Géry is the customary French form of Saint
Gaugericus
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France.
Biography
He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present ...
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French communes named for the saint include:
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Géry
Géry () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 Communes of France, communes of the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of ...
, Meuse, France
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Saint-Géry (disambiguation) Saint-Géry (which refers to Saint Gaugericus) may refer to:
* Saint-Géry, Dordogne, France
* Saint-Géry, Chastre, Belgium
* Saint-Géry, Lot, France
* Île Saint-Géry, a former island in Brussels, Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kin ...
, several French communes
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Saint-Géry Island
Saint-Géry Island () or Sint-Goriks Island ( Dutch: ) was the largest island in the river Senne in Brussels, Belgium. It was named after Saint Gaugericus of Cambrai, who according to legend, built a chapel there around 580. It ceased to exis ...
, former island in Brussels, Belgium
People with the surname Gery or Géry:
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Jacques Géry
Jacques Géry (12 March 1917, Paris – 15 June 2007, Sarlat, France) was a French ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jaw ...
(1917–2007), French ichthyologist
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Jean Gery
Jean Gery (before 1638 – 1690?) (also spelled Jean Jarry, Yan Jarri or Jean Henri) was a French explorer and a deserter from the La Salle expedition of 1685. After leaving the expedition, Gery became chief of a group of Coahuiltecan Indians, ...
(also spelled Jean Jarry, Yan Jarri or Jean Henri) (before 1638–1690, French explorer
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Marcel Gery
Marcel Gery (in Czech and Slovak Marcel Géry; born March 15, 1965) is a former butterfly swimmer, who was born in Czechoslovakia and competed for the Czechoslovak national team in international competitions.
At the 1985 Summer Universiade, Ger ...
(born 1965), Slovakian and Canadian swimmer
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Wade-Gery Wade-Gery is a British surname. People with the name include:
* Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965), British business executive
*Sir Robert Wade-Gery (1929–2015), British diplomat
* Theodore Wade-Gery (1888–1972), British classical scholar, historian ...
:
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Laura Wade-Gery
Laura Wade-Gery (born 1965) is a British business executive.
Early life
Wade-Gery (daughter of the late Sir Robert Wade-Gery) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where she studied history and also achieved ...
(born 1965), British business executive
**Sir
Robert Wade-Gery
Sir Robert Wade-Gery (22 April 1929 – 16 February 2015) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India 1982–87.
Biography
Wade-Gery was born in Oxford on 22 April 1929. His father, Theodore Wade-Gery was an ancient historian and ...
(1929–2015), British diplomat
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Theodore Wade-Gery
Henry Theodore Wade-Gery, (2 April 1888 – 2 January 1972), known as Theodore Wade-Gery or H. T. Wade-Gery, was a classical scholar, historian and epigrapher. From 1939 to 1953, he was Wykeham Professor of Ancient History at the University of ...
(1888–1972), British classical scholar, historian and epigrapher
Gery and Géry are also male given names, including:
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Géry de Ghersem (also Géry Gersem) (1573/75–1630), Franco-Flemish composer
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