Eugène BurnandEugène Burnand (øʒɛn byʁnɑ̃; 30 August 1850 – 4 February 1921) was a prolific Swiss painter and illustrator from Moudon, Switzerland. Born of prosperous parents who taught him to appreciate art and the countryside, he first trained as an architect but quickly realised his vocation was painting. He studied art in Geneva and Paris then settled in Versailles. In the course of his life he travelled widely and lived at various times in Florence, Montpellier, Seppey (Moudon) and Neuchâtel.
Golden Bust of Marcus AureliusThe Golden Bust of Marcus Aurelius is a golden bust of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius discovered on April 19, 1939 in Avenches, in western Switzerland. Measuring high and weighing , it is the largest known metal bust of a Roman emperor and is considered one of the most important archaeological finds in Switzerland. It is amongst six known golden busts made during the Roman Imperial Period. Discovered by chance during an excavation of the sewers of the Cigognier sanctuary in Aventicum, the bust is kept for security at the Banque cantonale vaudoise in Lausanne; a copy is on permanent display at the Roman Museum in Avenches.
Dominique Gauzin-MüllerDominique Gauzin-Müller (born 1960) is a French architect and architectural critic, focusing on wood and sustainability in architecture and urbanism. She is the author of several books on these subjects, which have been translated into several languages. She wrote Construire avec le Bois (1999), L'architecture écologique (2001), 25 maisons en bois (2003) and 25 maisons écologique (2005). Dominique Gauzin-Müller was born in Vincennes, near Paris, but grew up in Saint-Céré, Lot .
Emil Frey-GessnerEmil Frey-Gessner (19 March 1826, in Aarau – 24 July 1917, in Genf) was a Swiss entomologist. At first Emil Frey-Gessner studied mechanical engineering and was until 1865 technical director in the Frey-Gessner family cotton mill. Later he studied natural sciences at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich and became a District Teacher in Brugg then in the Canton of Aarau. From 1872 he was conservator of the entomological collections at the new museum of Geneva University. He was Dr. hc of the University of Geneva.
(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" () is a song by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, released in 1981 as the lead single from his eponymous third solo studio album, through A&M Records. While most of the song is in English, the chorus is in Franglais: "Je suis un rock star / Je avais un residence / Je habiter là / à la south of France / Voulez-vous / partir with me? / And come and rester là / with me in France." Wyman originally wrote the song for Ian Dury.
De GruyterWalter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (də ˈɡʁɔʏ̯tɐ), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Berlin the royal privilege to open a bookstore and "to publish good and useful books". In 1800, the store was taken over by Georg Reimer (1776–1842), operating as the Reimer'sche Buchhandlung from 1817, while the school's press eventually became the Georg Reimer Verlag.
Georges BalandierGeorges Balandier (21 December 1920 – 5 October 2016) was a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. Balandier was born in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. He was a professor at the Sorbonne (Université René Descartes, Paris-V), and is a member of the Center for African Studies (Centre d'études africaines [Ceaf]), a research center of the École pratique des hautes études (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences).
Claude TresmontantClaude Tresmontant (5 August 1925 – 16 April 1997) was a French philosopher, Hellenist, and theologian. Claude Tresmontant taught medieval philosophy and philosophy of science at the Sorbonne. He was a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Science. He was given the Maximilien-Kolbe Prize in 1973 and the Grand Prix of the Academy of Moral and Political Science for his complete works in 1987. fr Essai sur la pensée hébraïque, éd. O.E.I.L., 1953 (republishing 1956). fr Études de métaphysique biblique, éd.
History of the AlpsThe valleys of the Alps have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The Alpine culture, which developed there, centers on transhumance. Currently the Alps are divided among eight countries: France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. In 1991 the Alpine Convention was established to regulate this transnational area, whose area measures about . The Wildkirchli caves in the Appenzell Alps show traces of Neanderthal habitation (about 40,000 BCE). During the Würm glaciation (up to c.
Fabienne VerdierFabienne Verdier (born 1962) is a French painter who works in France after years of studies in China. She was the first non-Chinese woman to be awarded a post-graduate diploma in fine arts by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, China. Fabienne Verdier was born in 1962, Paris, France. In 1985, at 22, Verdier left for China to study at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing.
