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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…Derrida, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Derrida, JacquesDerrida, Jacqueszhäkˈ dĕrˌrēdäˈ [key], 1930–2004, French philosopher, b. El Biar, Algeria. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he taught there and at…Dubochet, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Dubochet, Jacques, 1942–, Swiss biophysicist and molecular biologist, Ph.D., Univ. of Geneva 1973. Dubochet was a researcher at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg…Callot, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Callot, JacquesCallot, Jacqueszhäk kälōˈ [key], c.1592–1635, French etcher and engraver, b. Nancy. Callot was an influential innovator and a brilliant observer of his time. In 1612 he…Wirtz, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Wirtz, Jacques, 1924–2018, Belgian landscape architect. Highly influential, he used classical techniques in new and innovative ways in the more than 100 gardens and grounds he designed…Villon, Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Villon, Jacques, 1875–1963, French painter, brother of Marcel Duchamp and Raymond Duchamp-Villon. Villon became an exponent of cubism in 1911 and is best known for his refinement of…Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques
(Encyclopedia) Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques, 1924–2006, French journalist, politician, and public intellectual, b. Paris, grad. École Polytechnique (1947). A political writer at Le Monde (1948–53…Gaspé Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Gaspé Peninsula or GaspésieGaspé Peninsulagäspāzēˈ [key], tongue of land, E Que., Canada, between the estuary of the St. Lawrence River on the north and Chaleur Bay on the south, and…Hébert, Jacques René
(Encyclopedia) Hébert, Jacques RenéHébert, Jacques Renézhäk rənāˈ ābĕrˈ [key], 1757–94, French journalist and revolutionary. An ardent supporter of the French Revolution, he gained the support of the…Cortot, Alfred Denis
(Encyclopedia) Cortot, Alfred DenisCortot, Alfred Denisälfrĕdˈ dənēˈ kôrtōˈ [key], 1877–1962, French pianist and conductor. Among his appearances as a conductor were those at Bayreuth (1898–1901). He…Trending
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