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F-ratio
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. In oceanic biogeochemistry, the f-ratio is the fraction of total primary production fuelled by nitrate (as opposed to that fuelled by other nit..
F. Raymond Allchin
F. Raymond Allchin is an archaeologist who specializes in South Asian archaeology. He has published many works, some co-authored with Bridget Allchin. Works The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, 1982, with Bridget AllchinThe Archaeology of Afghanistan ..
F. Ray Keyser, Jr.
F. Ray Keyser (August 17, 1927- ) was born in Chelsea, Vermont In 1945 he graduated from Montpelier High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and after leaving the service, obtained an LL.B. Degree from Tufts in 1953. He was a Page in the Vermont House in 1939, a member of the ..
Fırat
Fırat is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. Malatya | Akçadağ | Arapgir | Arguvan | Battalgazi | Darende | Doğanşehir | Doğanyol | Hekimhan | Kale | Kuluncak | Pötürge | Yazıhan | Yeşilyurt ..
FRA
FRA is an initialism that can stand for Federal Railroad Administration (a division of the United States Department of Transportation)Fixed radio accessFrequency Response AnalyzerForward Rate AgreementFranceFrankfurt International Airport (IATA airport code)Freightliner Retirement AssociationFörsv..
Frac
Frac may refer to: Fungicides Resistance Action CommitteeA fictional expletive used in Battlestar GallacticaFractional part, a mathematical functionFrac (game), an old computer game This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an r..
Fracas
For the term meaning "a disorderly quarrel", see [[wikt:fracas|fracas]] at Wiktionary. Fracas is a computer game, similar to the board game Risk, but without any elements of chance. It utilizes a random map creator which allows the user to edit many different game parameters, such as land-to-water ..
Fracastorius (crater)
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Frackville, Pennsylvania
Frackville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 50 miles (81km) northeast of Harrisburg. Frackville was started in 1876, when the villages of Frackville and Mountain City combined to form the current borough. The name "Mountain City" is still pervasive in the area, having been the name o..
Fractal
The boundary of the Mandelbrot set is a famous example of a fractal. The word fractal has two related meanings. In colloquial usage, it denotes a shape that is recursively constructed or self-similar, that is, a shape that appears similar at all scales of magnification and is therefore often ..
Fractal antenna
A fractal antenna is an antenna that uses a self-similar design to maximize the length, or increase the perimeter (on inside sections or the outer structure), of material that can receive or transmit electromagnetic signals within a given total surface area. For this reason, fractal antennas are v..
Fractal art
Computer-generated fractal image. Fractal art is created by calculating fractal mathematical functions and transforming the calculation results into still images, animations, music, or other art media. Fractal images are graphs of the calculation results, and fractal animations are sequences..
Fractal compression
Fractal compression is a lossy compression method used to compress images using fractals. The method is best suited for photographs of natural scenes (trees, mountains, ferns, clouds). The fractal compression technique relies on the fact that in certain images, parts of the image resemble other part..
Fractal dimension
In fractal geometry, the fractal dimension is a statistical quantity that gives an indication of how completely a fractal appears to fill space, as one zooms down to finer and finer scales. One way to define the dimension is to ask, how many balls of radius ε it would take to cover the frac..
Fractal Extreme
Fractal Extreme is a shareware fractal exploration programme, produced by Cygnus Solutions. It can explore the Mandelbrot or Julia sets. It also does the Auto quadratic fractal, the Newton fractal, the Nova fractal and a few lesser-known ones. It supports deep zooming for most fractal types, so a..
Fractal flame
A fractal flame created in Apophysis. Fractal flames are a member of the iterated function system class of fractals created by Scott Draves in 1992. Fractal flames differ from ordinary IFS in three ways: Nonlinear functions instead of affine transforms.Log-density display instead of linear or..
Fractal Glider
Fractal Glider is Paul McCosh, a psychedelic trance artist from Melbourne, Australia. Fractal Glider is noted for his original high energy sound, and for being representative of the Melbourne psychedelic/trance scene. (See Gormack) Although primarily playing in Australia, Japan and New Zealand, McC..
