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Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Dupuytren, Guillaume, Baron gēyōmˈ bärôNˈ düpüēträNˈ [key], 1777–1835, French surgeon. As professor at the Hôtel Dieu, Paris, from 1812, he was noted as diagnostician, lecturer, and surg...Köhler, Georges Jean Franz
(Encyclopedia)Köhler, Georges Jean Franz kōˈlər, Ger. köˈlər [key], 1946–95, German immunologist, Ph.D. Univ. of Freiburg, 1974. He worked (1974–76) with César Milstein at the Laboratory of Molecular Bi...La Trémoille, Georges de
(Encyclopedia)La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Georges de zhôrzh də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēmo͞oˈyə [key], c.1385–1446, favorite of King Charles VII of France, sometime chamberlain to John the Fearless of Bur...Couthon, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Couthon, Georges zhōrzh ko͞otôNˈ [key], 1755?–1794, French revolutionary. An able lawyer, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly (1791) and to the Convention (1792). He became (1793) an impo...Duhamel, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Duhamel, Georges zhôrzh düämĕlˈ [key], 1884–1966, French novelist and playwright. From Duhamel's experience as a surgeon during World War I came Vie des martyrs (1917, tr. The New Book of Marty...Bidault, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Bidault, Georges zhôrzh bēdōˈ [key], 1899–1983, French political leader. An influential columnist (1932–39), he was imprisoned (1940–41) in World War II and then joined the French undergroun...Boyron, Michel
(Encyclopedia)Boyron, Michel: see Baron, Michel.Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron: see Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde. ...Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von
(Encyclopedia)Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...Vrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von
(Encyclopedia)Vrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...Browse by Subject
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