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Jacques Marquette, S.J. (French pronunciation: [ʒak maʁkɛt]; June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), [1] sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, [2] was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace.
Jacques Marquette is a statue by Gaetano Trentanove of Jacques Marquette, the best-known version being the 1896 marble one installed in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol in Washington D.C.
Knepper was commissioned to create the work in May 2004. Funding for the commission was donated by John Madden, an alumnus and member of Marquette's board of trustees, and his wife Mary. [1] Curtis L. Carter, then director of the campus Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, managed the commission. [3]
Statue of Jacques Marquette (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) This page was last edited on 8 September 2024, at 01:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Father Marquette National Memorial pays tribute to the life and work of Jacques Marquette, French priest and explorer. The memorial is located in Straits State Park near St. Ignace in the modern-day U.S. state of Michigan, where he founded a Jesuit mission in 1671 and was buried in 1678. The associated Father Marquette Museum building was ...
Statue of James Z. George: Bronze: Augustus Lukeman: 1931 Capitol Visitor Center [50] Missouri: Statue of Harry S. Truman: Bronze: Tom Corbin: 2022 Rotunda [51] Statue of Francis Preston Blair Jr. Marble: Alexander Doyle: 1899 Hall of Columns [52] Montana: Statue of Jeannette Rankin: Bronze: Terry Mimnaugh: 1985 Capitol Visitor Center [53 ...
Actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member; wore his Marquette Rugby jacket during a college scene in Tommy Boy [16] [17] Kevin Farley: 1998 Actor and comedian; brother of Chris Farley [18] Pat Finn: 1987 Actor [18] Michael F. Flynn: 1971 Science-fiction writer, author of In the Country of the Blind [19] James Foley: 1996
James Bernett "Bunny" Chones (born November 30, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player, and current radio analyst for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A 6'11" forward / center , Chones starred at Marquette University , where he earned All-America honors as a junior in 1972 after averaging 20.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. [ 1 ]