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Gilberte
Gilberte is a name of French-Norman origin. It is the feminine version of the name Gilbert. Notable people * Gilberte Brossolette (1905–2004), French politician and journalist * Gilberte Champion (1913–2020), French radio operator in the French Resistance * Gilberte H. Dallas (1918–1960), French poet * Gilberte Géniat (1916–1986), French actress * Jill Gilberte Khawam (born 1975), Lebanese-American philanthropist * Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz (1937–2019), French politician * Gilberte Montavon (1896–1957), Swiss waitress and the inspiration of the film ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' * Gilberte Mortier (1907–1991), French swimmer * Gilberte Périer (1620–1687), French biographer * Gilberte Roca (1911–2004), French politician and member of the French Resistance See also *Gilbertese language *''Gilberte de Courgenay'' *Gilberta ''Gilberta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ;Species There is only one known species, ''Gilberta tenuifolia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbertese Language
Gilbertese (), also known as Kiribati (sometimes ''Kiribatese'' or ''Tungaru''), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word ''Kiribati'', the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology. Early European visitors, including Commodore John Byron, whose ships happened on Nikunau in 1765, had named some of the islands the Kingsmill or Kings Mill Islands or for the Northern group ''les îles Mulgrave'' in French but in 1820 they were renamed, in French, ''les îles Gilbert'' by Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who, along with Captain John Marshall, had passed through some of these islands in 1788. Frequenting of the islands by Europeans, Americans and Chinese dates from whaling and oil trading from the 1820s, when no doubt Europeans learnt to speak it, as Gilbertese learnt to speak English and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz
Gilberte Céline Marin-Moskovitz (; 22 June 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French Socialist Party politician who served as deputy of Territoire de Belfort's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1997 to 2000. She was also elected a councillor to the Belfort Municipal City Council in 1977 and was a four-term General Councillor of the canton of Belfort-Sud between 1982 and 2008. Marin-Moskovitz was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1996. Biography Marin-Moskovitz was born to Louis Marin and Victoire Marin ( Bichler), in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort on 22 June 1937; she had a twin brother who died of meningitis at age seven. She was baptised at the église Saint-Joseph de Belfort. Marin-Moskovitz was trained at the Young Christian Workers, and joined the Socialist Party in 1972. She became a secretary at the manufacturing company Alstom on 8 May 1960 and her probationary period was left uncompleted due to a strike that she was dissu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Montavon
Gilberte Montavon de Courgenay (20 March 1896 – 2 May 1957) was a Swiss waitress who became a national symbol of Spiritual national defence, spiritual national defense during World War I and World War II. She entertained Swiss Army troops at the Hôtel de Gare in Courgenay, which was owned by her family, and became popular with the soldiers. In 1917, the composer and folklorist Hanns In der Gand gave a concert at the hotel and performed his new song ''La petite Gilberte'', written about Montavon. The song was adopted by the army to boost morale throughout the war. Montavon inspired Rudolph Bolo Mäglin's 1939 novel ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' and his play of the same name. Two films, August Kern's ''Marguerite et les soldates'' in 1940 and Franz Schnyder's ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' in 1941, were based on her life. Early life Montavon was born on 20 March 1896 in Courgenay to Gustave Montavon, a watchmaker and hotelier, and Lucine Laville. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte H
Gilberte is a name of French-Norman origin. It is the feminine version of the name Gilbert. Notable people * Gilberte Brossolette (1905–2004), French politician and journalist * Gilberte Champion (1913–2020), French radio operator in the French Resistance * Gilberte H. Dallas (1918–1960), French poet * Gilberte Géniat (1916–1986), French actress * Jill Gilberte Khawam (born 1975), Lebanese-American philanthropist * Gilberte Marin-Moskovitz (1937–2019), French politician * Gilberte Montavon (1896–1957), Swiss waitress and the inspiration of the film ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' * Gilberte Mortier (1907–1991), French swimmer * Gilberte Périer (1620–1687), French biographer * Gilberte Roca (1911–2004), French politician and member of the French Resistance See also *Gilbertese language *''Gilberte de Courgenay'' *Gilberta ''Gilberta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. ;Species There is only one known species, ''Gilberta tenuifolia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Périer
Françoise Gilberte Périer (1 January 1620 – 25 April 1687) was a French biographer and the older sister of Blaise Pascal whose biography she wrote. Biography Françoise Gilberte Pascal was the eldest of three surviving children born to mathematician Étienne Pascal (1588–1651) and his wife Antoinette Pascal, nee Bégon (1596–1626). Her paternal grandfather was Martin Pascal, treasurer of France. When Gilberte's mother died in 1626, her father moved the family to Paris and employed a governess, Louise Delfault, to bring up his children. However, Étienne chose to educate them himself.Pouzet, Régine. "Gilberte Pascal entre ses débiteurs et ses créanciers-1672-1687. Histoire du patrimoine Périer–Pascal d’après les Archives Départementales du Puy-de-Dôme." ''Courrier du Centre International Blaise-Pascal'' 10 (1988): 12-24. In Paris, Gilberte ran her father's household for years before following him to a new position in Rouen. There, in June 1641, Gilberte marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte De Courgenay
