Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. One of his most famous works is Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) . Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Life. Count Antoine Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon into an old family of provincial nobility, the third of five children of Count Jean de Saint-Exupéry, an insurance broker who died when his famous son was three, and his wife, Marie de Foscolombe. After failing his final exams at a ...

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• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Named after Saint-Exupéry

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Count Antoine Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon into an old family of provincial nobility, the third of five children of Count Jean de Saint-Exupéry, an insurance broker who died when his famous son was three, and his wife, Marie de Foscolombe. After failing his final exams at a preparatory school, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture. In 1921, he began his military service in the 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs, and was sent to Strasbourg for training as a pilot. The next year, he obtained his license an ...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Life, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Discovery of the crash site, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Works, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Notes, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Named after Saint-Exupéry

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Arras is a town and commune in northern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pas-de-Calais département. Arras - History. Originally settled by the Celtic tribe of the Atrebates, it later became a Roman garrison town known as Atrebatum. It is located in the former Dutch and French province of ...

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The term 3-D (or 3D) is used to describe any visual presentation system that attempts to maintain or recreate the third dimension, the illusion of depth as seen by the viewer. The basic principle involves taking two pictures, either still or moving, with cameras positioned side by side, and with identical technical characteristics. When viewed in such a way that each eye sees only the image taken on the same side as itself, the viewer's visual cortex will interpret the pair of images as a single three-dimen ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid), which are much smaller than planets. Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were not incorporated into planets during the system's formation. Some asteroids have moons. The vast majority of the asteroids are within the main asteroid belt, with elliptical orbits between those of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid - Definition. The term "as ...

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Wind, Sand and Stars is a French book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry published in 1939 in which the famous pilot and philosopher recounts several episodes in his life as a pilot. The book illustrates his view of the world, his opinions of what makes life worth living, and who we are or should be. The original French title is Terre des Hommes ("Earth of Men"). Wind Sand and Stars - Awards. Outside magazine voted it #1 of all time out of a list of 25 adventure/explorer books. ...

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Bruno Ganz ▶ (help·info) (born March 22, 1941 in Zurich) is a Swiss actor. Before taking his Matura exams (in Switzerland, the general qualification for university entrance), Ganz had decided to become an actor. In 1960, aged 19, he played his first movie role, in Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone ("The Man in the Black Derby"). Gustav Knuth, one of the main acto ...

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See text The baobabs (Adansonia), occasionally known colloquially as "monkey-bread trees", are a genus of eight species of trees, native to Madagascar (the centre of diversity, with six species), and Africa and Australia (one species in each). The species reach heights of between 5-25 m (exceptionally 30 m) tall, and up to 7 m (exceptionally 11 m) in trunk diameter. They are noted for storing water inside the swollen trunk. All occur in seasonally arid areas, and are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry ...

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Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. The term is normally applied to pilots but it can be applied more broadly, for example to include people such as wing-walkers who regularly take part in an aerobatic display sequence. The term aviatrix is sometimes used of women flyers, reflecting the word's Latin root. The term was more commonly used in the early days of aviation and has connotations of bravery and adventure. As Steve Fossett has shown with his 2002 solo flight around the glob ...

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Aéropostale (formally, Compagnie générale aéropostale) was a pioneering French aviation company. It was founded in 1919 by Pierre-Georges Latécoère as "Société des lignes Latécoère". Between 1921 and 1927 it operated as "Compagnie générale d'entreprises aéronautiques", at the end of which period it acquired its most famous name. The company's activities specialised in, ...

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2578 Saint-Exupéry is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Tamara M. Smirnova on November 2, 1975. It is named after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French aviator and writer. The name is appropriate, as Saint-Exupéry's best-known character, The Little Prince, lives on an asteroid. In the book, the little prince's asteroid also has a unique code: B612. 2578 Saint-Exupéry's provisional designation was 1975 VW3, which is not a match. However, there is another asteroid called 46610 Bésixdouze, which is French for " ...

