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Gautier, Théophile
(Encyclopedia) Gautier, ThéophileGautier, Théophiletāôfēlˈ [key]Gautier, Théophile gōtyāˈ [key], 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic. He was a leading exponent of “art for art's sake”—the…Parnassians
(Encyclopedia) ParnassiansParnassianspärnăsˈēənz [key], group of 19th-century French poets, so called from their journal the Parnasse contemporain. Issued from 1866 to 1876, it included poems of…Tarbes
(Encyclopedia) TarbesTarbestärb [key], city (1990 pop. 50,228), capital of Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, on the Adour River. It is an industrial, commercial, and tourist center in a cattle- and…Brewer's: Gautier
and Garguille (French). All the world and his wife. Se mocquer de Gautier et de Garguille (to make fun of everyone). Gautier-Garguille was a clown of the seventeenth century, who gave…La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur deLa Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur degōtyāˈ də kôst syör də lä kälprənĕdˈ [key], 1609?–1663, French novelist and dramatist. His best-…Gautier, Émile Félix
(Encyclopedia) Gautier, Émile FélixGautier, Émile Félixāmēlˈ fālēksˈ gōtyāˈ [key], 1864–1940, French geographer, an authority on Algiers, the Sahara, and the French African possessions. He explored W…Gramme, Zénobe-Théophile
(Encyclopedia) Gramme, Zénobe-ThéophileGramme, Zénobe-Théophilezānôbˈ tāôfēlˈ gräm [key], 1826–1901, Belgian electrical engineer. While working as a model maker for a Parisian manufacturer of…Laënnec, René Théophile Hyacinthe
(Encyclopedia) Laënnec, René Théophile HyacintheLaënnec, René Théophile Hyacintherənāˈ tāôfēlˈ yäsaNtˈ läānĕkˈ [key], 1781–1826, French physician. While connected with the Necker Hospital in Paris he…La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret de
(Encyclopedia) La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret deLa Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret detāōfēlˈ mälōˈ kôrāˈ də lä t&oomacr;r dōvĕrˈnyə [key], 1743–1800, French soldier. Although an…Delcassé, Théophile
(Encyclopedia) Delcassé, ThéophileDelcassé, Théophiletāôfēlˈ dĕlkäsāˈ [key], 1852–1923, French foreign minister. He began his career as a political journalist and then turned to politics. First…Trending
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