Monthly Archives: November 2019

Geoffrey Everest Hinton

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Geoffrey Everest Hinton born 1947 age 73 He is an English Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks. With David E. Rumelhart and Ronald J. Williams, Hinton was a co-author of a … Continue reading →

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Octave Crémazie

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Octave Crémazie Born: April 16, 1827, Quebec City baptized Claude-Joseph-Olivier Died: 1879, Le Havre, France.Octave Crémazie Born: April 16, 1827, Quebec City baptized Claude-Joseph-Olivier Died: 1879, Le Havre, France He was a French Canadian poet and bookseller born in Quebec … Continue reading →

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Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé 1786 –1871 age 85 He was a French Canadian writer and seigneur. He was born in Quebec City in 1786, the son of seigneur Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé and Catherine Tarieu de Lanaudière, the daughter of … Continue reading →

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Joy Harjo

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Harjo is the First Native American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate and is a Member of the Muscogee Creek Nation “Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses … Continue reading →

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Caroline A. Jones

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Caroline A. Jones Born 1954, Durham, NC) age 65 She is an art historian, author, curator, and critic. She teaches and serves within the History Theory Criticism Section of the Department of Architecture at MIT School of Architecture and Planning, … Continue reading →

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Nikola Tesla

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Nikola Tesla 1856-1943 age 87 He was a Serbo-Croatian: and a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system Born and … Continue reading →

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The Arawak

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of South America and of the Caribbean. Specifically, the term “Arawak” has been applied at various times to the Lokono of South America and the Taíno, who historically lived in the Greater … Continue reading →

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Guadeloupe

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Guadeloupe is an overseas region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the Îles des Saintes, as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. The islands were first populated by … Continue reading →

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Map of French Florida or French Florida

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Map of French Florida or French Florida In 1562, Charles IX, under the leadership of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny sent Jean Ribault and a group of Huguenot settlers in an attempt to colonize the Atlantic coast and found a colony … Continue reading →

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French Guiana

Posted on November 14, 2019 by beaugrand

French Guiana Is located in the South American continent with Brazil at its border South East.. French traders and colonists tried again to settle a France Équinoxiale or The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its … Continue reading →