Fractal landscape
A fractal landscape is essentially a two-dimensional form of the fractal coastline, which can be considered a stochastic generalization of the Koch curve. The Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension, D, is a fraction between 2 and 3. A way to make such a landscape is to employ the random midpoint displacem..
Fractal metaphysics
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Fractal Notes and Shoe Throats
Fractal Notes and Shoe Throats is an emo, rock album written and performed by Positive Infinity. The album was released on November 16, 2005. Track listing Music written by Jonathan RobertsAll lyrics written by Jonathan Roberts "Truth (The Smoking Gun)" (3:04)"Avatar" (2:30)"Being Thorough is Da..
Fractal transform
The fractal transform is a technique invented by Michael Barnsley et al. to perform lossy image compression. This first practical fractal compression system for digital images resembles a vector quantization system using the image itself as the codebook. Contents 0.1 Fractal transform compre..
FRACTiLE Games
FRACTiLE Games was a group of Finnish programmers developing computer games in their spare time. The group was formed in summer 1996 as FRACTiLE but the name was later changed to FRACTiLE Games. The group eventually fell apart in 2003 leaving only Mikko Rytkönen, who decided to keep the name for hi..
Fractint
Fractint is a freeware open source software package that can render and display many kinds of fractals. Its name comes from the words fractal and integer, since the first versions of it computed fractals by using only integer arithmetic, which led to much faster rendering on x86 computers without ma..
Fraction
In common usage a fraction is any part of a unit. Fraction may mean: Fraction (mathematics), a quotient of numbers, like ¾, or more generally, an element of a quotient field.Fraction (chemistry), a quantity collected in a separation process by fractionation.Fraction (religion), the ceremonial act..
Fractional-reserve banking
In economics, particularly in financial economics, fractional-reserve banking is the near-universal practice of banks retaining only a fraction of their clients' deposits and notes as reserves to satisfy demands for withdrawals, investing the remainder in loans to generate income. Clients would nor..
Fractional Brownian motion
A normalized fractional Brownian motion (denoted fBm) [W^H_t] on [[0,T], T\in \mathbb] is a continuous-time Gaussian process starting at zero, with mean zero, and having the following correlation function: [E[W^H_t W^H_s]=\frac (|t|^+|s|^-|t-s|^),] w..
Fractional calculus
In mathematics, fractional calculus is a branch of mathematical analysis that studies the possibility of taking real number powers of the differential operator :[D = \frac \, ] and the integration operator J. (Usually not I, to avoid confusion with other I-like glyphs, or identities, bu..
Fractional CIO
A fractional CIO is an experienced, top-level information technology professional who serves as a part-time chief information officer" of a small or medium-sized business that otherwise could not afford or would not need a full time executive to hold the position of chief information officer. A fra..
Fractional coloring
Fractional coloring is a topic in a young branch of graph theory known as fractional graph theory. It differs from the traditional graph coloring in the sense that it assigns sets of colors instead of colors to elements. A b-fold coloring of a graph G is an assignment of sets of size b to vertices ..
Fractional crystallization
Fractional crystallization is a process to separate different solvents from a solution.Fractional crystallization is a natural process occurring in igneous rocks during which precipitation of minerals takes place. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated..
Fractional crystallization (chemistry)
In chemistry, fractional crystallization is a method of refining substances based on differences in solubility. If two or more substances are dissolved in a solvent, they will crystallize out of solution (precipitate) at different rates. Crystallization can be induced by changes in concentration, ..
Fractional crystallization (geology)
Fractional crystallization is one of the most important geochemical and physical processes operating within the Earth's crust and mantle. Fractional crystallization is the removal and segregation from a melt of mineral precipitates, which changes the composition of the melt. Fractional crystalliza..
Fractional differential equation
Fractional differential equations are a generalization of differential equations through the application of fractional calculus. See also differintegral References Theory and Applications of Fractional Differential Equations, Volume 204, First Edition (North-Holland Mathematics Studies) (Hardcove..
Fractional distillation
Fractional distillation is the separation of a mixture into its component parts, or fractions, such as in separating chemical compounds by their boiling point by heating them to a temperature at which several fractions of the compound will evaporate. Fractional distillation apparatus. Conte..
