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Jacques Derrida 2004 Deaths

Jacques DerridaAge: 74 French philosopher who originated deconstruction, a controversial and widely influential movement that shaped literary theory and a variety of other disciplines,…

Eugene Jacques Bullard Biography

Eugene Jacques BullardaviatorBorn: Oct. 1894?Birthplace: Columbus, Ga. Born in Georgia, Bullard moved to France as a young man to escape racism. He joined the French Foreign legion in 1914 at…

Jacques Lowe 2001 Deaths

Jacques LoweAge: 71 photographer who chronicled Camelot as President Kennedy's personal photographer. He took more than 40,000 pictures of the president and his family.Died: Manhattan, May…

Jacques Chirac, 2003 News

president of France, remained steadfast in his opposition to the U.S.-led attack on Iraq. Throughout the diplomatic process in late 2002 and into 2003, France repeatedly called for more…

Jean-Jacques Beineix Biography

Jean-Jacques Beineix director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 1946Birthplace: Paris, France A multitalented figure in contemporary French cinema, he made some of the most influential and popular…

Jean-Jacques Annaud Biography

Jean-Jacques Annauddirector, screenwriterBorn: 10/1/1943Birthplace: Draveil, France Known particularly for his period pieces, he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film for his debut effort Black…

Amyot, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Amyot, JacquesAmyot, Jacqueszhäk ämyōˈ [key], 1513–93, French humanist, translator of Heliodorus' Aethiopica (1547), of Longus' Daphnis and Chloë (1559), and particularly of Plutarch's…

Cousteau, Jacques Yves

(Encyclopedia) Cousteau, Jacques YvesCousteau, Jacques Yveszhäk ēv k&oomacr;stōˈ [key], 1910–97, French oceanographer and naval officer. In 1943, with Émil Gagnan, he invented the self-contained…

Delors, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Delors, Jacques (Jacques Lucien Jean Delors)Delors, Jacqueszhäk l&oomacr;syăNˈ zhäN dəlôrˈ [key] 1925–, French economist and politician and European statesman, president (1985–95)…