''Gilberte de Courgenay'' is a 1942 Swiss biographical film about Gilberte Montavon directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Rudolf Bernhard, Anne-Marie Blanc and Zarli Carigiet. Story The Film was based on a novel by Rudolf Bolo Maeglin and based on the story of the real Gilberte de Courgenay (actually Gilberte Montavon), who was a waitress in a hotel in Courgenay, a small town near the Swiss-French border. She served thousands of Swiss soldiers that were stationed in Courgenay during the First World War, when the neutral Switzerland had to protect its borders. Hanns In der Gand made the song ''La petite Gilberte de Gourgenay'' by Robert Lustenberger and Oskar Portmann from the Winter 1915/16 very famous across Switzerland. The popularity of this song quickly resulted in Gilberte becoming an idol for the soldats that had to keep watch far from home and their families. The film is a love story around Gilberte de Courgenay (played by Anne-Marie Blanc). In the winter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Brossolette
Gilberte Brossolette (née Bruel; 27 December 1905 – 18 February 2004) was a French journalist and politician. A member of the French Resistance during the Second World War, she was the wife of journalist and politician Pierre Brossolette (1903-1944), who committed suicide while being tortured by the Gestapo. Early life and wartime She was born at 24 rue Vaneau in Paris, the daughter of a bank manager, Gilbert Bruel, and his wife, Marie-Thèrese Deromas. She obtained her baccalaureat from the Institut Sainte-Clotilde in Paris; afterwards, she received a diploma from the Sorbonne and began working as a journalist, employed by papers such as ''Marianne'' and ''Le Populaire''. On 20 July 1926 she married Pierre Brossolette, who was three years older than her, and they had two children, Anne and Claude; the latter became a high-ranking civil servant. In 1940, after the fall of France, the couple began holding secret meetings at their home with a view to setting up a Resistance m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Roca
Gilberte Roca née Cau (18 February 1911, Cailhau — 26 July 2004, Nîmes) was a French Communist politician and member of the Resistance. Biography Originally from a poor family of agricultural workers, Gilberte Roca was an early adopter of politics. She joined the French Communist Party (PCF) and the ''Union des jeunes filles'' ''de France'' (UJFF) in 1934. She lived in Capestang then moved to Nîmes. It was then that she became a shorthand typist for the Gard departmental union of the General Confederation of Labour and married Edmond Roca — a communist figure of the region. During the Second World War, Gilberte joined the Resistance, while her husband, Edmond, was taken prisoner from 1940 to 1945. At the end of the war, she became the departmental councilor for ''Canton de Nîmes-3''. Then, in 1946, she was elected for MP for Gard at the National Constituent Assembly. She was reelected until 1956, but defeated in the 1958 elections. She was reelected in 1962, but o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Champion
Gilberte Louise Champion (née Gueunier) (17 April 1913 Paris18 November 2020 Sucy-en-Brie) was a ''Postes, télégraphes et téléphones'' (PTT) worker and a radio operator in the French resistance during World War II for the Jade-Fitzroy network under the auspices of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). She was captured, tortured and later transported to Ravensbrück and Mauthausen concentration camps. Biography She was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. She and her husband, Pierre, were PTT employees from before the war. Her work was specifically in telecommunications at the '' Boulevard de Vaugirard''. Through her family connexions, she was an early recruit to the Jade-Fitzroy network, started by royalist right-winger Claude Lamirault after he sought help from the SIS in London. The Champion family had already taken part in leafleting against the Vichy government. Champion was the aunt of Lamirault's wife, Denise. Her husband became a deputy of Pierre Hentic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Géniat
Gilberte Géniat (February 17, 1916 – June 28, 1986) was a French film actress.Chiesi p.122 Selected filmography * ''Hélène'' (1936) * ''The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) - Catherine * ''Mademoiselle ma mère'' (1937) - Louise, la bonne * ''L'affaire du courrier de Lyon'' (1937) - La fille Sauton * ''The Chain Breaker'' (1941) - Estelle * ''Ce n'est pas moi'' (1941) - Geneviève * ''Quai des Orfèvres'' (1947) - Mme Beauvoir, la concierge * ''Scandale'' (1948) * ''Thus Finishes the Night'' (1949) - Jeannette * ''On ne triche pas avec la vie'' (1949) - Gaby * ''Here Is the Beauty'' (1950) - La femme de chambre (uncredited) * '' La caissière (uncredited) * ''Quay of Grenelle'' (1950) * ''Lost Souvenirs'' (1950) - Solange, l'épicière (segment "Le violon") * '' Without Leaving an Address'' (1951) - La cliente de la voyante (uncredited) * ''La passante'' (1951) - La téléphoniste * ''The Beautiful Image'' (1951) - Annette, la bonne * '' Matrimonial Agency'' (1952) - La marchande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberte Mortier
Gilberte Mortier (12 March 1907 – 18 January 1991) was a French freestyle swimmer. Mortier competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... In 1924, she was a member of the French relay team which finished fifth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay competition. In the 400 metre freestyle event, she was eliminated in the first round. References External links * 1907 births 1991 deaths Swimmers from Paris Olympic swimmers for France Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics French female freestyle swimmers 20th-century French sportswomen {{France-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley is a Lebanese-American philanthropist, activist, and diplomatic advisor. She is also a former South Korean Honorary Consul, and a former honorary ambassador to U.S. Central Command under General James N. Mattis.Jill Kelley e-mails depict a striving Tampa socialite and a smitten military brass. The Washington Post. Craig Whitlock, February 3, 2015. She was an advisor to CIA-Director . She is president and founder of ”Military Diplomacy Strategies" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
