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(Encyclopedia) Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Gwen: see Rhys, Jean.

(Encyclopedia) Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Moreau, Louis Gabriel: see Moreau, Jean-Michel. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Cyran, Abbé de: see Duvergier de Hauranne, Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gondi, Paul de: see Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Chouans sho͞oˈənz, Fr. shwäN [key] [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was Jean Cottereau, traditional...

(Encyclopedia) Beyazid, 1612–1638?, Ottoman prince; brother of Sultan Murad IV. Considering Beyazid a dangerous rival, Murad ordered his execution. Beyazid's death is treated in Jean Racine's tragedy, Bajazet (167...