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Guesde, Jules
(Encyclopedia)Guesde, Jules zhül gĕd [key], 1845–1922, French socialist, whose original name was Basile. Exiled for his support of the Paris commune, he became a confirmed Marxist after 1876 and, with Paul Lafa...Olitski, Jules
(Encyclopedia)Olitski, Jules ŏlĭtˈskē [key], 1922–2006, American painter, b. Russia as Jevel Demikovsky. While considered a color-field painter (see color-field painting), Olitski produced works that are free...science fiction
(Encyclopedia)science fiction, literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of the events recou...Grévy, Jules
(Encyclopedia)Grévy, Jules zhül grāvēˈ [key], 1807–91, French statesman, president of France (1879–87). As a republican deputy after the February Revolution (1848), he sought to eliminate the danger of a s...Dubos, René Jules
(Encyclopedia)Dubos, René Jules rənāˈ zhül dübōˈ [key], 1901–82, American bacteriologist, b. France, Ph.D. Rutgers, 1927. He joined the Rockefeller Institute (now Rockefeller Univ.) in 1927 and became pro...Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée
(Encyclopedia)Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée zhül ämādāˈ bärbāˈ dōrvēyēˈ [key], 1808–89, French writer and critic. An aristocrat and monarchist, he supported himself by journalism; his output of c...Polignac, Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia)Polignac, Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de pôlēnyäkˈ [key], c.1749–1793, favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her husband, Jules, comte de Polignac, was created duke...Cambon, Jules Martin
(Encyclopedia)Cambon, Jules Martin zhül märtăNˈ käNbôNˈ [key], 1845–1935, French diplomat; brother of Pierre Paul Cambon. He served (1891–96) as governor-general of Algeria, where he pursued a conciliato...Simon, Jules
(Encyclopedia)Simon, Jules zhül sēmôNˈ [key], 1814–96, French statesman. His full name was Jules François Simon Suisse. He taught philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1839 to 1852, during which time he edited the...Champfleury
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