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Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910-1997) French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau was known as the co-inventor of the aqualung, along with his television programs, feature-length films, and books, all of which have showcased his research on the wonders of the marine world. Cousteau helped demystify... Read more |
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Jacques Yves Cousteau , 1910-97, French oceanographer and naval officer. In 1943, with Émil Gagnan, he invented the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba). He founded (1945) the French navy's undersea research group and in 1957 was made director of the oceanographic museum of... Read more |
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Cousteau
Cousteau Rock group For the Record… Selected discography Sources Cousteau, a London band fronted by a compelling, tattooed, Irish-brogued singer, have garnered terrifically enthusiastic reviews since their 1998 debut. With a sound anchored by Liam McKahey’ Read more |
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Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), French general, statesman, and hero of the American Revolution, served France by endeavoring to smooth the transition from the Old Regime to the new order created by the French Revolution. ... Read more |
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Jacques Sarrazin
Jacques Sarrazin , 1588-1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610-c.1627) in Rome and was one of the first to carry the classicizing trend to France. Examples of his work are the caryatids for Lemercier's Pavillon de... Read more |
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Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent , 1936-2008, French fashion designer, b. Oran, Algeria, as Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. Moving to Paris at 17, he ultimately established houses of couture and boutiques there and in New York. He was the foremost assistant to Christian Dior and became his designated... Read more |
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Battle of the Saints
Saints, battle of the, 1782. This was the last important naval action in the American War of Independence. The loss of naval superiority in the western Atlantic in 1781 forced Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. The French and Spanish then began picking off British West Indian islands and an... Read more |
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Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre , 1737-1814, French naturalist and author. He was a friend of Rousseau, by whom he was strongly influenced. His chief work, Études de la nature (1784), sought to prove the existence of God from the wonders of nature; it is rich in descriptive... Read more |
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Jacques Tati
TATI, Jacques Nationality:French. Born:Jacques Tatischeff in Le Pecq, France, 9 October 1908. Education:Attended Lycée de St.-Germain-en-Laye; also attended a college of arts and engineering, 1924. Family:Married Micheline Winter, 1944; children: Sophie... Read more |
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