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  • Thumbnail for Jacques Necker
    l'Assemblée des notables ... by Jacques Necker, p. 31 Historical Review of the Administration of Mr. Necker by Jacques Necker, p. 373 "The Encyclopedists...
    66 KB (7,050 words) - 14:09, 11 July 2024
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    277 feet (84 m). The island is named after Jacques Necker, a finance minister of Louis XVI. Politically, Necker Island is part of the City and County of...
    29 KB (3,411 words) - 07:17, 15 July 2024
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    The Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital (French: Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades [opital nɛkɛʁ ɑ̃fɑ̃ malad]) is a French teaching hospital in the 15th arrondissement...
    10 KB (1,084 words) - 22:57, 29 May 2024
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    ISBN 0679-726101. Bredin, Jean-Denis. Une singulière famille: Jacques Necker, Suzanne Necker et Germaine de Staël. Paris: Fayard, 1999 (ISBN 2213602808)...
    81 KB (9,522 words) - 17:10, 4 July 2024
  • Finance under Louis XVI Madame Necker (1737–1794), French-Swiss salonist and writer. Wife of Jacques Necker. Louis Albert Necker (1786–1861), Swiss crystallographer...
    657 bytes (123 words) - 11:19, 11 April 2020
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    ambitious Swiss financier Jacques Necker but was uncertain whether she wanted to remarry at all. Within a few months, however, Necker turned his attention...
    12 KB (1,583 words) - 06:03, 18 April 2024
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    He was the elder brother of Jacques Necker, minister of Finance in France when the French Revolution broke out. Louis Necker studied mathematics and physics...
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    co-founder of the Red Cross Jacques Necker (1732–1804), banker and finance minister for Louis XVI of France Louis Albert Necker (1786–1861), a crystallographer...
    155 KB (15,112 words) - 16:05, 26 July 2024
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    at age 19, Albertine married Jacques Necker (1757-1825), a captain in the French cavalry. He was the son of Louis Necker and the nephew and namesake of...
    11 KB (1,245 words) - 00:46, 16 February 2024
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    the Necker cube. He was born in the Republic of Geneva, the son of botanist Professor Jacques Necker, nephew and namesake of statesman Jacques Necker, and...
    4 KB (405 words) - 00:08, 13 April 2024
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    translated texts, most notably Of the Importance of Religious Opinions by Jacques Necker and Elements of Morality, for the Use of Children by Christian Gotthilf...
    92 KB (11,484 words) - 02:37, 14 June 2024
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    Furthermore, Finance Minister Calonne, Louis XVI's replacement for Jacques Necker, thought that lavish spending would secure loans by presenting the monarchy...
    37 KB (4,592 words) - 21:52, 17 July 2024
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    Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck (often anglicized to Jacob Cornelius van Neck) (1564 – March 8, 1638) was a Dutch naval officer and explorer who led the second...
    6 KB (603 words) - 09:43, 24 January 2024
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    "Report to the King") was a document published in February 1781 by Jacques Necker, finance minister to King Louis XVI, in which he presented the state...
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Jean-Jacques Rousseau...
    151 KB (19,180 words) - 16:22, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jacques Cousteau
    of Simone and Jacques-Yves Cousteau took refuge in Megève, where he became a friend of the Ichac family who also lived there. Jacques-Yves Cousteau and...
    59 KB (4,873 words) - 15:10, 26 July 2024
  • cruise, in 1779, Necker was under the command of Guillaume Fauhé. From July 1779 Necker cruised under the command of Cornil-Jacques Bart, with 125 men...
    4 KB (367 words) - 14:53, 29 July 2023
  • Several vessels have been named Necker (or Neckar), probably for the French statesman Jacques Necker. Necker (1779 ship) was a French privateer operating...
    3 KB (396 words) - 18:19, 31 January 2023
  • Jacques St. Germain is a legendary vampire originating in the folklore of 20th century New Orleans. In local legend, he is associated with the historical...
    4 KB (434 words) - 23:31, 27 April 2024
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    Belle-Isle. In 1771 he was appointed Intendant of Finances. In 1789, when Jacques Necker was dismissed, the reactionary Court party nominated Foullon as Controller-General...
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