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Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin

(Encyclopedia) Molière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinMolière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinzhäN bätēstˈ pôklăNˈ môlyĕrˈ, 1622–73, French playwright and actor, b. Paris; son of a merchant who was upholsterer to the…

Lully, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Lully, Jean BaptisteLully, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ lülēˈ [key], 1632–87, French operatic composer, b. Florence, Italy. His name originally was Giovanni Battista Lulli. A self-taught…

Lemoyne, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Lemoyne, Jean BaptisteLemoyne, Jean BaptistezhäN bäptēstˈ [key]Lemoyne, Jean Baptiste ləmwänˈ [key], 1704–78, French sculptor. Much of his work, including three equestrian statues of…

Fouquet, Nicolas

(Encyclopedia) Fouquet or Foucquet, NicolasFouquet or Foucquet, Nicolasnēkôläˈ [key]Fouquet or Foucquet, Nicolas f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1615–80, superintendent of finance (1653–61) under King Louis…

Dumas, Jean Baptiste André

(Encyclopedia) Dumas, Jean Baptiste AndréDumas, Jean Baptiste AndrézhäN bätēstˈ äNdrāˈ [key]Dumas, Jean Baptiste André dümäˈ [key], 1800–1884, French organic chemist. He was distinguished for his…

Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis

(Encyclopedia) Gresset, Jean Baptiste LouisGresset, Jean Baptiste LouiszhäN bätēstˈ lwē grĕsāˈ [key], 1709–77, French poet and dramatist. He was the author of a mock epic, Vairvert (1734), and of a…

Massillon, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Massillon, Jean BaptisteMassillon, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ mäsēyôNˈ [key], 1663–1742, French clergyman, bishop of Clermont from 1717. He was celebrated for his preaching, especially…

Guébriant, Jean Baptiste Budes, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Guébriant, Jean Baptiste Budes, comte deGuébriant, Jean Baptiste Budes, comte dezhäN bätēstˈ büd kôNt də gābrēäNˈ [key], 1602–43, marshal of France and general in the Thirty Years War…

Santerre, Jean Baptiste

(Encyclopedia) Santerre, Jean BaptisteSanterre, Jean BaptistezhäN bätēstˈ säNtĕrˈ [key], 1651–1717, French figure and portrait painter. He was known for allegorical portraits and his rococo use of…

Detaille, Jean Baptiste Édouard

(Encyclopedia) Detaille, Jean Baptiste ÉdouardDetaille, Jean Baptiste ÉdouardzhäN bäptēstˈ ādwärˈ dətäyˈ [key], 1848–1912, French painter. He studied under J. L. E. Meissonier and served in the…