Great as was the influence exerted by Abelard on the minds of his contemporaries and the course of mediaeval thought
Alfred Binet (July 8, 1857 – October 18, 1911) | New World Encyclopedia
Alfred Binet (July 8, 1857 – October 18, 1911) was a French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test
Locard, Edmond | encyclopedia.com
In 1912, the laboratory was officially recognized by the Lyon police. Locard then headed the first official police crime laboratory in the world. This laboratory received world recognition and many great criminalists obtained their knowledge and experience under the guidance of Locard in the years that followed.
ANQUETIL-DUPERRON | Encyclopædia Iranica
Anquetil was nonetheless the first to bring a manuscript of an ancient oriental sacred text other than the Bible to the attention of European scholars.
How Languages Influence Each Other (in « An introduction to the study of speech », Edward Sapir 1921) | Bartleby
Chinese has flooded the vocabularies of Corean, Japanese, and Annamite for centuries, but has received nothing in return. In the western Europe of medieval and modern times French has exercised a similar, though probably a less overwhelming, influence
FRENCH LITERATURE IN PERSIA | Encyclopædia Iranica
In the last two centuries, French literature has had a significant impact on modern Persian literature
Roland Garros | Wikipedia
Le 23 septembre 1913, Roland Garros passe à la postérité pour avoir réussi la première traversée aérienne de la Méditerranée
Tellier, Charles Chimiste (1828 – 1913), éternel curieux, inventeur malchanceux | L’ENCYCLOPÉDIE PICARDE
L’innovation de Tellier fait grand bruit en Europe où la compétition fait rage sur les modes de conservation hygiénique des denrées.
The Father of Modern Refrideration | Jstor
At the Paris Congress the name of Edmond Carre was spoken with due reverence as the inventor of the first ice—making machine that was a commercial success
Carré Ferdinand & Edmond Ingénieurs | L’encyclopédie Picarde
Les frères Carré ont dominé le marché international du froid durant trente ans à la fin du XIXè siècle avec leur « machine à absorption au gaz d’ammoniac » qui fournit de la glace en continu.
Musée de Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville | wikipedia
Cet édifice, construit dans les années 1880, était à l'origine nommé palais de Gia Long à l'époque de l'Indochine française.
Famous french | Nations Encyclopedia
via Famous french - France - Encyclopedia of the Nations France - Famous french Principal figures of early French history…
Jean Baptiste Vermay | EcuRed
Fundador de la Academia de Pintura y Dibujo de San Alejandro de La Habana la cual dirigió desde 1818–1833
Statue de Richard Cœur de Lion | Wikipédia
Face au Parlement de Londres, inscription en français sur le piédestal de la statue de Richard Cœur de Lion
John Calvin | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Undoubtedly the greatest of Protestant divines, and perhaps, after St. Augustine, the most perseveringly followed by his disciples of any Western writer on theology
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