Fractional Fourier transform
In mathematics, in the area of harmonic analysis, the fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) is a linear transformation generalizing the continuous Fourier transform, which can be thought of as the Fourier transform to the n-th power where n need not be an integer — thus, it can transform a funct..
Fractional freezing
Fractional freezing is a process used by chemists to separate two liquids which have a different freezing point. This happens by dropping the temperature of both liquids - one liquid will reach its freezing point and solidify, while the other will remain liquid. This liquid can be poured off, leavin..
Fractional ideal
In mathematics, in particular commutative algebra, the idea of fractional ideal is introduced in the context of Dedekind domains. In general commutative rings there is no guarantee that one can divide an ideal I by another one J that is non-zero, and get a satisfactory inverse to multiplication of i..
Fractional note
Small denomination bank notes which were issued by the British government during World War II. ..
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) was a Soviet ICBM program in the 1960s that after launch would go into a low Earth orbit and would then de-orbit for an attack. It had no range limit and the orbital flight path would not reveal the target location. This would allow a path to North Amer..
Fractional order control
Fractional order control or (FOC) is a field of control theory that uses the fractional order integrator as part of the control system design toolkit. The fundamental advantage of FOC is that the fractional order integrator weights history using a function that decays with a power-law tail. The eff..
Fractional order integrator
A fractional order integrator or just simply fractional integrator is an integrator device that calculates the fractional order integral or derivative (usually called a differintegral) of an input. Differentiation or integration is a real or complex parameter. The fractional integrator is useful in ..
Fractional Ownership
Fractional ownership is the practice of dividing an expensive asset into percentage shares and selling those shares to individual owners. A fractional share gives an owner certain privileges, such as a number of hours, days, or weeks of using the asset, and may also offer a share of income from the..
Fractional relaxation
Fractional relaxation is a method of releasing muscular tension in one small part of the body at a time, such as relaxing one finger, then relaxing another, then adding another, then the whole hand, followed by the forearm... then relaxing the other arm as well (starting with a finger)... then the..
Fractional rig
A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a jib or genoa sail that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast. In this case, the forestay that holds the mast up at the front of the boat is attached to the mast at a lower point and the fore sail (jib or genoa) is usually rigged to this ..
Fractional supersymmetry
In theoretical physics, fractional supersymmetry is a generalization of the notion of supersymmetry in which the minimal positive amount of spin does not have to be [1/2] but can be an arbitrary [1/N] for integer value of N. Such a generalization is possible in two or less spacet..
Fractionating column
A fractionating column is a piece of glassware used in distillation that allows compounds with close boiling points to be separated. Most commonly used is either a vigreux column or a straight column packed with glass beads. Usually the column is insulated to prevent heat loss. See also: fraction..
Fractionation
Fractionation is a separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture (solid, liquid, solute or suspension) is divided up in a large number of smaller quantities (fractions) in which the [[wikt:composition|composition]] changes according to a gradient. Fractions are collected based on diff..
Fraction (chemistry)
A fraction in chemistry is a quantity collected from a sample or batch of a substance in a separation process by means of fractional distillation. A fraction can be defined as a group of hydrocarbons that have similar boiling points. ..
Fraction (comic)
Fraction was a six-issue comic from DC Comics in 2004, in which four men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania steal the components of a powerful battle suit. The series was written by David Tischman, with art by Timothy Green II and covers by Tomer Hanuka. External links http://www.comics-db.com/pages/DC..
Fraction (mathematics)
2}}) the cake. In mathematics, a fraction is a way of expressing a quantity based on an amount that is divided into a number of equal-sized parts. For example, each part of a cake split into four equal parts is called a quarter (and represented numerically as 1⁄4); two quarters is half t..
Fraction (politics)
Fraction is a term used in the past by Communists. Faction is a similar, older and more common term. "A Fraction is a Party organisation inside a representative or delegate body. (It is also used for a grouping of all the Communists and their followers inside a trade union or similar organization...
