conservative, Raffarin turned permanently to politics in 1988 when he became president ... Read more
Cassini
Cassini , name of a family of Italian-French astronomers, four generations of whom were directors of the Paris Observatory. Gian Domenico Cassini, 1625-1712, was born in Italy and distinguished himself while at Bologna by his studies of the sun and planets, particularly Jupiter; he determined rota... Read more

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De Villepin, Dominique
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dominique De Villepin Dominique de Villepin (born 1953) became prime minister of France during...the département, or province, of Yonne. He was born Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin on...
Dominique de Villepin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dominique de Villepin (Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin) , 1953-, French diplomat and government official, b. Rabat, Morocco. Of aristocratic descent, he graduated (1980) from the prestigious...
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was the most important French painter in the neoclassic tradition during the first half of the 19th century and one of the most distinguished draftsmen in the entire history...
Dominique François Arago
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dominique François Arago , 1786-1853, French physicist and astronomer. He is noted for his discoveries in magnetism and optics...
Dominique
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Dominique, see BIANCOLELLI .
Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron , 1747-1825, French artist, writer, and archaeologist. He had a brilliant career as artist and diplomat...
Dominique de Gourgues
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dominique de Gourgues , c.1530-1593, French soldier and adventurer. He served in the French army in Italy, was captured by the Spanish...
Dominique Joseph Garat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Dominique Joseph Garat , 1749-1833, French revolutionary. He was minister of justice (1792-93) during the trial of King Louis XVI...
Courmes, Dominique Albert (1843-1914)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Courmes, Dominique Albert (1843-1914) French naval officer and pioneer French Theosophist. Courmes was born on August 4, 1843, at Rouen. He...
François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture , c.1744-1803, Haitian patriot and martyr. A self-educated slave freed shortly before the uprising...

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Mannoni, Dominique-Octave (1899-1989)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis MANNONI, DOMINIQUE-OCTAVE (1899-1989) French philosopher and psychoanalyst Dominique-Octave Mannoni was born on August 29, 1899, in Lamotte-Beuvron (Loir-et-Cher), a small town in the Loire Valley, and died in Paris on July...
You, Dominique
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military You, Dominique yōō (1770?–1830) buccaneer and artillerist. Little is known of Dominique You's early life except that he became a skilled seaman and gunner before joining Jean Laffite 's pirates at Barataria...
Arago, Dominique François Jean
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Arago, Dominique Fran ç ois Jean ( b . Estagel, France, 26 February 1786; d . Paris, France, 2 October 1853) physics, astronomy...
Denon, Dominique-Vivant, Baron
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Denon, Dominique-Vivant, Baron ( b Givry, nr. Chalon-sur-Saône, 4 Jan. 1747; d Paris, 28 Apr. 1825). French engraver...
Cassini, Jean-Dominique (Cassini IV)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Cassini, Jean-Dominique (Cassini IV) ( b . Paris, France, 30 June 1748: d . Thury, near Clermont, Oise, France, 18 October 1845), astronomy...
Lacordaire, Henri-Dominique
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Lacordaire, Henri-Dominique (1802–61), French Dominician . He was a contributor to F. de Lamennais's periodical L'Avenir , but severed...
Peyronnet, Dominique
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Peyronnet, Dominique. See NAIVE ART .
Perrault, Dominique
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Perrault, Dominique (1953– ). French architect. He entered many architectural competitions, including that for the É...
Denon, Baron Dominique Vivant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Denon, Baron Dominique Vivant (1747–1825). French savant , he accompanied the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt (1798) as leader of the...
Lereboullet, Dominique-Auguste
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Lereboullet, Dominique-Auguste ( b . É pinal, France, 19 September 1804; d . Strasbourg, France, 5 October 1865), Zoology, embryology...

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Dominique Dawes.(champion gymnast)(Faces in Sports)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; Her teammates call powerful gymnast Dominique Dawes "Awesome Dawesome." And she...awesome! Last fall, nineteen-year-old Dominique was ranked first in the nation and fifth...1969. In Love With Gymnastics at Six Dominique Dawes was born in Silver Spring, Maryland...
FOR ONCE, DOMINIQUE DELIGHTED HE DIDN'T GET CALL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Red Sox catcher and first baseman Andy Dominique still lives out of his suitcase in a...Nomar Garciaparra last night, it gave Dominique further reason to keep his bags packed. "Ultimately," Dominique said, "everybody and their mother...
SeaBear Company Acquires Gerard & Dominique Seafood.
PR Newswire; 4/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...does business under the Gerard & Dominique brand. Both are privately held companies...disclosed. SeaBear and Gerard & Dominique are both Northwest-based seafood brands...Both the SeaBear and Gerard & Dominique brands are built on premium product quality...
Bounds for glory.(star gymnast Dominique Moceanu, 13)
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 10/2/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...ponytail seems frozen in place. Finally Dominique Moceanu arches all of her 53 inches and...the world's greatest gymnasts. For Dominique, and Bela, it has been a season of...Miller, a two-time world champion, and Dominique Dawes, who last year had swept all five...
Obituary: Jean Leopold Dominique
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/5/2000; ; 700+ words ; JEAN LEOPOLD DOMINIQUE, who was shot dead as he arrived for...rate of only about 20 per cent, and Dominique saw his station, Radio Haiti Inter...Inter was founded in the 1930s, and Dominique, who had trained as an agronomist...
After the gold: she won an Olympic medal at 14. Then her life fell apart. Now 22, Dominique Moceanu tells how she's regaining her balance.(Real lives)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Good Housekeeping; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...three inches tall and 72 pounds. At 14, Dominique Moceanu was also an incredibly tough...Atlanta. Eight years later, I meet Dominique at a gym in Broadview Heights, Ohio...commercials, endorsements, Fan letters. Dominique modeled, performed exhibitions in 100...
CATCHER'S HUSTLE SPARKS SKYCHIEFS; DOMINIQUE SCORES GO-AHEAD RUN IN THREE-RUN SIXTH WITH A HEADFIRST SLIDE.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...first seven games. And catcher Andy Dominique had been on base only four times this...Solano got a chance to swing the bat and Dominique got a chance to run the bases, they...sixth inning scored Chad Mottola and Dominique with the tying and go-ahead runs as...
Maturity and modernity in Fromentin's Dominique.(book by Eugene Fromentin)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...promising starting point for an analysis of Dominique, the only novel of Eugene Fromentin. Dominique has traditionally been categorized as a...and particularly striking in the case of Dominique, where a certain idea (or ideal) of maturity...
'Jean Dominique Is Not Dead!'
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 7/30/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Agronomist" tells the story of Jean L. Dominique, a modern hero in Haiti who operated...both to wishful thinking and despair, Dominique and his wife Michle Montas mocked, prodded...Battle of Vertieres in 1803 -- Jean Dominique was the first to broadcast in Creole...
And her last name is not Moceanu. (Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 6/10/1996; ; 700+ words ; Dominique Dawes is not the gymnast who appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair...a gold medal at this summer's Olympic Games. That's the other Dominique. Dominique Dawes can walk unnoticed down the streets of her hometown, Silver...