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Henri Arnauld (1597–1692) was a French Catholic bishop. Arnauld was born in Paris , and was first destined for the Bar, but was taken to Rome by Cardinal Bentivoglio and during this absence, which lasted five years, the court granted him (1624) the Abbey of Saint-Nicholas .
This is a list of notable French scientists. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. A José Achache (20th-21st centuries), geophysicist and ecologist Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher Claude Allègre (born 1937 ...
Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to develop a calculator by the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as the supervisor of taxes in Rouen. [2]
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, investor and art collector. [2] [3] He is the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company.
Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010 [1] [2]) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, [3] an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter.
Blaise Compaoré (born 3 February 1951) [4] [5] is a Burkinabé-Ivorian former politician who served as the second president of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014. He was a close associate of the first president, Thomas Sankara , during the 1980s and in October 1987 he led a coup d'état during which Sankara was killed .
Paul Blaine Henrie (4 February 1932 – 18 October 1999) was an American painter and illustrator who was known for seascapes and coastal scenes.. Henrie was born Paul McKinley Henrie in Tampa, Florida. [1]
Three primary schools: Jean de la Fontaine, Blaise Pascal, Louis Pasteur (Élisabethville). Secondary school: Benjamin Franklin (opened 1982), home to 600 pupils from neighbouring communes Épône, Mézières-sur-Seine and La Falaise. Its name is derived from the fact that Franklin stayed in Épône when he was Ambassador in France.