Fraction (religion)
The 'Fraction is the ceremonial act of breaking the bread during Communion in some Christian denominations. ..
Fractoluminescence
Fractoluminescence is the emission of light from the fracture of a crystal. Depending upon the atomic and molecular composition of the crystal, when the crystal fractures a charge separation can occur making one side of the fractured crystal positively charged and the other side negatively charged...
Fractomancy
Fractomancy is a form of divination that uses the structure of fractal geometric patterns. This is a modern form of divination and often is done with computer graphics. References The Skeptics Dictionary: http://skepdic.com/divinati.htmlCustomer Reviews, Dreaming The Future, The Fantastic Story o..
Fracton
A fracton is a collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure. Fractons are the fractal analogon of phonons. Phonons are the result of applying translational symmetry to the potential in a Schrödinger equation. Fractal self-similarity can be thought of as a symmetry somewha..
Fractor
A fractor is an elementary electronic component, with characteristics of both capacitors and resistors. The fractor is most useful in the field of control, where the phase properties of the fractor help naturally stabilize systems. The fractor was invented during the exploration of materials that s..
Fracture
For fractures in bones, see Bone fracture. Mechanical failure modes Buckling Corrosion Creep Fatigue Fracture Melting Thermal shock Wear A fracture is the separation of a body into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress. The word fracture is often applied to bones of living creat..
Fractured Atlas
[Fractured Atlas] is a national, multidisciplinary, non-profit arts service organization. The company's services to artists and arts organizations include health insurance, fiscal sponsorship, marketing and promotion, and education and professional development. Mission Statement: Fracture..
Fractured Flickers
Fractured Flickers was a syndicated half-hour television comedy show produced by Jay Ward, who otherwise is known for animated cartoons. A single 26-episode season was produced and debuted midseason in January 1963, airing early Saturday evening. It continued in reruns for several years. Host Hans ..
Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty
Atreyu's second EP, Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty, was released on November 20, 2001, under the independent label, Tribunal Records. The EP features early versions of the songs "Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead," "Someone's Standing on My Chest" and "Tulips Are Better," w..
Fracture (fanzine)
Fracture was the first free, national, UK based fanzine. Created by a number of punk regulars, its two editors were split between Cardiff (Monk Dave, previously of Mad Monks fanzine) and Leeds (Russell Remains, previously of Charred Remains fanzine). It lasted 25 issues before finally calling an ..
Fracture Fanzine
Fracture was a punk rock fanzine produced in Cardiff, South Wales until 2003. Hailed as the UK's answer to the legendary Maximum RocknRoll, editor Monk Dave (also known as David Hopkin, formerly of Mad Monks fanzine) and other regular contributors delivered the usual columns, interviews, reviews an..
Fracture mechanics
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since April 2006. Fracture mechanics is a ..
Fracture toughness
Fracture toughness is a property which describes the ability of a material containing a crack to resist fracture, and is one of the most important properties of any material for virtually all design applications. It is denoted KIc and has the units of [MPa\sqrt]. Fracture toughness is a ..
Fracture zone
The result of the action of a transform fault. Produced by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Transform faults are the active parts of a fracture zone. These zones extend outward from the ridge axis and are seismically inactive areas which may display evidence of past transform fault activity. Li..
Fractus cloud
Fractus clouds are clouds which have broken off of a larger cloud and are usually sheared off of another cloud by strong winds. They are named generally for the type of cloud they were sheared from. Therefore, one which was sheared from a cumulus cloud would be called cumulus fractus. ..
FRAD
FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler) is a device that turns data packets into Frame Relay frames that can be sent over Frame Relay network and turns the received Frame Relay frames into data packets. ..
Fraddon
Fraddon is a small village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is famed for its food hall. Mebyon Kernow, the movement for Cornish self-determination is based there. Fraddon is located in Cornwall. Cornwall is NOT in England, it is part of Great Britain but it is NOT in England. ..
Frades
Frades may refer to: Frades, a municipality in PortugalFrades, a municipality in Galicia, Spain This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the int..
