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Firmin Abauzit ( 1679 – 1767 ) was a French scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy, and served as librarian in Geneva ( Switzerland ) during his final 40 years.
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The first full preterist exposition was finally written in 1730 by the Protestant and Arian, Frenchman Firmin Abauzit (‘ Essai sur l ' Apocalypse ’), who worked in the those time independent Republic of Geneva as a librarian.
Among those who gave Newton corrections for the Second Edition were: Firmin Abauzit, Roger Cotes and David Gregory.
Although Le Sage published not many papers in his life, he had an extensive letter exchange to people like Jean le Rond d ' Alembert, Leonhard Euler, Paolo Frisi, Roger Joseph Boscovich, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Pierre Simon Laplace, Daniel Bernoulli, Firmin Abauzit, Lord Stanhope etc ..
Such was Louis Bourguet ( 1678 – 1743 ), who, besides his geological works, founded two periodicals which in different ways did much to stimulate the intellectual life of the Suisse Romande ; these were the Bibliothèque italique ( 1729 – 1734 ), which aimed at making more widely known the results of Italian research, and the Mercure suisse which, first issued in 1732, lasted till 1784, under different names ( rom 1738 onwards the literary section bore the name of Journée helvetique ), and secured contributions from most of the leading writers of the Suisse Romande of the day, such as Firmin Abauzit ( 1679 – 1767 ), Abraham Ruchat ( 1678 – 1750 ), and others.
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Using an Irish-produced magnetic system – on which animated characters were attached to a painted background, and then photographed through a 45 degree mirror – he persuaded Peter Firmin, who was then teaching at the Central School of Art, to create the background scenes.
The Smallfilms system was reliant on the company's only two employees – Postgate and Firmin – and was devoid of the modern considerations and essentials, as Postgate pointed out: " excused the interference of educationalists, sociologists and other pseudo-scientists, which produces eventually a confection of formulae which have no integrity.
It was while he was teaching at the Central School of Art ( later Central St Martins College ) that Oliver Postgate came looking for, as Firmin puts it: "… someone to illustrate a television story – someone who was hard up and would do a lot of drawing for very little money ".
Alfred Firmin Loisy ( 28 February 1857, Ambrières, Marne – 1 June 1940, Ceffonds, Haute-Marne ) was a French Roman Catholic priest, professor and theologian who became the intellectual standard bearer for Biblical Modernism in the Roman Catholic Church.
* 17 transport ships – Ville d ' Alger, Djenné, Flandre, Président Doumer, Chenonceaux, Mexique, Colombie, Amiénois, Saumur, Cap Blanc, Châteu Pavie, Saint Firmin, Albert Leborgne, Paul Émile Javary, Saint Clair, Vulcain, Enseigne Maurice Préchac
* PUCHEU, Pierre Firmin ( 1899 – 1944 ) Croix-de-Feu and Parti Populaire Français politician, later collaborationist Minister of the Interior.
Relatives of Firmin Didot include François Ambroise Didot ( 1730 – 1804 ); Pierre François Didot ( 1732 – 95 ); Henri Didot ( 1765 – 1862 ); and Pierre Didot ( 1760 – 1853 ).
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From October 1840 until January 1843 he was in Paris, busy with the treasures of the Bibliothèque Nationale, eking out his scanty means by making collations for other scholars, and producing for the publisher, Firmin Didot, several editions of the Greek New Testament — one of them exhibiting the form of the text corresponding most closely to the Vulgate.
It was a partnership between Oliver Postgate ( writer, animator and narrator ) and Peter Firmin ( modelmaker and illustrator ).
Postgate and Firmin recognised that their product was not to be sold to or bought by children, but by the commissioning television executives.
The series was made by Smallfilms, the company set up by Oliver Postgate ( writer, animator and narrator ) and Peter Firmin ( modelmaker and illustrator ).
The City of Desloge, Missouri was founded by Firmin V. Desloge, II son of Firmin Rene Desloge, the founder of the Desloge Family in America, who migrated from France and settled in Potosi.
The plant was destroyed by fire in 1883 and rather than rebuild, Firmin Desloge decided to explore his properties in the present area of Desloge.
His son, Firmin Desloge III was superintendent of mines until he moved his family including his sons Firmin V. Desloge IV, William Livingston Desloge and Theodore P. Desloge to St. Louis in 1921.
The Desloge lead mining business Desloge Consolidated Lead Company was later relocated to Desloge, MO by his son Firmin V. Desloge
The art work for the stamp was drawn by Peter Firmin, who also produced a series of illustrations for the advertising campaign to publicize the new stamps.
In 2011 it was announced that Firmin was to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Canterbury in recognition of his " outstanding work.
* Postgate and Firmin created a map of their fictional railway which was adhered to rigidly during filming.
The cult of St Firmin was of great religious and economic importance to Amiens during the Middle Ages and into modern times.
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