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Normand
Normand is the French name for the Norman language and people from Normandy. It is also a surname and masculine given name. "Normand" = The French surname describes those families in and originating from Normandy. The "d" was retained by immigrates that settled in North America. "Norman" = of French origin but refers to the linage that conquered England in the year 1066. After the Battle of Hastings. Refer to: William the Conquer Both versions of this surname occur throughout Canada & the United States of America. It may refer to: Given name * Normand Aubin (born 1960), Canadian hockey player * Normand Baker (1908–1955), Australian artist * Normand Baron (born 1957), Canadian hockey player * Normand Brathwaite (born 1958), Canadian comedian, actor, radio and television host, and musician * Normand Corbeil (1956–2013), Canadian film, television, and video game composer * Normand D'Amour (born 1962), Canadian actor * Normand Duguay (born 1941), Canadian politician * Norm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands). It covers . Its population in 2017 was 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans; the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''Îles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown Dependencies. Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Normand
Ernest Normand (1857-1923) was an English painter noted for his historical and Biblical scenes as well as Orientalist works. Life and career Ernest Normand was born in London on 30 December 1857. He painted history and orientalist paintings, and also undertook portraits. In 1884 he married the painter and writer, Henrietta Rae (1859-1928). They both painted nude figures in lush settings, and were criticized for an apparent tendency toward an excess of sensuality in some of their paintings. The Normands were based in London from 1885, where Ernest had his studio and received support from the circle around Lord Leighton. They lived in Holland Park, an area known as the residence of many other artists of the day. Frequent visitors to their home included Leighton, Millais, Prinsep, and Watts. These more senior artists ''adopted'' the Normands, but their criticism was not always welcome. In her memoirs, Henrietta described the overbearing attitudes and conduct of some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Language
Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a ''Langues d'oïl, langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical region, historical and Cultural area, cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative languages of ''Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman'' and ''Law French'' used in England. For the most part, the written forms of Norman and modern French are mutually intelligible. The thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon was the first to distinguish it along with other dialects such as Picard language, Picard and Burgundian language (Oïl), Bourguignon. Today, although it does not enjoy any official status outside of Jersey, some reports of the French Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture have recognized it as one of the regional languages of France. History When Norsemen, Norse Vikings from modern day Scandinavia arrived in Neustria, in the western part of the then Kingdom of the Franks, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Léveillé
Normand "Norm" Léveillé (born January 10, 1963) is a Canadian former professional hockey left winger. He played one season and one month in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, before his career was cut short at age 19 by a brain aneurysm suffered during a game at the Pacific Coliseum, which left him unable to walk. After he recovered, Léveillé devoted his energies to therapy for others with disabling conditions. He is the founder and president of the Centre Normand-Léveillé at Drummondville in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. His story is told in ''Un arrêt en plein vol'' by Thérèse Desjardins (2005). Playing career Léveillé was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1975 and 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Montreal. He was drafted in the first round, 14th overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. He was a highly touted prospect coming out of the QMJHL after a 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Lester
Normand Lester (born July 10, 1945) is an investigative journalist from Quebec. Though he built his reputation through investigations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Forces, he is best known for the controversy created in Canada after the publication of his book ''Le Livre noir du Canada anglais'' ("The Black Book of English Canada") in 2005. Biography Born to a Romanian immigrant and a French Canadian mother, Lester started his career in journalism in 1964. Two years later, he began a 35-year career as a reporter for the Radio-Canada, in which he found himself posted around the Western world, being posted in Washington, New York City and Paris. In 1986, he was posted as parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa. He began to investigate and study the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which had been created that year to take over duties formerly under the aegis of the RCMP. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand MacLaurin
Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, (known as Normand MacLaurin; 10 December 1835 in Kilconquhar, Scotland – 24 August 1914 in Sydney, Australia), was a Scottish-born physician, company director, Australian politician and university administrator. Biography MacLaurin was born in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, the son of James MacLaurin, M.A. schoolmaster and Catherine, née Brearcliffe. He was educated at home. At 15 years of age he won a bursary at the University of St Andrews and took the degree of M.A., graduating in 1854 at 19 years of age. Both parents died before he was 19. With help from his only brother, Rev. James MacLaurin, and some fees he earned for tutoring, he enrolled in medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He qualified as Doctor of Medicine, M.D. in 1857 (aged 22) and subsequently served on eight different ships in the Royal Navy. In the course of his naval service, on 4 February 1868 he reached Port Phillip, and then Sydney in conjunction with the Royal Visit to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Laprise
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Normand Roger
Normand Roger (born 1949) is a Canadian composer, sound editor and sound designer. He is particularly known for his work as a composer of soundtracks for animated films, having composed more than 200 such works since 1970. He has also worked on the creation of music for documentaries, feature films, television dramas, children's series, commercials, and new technologies with 3D and virtual reality. He is the composer of many original soundtracks for Frédéric Back, Paul Driessen, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Caroline Leaf and Aleksandr Petrov. Thirteen of his works have been nominated for Academy Awards, of which six have won. He also notably wrote the theme for the PBS's '' Mystery!''. Roger lectures throughout the world on music and sound for animation. Roger has spent nearly 40 years creating soundtracks for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in his hometown of Montreal, after first being hired for its animation department at the age of 22. His extensive NFB credits in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Normand
Jacques Clary Jean Normand (; 25 November 1848, in Paris – 28 May 1931, in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and writer.The New international year book 1932 " Normand. Jacques Clary Jean. French dramatist, poet, and novelist, died May 28, 1931. in Paris where he was born Nov. 25, 1848. In 1898 he collaborated with Guy de Maupassant in writing Musette." Plays * Le Troisième larron, 1874, play in 1 act, set to music by Jules Massenet, on the repertoire of the Théâtre de l'Odéon 1875 * L'Amiral, 1880, comédie en deux actes, Théâtre du Gymnase 1880 and Théâtre Français 1895 * Les Petits cadeaux, comédie en un acte, Théâtre du Gymnase * Les Vieux amis, comédie en trois actes, Théâtre de l'Odéon * La Douceur de croire, pièce en trois actes, Théâtre Français, 8 July 1899 In collaboration with Arthur Delavigne * Blakson père et fils, comédie en quatre actes, Théâtre de l'Odéon * Les petites marmites, comédie en trois actes, Théâtre du Gymnase * Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Smith Patton
Normand Smith Patton (July 10, 1852 – March 15, 1915) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C. Early life Patton was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of the Reverend William Weston Patton, William Weston and Mary Boardman Patton (née Smith).Marquis, Albert Nelson. ''The Book of Chicagoans'',Google Books, A.N. Marquis, 1911, p. 527. He received a BA from Amherst College in 1873 and an MA in 1876, also from Amherst. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology while he pursued his graduate studies at Amherst.Lathrop, Alan K. and Firth, Bob. ''Churches of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide'',Google Books, University of Minnesota Press, 2003, p. 297, (). Architectural career Practices Patton began practicing architecture in Chicago in 1874, leaving in 1876 for Washington D.C. where he remained until 1883. He then returned to Chicago and shortly thereafter opened a practice with another architect, C.E. Randall. Rand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Normand
Gilbert Normand, (31 March 1943 – 1 January 2025) was a Canadian physician and politician in Quebec, Canada. Normand was a member of the Quebec College of Physicians from 1970, and was a practising physician for twenty-seven years, including two decades as a general practitioner doctor-physician in private practice. In the 1997 general election, Normand ran and won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as Liberal Member of Parliament for Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him Secretary of State for Agriculture, Agri-food, Fisheries and Oceans soon after the election. In 1999, he became Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development. He retained his seat in the 2000 federal election, but left his position as a Secretary of State in 2002 to become a backbencher In Westminster system, Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normand Poirier
Normand Poirier (1928February 3, 1981) was an American journalist, essayist, and newspaper editor. His name is often spelled Norman Poirier. Poirier is noted as one of the first journalists to report on war crimes on Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers during the Vietnam War."Normand Poirier." ''''. February 4, 1981 Early life Normand Poirier was born to parents Raoul Rene Poirier and Therese LaPointe Poirier in |
