Tag: Paris

François Rabelais

François Rabelais

François Rabelais [fʁɑ̃.swa ʁa.blɛ] (c. 1494, perhaps 1483, in La Devinière near Chinon, Touraine; † April 9, 1553, in Paris) was a French Renaissance writer, humanist, Roman Catholic friar and secular priest, practicing physician, and lecturer. He is one of the most important prose writers in French literature; of his works, the novel cycle Gargantua and Pantagruel is most well-known. Rabelais-Museum Rabelais began his novitiate as a religious priest in the Franciscan monastery Read more [...]
William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham [ˈsʌməsɪt mɔːm] (January 25, 1874 in Paris – December 16, 1965 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat near Nice), also known as W. Somerset Maugham, was an English novelist and playwright. He is one of the most widely read English-language authors of the 20th century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35zdFvas0uQ William Somerset Maugham was the son of an English lawyer who worked for British clients in Paris. His older brother was the jurist Frederic Maugham. His parents Read more [...]
Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais (Greek: Αδαμάντιος Κοραής – Adamántios Koraís, also Koraés; April 27, 1748 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, Ottoman Empire – April 6, 1833 in Paris) was a Greek scholar and writer. Korais is considered a reformer of Greek literature. Korais was born in Smyrna, but his father came from the island of Chios, and Korais felt a strong connection to the island. Korais graduated from the Evangelical School of Smyrna and spent most of his life not in Greece, but Read more [...]
Bénédict Augustin Morel

Bénédict Augustin Morel

Bénédict Augustin Morel (22 November 1809 – 30 March 1873) was a French psychiatrist born in Vienna, Austria. He was an influential figure in the field of degeneration theory during the mid-19th century. Morel received his education in Paris, and while a student, supplemented his income by teaching English and German classes. In 1839 he earned his medical doctorate, and two years later became an assistant to psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Falret (1794–1870) at the Salpêtrière in Read more [...]
Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/ MEZ-mər;[1] German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called "animal magnetism", later referred to as mesmerism. Mesmer's theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the 19th century.[2] In Read more [...]
Louis Mazetier

Louis Mazetier

Louis Mazetier (born February 17, 1960, Paris) is a French stride pianist. Mazetier began playing jazz at age 14 and by age 18 was performing at jazz clubs in Paris. In addition to his career as a musician, he works full-time as a radiologist.[1] He plays with Paris Washboard and has worked on record with Dick Hyman, Francois Rilhac,[2] Alain Marquet, and Neville Dickie, among others, and has released multiple albums as a leader or co-leader. Although Read more [...]
Thomas Lilti is DirectorDoc

Thomas Lilti is DirectorDoc

Thomas Lilti (born 30 May 1976) is a French family doctor, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his three movies series about the medical field: “Hippocrate” (Hippocrates: Diary of a French Doctor) in 2014, “Médecin de Campagne” (Rural physicians) in 2016 and “Première année” (First Year) in 2018. Wikipedia EN Wikipedia FR Internet Movie Database Read more [...]