81) Bayard, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Bayard, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de, (ba´rd; pyer teri´y sanyor´ d bayar´) (KEY) , c.1474-1524, French military hero, called le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche...
82) Boyer, Jean Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Boyer, Jean Pierre, (zhaN pyer bwaya´) (KEY) , 1776-1850, president of Haiti (1818-43). A free mulatto, he fought under Toussaint L'Ouverture and then joined Andre...
83) Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant, sieur de, (pyer l pzaN´ syor d bwagelber´) (KEY) , 1646-1714, French economist. A local official of Rouen after 1689, he proposed...
84) Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, (pyer ogustaN´ karoN´ d bomarsha´) (KEY) , 1732-99, French dramatist. Originally a watchmaker, he rose to wealth and position...
85) Failly, Pierre Louis Charles de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Failly, Pierre Louis Charles de, (pyer lwe sharl d faye´) (KEY) , 1810-92, French general. He fought in Algeria, in the Crimean War, and at Magenta and Solferino...
86) Laclos, Pierre Ambroise Francois Choderlos de. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de, (pyer aNbrwaz´ fraNswa´ shoderlo´ d laklo´) (KEY) , 1741-1803, French novelist and general, known as Choderlos de Laclos....
87) Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001
...Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, sieur d , (pyer l mwan syor debervel´) (KEY) , 1661-1706, French Canadian naval officer, founder of the French territory of Louisiana,...
88) Mendes-France, Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mendès-France, Pierre, (pyer maNdes´-fraNs) (KEY) , 1907-82, French statesman. A lawyer and economist, he entered (1932) the chamber of deputies as a Radical Socialist....
89) Perier, Casimir Pierre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Périer, Casimir Pierre, (kazemer´ pyer perya´) (KEY) , 1777-1832, French statesman. He was a member of a wealthy bourgeois family. His father, Claude Perier, a manufacturer...
90) Seguier, Pierre, duc de Villemor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Séguier, Pierre, duc de Villemor, (pyer sagya´ duk d velmor´) (KEY) , 1588-1672, chancellor of France. Beginning as counselor to the Parlement of Paris, he rose to...
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