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Gaspé

(Encyclopedia) Gaspé Gaspé găspāˈ, găsˈpā, Fr. gäspāˈ [key], city, E Que., Canada, on…

Faguet, Émile

(Encyclopedia) Faguet, ÉmileFaguet, Émileāmēlˈ fägāˈ [key], 1847–1916, French literary critic and historian. His prolific studies stimulated interest in French intellectual history of the 17th, 18th…

Sept-Îles

(Encyclopedia) Sept-ÎlesSept-Îlessĕtēlˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 24,848), E Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River near its mouth. It is a major port exporting iron ore. The harbor was visited by…

Liniers, Jacques de

(Encyclopedia) Liniers, Jacques de, Span. Santiago de Liniers y de BremondLiniers, Jacques de,säntēäˈgō ᵺā lēnēārsˈ ē ᵺā brāmōndˈ [key], 1753–1810, French officer in Spanish service, viceroy of Río…

North, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) North, Sir Thomas, 1535?–1601?, English translator. He is famous for his translation of Plutarch, entitled Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (1579), which he made from the French…

Bach, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bach, Thomas, 1953–, German sports executive, b. Würzberg. A lawyer and businessman, he won a gold medal in team fencing representing West Germany in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Bach…

Danton, Georges Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Danton, Georges JacquesDanton, Georges Jacqueszhōrzh zhäk däNtôNˈ [key], 1759–94, French statesman, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. A Parisian lawyer, he became a…

Maritain, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Maritain, JacquesMaritain, Jacqueszhäk märētăNˈ [key], 1882–1973, French Neo-Thomist philosopher. He was educated at the Sorbonne and the Univ. of Heidelberg and was much influenced by…

Marquette, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Marquette, JacquesMarquette, Jacqueszhäk märkĕtˈ [key], 1637–75, French missionary and explorer in North America, a Jesuit priest. He was sent to New France in 1666 and studied Native…

Lipchitz, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Lipchitz, JacquesLipchitz, Jacqueszhäk lēpshētsˈ [key], 1891–1973, French sculptor, b. Lithuania as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz. From 1909, Lipchitz studied in Paris, where he became a member…