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Contrary to what it says in the introduction, Guerlain does not solely exist to produce and market perfumes. It also makes and sells a range of makeup and skincare products. I'm putting the edit here since the edit link on the intro wasn't letting me make a fix there at the time. If someone can get to it, please put this fix in the proper location. Thanks. Guerlain - The Beginning. The House of Guerlain was founded in 1828, when Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain opened his perfume store on 42, rue ...

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3-D film - Early History. As early as 1853, the Englishman Sir Charles Wheatstone experimented with a modified stereoscope to show 3-D paper strips (perforated film had not yet been invented) with scenes filmed at Hyde Park, London. The first publicly shown 3-D movie short (lasting approximately one minute) was made by the Brothers Lumiére in 1903 (L'Arrivée du Train), showing the arrival of a train in a railway station. It was presented at the World's Fair of 1903 in Paris. It could only be viewe ...

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French franc - Before the French Revolution. The franc was introduced by king John II of France in 1360. Its name comes from the inscription reading Johannes Dei Gratia Francorum Rex ("Jean by the grace of God King of the French") and its value was set as one "livre tournois" (a money of account). Other francs were minted under Charles V of France, Henri III of France and Henri IV of France. Louis XIII of France stopped minting the franc in 1641 (eventually replacing it with the Louis), but use of the name "franc" continued in acc ...

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The airline's history can be traced back to the year 1929, when carrier Aeroposta started operations. The Argentine government, recognizing Argentina's vast geographic size and the need for fast transportation links between the countryside and the larger cities, established an airline company to carry passengers and mail. The first two destinations served were Mendoza and Posadas. Frenchmen Jean Mermoz and Antoine de Sai ...

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As early as 1853 the Englishman Sir Charles Wheatstone experimented with a modified stereoscope to show 3-D paper strips (the perforated film had not yet been invented) with scenes filmed in Hyde Park, London. The very first publicly shown short 3-D movie (lasting only about a minute) was made by the Brothers Lumiére in 1903 (L'Arrivée du Train), showing the arrival of a train in a railway station. It was presented at the World's Fair of 1903 in Paris. It could only be viewed by one person at a time on a modified stereoscope, as a proper screening-process to divide the left and right picture ...

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3-D film, 3-D film - History, 3-D film - Scientific education & military uses, 3-D film - Techniques, 3-D film - New developments

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull - The first part. Several early commentators, focusing mainly on the first part of the book, see it as part of the American self-help and positive thinking culture, epitomised by Norman Vincent Peale and by the New Thought movement. Some have described it as having Christian-anarchist characteristics. It has also been compared to the children's tale The Little Engine That Could. But while Jonathan Livingston Seagull may take the form of a traditional animal fable, and can be enjoyed by young children ...

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The prince lives on an asteroid, B612, which has three volcanoes (two active, and one dormant) and a rose. He spends his days caring for his asteroid, pulling out the baobab trees that are constantly trying to take root there. The trees will rip his little world apart if they are allowed to grow. The Prince leaves one day to see what the rest of the universe is like, and visits several other asteroids each of which is inhabited by an adult who is foolish in his own way: The King who believes he rules the stars beca ...

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The Little Prince, The Little Prince - Story, The Little Prince - Animated Series, The Little Prince - Episode titles, The Little Prince - Astronomy, The Little Prince - References in popular culture, The Little Prince - Adaptations in other media

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The prince lives on an asteroid, B612, which has three volcanoes (two active, and one dormant) and a rose. He spends his days caring for his asteroid, pulling out the baobab trees that are constantly trying to take root there. The trees will rip his little world apart if they are allowed to grow. The Prince leaves one day to see what the rest of the universe is like, and visits several other asteroids each of which is inhabited by an adult who is foolish in his own way: The King who believes he rules the stars beca ...

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The Little Prince, The Little Prince - Story, The Little Prince - Animated Series, The Little Prince - Episode Titles, The Little Prince - Astronomy, The Little Prince - References in popular culture, The Little Prince - Adaptations in other media

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