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Froment
Froment is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Antoine Froment, Protestant reformer in Geneva *Jules Froment, French neurologist *Louis de Froment, French orchestral conductor *Nicolas Froment, fifteenth-century French painter *Paul-Gustave Froment, early French electrical engineer *Pierre de Froment, French member of the resistance during World War II and subsequently General *Gilbert Froment Gilbert F. Froment (born 1 October 1930) is a Belgian Professor Emeritus of chemical engineering at the Ghent University, Belgium, and a research professor of Texas A&M University. His career was on the fields of academic kinetic and chemical rea ..., Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Froment
Gilbert F. Froment (born 1 October 1930) is a Belgian Professor Emeritus of chemical engineering at the Ghent University, Belgium, and a research professor of Texas A&M University. His career was on the fields of academic kinetic and chemical reaction engineering studies, as well as the application of that fundamental science to problems of industrial relevance. Froment was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for the application of fundamental approaches in the analysis of complex, industrially important processes and reactors. Education Gilbert Froment received his chemical engineering degree in 1953 from the Ghent University. He continued his graduate education at the Ghent University serving as an assistant to Professor Goethals; he earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1957. Following his degrees, he spent the next two years internationally starting with a year with Professor Schoeneman at the Institute for Chemical Technology in Darmstad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Froment
Antoine Froment (1508–1581) was a Calvinist Protestant reformer in Geneva. Froment is best remembered for his role in initiating and solidifying the Reformation in Geneva along with William Farel and John Calvin. His role in these events, however, is smaller compared to the tremendous accomplishments of Farel and Calvin. Early life Froment was born in Mens, a town in the Dauphiné, and received a typical Christian education. He spent a few years as deacon of a town outside of Geneva, and then at the age of 33 was made a pastor. He and his wife, Marie Dentière, remained active in the Genevan church despite their residency outside the city. Like her husband, Dentière was a vocal reformer and theologian with fiery, outspoken views. Geneva Reformation After the people of Geneva had successfully overthrown their prince-bishop, Duke Charles III of Savoy in 1533, Protestant leaders acted swiftly to influence the Genevans to their side. With the convincing of William Farel and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Froment
Nicolas Froment (c. 1435, Uzès, Gard – c. 1486 in Avignon) was a French painter of the Early Renaissance. Nicolas Froment is one of the most notable representatives of the Second School of Avignon, (''École d'Avignon''), a group of artists at the court of the Popes in Avignon, who were located there from 1309 to 1411. He was influenced by the Flemish style that characterizes the last phase of the Gothic. He undertook to paint an altarpiece 12 February 1470 in Aix for a rich widow called Catherine Spifami; in the center of the panel is a depicting the ''Death of Mary'', and on the side panels, the Saints Mary Magdalene and Catherine are shown. He was attributed a number of works from this timetime, but none of these attributions can be considered reliable. One of the most interesting work of this group is the ''Retable des Pérussis'' or ''The Pérussis Altarpiece'', depicts the adoration of the empty cross on Golgatha, and is located at the Metropolitan Museum in New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De Froment
Georges-Pierre de Froment (alias ''Pierre Foureix'' and ''Deblé'') (17 November 1913 – 14 November 2006) was a French soldier and a member of the Second World War resistance. Early life and background Froment was born in Châteauroux, in the garrison town of his father. His father was a graduate of the Saint-Cyr military academies who had been killed leading his company in Artois in May 1915. De Froment enrolled at Saint-Cyr and, after a standard beginning to his career, in 1939 he was sent on as special mission to Poland, where he was present for the debacle. He returned to France and, in May 1940, took part in operations to block the German army which had crossed the Meuse. Resistance (1940-1943) After the French army's defeat, Froment met Captain Henri Frenay in Marseille towards the beginning of September 1940. Frenay was engaged in forming an embryonic resistance movement, which became ''Combat'', the most important movement in the '' zone libre''. Frenay made de Frome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Froment
Jules Froment ( Lyon, 1878 – 1946) was a French neurologist. He earned his doctorate in 1906 with a thesis on heart diseases associated with thyrotoxicosis. For much of his career, he was a professor at Lyon. Life Froment is remembered for his work with neurological diseases. During World War I, he was stationed at Rennes, where he treated soldiers with nervous disorders. After the war, he co-wrote an important work with Joseph Babiński (1857–1932) concerning the etiology of phenomena such as " shell shock" and "combat hysteria." The study was titled ''Hystérie, pithiatisme et troubles nerveux d'ordre réflexe en neurologie de guerre'', and was considered controversial at the time. Also with Babiński, Froment is credited with describing a disease characterized by a combination of vasomotor disorders, muscular atrophy and tissue damage. It is now known as Babinski-Froment syndrome. Froment is credited with devising a series of tests for nerve dysfunction, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-Gustave Froment
Paul-Gustave Froment (born March 3, 1815 in Paris, died 1865) was a French mechanic, instrument maker and inventor. Life He was born in Paris and was educated at the Collège Sainte-Barbe and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Having demonstrated from childhood talent for technology, his father decided to let him study at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. He later moved to Britain to continue his studies in Manchester. He was also one of the earliest photographers, working with the Direct Positive Process. On his return to France, his intention was to build steam engines but he was prevented from doing so by lack of funds. Instead, he opened a Paris workshop in 1844 where, among other things, he worked on a telegraph with written and keyboard signals, improved Gaetan Bonelli's electric loom, and helped William Hughes improve his early typewriter. He also worked on the gyroscope with Léon Foucault, for whom he also made the pendulum for his famous demonstration in 1851. In 1854 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Froment
Louis de Froment (; 5 December 192119 August 1994) was a French conductor. Froment was born into a French noble family in Toulouse, and started his musical studies at the city conservatory. He later attended the ''Conservatoire national supérieur de musique'' (CNSM) of Paris and was a pupil of Louis Fourestier, Eugène Bigot and André Cluytens. In 1948, he received a first prize in conducting. Louis de Froment served as music director of orchestras at the casinos of Deauville and Cannes. He also worked as head of the permanent chamber orchestra of the radio in Nice (1958–59), of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-Télé Luxembourg (1958–80), and also conducted the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. He conducted the première of the Concerto Breve by Xavier Montsalvatge, with Alicia de Larrocha (piano) and the Barcelona Orchestra in 1953, and the opera '' Les caprices de Marianne'' by Henri Sauguet at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1954. His r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
