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French professors

40 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abbé AubertAuthor · BooksJean-Louis Aubert (15 February 1731 in Paris – 10 November 1814 in Paris), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer Jacques…
Abbé DelilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — A print by Pierre-Michel Alix after a portrait of the poet (1802)
Assia DjebarPerson · Film memorabiliaFatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Benoit MandelbrotAuthor · BooksBenoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding…
Bernard Germain de LacépèdePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason.
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Charles BlancAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait by Nadar, c.
Charles NicolleAuthor · BooksCharles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936) was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of…
Charles-Augustin Sainte-BeuveAuthor · BooksCharles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (lang; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic.
Dominique ProbstPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Dominique Probst (center)
Etienne Marc QuatremèreAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Étienne Marc Quatremère (1821)
François AndrieuxAuthor · BooksFrançois Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux (6 May 17599 May 1833) was a French man of letters and playwright.
Frédéric Joliot-CuriePerson · Film memorabiliaJean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (lang; Joliot; 19 March 1900 – 14 August 1958) was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène…
Frédéric Nicolas DuvernoyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of French hornist Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy (Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris)
Gabriel LippmannPhotographer · PhotographyJonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 12 July 1921) was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a…
Gaston BoissierAuthor · BooksMarie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier (15 August 1823 – 20 November 1908), French classical scholar, and secretary of the Académie française, was born in Nîmes.
Georges LafenestreAuthor · BooksGeorges Lafenestre (5 May 1837, Orléans - 19 May 1919, Bourg-la-Reine) was a French poet, art critic and art historian.
Gilbert de La PorréeAuthor · BooksGilbert de la Porrée (lang; after 1085 – 4 September 1154), also known as Gilbert of Poitiers, Gilbertus Porretanus or Pictaviensis, was a scholastic logician and theologian and Bishop of…
Giovanni Battista BalbisAuthor · BooksGiovanni Battista Balbis (17 November 1765 – 3 February 1831) was an Italian botanist and politician who worked in Italy and France.
Guillaume MassieuAuthor · BooksIllustration — Guillaume Massieu
Henri d'Arbois de JubainvilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Henri Victor RegnaultPhotographer · PhotographyHenri Victor Regnault ForMemRS (ɑ̃ʁi viktɔʁ ʁəɲo; 21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of…
Hippolyte FortoulAuthor · BooksHippolyte Nicolas Honoré Fortoul (4 August 1811 – 4 July 1856) was a French journalist, historian and politician.
Jean DauratAuthor · BooksIllustration — Early modern period portrait
Jean JaurèsAuthor · BooksAuguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès (3 September 185931 July 1914), commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès (Joan Jaurés), was a French socialist leader.
Jean TerrassonAuthor · BooksJean Terrasson (31 January 1670 – 15 September 1750), often referred to as the Abbé Terrasson, was a French Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française.
Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène GuillaumeArtist · SculpturePhotograph by Eugène Pirou
Jerzy GrotowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Director for The Apocalypse (1970)
Joseph-Nicolas DelisleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoseph-Nicolas Delisle (lang; 4 April 1688 – 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer.
Léon CognietEngraver · PrintsLéon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter.
Marie-Jean-Léon d'Hervey de Saint DenysAuthor · BooksMarie-Jean-Léon Lecoq, Baron d'Hervey de Juchereau, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys (6 May 1822 – 2 November 1892) was a French sinologist, known for his contributions to the study of…
Momo KodamaPerson · Music memorabiliaMomo Kodama is a Japanese classical pianist. She was born in Osaka but grew up in Europe, attending the Conservatoire de Paris with older sister Mari.
Pascal LainéAuthor · BooksPascal Lainé (10 May 1942 – 30 December 2024) was a French academic, novelist and writer. He was born in Anet, Eure-et-Loir.
Pierre Cassou-NoguèsPerson · Film memorabilia
Pierre d'AillyAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre d'Ailly (lang; Petrus Aliacensis, Petrus de Alliaco; 13519 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Pierre François TissotAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tissot
Prosper-Gabriel AudranEngraver · PrintsThe Audran family was a French family of engravers and painters, mainly active in Paris and Lyon. The first well-known member was Charles Audran (1594–1674).
Stéphane DionAuthor · BooksStéphane Maurice Dion (lang; born 28September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who served as the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to 2025 and…
Théodore LabarrePerson · Music memorabiliaThéodore François Joseph Berry Labarre (23 March 1805 – 9 March 1870) was a French harpist and composer.
Vlado PerlemuterPerson · Music memorabiliaVladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher.

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