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Gentil may refer to: People: *Jean-Paul Alaux, called Gentil, French landscape painter and lithographer *Émile Gentil, a French colonial administrator *Guillaume Le Gentil, a French astronomer * Jean-François Gentil, a French colonial officer * Joseph Philippe Gentil, Mauritian composer * Otto Gentil, German sculptor Places: * Gentil, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality in Brazil *Port-Gentil Port-Gentil () or Mandji is the second-largest city of Gabon, and it is a leading seaport. It is the center of Gabon's petroleum and timber industries. The city is located on a delta island in the Ogooue delta. Nearby Cape Lopez is Gabon's weste ..., a city in Gabon Other: *Gentil, a white wine blend from Alsace {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Alaux
Jean Paul Alaux (1788–1858), also known as Gentil, was a French Landscape art, landscape painter and lithography, lithographer born at Bordeaux on 4 October 1788. His father Pierre-Joseph Alaux was also an artist as were his two older brothers, Jean Alaux, who had the nickname of "the Roman", and Jean-Pierre Alaux (1783–1858). A pupil of Pierre Lacour and Horace Vernet, he went on to teach at the Lycée de Bordeaux between 1807 and 1858. Later he became director of the School of Design at Bordeaux. ''View of Floirac'' was the first painted he exhibited at the Salon (Paris), Paris Salon in 1827; two years later, in 1831, his exhibit was ''View of Bordeaux Seen from Floirac''; ''View of Bordeaux from the Saint Raphael Barracks to the Church of Saint Eulalia'' was displayed in 1833. He died at Bordeaux on 24 January 1858. References 19th-century French painters French male painters French lithographers Painters from Bordeaux 1788 births 1858 deaths 19th-century French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Gentil
Émile Gentil (; 4 April 1866 – 30 March 1914) was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and military leader. He headed two military missions to conquer and consolidate territories north from modern Gabon to Chad. In 1902 Gentil was named commissioner-general of the French Congo residing at Brazzaville. Gabon's second-largest city Port-Gentil was named for him. Early life and military career Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he later attended the École Navale, the school that formed French naval officers. As an ensign, he was assigned to conduct hydrographic soundings along the Gabonese coast from 1890 to 1892. That year, he joined the colonial administration in Gabon. Missions to the African Interior First Mission 1895–1897 In 1895, Gentil was ordered to find a practical route to Chad, claiming the area between for France, and hence thwarting German and British expansion. On 27 July 1895, Gentil headed up the Congo River on the French ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Le Gentil
Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (, 11 or 12 September 1725 – 22 October 1792) was a French astronomer who discovered several nebulae and was appointed to the Royal Academy of Sciences. He wrote on the estimation of the distance from the Earth to the Sun using solar transits, made unsuccessful attempts to observe the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus from India during an 11-year journey from France, and wrote a popular account of his adventures and misadventures during the journey. Biography Guillaume Le Gentil was born on 11 or 12 September 1725 in Coutances and first intended to enter the church before turning to astronomy when inspired by a lecture by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. By 1753 he was a professional astronomer and he wrote influentially on the subject of estimating the distance from the Earth to the Sun, the astronomical unit (AU), using transits of Mercury. He argued, contra Edmond Halley, that these transits could not be used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Gentil
Jean-François-Madeleine de Gentil (8March 178929March 1852) was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria. Family Jean-François Gentil is the son of Louis-Français de Gentil who was squire and lord of Artaise-le-Vivier, and was a former officer in the 1st Infantry Regiment. His mother is the named Alexisse-Edmée de Meaux d'Armonville whom his father married and from whom he had nine children. His father emigrated to France during the year 1792 with three of his sons, including Jean-François Gentil, with whom he campaigned in the Armée des Émigrés. Military training Jean-François Gentil was admitted to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr on 29 December 1808, from which he left on 27 July 1809 as a Sub-lieutenant in the "1er régiment de chasseurs-conscrits", which then became the "3e régiment de voltigeurs de la Garde impériale" of the "Jeune Garde". Military campaigns in Europe Campaign and siege of Germany and Austria (1809) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
