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101Girondin — or Girondist Label applied to a loose grouping of republican politicians, some of them originally from the département of Gironde, who played a leading role in the Legislative Assembly from October 1791 to September 1792 during the French… …
102Weber, Eugen Joseph — ▪ 2008 Romanian born American historian born April 24, 1925, Bucharest, Rom. died May 17, 2007, Los Angeles, Calif. was a noted authority on modern European particularly French history. Among his highly regarded works were Action Française …
103Aberdeenshire — ▪ council area, Scotland, United Kingdom also called Aberdeen council area and historic county of eastern Scotland. It projects shoulderlike eastward into the North Sea and encompasses coastal lowlands in the north and east and part of the… …
104Barnave, Antoine — ▪ French politician in full Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave born October 22, 1761, Grenoble, France died November 29, 1793, Paris prominent political figure of the early French Revolutionary period whose oratorical skill and political …
105Berryer, Pierre-Antoine — ▪ French lawyer and politician born Jan. 4, 1790, Paris, France died Nov. 29, 1868, Augerville French lawyer and politician, defender of the freedom of the press during the reigns of King Louis Philippe and Napoleon III. Called to the …
106Comte, Auguste — ▪ French philosopher Introduction in full Isidore auguste marie françois xavier Comte born January 19, 1798, Montpellier, France died September 5, 1857, Paris French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of Positivism. Comte gave… …
107Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
108Hoel, Halvor — ▪ Norwegian politician born Feb. 4, 1766, Hedmark province, Nor. died March 5, 1852, Hedmark peasant agitator who influenced peasant opinion against Norway s early 19th century political leaders. A member of a wealthy peasant family,… …
109Polignac family — ▪ French family French noble house important in European history. From the 1050s and perhaps even from 860, the first viscounts of Polignac (in the modern département of Haute Loire) were practically independent rulers of Velay, where …
110Redemptorists — • Society of missionary priests founded by St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori in 1732 at Scala, Italy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Redemptorists Redemptorists …
