Légion d'honneur - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Légion D'honneur: Encyclopedia Ii - Légion D'honneur - Insignia
In summary, Grand Cross - wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star on the left chest; Grand Officer - wears the ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Édouard Manet: Encyclopedia - Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883) was a French painter. One of the first 19th century artists to approach modern-life ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-American-Canadian scientist and inventor. He was, until recently,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alphonse-marie-adolphe De Neuville: Encyclopedia - Alphonse-marie-adolphe De Neuville
Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835-1885) was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His subjects included t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolfo Bioy Casares: Encyclopedia - Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 - March 18, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer. Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires. He wrot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson: Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859 – January 4, 1941) was a French philosopher, influential in France, but out of the main currents ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Greenspan: Encyclopedia - Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan, KBE, PhD (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zinédine Zidane: Encyclopedia - Zinédine Zidane
* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of . ** National team caps and goals correct as of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vendée Globe: Encyclopedia - Vendée Globe
The Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance.[1] The race was founded by Phili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Andreou: Encyclopedia - Constantine Andreou
Constantine Andreou (Constantine Andréou, Κωνσταντίνος Ανδρέου), (b. March 14, 1917), is recognized as one of the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colette: Encyclopedia - Colette
Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954). She was born in Saint-Sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Randal Cremer: Encyclopedia - William Randal Cremer
Sir William Randal Cremer, (March 18, 1828 – July 22, 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English MP and pacifist. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honour: Encyclopedia - Honour
Honour (CwE) or honor (AmE) comprises the reputation, self-perception or moral identity of an individual or of a group. Honour - Honour s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosette Decoration: Encyclopedia - Rosette Decoration
Rosettes are small, circular devices that are presented with a medal. The rosettes are primarily for situations where wearing the medal i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexis Carrel: Encyclopedia - Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel (June 28, 1873 – November 5, 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edith Wharton: Encyclopedia Ii - Edith Wharton - Biography
Born Edith Newbold Jones, to a wealthy New York family often associated with the phrase Keeping up with the Joneses, Edith combined her i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henri Louis Le Chatelier: Encyclopedia Ii - Henri Louis Le Chatelier - Early Life
Le Chatelier was born on October 8, 1850, the son of engineer Louis Le Chatelier and Louise Durand.His best friend was Josh Perez who inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Presidential Medal Of Freedom: Encyclopedia Ii - Presidential Medal Of Freedom - Notable Recipients
Well-known recipients of the award, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned. Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medal Of Honor: Encyclopedia Ii - Medal Of Honor - Evolution Of Awarding Criteria
Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy medal of valor, was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on December 21, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michel Platini: Encyclopedia Ii - Michel Platini - Honours
Michel Platini - Decorations. Michel Platini was appointed as "Chevalier" (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1985 and became "Officie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President Of The French Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The French Republic - Presidential Powers
Unlike many other European presidents, the office of the French President is quite a powerful one, especially in matters of foreign polic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predrag Koraksić Corax: Encyclopedia Ii - Predrag Koraksić Corax - Biography
Koraksić was born in Čačak in 1933. His father, one of the Partisan Movement leaders, was killed during the World War II by Chetniks. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Encyclopedia Ii - Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Biography
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in the village of Kuryłówka in the province of Podolia, Poland. His father was working there as an econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Lovell: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Lovell - Nasa Experience
Lovell was the backup pilot for Gemini 4, and his first spaceflight was as pilot of Gemini 7 in December 1965, which was the first flight...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Cassatt: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Cassatt - Selected Works
Two Women Throwing Flowers (1872) Portrait of Madame Sisley (1873) Portrait of a Lady Seville (1873) Toreador (1873) Portrait of a Woman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Michel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Michel - Political Career
From 1967 to 1977, he was chairman of the Young Liberals in the district of Nivelles. Then he became alderman in Jodoigne from 1977 to 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Wayne Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Wayne Clark - World War Ii
During World War II, He was the Deputy Commander for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. He landed by submarine weeks b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Explorers
List of Greeks - Explorers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Colaeus of Samos (628 B.C.) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484?-420? BC) Nea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Science And Technology
List of prizes medals and awards - Mathematics. Abel Prize Bôcher Memorial Prize Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Proble...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Léopold Eyharts: Encyclopedia Ii - Léopold Eyharts - Military And Flight Experience
He joined the French Air Force Academy of Salon-de-Provence in 1977 and was graduated as an aeronautical engineer in 1979. In 1980, he be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone: Encyclopedia Ii - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Political Career
Seely was elected Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight in 1900, a seat he held until 1906, and again from 1923 to 1924, and also sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnnie Johnson Pilot: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnnie Johnson Pilot - Biography
Johnnie Johnson pilot - Early life. Johnson was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, and was educated at Loughborough Gramm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Science And Technology
List of prizes medals and awards - Mathematics. Ramanujan Prize Abel Prize Bôcher Memorial Prize Clay Mathematics Institute's Millenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Aznavour: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Aznavour - Biography
Aznavour was born Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian in Paris, the son of Armenian immigrants. At an early age, his artistic parents introduced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sean Connery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sean Connery - Personal Life
Connery was born in Fountainbridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a Christian mixed-denomination couple. His father, Joseph Connery, was a Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred De Musset: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred De Musset - Biography
De Musset was born and died in Paris. He entered the collège Henri-IV at the age of nine, where he won in 1837 the Latin essay prize in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoine Rigaudeau: Encyclopedia Ii - Antoine Rigaudeau - Honours
With the French national team Sylver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games Bronze medal at the 2005 European Championship In clubs with Él...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Biography
Born Alexander Bell in Edinburgh, he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family friend. Many c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyajit Ray: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyajit Ray - Creative Career
In 1949, before he decided to make films, Ray met the great French director Jean Renoir who visited Calcutta to scout locations for his f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert M. Parker Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert M. Parker Jr. - Books
Parker has written eleven books on wine that have been best sellers not only in the United States, but also in their translated versions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000 In Art: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000 In Art - Other Artworks
2000 in art - Paintings. ... by ... 2000 in art - Sculptures. ... by ... 2000 in art - Other. ... by ... ... See also:2000 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A.j. Liebling: Encyclopedia Ii - A.j. Liebling - A Little Liebling
Liebling is remembered for many quotes and aphorisms, such as: "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." "People e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simon Wiesenthal: Encyclopedia Ii - Simon Wiesenthal - Early Life And World War Ii
Wiesenthal was born Szymon Wiesenthal in Buczacz, Polish Galicia then a part of Austria-Hungary, now a part of the Lviv Oblast section of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Dolmetsch: Encyclopedia Ii - Arnold Dolmetsch - The Early Music Revival
Dolmetsch was employed for a short time as a music teacher at Dulwich College, but his interest in early instruments was awakened by seei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - César Cui: Encyclopedia Ii - César Cui - Biography
César Cui - Upbringing and Career. Cesarius-Benjaminus (Цезарий-Вениамин) Cui was born in Vilnius (the capital of Lithu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zinédine Zidane: Encyclopedia Ii - Zinédine Zidane - Career
Zidane was a member of the French football team in 1998 World Cup, which France won, scoring two goals in the final against Brazil. Two y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Biography
Born Alexander Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland, he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vendée Globe: Encyclopedia Ii - Vendée Globe - The Race
The race starts and finishes in Les Sables-d'Olonne, in the Vendée département of France; both Les Sables d’Olonne and the Vendée Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Édouard Manet: Encyclopedia Ii - Édouard Manet - Cafe Scenes
Manet's paintings of cafe scenes show the leisurely world of restaurants in Paris. People are depicted doing many activities such as drin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Edison: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Edison - Middle Career
Thomas Edison - Menlo Park. Edison's major innovation was the Menlo Park research lab, which was built in New Jersey. It was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Currie: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Currie - World War I
With Garnet Hughes, son of the Canadian minister of militia Sam Hughes, he was sent to Europe upon the outbreak of the First World War in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legion Of Merit: Encyclopedia Ii - Legion Of Merit - History
Although recommendations for creation of a Meritorious Service Medal were initiated as early as September 1937, no formal action was take...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mottos: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mottos - Organisations
