Search
Search results
Displaying 11 - 20
Rene Alphonse Higonnet
Rene Alphonse Higonnet Born: 1902Birthplace: Valence, France Photo composing machine—Moyroud and Higonnet developed the first practical phototypesetting machine, the Lumitype—later known as…Rene Russo Biography
Rene Russo actressBorn: 2/17/1954Birthplace: Burbank, California A model turned actress who was first spotted by a talent scout at a Rolling Stones concert. She worked for several years as one…Renee Zellweger Biography
Renee Zellweger actressBorn: 4/25/1969Birthplace: Katy, Texas Zellweger graduated from the University of Texas, Austin, where she earned a B.A. in English. She gained critical notice in 1996…Goupil, René
(Encyclopedia) Goupil, René (Saint René Goupil)Goupil, Renérənāˈ g&oomacr;pēlˈ [key], c.1607–1642, French missionary, one of the Jesuit Martyrs of North America. He went to Canada in 1640, spent…Haüy, René Just, Abbé
(Encyclopedia) Haüy, René Just, AbbéHaüy, René Just, Abbérənāˈ zhüst äbāˈ äüēˈ [key], 1743–1822, French mineralogist, an authority on crystals. He discovered the geometric law of crystallization and…Lenormand, Henri René
(Encyclopedia) Lenormand, Henri RenéLenormand, Henri RenéäNrēˈ rənāˈ lənôrmäNˈ [key], 1882–1951, French dramatist. His plays, Freudian in tone and theme and often heavily symbolic, include Les Ratés…Auberjonois, René Victor
(Encyclopedia) Auberjonois, René VictorAuberjonois, René Victorrənāˈ vēktôrˈ ōbāzhônwäˈ [key], 1872–1957, Swiss artist. Auberjonois settled in Lausanne in 1914 and created costumes for Stravinsky's…Froment, Nicolas
(Encyclopedia) Froment, NicolasFroment, Nicolasnēkôläˈ frômäNˈ [key], fl. 2d half of 15th cent., French painter of the Provençal school. While in the service of René of Anjou at Avignon, he painted…Lacoste, René
(Encyclopedia) Lacoste, RenéLacoste, Renérənāˈ läkôstˈ [key], 1905–96, French tennis player. He won the French singles championship (1925, 1927, and 1929), the British singles championship (1925,…Caillié, René
(Encyclopedia) Caillié, RenéCaillié, Renérənāˈ kāyāˈ [key], 1799–1838, French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasants, he was…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
