31) Nicole, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nicole, Pierre, (pyer nekol´) (KEY) , 1625-95, French Jansenist writer. He studied and taught at Port-Royal abbey, the center of Jansenism (see under Jansen, Cornelis)....
32) Loti, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Loti, Pierre, (pyer lote´) (KEY) , pseud. of Julien Viaud (zhulyaN´ vyo) (KEY) , 1850-1923, French novelist, an officer in the French navy. He achieved popularity...
33) Soule, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Soulé, Pierre, (pyer soola´) (KEY) , 1801-70, American political leader and diplomat, b. Castillon, France. A lawyer, he was imprisoned for republican activities...
34) Puget, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Puget, Pierre, (pyer puzha´) (KEY) , 1622-94, French painter and sculptor. At 17 he went on foot to Italy, where he worked for Pietro da Cortona on the ceilings of...
35) Saint-Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Saint-Pierre, town (1990 est. pop. 5,550), Martinique, West Indies. Founded by Esnambuc in 1635 and once the chief commercial city of the island, it was engulfed...
36) Charron, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Charron, Pierre, (pyer sharoN´) (KEY) , 1541-1603, French Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher. He was an important contributor to 17th-century theological thought,...
37) Monteux, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Monteux, Pierre, (pyer moNto´) (KEY) , 1875-1964, French-American conductor, studied at the Paris Conservatory. As conductor (1911-14) of Diaghilev's Ballet Russe,...
38) Gibault, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Gibault, Pierre, (pyer zhebo´) (KEY) , 1737-1804, Roman Catholic missionary priest in America, patriot in the American Revolution, b. Montreal. He was sent (1768)...
39) Broussel, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Broussel, Pierre, (pyer broosel´) (KEY) , c.1575-1654, councillor of the Parlement of Paris under Louis XIII and Louis XIV. His opposition to the tax program proposed...
40) Bretonneau, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bretonneau, Pierre, (pyer brtono´) (KEY) , 1778-1862, French physician. He performed (1825) the first successful tracheotomy for laryngeal diphtheria, wrote a treatise...
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