|
Clement (name)
Clement or Clément is a French and English given name and surname, a form of the Late Latin name Clemens. People with those given names or surnames include: Given name (chronological order) * Pope Clement (other), any of at least 14 real Popes and two Antipopes, beginning with Pope Clement I (died 99 or 101) * Clement of Alexandria (died c. 217), a Church fathers, father of the Christian church, titled "St." * Clement, bishop of Zaragoza ca. 326 * Clement of Metz (4th century), first bishop of Metz * Clement, an alternative name for Prudentius, Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, Christian poet (348–c. 413) * Clement of Ireland (born c. 750), titled "St.", active in the Paris Schools * Clement of Ohrid (died 916), titled "St." * Clement of Dunblane (died 1258), bishop of Dunblane * C. V. Gunaratne, Clement Victor Gunaratna (died 2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala government minister * Clément Marot (died 1544), French poet * Clément Michu (1936-2016), French actor * Clement Cruttw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of and contain clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Moore was Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City. The seminary was developed on land donated by Moore and it continues on this site at Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore gained considerable wealth by subdividing and developing other parts of his large inherited estate in what became known as the residential neighborhood of Chelsea. He also served for 44 years as a member of the board of trustees of Columbia College (later University), and was a board member of the New York Society Library and the New York Institution for the Blind. "A Visit from St. Nicholas," which later became widely known by its openi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeron Clement
Aeron Clement (Swansea, 1936–1989) was a Welsh science fiction author. He is most known for having written ''The Cold Moons'', a ''Watership Down''-style story about badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by ...s. Books * ''The Cold Moons'' (1987) References External links * 1936 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers 20th-century American male writers {{sf-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe Clément-Bayard
Gustave Adolphe Clément, from 1909 Clément-Bayard (22 September 1855 – 10 March 1928), was a French entrepreneur. An orphan who became a blacksmith and a '' Compagnon du Tour de France'', he went on to race and manufacture bicycles, pneumatic tyres, motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships. In 1894, he was a passenger in the winning vehicle in the world's first competitive motor event. Albert Lemaître's Peugeot was judged to be the winner of the Paris–Rouen 'Competition for Horeseless Carriages' (''Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux''). As a result of selling the manufacturing rights to his ''Clément'' car, he added ''Bayard'' to the name of his new business. The company name honoured Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, who saved the company's town of Mézières from an Imperial army during the Siege of Mézières in 1521. In 1909, five years after the successful launch of the ''Clément-Bayard'' automobile brand, he applied for and obtained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Matthews
Clement Henry Matthews (1889 – 15 August 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Southern Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. Personal life Matthews worked as a bricklayer in Horsham. He served as a private in the Royal Sussex Regiment during the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ... and was shot and killed by a sniper at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 15 August 1915. He is buried at Green Hill Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. References 1889 births 1915 deaths Sportspeople from East Sussex Men's association football players not categorized by position English men's footballers Southern Football League players Horsham F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players British Army personnel of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Ivanov
Clement Ivanov (born March 6, 1990), better known as Puppey, is an Estonian professional '' Dota 2'' player for Team Secret. He is the founding member of Team Secret. Together with Natus Vincere, Puppey won The International 2011 in August 2011 for a one million dollar first place prize. They also took runner-up for the next two Internationals. ''Dota'' Puppey began his esports career in 2007, joining team Xero Skill. Puppey had a successful DotA career playing for top teams, such as KingSurf.international, Nirvana.international, and Team Na'Vi. His final ''Dota'' LAN match was a win with Na'Vi at ASUS OPEN Summer 2011. ''Dota 2'' With Natus Vincere Puppey started his first steps into the DotA 2 competitive scene with Natus Vincere among players such as Dendi and Artstyle, as they competed in The International 2011. They went undefeated throughout the whole tournament, winning the then-big US$1,000,000 grand prize. They also won the Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Chantôme
Clément Jean Robert Chantôme (born 11 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Championnat National 2 club C'Chartres. A graduate of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, Chantôme made a name for himself as a technically gifted, ball-winning box-to-box midfielder. Despite being used sparingly at Paris Saint-Germain, he was a fan favourite because of his home-grown status, love for the Parisian shirt, and subtle hard work. He played for the club's first team from 2006 to 2015, and was loaned out to Toulouse in the 2013–14 season. After leaving Paris, Chantôme went on to play for Bordeaux. He signed for Rennes in 2016, and was loaned to Lens a year later. In 2018, he transferred to Red Star, followed by Poissy in 2020 and C'Chartres in 2022. Chantôme was a France youth international; he played for the under-21s from 2006 to 2008. In 2012, he made an appearance for the France national team in a friendly against Japan. Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Cheng
Clement Sze-Kit Cheng () is a Hong Kong-Canadian screenwriter, film director, and visual effects art director. Early life Born in Hong Kong, Cheng moved to Canada with his family as a child. In 1997, he returned to Hong Kong to witness the transfer of its sovereignty to China, and decided to stay. Film career At the 29th Hong Kong Film Awards, Cheng and Derek Kwok won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director conjointly. Despite never having personally practiced any martial arts, Cheng co-wrote and co-directed '' Gallants'', a martial arts film, with Kwok. The actors Cheng and Kwok chose for the film were primarily people who had acted in 1970s and 1980s Hong Kong cinema. The film had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 Fantasia Festival, and Cheng was in attendance. He also attended the film's United Kingdom premiere at the 2011 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. At the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards, ''Gallants'' was announced to have won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Haynsworth
Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. (October 30, 1912 – November 22, 1989) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was also an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court in 1969. Education and career Born on October 30, 1912, in Greenville, South Carolina, Haynsworth received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1933 from Furman University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1936 from Harvard Law School. He entered private practice in Greenville from 1936 to 1942. He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. He returned to private practice in Greenville from 1945 to 1957. Federal judicial service Haynsworth was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 19, 1957, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated by Judge Armistead Mason Dobie. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1957, and received commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Greenberg
Clement Greenberg () (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formalist aesthetician. He is best remembered for his association with the art movement abstract expressionism and the painter Jackson Pollock. Early life Clement Greenberg was born in the borough of the Bronx, NYC, in 1909. His parents were middle-class Jewish immigrants, and he was the eldest of their three sons. Since childhood, Greenberg sketched compulsively, until becoming a young adult, when he began to focus on literature. Greenberg attended Erasmus Hall High School, the Marquand School for Boys, then Syracuse University, graduating with an A.B. in 1930, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. After college, already as fluent in Yiddish and English since childhood, Greenberg taught himself Italian and German in addition to French and Latin. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was Deputy Prime Minister during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill, and served twice as Leader of the Opposition from 1935 to 1940 and from 1951 to 1955. Attlee remains the longest serving Labour leader. Attlee was born into an upper-middle-class family, the son of a wealthy London solicitor. After attending the public school Haileybury College and the University of Oxford, he practised as a barrister. The volunteer work he carried out in London's East End exposed him to poverty, and his political views shifted leftwards thereafter. He joined the Independent Labour Party, gave up his legal career, and began lecturing at the London School of Economics. His work was interrupted by service as an officer in the First World War. In 1919, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Higgins
Clement Higgins (1844 – 4 December 1916) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk in the 25th Parliament between 1892 and 1895. Higgins was first elected at the 1892 general election. References External links Clement Higginson Hansard ''Hansard'' is the traditional name of the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries. It is named after Thomas Curson Hansard (1776–1833), a London printer and publisher, who was the first official prin ... 1844 births 1916 deaths UK MPs 1892–1895 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Norfolk Date of birth missing {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Adolphe Clément-Bayard")
.png "Click for more on -> Clement Attlee")