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19 unusual facts about Hilaire


Anatoli Petrovich Bogdanov

During this time period he also attended lectures from prominent zoologists that included Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–1861) and Émile Blanchard (1819–1900).

Caroline St-Hilaire

She said her partner, Bloc Québécois MP Maka Kotto's decision to run for the Parti Québécois in a provincial by-election played a role in her decision.

Coupe Icare

Coupe Icare (Icarus Cup) is an annual festival of free flight held between Saint-Hilaire (on the border of Chartreuse Mountains) and Lumbin (in the valley of Isère in France).

Émilien Dumas

Embarking on a career in the sciences, he went to Paris and studied at the Collège de France, the Ecole des Mines de Paris and the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, and with Georges Cuvier, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1835-1919), French zoologist, coined the binomial nomenclature name for the Chinese Monal pheasant, son of Isidore Saint-Hilaire

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861), French zoologist who coined the term ethology, son of Étienne Saint-Hilaire

Jean-Baptiste Lully fils

In 1678 at the age of 12, he was given a post by the king, Louis XIV, at the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire.

Le mari de la reine

Rejected and disheartened, Florestan goes to seek his fortune in 'Kokistan', supposedly on a mission for Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

Nontrinitarianism

They differ also from translations of the works of Aristotle by scholars such as Stuart Leggatt, W. K. C. Guthrie, J. L. Stocks, Thomas Taylor and Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire.

Round fantail stingray

French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire originally described the round fantail stingray in 1817 as Trygon grabatus, from the Latin grabatus meaning "bed".

Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois

Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Vendée, a former commune in the Vendée département that is now a part of La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire

Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire département that is now a part of Vihiers

Saint-Hilaire, Aude

In the eighth century, the abbey was built under the name of Saint Saturnin and then Saint Hilaire, Bishop of Carcassonne in the sixth century.

Simon Charles Miger

Simon Charles Miger (Nemours, 19 February 1736 - Paris, 28 February 1828) was a French engraver, most notable for the plates he produced for La Ménagerie du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle by Lacépède, Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier.

Société Parisienne

Examples of the 'Victoria Combination' are currently displayed at the 'Musée Automobile de Vendée':fr:Musée automobile de Vendée in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, France, and the Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm.

TAT-6

It was in operation from 1976 to 1994, initially carrying 4,800 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls) between Green Hill, Rhode Island and Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France.

Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire

Now known as "Folleterre," the farmhouse is the home of the Eurofaeries, and is owned by association les Amis de Folleterre.

Toques et Clochers

It has taken place each year since 1991 during the weekend of Palm Sunday in the area of Limoux and Saint-Hilaire.

Valentin Lavillenie

Valentin Lavillenie (born 16 July 1991 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault.


Desert Wine

Desert Wine died of a heart attack at age twenty-three on October 15, 2003 at St. Hilaire Farm near Yakima, Washington where he had stood at stud since 2000.

G. K.'s Weekly

Britain had its replicas of Maurras and Daudet in those adornments of English letters, G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc.

Ganerbenburg

Also in the Limousin is the smaller castle of Château de Saint-Hilaire et des Plas at Curemonte.

Gérald Lacroix

Lacroix was born in 1957 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset in the Archdiocese of Quebec, and completed his secondary and higher education at Trinity High School in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Saint Anselm College in the neighboring town of Goffstown.

José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage

In 1860 he succeeded in getting back some collections which were removed from the Museum during the Napoleonic invasion of Portugal, by the French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844), which included precious specimens collected by Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (1756–1815) in Brazil.

Nicolas de Grigny

He was born into a family of musicians: his father, his grandfather, and his Uncle Robert were organists at the Reims Cathedral, the Basilica of St. Pierre and St. Hilaire, respectively.

Pierre Bellocq

Pierre Camille Lucien Hilaire Jean Bellocq (born November 25, 1926 in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France) is a French-American artist and horse racing cartoonist known as "Peb".

Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson

Born at Saint-Hilaire de Soulanges, Marne in Champagne, France, son of Claude de Joybert, Seigneur de Soulanges.

Raphael Basch

He represented the "Neue Freie Presse" at Paris; and in close fellowship with Thiers, Gambetta, and Barthélemy St.-Hilaire he defended the republican policy against the men of the 16th of May.

Sodalite

Significant deposits of fine material are restricted to but a few locales: Bancroft, Ontario, and Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, in Canada; and Litchfield, Maine, and Magnet Cove, Arkansas, in the USA.

The Bellelli Family

The drawing hung on the wall behind them is a portrait of the recently deceased Hilaire Degas, and was presumably a study for the portraits Degas made of his grandfather, drawn in the style of the Clouets.

Walkelin de Ferrers

Walkeline de Ferrers (d.c. 1040), 11th century Seigneur of Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire and father of Henry de Ferrers