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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Légion d'honneur | | | |  Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - President of the French Republic - Presidential powersUnlike many other European presidents, the office of the French President is quite a powerful one, especially in matters of foreign policy. Although it is the prime minister and parliament that oversee much of the nation's actual lawmaking, the French President wields significant influence, both formally and resulting from constitutional convention. The president holds the nation's most senior office, and he or she outranks all other politicians.
Perhaps the president's greatest power is his or her ability to choose the prime minister ...
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| | | | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 to spend a fortnight in space, and also conducted the first space rendezvous with Gemini 6A. Lovell was originally scheduled to be the backup commander of Gemini 10, but after the deaths of Elliott See and Charles Bassett, he became backup commander of Gemini 9A, and in November 1966 made his second flight into space as commander of Gemini 12. After these two flights, Lovell had ...
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| | | | | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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)
Nearchus (360?-312 BC)
Pytheas of Massilia (ca. 325 BC)
Scylax
Xenophon (435?-355?)
List of Greeks - Modern period.
Constantine Phaulkon (17th C AD)
Juan de Fuca (Apostolos Valerianos)
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 Problems
Clay Research Award
Cole Prize
Euler Medal
Fields Medal
Fulkerson Prize
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Lobachevsky International Prize
Modesto Panetti Prize
Nevanlinna Prize
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Salem Prize
Schock Prize in Math ...
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 became a fighter pilot and was assigned to an operational Jaguar squadron in Istres Air Force Base (France). In 1985, he was assigned as a wing commander in Saint-Dizier Air Force base.
In 1988, he was graduated as a test pilot in the French test pilot school (EPNER) and was assigned to Bretigny flight test center near Paris. He then flew on different types of military and civilian aircraft including Mirage 2000, Alpha Jet, Mirage ...
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 sat for Liverpool Abercromby between 1906 and 1910 and for Ilkeston between 1910 and 1922. He served under H. H. Asquith as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1908 and 1911 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1911 to 1912 and became a member of the Privy Council in 1909. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, "Since his chief, Lord Crewe, was in the Lords, important work fe ...
See also:J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Early life, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Political career, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Later career, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Other posts, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Reputation, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Family, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Medals and awards, J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Marriage Read more here: » J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone: Encyclopedia II - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone - Political career |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Johnnie Johnson pilot - Biography
Johnnie Johnson pilot - Early life.
Johnson was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and the University of Nottingham where he qualified as a civil engineer. He would shoot rabbits and birds in the countryside. There is also a story of him being found in the school's swimming pool with a young lady, which was very taboo at the time. He was expelled from the school due to this incident. He sustained a broken co ...
See also:Johnnie Johnson pilot, Johnnie Johnson pilot - Biography, Johnnie Johnson pilot - Early life, Johnnie Johnson pilot - Fighter pilot, Johnnie Johnson pilot - After the war, Johnnie Johnson pilot - Medals, Johnnie Johnson pilot - Bibliography Read more here: » Johnnie Johnson pilot: Encyclopedia II - Johnnie Johnson pilot - Biography |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 Millennium Prize Problems
Clay Research Award
Cole Prize
Euler Medal
Fields Medal
Fulkerson Prize
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Lobachevsky International Prize
Modesto Panetti Prize
Nevanlinna Prize
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Salem Prize ...
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| | | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 Catholic of Irish descent with roots in County Wexford, Ireland and his mother, Euphamia "Effie" Maclean, was Protestant. Neither Tommy (Sean) nor his brother, Neil, were raised Catholic. He claims that he was called by his middle name of Sean long before he became an actor, explaining that he had an Irish friend named Seamus and those who knew them decided to call him by his middle name, which started with a ...
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 the Concours général. With the help of Paul Foucher, Victor Hugo's brother-in-law, he began to attend, at the age of 17, the Cénacle, the literary salon of Charles Nodier at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. After attempts at careers in medicine (which he gave up owing to a distaste for dissections), law, drawing, English and piano, he became one of the first Romantic writers. At the age of 20, his rising literary fame was already accompanied by ...
See also:Alfred de Musset, Alfred de Musset - Biography, Alfred de Musset - Criticism, Alfred de Musset - Works, Alfred de Musset - Poetry, Alfred de Musset - Plays, Alfred de Musset - Novel Read more here: » Alfred de Musset: Encyclopedia II - Alfred de Musset - Biography |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 Élan Béarnais Pau Orthez
French Champion: 1996
with Virtus Bologna
Italy Champion: 1998, 2000
Euroleague: 1998, 2001
Saporta Cup: 2000
ULEB Cup: 2001
Italian Cup: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Personal honours
French MVP: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996< ...
See also:Antoine Rigaudeau, Antoine Rigaudeau - Clubs, Antoine Rigaudeau - Honours Read more here: » Antoine Rigaudeau: Encyclopedia II - Antoine Rigaudeau - Honours |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 called him "the father of the Deaf."
His family was associated with the teaching of elocution: his grandfather in London, his uncle in Dublin, and his father, Alexander Melville Bell, in Edinburgh, were all professed elocutionists. The latter has published a variety of works on the subject, several of which are well known, especially his treatise on Visible Speech, which appeared in Edin ...
See also:Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Graham Bell - Biography, Alexander Graham Bell - The photophone, Alexander Graham Bell - Metal detector, Alexander Graham Bell - Experimental aircraft, Alexander Graham Bell - The hydrofoil, Alexander Graham Bell - Eugenics, Alexander Graham Bell - Tribute Read more here: » Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia II - Alexander Graham Bell - Biography |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 film The River (1950). Renoir encouraged Ray to make films and this was part of the motivation that led to the making of Pather Panchali.
Partway through filming he ran out of funds; the Government of West Bengal loaned him the rest, allowing him to finish the film. The money was loaned on record for 'roads improvement' (Pather panchali translates as 'song of the road') The film was successful both ar ...
See also:Satyajit Ray, Satyajit Ray - Life, Satyajit Ray - Creative Career, Satyajit Ray - Later Projects, Satyajit Ray - Literary Adaptations, Satyajit Ray - Unfilmed, Satyajit Ray - Other Accomplishments, Satyajit Ray - Literary Achievements, Satyajit Ray - Trivia, Satyajit Ray - Filmography - as Director, Satyajit Ray - Filmography - As Screenplay writer and Composer, Satyajit Ray - Filmography - As Composer, Satyajit Ray - Filmofraphy - As Screenplay Writer, Satyajit Ray - Personal Awards Read more here: » Satyajit Ray: Encyclopedia II - Satyajit Ray - Creative Career |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: 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 in France, Japan, Germany, Sweden and Russia.
In November, 1985 his first book Bordeaux was published by Simon and Schuster. Bordeaux went into six printings, was a selection of the Book of the Month Club, and received international critical acclaim. An English edition of Bordeaux was published by the London firm of Dorling, Kindersely, Ltd. It won the prestigious Glenfiddich Awa ...
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