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10. Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935)

Alfred Dreyfus: Alfred Dreyfus, French army officer whose trial for treason began a controversy, known as the Dreyfus Affair, that deeply marked the political and social history of

Alfred Dreyfus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alfred Dreyfus, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with wife(?

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Guerre franco-allemande de 1870 — Wikipédia

Léon Gambetta Cahors (Kingdom of France) April 2 1838 Sèvres (France) 31 December 1882 French statesman, prominent during and after the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.

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Resultado de imagen de dreyfus

Reynaldo Hahn

Reynaldo Hahn

Louis Pasteur ( 1822 - 1895), French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. Pasteur’s contributions to science, technology, and medicine are nearly without precedent. He pioneered the study of molecular asymmetry; discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease; originated the process of pasteurization; saved the beer, wine, and silk industries in France; and developed vaccines against anthrax.

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur: Louis Pasteur, French chemist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology.

Henry Greffulhe, photographié par Nadar

A list of models for Proust characters.“The Amazing Jupiter: Comte Henri Greffulhe." One of the models for the Duc de Guermantes. Portrait Archaeology: The Week Of Proust!

Laure Hayman (1879) par Nadar - Exposition "Le Grand Monde de Marcel Proust", Musée Maxim's, Paris, modello principale di Odette de Crecy

Laure Hayman (1879) par Nadar - Exposition "Le Grand Monde de Marcel Proust", Musée Maxim's, Paris, modello principale di Odette de Crecy

The Grandfathers of Motion Pictures and the "first filmmakers in history", Auguste and Louis Lumiere. After looking at Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, the brothers invented a more lightweight and portable version of capturing moving images with the Cinématographe.

Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas Lumière e Louis Jean Lumière, os irmãos Lumière, foram os inventores do cinematógrafo, sendo frequentemente referidos como os pais do cinema.

Richard Marcinko
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower had previously been a five-star general in the U. Army WWII & served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. In he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

Prince Constantin Radziwill (1850-1920) "This is certainly the Prince Constantin Radziwill (1850-1920), the father of Leon Radziwill, called "Loche" friend of Proust since 1904. Prince Constantine was known to have a penchant for his servants. George Painter reports that "Was famous for his squad of twelve servants, vigorous and handsome boys," (George D. Painter, Marcel Proust. The years of maturity (1904- 1922), Mercure de France, 1966, p. 327). " Site

Prince Constantin Radziwill (1850-1920) "This is certainly the Prince Constantin Radziwill (1850-1920), the father of Leon Radziwill, called "Loche" friend of Proust since 1904. Prince Constantine was known to have a penchant for his servants. George Painter reports that "Was famous for his squad of twelve servants, vigorous and handsome boys," (George D. Painter, Marcel Proust. The years of maturity (1904- 1922), Mercure de France, 1966, p. 327). " Site

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gaspard-Félix_Tournachon

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gaspard-Félix_Tournachon

Winston Churchill

Churchill's Advice on How to Be an Adult

Winston Churchill, pictured centre with General De Gaulle in Paris in came in for pa.

Audie Murphy-The most famous and decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. He was awarded all but one of the U.S. military awards for valor available from the U.S. Army, and was also decorated by France and Belgium. Born in Hunt County, TX and learned to shoot as a way to feed his brothers and sisters. Joined the army because the Marines and Navy would not take him. Too small and too young.

Audie Leon Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism.