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Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel
(Encyclopedia)Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel shärl vēktôrˈ ĕmänüĕlˈ ləklĕrˈ [key], 1772–1802, French general. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaign, married (1797) Pauline Bonap...emperor
(Encyclopedia)emperor [Lat. imperator=one holding supreme power, especially applied to generals], the sovereign head of an empire. In the Roman republic the term imperator referred to the chief military commander a...Tonty, Henri de
(Encyclopedia)Tonty, Henri de: see Tonti, Henri de. ...Daguesseau, Henri Françis
(Encyclopedia)Daguesseau, Henri Françis: see Aguesseau, Henri François d'. ...Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse-
(Encyclopedia)Lautrec, Henri de Toulouse-: see Toulouse–Lautrec, Henri de. ...Damville, Henri, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Damville, Henri, comte de: see Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the elder. ...Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de: see Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri. ...Duparc, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Duparc, Henri äNrēˈ düpärkˈ [key], 1848–1933, French composer. Duparc studied piano with César Franck and became one of his first composition pupils. A nervous disorder caused him to cease co...Bibliothèque nationale
(Encyclopedia)Bibliothèque nationale bēblēōtĕkˈ näsyônälˈ [key], national library of France, in Paris, a government archive, and one of the foremost libraries of the world. It originated with the collecti...Taschereau, Sir Henri Elzéar
(Encyclopedia)Taschereau, Sir Henri Elzéar, 1836–1911, Canadian jurist, b. Quebec prov., nephew of Elzéar Alexandre Cardinal Taschereau. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (1878) and was later chief ...Browse by Subject
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