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Penard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eugène Penard (1855–1954), Swiss biologist * Thomas E. Penard (1878–1936), American engineer and ornithologist See also * Menard (surname) * Renard (surname) Renard is a French-language surname. Notable people with the name include: * Henriette Rénard (d. 1721 or 1722), a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony * Marie-Jeanne Renard du Bos (1701 – 1730-1750), French en ...

Eugène Penard
Eugène Penard (16 September 1855 – 5 January 1954) was a Swiss biologist and pioneer in systematics of the amoebae. Penard was born in Geneva where his father ran a private school. After studying in Geneva, Eugène worked in a bank but decided to pursue science and went to the University of Edinburgh followed by studies at the Heidelberg University, University of Heidelberg under Otto Bütschli. He then became a student of Carl Vogt, Karl Vogt in Geneva from 1882 with a break serving as a private tutor to Prince Orlov in St. Petersburg from 1883 to 1886. He began to study protists and received a doctorate in 1887 for his studies on ''Ceratium hirundinella''. He then spent some years as a private tutor in Germany in the Baron Belevski household. He then travelled and collected around the world and returned to Geneva in 1900. He then began to conduct studies and described nearly 530 new species of microscopic organisms before his eyesight prevented him from microscopic studies. ...
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Thomas E
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wi ... (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * ...
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Menard (surname)
Menard may refer to: Places Canada *Menard River, a tributary of the Wawagosic River in Quebec, Canada United States * Menard County, Illinois ** Menard, Illinois * Menard County, Texas ** Menard, Texas * Menard–Hodges site, archaeological site in Arkansas * Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site, historic park in Illinois ** Pierre Menard House, 1810 French Creole-style home of Pierre Menard People * Menard (surname) Fictional characters * Pierre Menard (fictional character), a fictional writer in the story "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" Organizations * Menard Press, small press publisher founded in 1969 * Menard Independent School District, Menard, Texas * Menard Correctional Center, a maximum and high-medium security prison in Illinois * Team Menard, John Menard, Jr.'s Indy Racing League team * Menard Art Museum, Komaki, Aichi, central Japan Other uses * "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote", short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges See also * * ...
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