Boulainvilliers, Henri, Count of

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• Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers —     Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Henri, Count of Boulainvilliers     Born at Saint Saire (Seine Inférieure) France, 11 October, 1658; died at Paris, 23 January, 1722. He was one of the first French historians to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Henri de Boulainvilliers — (October 21, 1658, Saint Saire, Normandy – January 23, 1722, Paris) was a French writer and historian. Educated at the college of Juilly, he served in the army until 1697. He translated into French Spinoza s Ethics and wrote an analysis of his… …   Wikipedia

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

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• Race — /rays/, n. Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland. * * * I Term once commonly used in physical anthropology to denote a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and sufficient to characterize it as a… …   Universalium

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• Charles-Jean-François Hénault — (8 February 1685 – 24 November 1770) was a French historian. Contents 1 Biography …   Wikipedia