Louis LurineLouis Lurine (1812 – 30 November 1860) was a 19th-century French homme de lettres, journalist, playwright, novelist and historian. Born in Spain from French parents, he was raised in Paris and Bordeaux. He started writing at an early age, collaborated to some vaudevilles and was attached to several newspapers in the provinces. He trained Félix Solar when he was a beginner. Back to Paris in 1840, he contributed feuilletons and short stories to the Courrier français, Le National and Le Siècle.
Abraham MolesAbraham Moles (19 August 1920 – 22 May 1992) was a pioneer in information science and communication studies in France, He was a professor at Ulm school of design and University of Strasbourg. He is known for his work on kitsch. Moles studied electrical and acoustics engineering at the University of Grenoble while preparing a bachelor in sciences of nature. He became a research assistant at the Laboratory of metal physics, under the direction of Félix Esclangon, then of Louis Néel.
Alliance pour les chiffres de la presse et des médiasOJD (Office de justification de la diffusion, "Circulation Audit Office"), formerly Diffusion Contrôle, is a French nonprofit organisation (in French: Association loi de 1901) that certifies the circulation of newspapers and periodicals in France, to provide advertisers with audience measurement figures. Bien avant la deuxième guerre mondiale, en 1922, les industriels annonceurs avaient pensé qu'un système métrique était indispensable pour mesurer la véracité des chiffres de tirage annoncés par la Presse, et ont encouragé l'initiative que prenait avec courage Martial Buisson.
Peter PlaoulPeter Plaoul (1353–1415; Petrus Plaoul, Pierre Plaoul) was a late medieval Scholastic philosopher and theologian. Born in Liege, he was educated at the University of Paris and remained an active member of the University until he was made Bishop of Senlis in 1409. While the content of his thought remains relatively unknown, Plaoul is often noted for his role in ending the Great Schism. He was present at the three French clergy councils in the 1390s called by King Charles the VI.
Marguerite de la SablièreMarguerite de la Sablière (maʁɡ(ə)ʁit də la sablijɛʁ; 1640 – 8 January 1693), was a French salonist and polymath, friend and patron of Jean de La Fontaine, was the wife of Antoine Rambouillet, sieur de la Sablière (1624–1679), a Protestant financier and poet entrusted with the administration of the royal estates, her maiden name being Marguerite Hessein. She received an excellent education in Latin, mathematics, physics and anatomy from the best scholars of her time.
Charles BettelheimCharles Bettelheim (20 November 1913 – 20 July 2006) was a French Marxian economist and historian, founder of the Center for the Study of Modes of Industrialization (CEMI: Centre pour l'Étude des Modes d'Industrialisation) at the EHESS, economic advisor to the governments of several developing countries during the period of decolonization. He was very influential in France's New Left, and considered one of "the most visible Marxists in the capitalist world" (Le Monde, 4 April 1972), in France as well as in Spain, Italy, Latin America, and India.
AdunisAli Ahmad Said Esber (علي أحمد سعيد إسبر, North Levantine: ˈʕali ˈʔaħmad saˈʕiːd ˈʔesbeɾ; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis (أدونيس ʔadoːˈniːs), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. He led a modernist revolution in the second half of the 20th century, "exerting a seismic influence" on Arabic poetry comparable to T.S. Eliot's in the anglophone world. Adonis's publications include twenty volumes of poetry and thirteen of criticism.
Eduardo KacEduardo Kac (born 1962) is a dual nationality (American and Brazilian) contemporary artist whose portfolio encompasses various forms of art including performance art, poetry, holography, interactive art, digital and online art, and BioArt. Recognized for his space art and transgenic works, Kac integrates biotechnology to create organisms with new genetic attributes. His interdisciplinary approach has seen the use of diverse mediums, from fax and photocopying to fractals, RFID implants, virtual reality, networks, robotics, satellites, telerobotics, virtual reality and DNA extraction.
Eugène HénardEugène Alfred Hénard (22 October 1849 – 19 February 1923) was a French architect and a highly influential urban planner. He was a pioneer of roundabouts, which were first introduced in Paris in 1907. Hénard advocated several major urban projects in Paris, including great radial roads linking the center to a new ring road, and the expansion of the Place de l'Opéra. He was also a strong supporter of increased green space in cities.
Hotchkiss H35The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II. Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry because it proved difficult to steer while driving cross-country, and was instead adopted in 1936 by the French Cavalry arm. From 1938 an improved version was produced with a more powerful engine, the Char léger modèle 1935 H modifié 39, which from 1940 was also fitted with a longer, more powerful 37 mm gun.
