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Quinet
Quinet () is a French surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Edgar Quinet (1803–1875), French historian ** Edgar Quinet (Paris Métro) ** Edgar Quinet-class cruiser ** French cruiser Edgar Quinet * Hermiona Quinet, married name of Hermiona Asachi Hermiona Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900) was a Romanian writer and translator. Life Hermiona was born Glicheria Melirato, the daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Asachi, Elena Teyber. She was ... (1821–1900), Romanian writer * Marcel Quinet (1915–1986), Belgian pianist {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Cruiser Edgar Quinet
''Edgar Quinet'' was an armored cruiser of the French Navy, the lead ship of her class. She and her sister ship, , were the last class of armored cruiser to be built by the French Navy. ''Edgar Quinet'' was laid down in November 1905, launched in September 1907, and completed in January 1911. Armed with a main battery of fourteen guns, she was more powerful than most other armored cruisers, but she had entered service more than two years after the first battlecruiser——had rendered armored cruisers obsolescent. At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, ''Edgar Quinet'' participated in the hunt for the German battlecruiser and then joined the blockade of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic. She took part in the Battle of Antivari later in August, and the seizure of Corfu in January 1916, but saw no further action during the war. In 1922, she evacuated over a thousand civilians from Smyrna during the climax of the Greco-Turkish War. Converted into a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Quinet-class Cruiser
The ''Edgar Quinet'' class was the last type of armored cruiser built for the French Navy. The two ships of this class— and —were built between 1905 and 1911. They were based on the previous cruiser, , the primary improvement being a more powerful uniform main battery of guns. The ''Edgar Quinet'' class was the most powerful type of armored cruiser built in France, but they entered service more than two years after the British battlecruiser , which, with its all-big-gun armament, had rendered armored cruisers obsolescent. Both ships operated together in the Mediterranean Fleet after entering service, and they remained in the fleet throughout World War I. They participated in the blockade of the Adriatic to keep the Austro-Hungarian Navy contained early in the war. During this period, ''Edgar Quinet'' took part in the Battle of Antivari in August 1914, and ''Waldeck-Rousseau'' was unsuccessfully attacked twice by Austro-Hungarian U-boats. ''Waldeck-Rousseau'' participated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Quinet
Edgar Quinet (; 17 February 180327 March 1875) was a French historian and intellectual. Biography Early years Quinet was born at Bourg-en-Bresse, in the ''département'' of Ain. His father, Jérôme Quinet, had been a commissary in the army, but being a strong republican and disgusted with Napoleon's 18 Brumaire coup, he gave up his post and devoted himself to scientific and mathematical study. Edgar, who was an only child, was usually alone, but his mother (Eugénie Rozat Lagis, who was an educated person with strong, albeit original, Protestant religious views) exercised great influence over him. He was sent to school first in Bourg and then in Lyon. His father wished him on leaving school to go into the army, and then enter a business career. Quinet was determined to engage in literature, and after a time got his way when he moved to Paris in 1820. His first publication, the ''Tablettes du juif errant'' ("Tablets of the Wandering Jew"),which appeared in 1823, symbolized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Quinet (Paris Métro)
Edgar Quinet () is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. Located at the intersection of Boulevard Edgar Quinet, the Rue du Montparnasse and Rue de la Gaîté, it is situated in the 14th arrondissement. Location The metro station is located under Boulevard Edgar Quinet, east of the intersection with the streets of La Gaîté, d'Odessa, du Montparnasse and Delambre. Orientated approximately along an east-west axis, it is placed between the Montparnasse – Bienvenue and Raspail Metro stations. History The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907, Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into Line 6 on 12 October 1942. It is named after Boulevard Edgar Quinet, itself named after Edgar Quinet (1803–1875), a historian and intellectual who wrote on German history, Christianity and other subjects. The station was the location of the ''Barrière Montparnasse'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermiona Asachi
Hermiona Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; December 16, 1821 – December 9, 1900) was a Romanian writer and translator. Life Hermiona was born Glicheria Melirato, the daughter of Kiriaco Melirato and Elena Teyber. She was later adopted by Gheorghe Asachi, her mother's second husband. Hermiona translated texts by Silvio Pellico and Benjamin Franklin into Romanian for her father's publication ''Albina Românească''. In 1845, she moved to France, where she corresponded with various French intellectuals such as Victor Hugo, Jules Michelet Jules Michelet (; 21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian and an author on other topics whose major work was a history of France and its culture. His aphoristic style emphasized his anti-clerical republicanism. In Michelet's ... and Louis Blanc. She was first married to . In 1852, she married the French historian Edgar Quinet, She edited some of Quinet's texts for publication, subsequently publishing under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