Frades, Galicia
Frades is a municipality of Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Municipalities of A Coruña Abegondo | Ames | Aranga | Ares | Arteixo | Arzúa | A Baña | Bergondo | Betanzos | Boimorto | Boiro | Boqu..
Frades (Portugal)
Frades is a Portuguese parish in the district of Póvoa de Lanhoso,. The population in 2001 is 318, its density is 77/km² and the area is 4.13 km². ..
Fradique de Menezes
President Fradique de Menezes Fradique de Menezes (born March 21, 1942) is the President of São Tomé and Príncipe (2001 - present). Fradique de Menezes was born on the island of São Tomé in 1942, before São Tomé and Príncipe gained its independence from Portugal. He attended high scho..
Fradley
Fradley is a village in Staffordshire, England close to Lichfield and Alrewas. Fradley was first mentioned in 1768 when the Engineer James Brindley won the contract to build the canal from Coventry, to link with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Fradley. It was not until 1783 that this canal was comple..
Fradley Junction
Fradley Junction is the point at which the Coventry Canal joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. A small settlement, popular with gongoozlers and other visitors, has been developed there including the Swan Inn, two shops and two cafes. 'Fradley Pool' Nature Reserve is adjacent to the junction that is nam..
Fraeylemaborg
Fraeylemaborg is the most important of the Borgen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands. These places started in the middle ages to store harvests and protect these harvests from robbers. They were the only buildings that used stone and masonry (beside churches). In due time they grew to cent..
Frafra
Frafra is a colonialist term given to a subset of Gurunsi peoples living in northern Ghana and their language. The larger group of Gurunsi peoples inhabit both southern Burkina Faso and northern Ghana. Derived from the greeting "fara fara", which means "How is your suffering (work)?", this term is..
Frag
Frag refers to the following: In the context of war, a frag is commonly known as an assassination of an unpopular member of one's own fighting unit, by dropping a fragmentation grenade into the victim's tent. A military term for a fragmentation grenade. A computer hard drive is said to be fragged (..
Fraga
This article is about the Spanish town. For the Spanish politician, see Manuel Fraga Iribarne General view of Fraga Fraga is the major town of the comarca of Bajo Cinca (Catalan: Baix Cinca) in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It is located by the river Cinca. King Alfonso I of Aragon d..
Fragarach
In Irish mythology, Fragarach, known as 'The Answerer' or 'The Retaliator' was the sword of Manannan mac Lir and Lugh Lamfada. Manannan wielded it as his weapon, before passing it on to Lugh (his foster son). It was said to be a weapon that no armour could stop. Forged by the gods, it was given to..
FragArcade
FragArcade is a community and competition website for players of first-person shooter PC games. The website first launched in the form of a public beta in August of 2004. It is due to come out of beta during the summer of 2006. The website has been engineered from the ground up to make the gaming ex..
Fragaria daltoniana
Fragaria daltoniana is a species of strawberry native to the Himalaya. Its fruit has a poor flavor, and is of no commercial value. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria daltoniana is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. Refe..
Fragaria iinumae
Fragaria iinumae is a species of strawberry native to Japan and eastern Russia. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria iinumae is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. References and external links Oda, Y. 2002. Photosynthet..
Fragaria moupinensis
Fragaria moupinensis is a species of strawberry native to China. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria moupinensis is tetraploid, having 4 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 28 chromosomes. References and external links [G.M. Darrow, The Strawberry: Hi..
Fragaria nilgerrensis
Fragaria nilgerrensis is a species of strawberry native to southern and southeast Asia. Its fruit has a poor flavour, and is of no commercial value. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria nilgerrensis is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 1..
Fragaria nipponica
Fragaria nipponica is a species of strawberry native to the western side of the Japanese island of Honshu, with a variety Fragaria nipponica var. yakusimensis on Yakushima. Some botanists treat it as a synonym of Fragaria yezoensis. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fra..
Fragaria nubicola
Fragaria nubicola is a species of strawberry native to the Himalaya. It is of no commercial value. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria nubicola is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. References and external links [G...
