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Régnier, Henri de
(Encyclopedia)Régnier, Henri de äNrēˈ də rānyāˈ [key], 1864–1936, French poet, one of the young symbolists of the circle of Mallarmé. His early Poèmes anciens et romanesques (1891) showed skill in free ...Beyle, Marie Henri
(Encyclopedia)Beyle, Marie Henri: see Stendhal. ...Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri äNrēˈ gōdyāˈ-bərzĕskäˈ [key], 1891–1915, French sculptor. He was the chief exponent of vorticism in sculpture. Mainly self-taught in England and Germany, Gaudier sho...De Coster, Charles Théodore Henri
(Encyclopedia)De Coster, Charles Théodore Henri də kŏsˈtər, Fr. shärl tāōdôrˈ äNrēˈ də kôstĕrˈ [key], 1827–79, Belgian author, b. Munich. His collected legends from Flemish folklore (1857), writt...Grouès, Henri Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Grouès, Henri Antoine: see Pierre, Abbé. ...Cartan, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Cartan, Henri: see under Cartan, Élie Joseph. ...Christophe, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Christophe, Henri äNrēˈ krēstôfˈ [key], 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader. A freed black slave, he aided Toussaint Louverture in the liberation of Haiti and was army chief under Dessalin...Bergson, Henri
(Encyclopedia)Bergson, Henri äNrēˈ bĕrgsôNˈ [key], 1859–1941, French philosopher. He became a professor at the Collège de France in 1900, devoted some time to politics, and, after World War I, took an inte...Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin
(Encyclopedia)Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin: see Constant, Benjamin. ...Benjamin Constant, Paul Henri
(Encyclopedia)Benjamin Constant, Paul Henri: see Estournelles de Constant. ...Browse by Subject
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