• Pierre-Antoine de La Place (1 March 1707, Calais – 14 May 1793, Paris) was an 18th-century French writer and playwright, the first translator of Shakespeare...
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    Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (/ˈkædɪlæk/, French: [kadijak]; March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730), born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer and...
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    eighteenth century writer and playwright Pierre-Antoine de La Place, the first French translator of Shakespeare. Paraphrase de quelques titres des Institutes,...
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    The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19...
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  • theologian; Frédérick Deschamps de La Place (17th century), French governor of Île de la Tortue; Pierre-Antoine de La Place (1707-1793), French writer and...
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    Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (/ləˈvwɑːzieɪ/ -VWAH-zee-ay; French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), also Antoine Lavoisier after...
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    Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre, sieur de La Barre (or Antoine Lefebvre, Antoine Lefèvre; 1622–1688) was a French lawyer and administrator best known for his...
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    Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer...
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    Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (/ˈbuːɡənvɪl/, US also /ˌbuːɡæ̃ˈviːl/, French: [lwi ɑ̃twan də buɡɛ̃vil]; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a...
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    The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of...
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  • Antoine-Claude-Pierre Masson de La Motte-Conflans, Or Conflant, born in Vertus in 1727 – died in the same place in 1801 was an 18th-century French man...
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    Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois (in present-day Loir-et-Cher). Baudouin de Ronsard...
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    Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan loʁɑ̃ də ʒysjø]; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first...
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    Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpɛri/, US: /-ɡzuːpeɪˈriː/, French:...
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  • libretto was written by Jean-Paul-André Razins de Saint-Marc, after a tragedy by Pierre-Antoine de La Place, staged at the Comédie-Française in 1757. The...
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    Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (/ləˈplɑːs/; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar and polymath whose work was...
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    Antoine Dupont (born 15 November 1996) is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the...
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    Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French: [pjɛʁ bomaʁʃɛ]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was...
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    Antoine Bourdelle (30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was...
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    Discourse") of François de la Noue, two volumes of George Buchanan, the Dialectique of Pierre de La Ramée, the Alphabet de plusieurs sortes de lettres ("Alphabet...
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    Pierre Marie Antoine Pasquier (6 February 1877 – 15 January 1934) was a French colonial administrator. Pasquier served as the governor-general of French...
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    Antoine Philippe de La Trémoïlle, Prince of Talmont (27 September 1765 - 27 January 1794) was a French noble and royalist notable for his military involvement...
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    Alexis de Perier de Salvert (1691-1757) chef d'escadre, commander of Saint-Louis, director of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine [fr]; Pierre-Étienne...
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    René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (French: [ʁeomyʁ]; 28 February 1683, La Rochelle – 17 October 1757, Saint-Julien-du-Terroux) was a French entomologist...
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    Pierre-François Palloy secured the contract to demolish the building, with the dimension stones being reused for the construction of the Pont de la Concorde...
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  • Johann Christian Senckenberg, German physician (d. 1772) March 1 Pierre-Antoine de La Place, French writer and playwright (d. 1793) Jedidiah Preble, Captain...
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    aide-mémoire de cuisine pratique, 1903, passim Avenue Parmentier. Extrait de la nomenclature officielle des voies de Paris. (in French) Antoine-Augustin Parmentier...
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  • Antoine Doinel (French: [ɑ̃twan dwanɛl]) is a fictional character created by François Truffaut and portrayed by actor Jean-Pierre Léaud in five films...
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    France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
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    Antoine Henri Becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/; French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ʁi bɛkʁɛl]; 15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French engineer, physicist...
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