Fragaria orientalis
Fragaria orientalis is a species of strawberry native to China. It is a robust species with small berries. Its fruit is sometimes eaten locally, but is not of significant economic value. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria orientalis is tetraploid, having 4 pairs..
Fragaria viridis
Fragaria viridis is a species of strawberry native to Europe and central Asia. It has extremely small berries, with fine flavour. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria viridis is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. External..
Fragaria yezoensis
Fragaria yezoensis is a species of strawberry native to the eastern side of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and the adjacent Kuril Islands and Sakhalin in Russia. It is of no economic value. Some botanists include the very similar Fragaria nipponica in F. yezoensis as a synonym. All strawberries..
Fragaria × Potentilla hybrids
While presently lacking formal botanical nomenclature, there are several commercially important hybrids between Fragaria and Potentilla species in existence: The Pink Panda Strawberry®, also known as 'Frel', is a patented hybrid strawberry that is the result of crossing the Marsh Cinquefoil, Poten..
Fragaria × vescana
Fragaria × vescana is a hybrid strawberry cultivar that was created in an effort to combine the best traits of the Garden Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa), which has large berries and vigorous plants, with the Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), which has an exquisite flavour, but small berries. This c..
Fragata Libertad
The Fragata Libertad is the School-Ship of the Argentine Navy, and was built in the 1950's at the Rio Santiago shipyards near Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's maiden voyage was in 1962, and it continues to operate on a yearly basis. It´s main characteristics are: Length: 91.75m; Beam: 14.31m; Draf..
Fragged (Battlestar Galactica)
Fragged is an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica televison series. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot Survivor Count: 47,862 Awaiting rescue, the survey team struggles to survive on Kobol. Lt. Crashdown decides to lead an assault aga..
Fraggle attack
A fraggle attack is a type of network attack where an attacker sends a large amount of UDP echo traffic to IP broadcast addresses, all of it having a fake source address. This is a simple rewrite of the smurf attack code. This traffic is aimed at ports 7 (echo) and 19 (chargen). fraggle.c was writ..
Fraggle Rock
The core cast. Back row, from left: Mokey and Gobo. Front row, from left: Boober, Wembley and Red. Three Doozers are visible in the foreground. Fraggle Rock is a children's television series with a total of 5 seasons and 96 episodes running from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987. The series w..
Fragile
This is the article about the Yes album. For the album by Nine Inch Nails, see The Fragile. For the movie, see Fragile (film). Fragile is the fourth album by British progressive rock band Yes. It is best known for the song "Roundabout", which was released in an edited version as a US single and b..
Fragile (album)
Fragile is the seventh album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame (Part 1), this album has only seen a release in Japan, where the band is very popular. Containing a total of thirteen tracks, the album contains some new material as well as re-recordings ..
Fragile / JIRENMA
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. "fragile / JIRENMA" was the eighteenth single by the Japanese j-pop group Every Little Thing, released on January 1, 2001, and their fourth si..
Fragile Balance (Stargate SG-1)
"Fragile Balance" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } Carter is called to Hammond's office to investigate an intruder found on SGC property; the trespasser was trying to get into the facility using Jack ..
Fragile base class
The fragile base class problem is a fundamental architectural problem of object-oriented programming systems where base classes (superclasses) are considered "fragile" because seemingly safe modifications to a base class, when inherited by the derived classes, may cause the derived classes to malfun..
Fragile binary interface problem
The fragile binary interface problem is a shortcoming of certain object-oriented language compilers, in which internal changes to an underlying class library can cause descendant libraries or programs to cease working. It is an example of software brittleness. Note: this problem is often confused w..
Fragile matter
In materials science, fragile matter is a granular material that is jammed solid. Everyday examples include beans getting stuck in a hopper in a wholefood shop, or milk powder getting jammed in an upside-down bottle. The term was coined by physicist Michael Cates, who asserts that such circumstanc..
Fragile sites
Fragile Sites: Some chromosomes have regions that are poorly connected to the rest of the chromosome. The poor connection is often a string rich in CGG or CGC repeats, and is inherited like a gene. Breaks from these fragile sites leads to the loss of genetic material. Human X can have such a sit..
