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Reclus Family
image: The Reclus brothers, by Nadar, 1889.jpg, The Reclus brothers in 1889. From left to right: Paul, Élisée, Élie, Onésime, and Armand The Reclus family includes the children and extended family of pastor Jacques Reclus (1796–1882) and teacher Zéline Reclus (1805–1887). The Reclus family's notoriety is primarily the result of Jacques and Zéline's five sons: Élie Reclus, Élie, Élisée Reclus, Élisée, Paul Reclus (surgeon), Paul, Armand Reclus, Armand, and Onésime Reclus, Onésime. The family became known for their distinctive careers in geography, anarchism, journalism, medicine, and other fields during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Reclus family originated in Le Fleix, a village 5km from Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. The family included landowners, coopers, and educated persons. The family was part of France's Protestant minority. Jacques Reclus Jacques Reclus was the son of Jeanne Virolle (1767-1819) and Jean Reclus (1760-1848). Jacques was a pastor in Montcaret and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reclus Brothers, By Nadar, 1889
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta (4 December 1853 – 22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist propagandist, theorist and revolutionary socialist. He edited several radical newspapers and spent much of his life exiled and imprisoned, having been jailed and expelled from Italy, Britain, France, and Switzerland. Originally a supporter of insurrectionary propaganda by deed, Malatesta later advocated for syndicalism. His exiles included five years in Europe and 12 years in Argentina. Malatesta participated in actions including an 1895 Spanish revolt and a Belgian general strike. He toured the United States, giving lectures and founding the influential anarchist journal ''La Questione Sociale''. After World War I, he returned to Italy where his ''Umanità Nova'' had some popularity before its closure under the rise of Mussolini. Biography Early years Errico Malatesta was born on 4 December 1853 to a family of middle-class landowners in Santa Maria Maggiore, at the time part of the city of Capua (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bost
Jean Antoine Bost (March 4, 1817 in Moutier-Grandval, canton of Bern-1 November 1881) was a French-Swiss Calvinist pastor and musician. His father, Ami Bost, was also a pastor. He learned the piano with Franz Liszt. In 1840, he gave up his musical career and became a pastor in La Force, village of the Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and ... valley of France. In 1846, he inaugurated there a new temple and decided to build the asylum of his dreams by that temple. 'La Famille' (the Family) was inaugurated on May 24, 1848. It was immediately made available to children, orphans, disabled and incurables. He created 9 asylums during his lifetime. In 1861, he married Eugénie Ponterie. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1864. The asy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Vie, Une Pensée
Une is a municipality and town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ... of Colombia in the Eastern Province, Cundinamarca, Eastern Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Chipaque in the north, Cáqueza and Fosca, Cundinamarca, Fosca in the east, Fosca and Gutiérrez, Cundinamarca, Gutiérrez in the south, and Bogotá in the west. Etymology The name Une is derived from Chibcha language, Chibcha and means "Drop it" or "mud".''une'' - Muysccubun Dictionary Geo ...
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