List of mottos - Medical. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety) Ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Vasarely: Encyclopedia Ii - Victor Vasarely - Life And Work
Born on 9 April 1906 in Pécs, Hungary, he grew up in Piešťany (Hungarian: Pöstyén) and Budapest where in 1925 he took up medical stu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Edison: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Edison - Inventor
Thomas Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey with the automatic repeater and other improved telegraphic devices, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson: Encyclopedia Ii - Henri Bergson - The Lectures On Change And Bergson's Later Life
Bergson visited the University of Oxford, where he delivered two lectures entitled La Perception du Changement (The Perception of Change)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sean Connery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sean Connery - Personal Life
Connery was born in Fountainbridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, to a Christian mixed-denomination couple. His father, Joseph Connery, was a Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacques Chirac: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacques Chirac - Presidency
Jacques Chirac - First term as president. His 18 years as mayor of Paris finally proved the launching pad for his first successful bid ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulcan Planet - The Search For Vulcan
In December 1859, Le Verrier received a letter from a French physician and amateur astronomer called Edmond Modeste Lescarbault, who clai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honour: Encyclopedia Ii - Honour - Honour Sex And Violence
Previously, honour figured largely as a guiding principle of society, functioning as part of a code of honour for a gentleman and often c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - François Joseph Bosio: Encyclopedia Ii - François Joseph Bosio - Biography
Born in Monaco, Bosio was a student of the eminent sculptor Augustin Pajou and first worked in Italy, on churches, in the 1790s. He was r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Henry: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Henry - Commissioner
On Sir Edward Bradford's retirement in 1903, Henry was appointed Commissioner, which had always been the Home Office's plan. Henry is gen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marthe Bibesco: Encyclopedia Ii - Marthe Bibesco - Literary Glory
When Romania at last entered the war on the Allied side, in 1916, Marthe worked at a hospital in Bucharest until the German army burned d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gene Kelly: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Kelly - Filmography
As Actor: For Me and My Gal (1942) Pilot #5 (1943) Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Thousands Cheer (1943) The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Cover ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippe Leclerc De Hautecloque: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippe Leclerc De Hautecloque - Biography
He was born in Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France. He attended the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, graduating in 1924, and ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Horwood Police Commissioner: Encyclopedia Ii - William Horwood Police Commissioner - Military Career
Horwood was born in Broadwater, Sussex. At the age of 20, he was commissioned into the 5th Lancers. He married Violet Fife (1864/65–194...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Greenspan: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Greenspan - Early Life
Dr. Greenspan was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1926. He studied at Juilliard from 1943 to 1944 and is known as an accompli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosette Decoration: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosette Decoration - United States
In the United States, only one medal is currently issued with a rosette, the Medal of Honor. The rosette is authorized for civilian wear....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Andreou: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine Andreou - Biographical Overview
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 14, 1917 of Greek parents, he moved to Greece in 1925 with his family. In 1935, he received a degree i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jules Brunet: Encyclopedia Ii - Jules Brunet - First French Military Mission To Japan
The military mission was able to train the army of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu for a little more than one year, before the Tokugawa shoguna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Pelliot: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Pelliot - The Expedition
Pelliot's expedition left Paris on June 17, 1906. His 3-man team included Dr. Louis Vaillant, an Army medical officer, and Charles Nouett...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nancy Wake: Encyclopedia Ii - Nancy Wake - Biography
Born Nancy Grace Augusta Wake in Wellington, New Zealand, her family moved to Australia in 1914. At the age of 16, she ran away from home...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolas Joseph Maison: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicolas Joseph Maison - Bourbon Restoration
After the abdication of the emperor, Maison rallied to Louis XVIII of France, who made hime a Knight of St. Louis and appointed him Gover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zinédine Zidane: Encyclopedia Ii - Zinédine Zidane - Career
Though beeing born in Marseille, Zidane has never played for them, so it was rumored that he might want to finish his career there. Zidan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Lovell: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Lovell - Nasa Experience
Lovell was the backup pilot for Gemini 4, and his first spaceflight was as pilot of Gemini 7 in December 1965, which was the first flight...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson: Encyclopedia Ii - Henri Bergson - The Lectures On Change, And Bergson's Later Life
