Castang (other)
Castang may refer to: * Jeanne-Germaine Castang (1878-1897), French nun, Sister Marie-Céline of the Presentation, beatified in 2007 * Veronica Castang (1938—1988), British film, stage and television actress * Henri Castang, a fictional detective in works by Nicolas Freeling * Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang, a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France See also * Castaing * Casting (other) Casting is a manufacturing process using a fluid medium in a mould, so as to produce a ''casting''. Casting may also refer to: Creating a mold * Casting (metalworking), forming an object within a mold using molten metal * Casting, forming a protec ...

Jeanne-Germaine Castang
Jeanne-Germaine Castang (24 May 1878 – 30 May 1897) – in religious Marie-Céline of the Presentation – was a French Roman Catholic nun from the Poor Clares. Her childhood was marked with lameness and she suffered a noticeable limp for the remainder of her life after contracting the disease in 1882 and an operation for pain relief in 1891. Her desire for the religious life began in her childhood and after being turned from the Sisters of Saint Joseph she managed to be admitted into the Poor Clares where she soon became ill with tuberculosis. She was permitted to make her vows well before the usual time since she was in poor health. Castang's beatification cause opened on 18 June 1930 and her beatification was celebrated in the Bordeaux Cathedral on 16 September 2007. Life Jenne-Germaine Castang was born in mid-1878 as the fifth child of eleven children. Her father was a small landowner and her mother was born to notaries. Out of the eleven children three died at Nojals-et-C ...
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Veronica Castang
Veronica Castang (April 22, 1938—November 5, 1988) was a British film, stage and television actress. Biography A native of London, she was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, before studying at the Sorbonne and at the Questors Theatre in London. In the United States, she appeared onstage on Broadway and Off Broadway. She often appeared in plays produced at the Phoenix Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club. She died, aged 50, at her home in Manhattan from complications of ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary. It may originate from the ovary itself or more commonly from communicating nearby structures such as fallopian tubes or the inner lining of the abdomen. The ovary is made up of three different c ... while receiving treatment. She was survived by her stepfather, Clive Baker and an aunt, Hilda Castang. Broadway *'' Whose Life is it Anyway?'' - as Mrs. Boyle (April 17, 1979 - October 27, 1979) *'' The National Health'' - as Sis ...
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Henri Castang
Nicolas Freeling (born Nicolas Davidson; 3 March 1927 – 20 July 2003), was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the "Van der Valk" series of detective novels. A television series based on the character was produced for the British ITV network by Thames Television during the 1970s, and revived in 1991–92 and again in 2020. Biography Freeling was born in London, but travelled widely, and ended his life at his long-standing home at Grandfontaine to the west of Strasbourg. He had followed a variety of occupations, including the armed services and the catering profession. He began writing during a three-week prison sentence, after being convicted of taking home some veal from a restaurant where he worked, though that was common practice in the restaurant trade. Freeling got bored with writing about his Amsterdam detective Van der Valk and killed him off in 1972, when he was shot while following up a rather unpromising lead. Freeling refused to bring the detec ...
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Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang
Mauzac-et-Grand-Castang (; oc, Mausac e Grand Castanh) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Mauzac station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Bergerac and Sarlat-la-Canéda. History Mauzac and Grand-Castang was created on January 1, 1973, by combining the former communes of Mauzac and Saint-Meyme de Rozens in the valley and Grand-Castang on the hillside. The village has been occupied from prehistoric times, as is evidenced by numerous traces (fragments of axes, scrapers...). Its past is closely linked with the Dordogne River, which became an important commercial and cultural route in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mauzac is one of the active ports that feed the interior of the region. Only a few vestiges of the built quay remain, just some paving stones cut in the old-fashioned way, identical to those still seen in Bordeaux. Constructions of the Canal de Lalinde to facilitate navigation for the scows, of the hydroelectric dam, and ...
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Castaing
Castaing is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Edme Castaing (1796–1823), French physician and murderer * Francis Castaing (born 1957), French bicycle racer *François Castaing (born 1945), French automotive executive * Jacques Chastenet de Castaing (1893–1978), French journalist, historian and diplomat * Jean Castaing (), French inventor and mint official *Jean Castaing (playwright) (1723–1805), printer and playwright *Lucien Castaing-Taylor (born 1966), British anthropologist and artist *Madeleine Castaing (1894–1992), French antique dealer and interior designer See also *Castang (other) *Casting (other) Casting is a manufacturing process using a fluid medium in a mould, so as to produce a ''casting''. Casting may also refer to: Creating a mold * Casting (metalworking), forming an object within a mold using molten metal * Casting, forming a protec ...