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G. sylvestre may refer to: Galium sylvestre, a synonym for Galium album, a plant species native to Europe; Gymnema sylvestre, a herb species native to the tropical ...
Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (May 17, 1918 – September 26, 2010) was a Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant. Born in Sorel , Quebec , he attended College Ste-Marie , Montreal , and received his B.A. in 1939 and MA in 1942 from the University of Ottawa where he began his literary career as writer and critic.
Carlos Sylvestre Begnis (1903–1980), Argentine medical doctor and politician; Philippe Sylvestre Dufour (1622–1687), French Protestant apothecary, banker, collector, and author; Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup (1782–1862), French physician and naturalist; Marie Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon (1760–1847), French ecclesiastic
Gymnema sylvestre [1] is a perennial woody vine native to Asia (including the Arabian Peninsula), Africa and Australia. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine.Common names include gymnema, [2] Australian cowplant, and Periploca of the woods, and the Hindi term gurmar, which means "sugar destroyer".
Định was born from a peasant family in Bến Tre Province, and fought with the Viet Minh forces against the French. She was arrested and incarcerated by the French colonial authority between 1940–43, and helped lead an insurrection in Bến Tre in 1945, and again in 1960 (against the government of Ngô Đình Diệm).
Guy Sylvestre (1918–2010), Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant; Joseph-Noël Sylvestre (1847–1926), French painter; Liza Sylvestre (born 1983), American visual artist; Louis Sylvestre (1832–1914), farmer and political figure in Quebec; Olivier Sylvestre (born 1982), Canadian writer; René Sylvestre (1962–2021), Haitian ...
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.
Emperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán: 阮惠), also known as Nguyễn Quang Bình (chữ Hán: 阮光平), or Hồ Thơm (chữ Hán: 胡𦹳) was the second emperor of the Tây Sơn dynasty, reigning from 1788 until 1792. [2]