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Frédéric_Swarts

Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts (2 September 1866 – 6 September 1940) was a Belgian chemist who prepared the first chlorofluorocarbon, CF2Cl2 (Freon-12) as well as several other related compounds. He was a professor in the civil engineering at the University of Ghent. In addition to his work on organofluorine chemistry, he authored the textbook "Cours de Chimie Organique." He was a son of Theodore Swarts (chemist, *1839 Antwerpen; †1911 Kortenberg, Belgium) and a colleague of Leo Baekeland.

Daphné_Bürki

Daphné Bürki (born Daphné de Montmarin, 2 March 1980 in Paris) is a French television presenter, columnist, stylist, and actress. She currently appears as one of the main judges on the competition series Drag Race France.

Laurent-Guillaume_de_Koninck

Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck (3 May 1809 – 16 July 1887) was a Belgian palaeontologist and chemist, born at Leuven.
He studied medicine in the university of his native town, and in 1831 he became assistant in the chemical schools. He pursued the study of chemistry in Paris, Berlin and Gießen, and was subsequently engaged in teaching the science at Ghent and Liège. In 1856 he was appointed professor of chemistry in the Liège University, and he retained this post until the close of his life.About the year 1835 he began to devote his leisure to the investigation of the Carboniferous fossils around Liège, and ultimately he became distinguished for his researches on the palaeontology of the Palaeozoic rocks, and especially for his descriptions of the molluscs, brachiopods, crustaceans and crinoids of the Carboniferous limestone of Belgium. In recognition of this work the Wollaston medal was awarded to him in 1875 by the Geological Society of London, and in 1876 he was appointed professor of palaeontology at Liège. In 1882, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.He was awarded the Clarke Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1886.Publications:

Eléments de chimie inorganique (1839)
Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain Carbonifère de Belgique (1842–1844, supp. 1851)
Recherches sur les animaux fossiles (1847, 1873)See Notice sur LG de Koninck, by E Dupont; Annuaire de l'Aced. roy. de Belgique (1891), with portrait and bibliography.

James_Copeland_(actor)

James Copeland (1 May 1918 – 17 April 2002) was a Scottish actor.
His film work began in 1953, the year which saw him play the most prominent role of his movie career, that of Andy McGregor in the ensemble cast of Innocents in Paris. Other roles included Mackay in The Seekers (1954), the ship's mate in The Maggie (1954), Rockets Galore! (1958), a police constable (at a road block) in The 39 Steps (1959), Farewell Performance (1963), Torture Garden (1967), and the guide in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
He also appeared on TV as one of the first continuity announcers/newsreaders with Aberdeen-based station Grampian TV, from its inception in September 1961, he left the station after a few months and returned to acting where he also played the Gond leader Selris in the Doctor Who story The Krotons, Captain Ogilvie in Operation Kilt, an early episode of Dad's Army, and the Scottish customer in Camping In, an episode of Are You Being Served?. He later played Jamie Stewart in Take the High Road from 1982 to 1987. He produced a collection of poetry entitled Some Work (Bramma, 1972) which included the much anthologised poem 'Black Friday'.
He had a son, James Cosmo, who is also an actor, and a daughter named Laura.

Jeanne_Paquin

Jeanne Paquin (French pronunciation: [ʒan pakɛ̃]) (1869–1936) was a leading French fashion designer, known for her resolutely modern and innovative designs. She was the first major female couturier and one of the pioneers of the modern fashion business.

Jules_Léotard

Jules Léotard (French: [leɔtaʁ]; 1 August 1838 – 16 August 1870) was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze. He also created and popularized the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", sung by George Leybourne.

Henry_Hansson

Aksel Henry Hansson (23 July 1918 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian resistance member.
He was born in Kristiania as the son of Swedes Karl and Anna Hansson. He had a little sister Else Annelise (19 February 1923-) He went to middle school, commerce school and auditing courses, and worked as an auditor's assistant. 28 December 1938, Ida Sofie Borchgrevink dob. 19 May 1918, gave birth to his son Arne Hansson i Horten. In 1943 in Oslo he married Signy Leisegang, born 1916 in Durban. He was also an accomplished amateur boxer in the club Fagforeningenes IF av 1926.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he joined the armed resistance group Milorg. He advanced from being team leader (troppssjef) via deputy company leader to district leader in 1943. He was arrested on 9 December 1944 and was imprisoned in Møllergata 19. Several of his team members were arrested as well. On 8 February 1945, when the Nazi police leader Karl Marthinsen was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance, it was decided to execute Hansson as a reprisal. He was transferred to Akershus Fortress. He was executed by gnushot on 9 February together with six of his team members, as well as two earlier arrestees including Asle Grepp. Both the court-martial which sentenced them and the firing squad consisted of Norwegians. Hansson's body was disposed of in the sea.

Francis_Masse

Francis Masse, known as Masse (born 21 August 1948), is a French artist. In the early 1970s, he first became acquainted with his sculptures, then turned to animation and cartoons.

Mathias_Malzieu

Mathias Malzieu (born 1974) is the lead singer of the French band Dionysos, which he co-founded in 1993 when he lived in Valence in Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Three of his schoolfriends, Eric Serra Tosio, Michael Ponton and Guillaume Garidel, were among the band's original members.