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The University of Geneva (French: Université de Genève) is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a theological seminary. [3] [4] It remained focused on theology until the 17th century, when it became a center for enlightenment scholarship. Today, it is the third ...
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This is a list of notable alumni of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (French: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, abbreviated IHEID or the Graduate Institute Geneva), a bilingual postgraduate university located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Pages in category "Academic staff of the University of Geneva" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 204 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) .
The grounds of Geneva's Fondation Louis-Jeantet contain a 15 by 15 sq. m. courtyard within a sunken hortus conclusus (i.e. an enclosed garden) with an area of about 1300 sq. m. [3] In 1904 Aimée Wexel, princess Franceschi, commissioned the so-called « Helios » villa, built in the neo-renaissance style very popular in Italy at the end of the ...
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[b] Those worn by clergy are often called preaching bands or Geneva bands; [c] those worn by lawyers are called barrister's bands or, more usually in Ireland and Canada, tabs. Ruffs were popular in the sixteenth century, and remained so until the late 1640s, alongside the more fashionable standing and falling bands. Ruffs, like bands, were sewn ...