Bergson visited the University of Oxford, where he delivered two lectures entitled La Perception du Changement (The Perception of Change)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Greenspan: Encyclopedia Ii - Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges Of Partisanship, Alliance With President Bush
Senate minority leader Harry Reid turned heads on March 3, 2005 when he attacked Mr. Greenspan as "one of the biggest political hacks we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - César Cui: Encyclopedia Ii - César Cui - Selected Literary Works
(Note: As yet there is no complete collected edition of Cui's writings. The vast majority of his published articles on music, in particul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - César Cui: Encyclopedia Ii - César Cui - Cui As A Composer
(Note: See the List of compositions by César Cui) Cui composed in almost all genres of his time, with the distinct exceptions of the sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - César Cui: Encyclopedia Ii - César Cui - Cui As A Music Critic
As a writer on music, Cui contributed almost 800 articles between 1864 and 1918 to various newspapers and other publications in Russia an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Dolmetsch: Encyclopedia Ii - Arnold Dolmetsch - The Dolmetsch Family
Arnold Dolmetsch was married three times. On 28 May 1878 he married Marie Morel of Namur, France (a widow, ten years his senior) but was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulcan Planet - Vulcan In Modern Fiction
Ross Rocklynne wrote a short story, "At the Center of Gravity", about two individuals trapped inside a hollow Vulcan. The story was publi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Eugenics
Along with many very prominent thinkers and scientists of the time, Bell was connected with the eugenics movement in the United States. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arnold Dolmetsch: Encyclopedia Ii - Arnold Dolmetsch - Dolmetsch's Early Life
The Dolmetsch family was originally of Bohemian origin, but (Eugène) Arnold Dolmetsch, the son of Rudolph Arnold Dolmetsch and his wife ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulcan Planet - Argument For Vulcan's Existence
Vulcan was proposed to explain a small perturbation in Mercury's orbit from the path predicted by classical mechanics, technically called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulcan Planet - Vulcan Revived
Observing a planet inside the orbit of Mercury would be extremely difficult, since the telescope must be pointed very close to the Sun, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victor Vasarely: Encyclopedia Ii - Victor Vasarely - The Vasarely Foundation
What has happened to the Vasarely Foundation, a non-profit making institution, acknowledged of public utility in 1971, conceived and fina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zinédine Zidane: Encyclopedia Ii - Zinédine Zidane - Legacy
Zidane is one of the soccer icons of his generation and is known to be modest, quiet and self-admittedly shy. He is married to a French w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Currie: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Currie - Regimental Scandal And Postwar Libel Suit
Currie was also involved in a scandal stemming from his time in Victoria just before the war began. He defrauded his regiment of $10,000 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulcan Planet - Search Conclusion
In 1877 Le Verrier died, still convinced of having discovered another planet. With the loss of its principal proponent, the search for Vu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Édouard Manet: Encyclopedia Ii - Édouard Manet - Early Life
Édouard Manet was born in Paris. His mother, Eugénie-Desirée Fournier, was the goddaughter of the Swedish crown prince, Charles Bernad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Arts And Letters
List of prizes medals and awards - Art. Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award Beck's Futures Carnegie Prize Osamu Tez...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone: Encyclopedia Ii - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Early Life
Seely was the son of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Harrow School, where he met an older Stanley Baldwin and a younge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Lovell: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Lovell - Awards And Decorations
Captain Lovell's awards & decorations include: Military Awards Navy Distinguished Service Medal Distinguished Flying Cross with gold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Lovell: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Lovell - After The Us Navy And Nasa
He retired from the Navy and the space program in 1973 and went to work at the Bay-Houston Towing Company in Houston, Texas, becoming CEO...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert M. Parker Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert M. Parker Jr. - Awards And Recognition
Parker has been profiled in many magazines and newspapers in the U.S., Britain and France. In 1993, Parker received the Wine and Vine Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Pelliot: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Pelliot - The Return And Later Years
Pelliot returned to Paris on October 24, 1909, to a vicious smear campaign mounted against himself, Edouard Chavannes (a fellow sinologis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President Of The French Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of The French Republic - Succession
  Belgium   Denmark   Ethiopia   Japan   Liechtenstein   Luxembourg   Monaco   Netherlands  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marthe Bibesco: Encyclopedia Ii - Marthe Bibesco - Before World War I
Despite the birth of a daughter, Valentina, in 1903, despite the circle of friends she had, Marthe was bored. When George was sent by Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marthe Bibesco: Encyclopedia Ii - Marthe Bibesco - Early Life
The third child of Ioan Lahovary and of Emma Lahovary, née princess Mavrocordat, Marthe spent her childhood on the Lahovary family's est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Wayne Clark: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Wayne Clark - During And After The Korean War
During the Korean war, he took over as commander of the United Nations forces in April 1952, succeeding General Matthew Ridgway. It was C...   » Read the article