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Grouès, Henri Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Grouès, Henri Antoine: see Pierre, Abbé. ...Cartan, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Cartan, Henri: see under Cartan, Élie Joseph. ...Albret
(Encyclopedia)Albret älbrāˈ [key], former duchy, SW France, in the Landes of Gascony. The powerful lords of Albret became kings of Navarre by the marriage (1484) of Jean d'Albret with Catherine de Foix, queen of...Christophe, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Christophe, Henri äNrēˈ krēstôfˈ [key], 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader. A freed black slave, he aided Toussaint Louverture in the liberation of Haiti and was army chief under Dessalin...Bergson, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Bergson, Henri äNrēˈ bĕrgsôNˈ [key], 1859–1941, French philosopher. He became a professor at the Collège de France in 1900, devoted some time to politics, and, after World War I, took an inte...Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin
(Encyclopedia)Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin: see Constant, Benjamin. ...Benjamin Constant, Paul Henri
(Encyclopedia)Benjamin Constant, Paul Henri: see Estournelles de Constant. ...Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de
(Encyclopedia)Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de: see Estournelles de Constant. ...Arnaud, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Arnaud, Henri äNrēˈ ärnōˈ [key], 1641–1721, pastor and leader of the Waldenses. When Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, in league with the French, set out to expel the Waldenses, Arnaud led (16...Urfé, Honoré d'
(Encyclopedia)Urfé, Honoré d' ōnōrāˈ dürfāˈ [key], 1567–1625, French novelist. He was the author of L'Astrée (5 vol., 1607–10), the principal French pastoral novel. It portrays shepherds and shepherde...Browse by Subject
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