Fragile state
A fragile state is a state significantly susceptible to crisis in one or more of its sub-systems. (It is a state that is particularly vulnerable to internal and external shocks and domestic and international conflicts). In a fragile state, institutional arrangements embody and perhaps preserve the c..
Fragile Vastness
Fragile Vastness is a Greek Band, formed in February of 2000 by Babis Tsolakis(Drums, former member of Piranha and Retrospect), Vangelis Yalamas(Bass Guitar, former member of Airged Lahm and Retrospect), Evi Katsamatsa(Piano/Keyboards, a piano teacher), Alex Flouros(Guitars, former member of Sound..
Fragile X syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome is the most common inherited cause of genetic mental retardation and is associated with autism. Contents 1 Causes2 Transmission of the Fragile X3 Symptoms4 Diagnosis5 Treatment and current research6 External links7 References Causes X-l..
Fragility fracture
A fragility fracture is one that occurs as a result of a fall from standing height or less. There are three fracture sites said to be typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur and Colles fracture of the wrist. This definition arises because a normal hu..
Fragkata
Map Map not yetavailable --> Statistics Prefecture: Kefalonia Province: Kranoi Community: Omali Elevation: -lowest: -centre: -highest: southern part400 mGioupari (1,125 m) Postal code: 281 00 Area/distance code: 11-(00)30-26710 Car designation: KE Fr..
Fragma
Fragma, or the Fragma Project are a German house/trance group comprising four members. Founded in 1998 by brothers Dirk and Marco Duderstadt, they produced their first single Toca Me with experienced producer Ramon Zenker. When it was released the following year, it topped several dance charts aro..
Fragmentation
Fragmentation is a term that occurs in several fields and describes a process of something breaking or being divided into pieces (fragments). See also divergence. In biology, fragmentation is a form of asexual reproduction where an organism is split into fragments. See fragmentation (biology).Habit..
Fragmentation (biology)
There is a separate article about habitat fragmentation. Fragmentation or Clonal Fragmentation is a form of asexual reproduction where an organism is split into fragments. The splitting may or may not be intentional. Each of these fragments develop into mature, fully grown individuals that are a c..
Fragmentation (computer)
In computer storage, there are three related uses of the term fragmentation: external fragmentation, internal fragmentation, and data fragmentation, all related to storage. Contents 1 External fragmentation2 Data fragmentation3 Internal fragmentation4 See also External fragme..
Fragmentation transparency
Objects are accessed without knowledge about any possible fragmentation. ..
Fragmenta de viribus
The title is related to Homoeopathic medical science. In year 1805, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann published a book in Latin Language titled " Fragmenta de Viribus medicamentorum Positivis". In this collection the First part was containing the symptoms observed by the Hahnemann and his collegues and the sec..
Fragmenta Valesiana
Fragmenta Valesiana is a Roman text Written by Dio Cassius, and was dispersed throughout various writers, scholiasts, grammarians, lexicographers, etc., and were collected by Henri de Valois. ..
Fragmente der griechischen Historiker
Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, better known as FGrH (Fragments of the Greek Historians), is a collection by Felix Jacoby of the works of those ancient Greek historians whose works have been lost, but of which we have citations, extracts or summaries. It is mainly founded on Carl Muller's..
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology is one of a series of pamphlets published by Prickly Paradigm Press in Chicago. With the essay, anthropologist David Graeber attempts to outline areas of research that intellectuals might explore in creating a body of anarchist social theory. Graeber posits th..
Fragments of an Unknown Teaching
Fragments of an Unknown Teaching is a composition for piano by Canadian composer Peter Hatch. It was inspired by the work of the Russian mystic philosophers G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky. Near the middle of the work, Hatch quotes part of one of Gurdjieff's harmonium improvisations very quiet..
Fragments of a Hologram Rose
Fragments of a Hologram Rose is a science fiction short story by William Ford Gibson. It was Gibson's first published work, originally appearing in 1977 in Unearth 3, a short-lived science fiction collection magazine, retailing for $1.00. It is collected along with all of Gibsons early short work in..
Fragments Of D-generation
The second album of the Italian melodic death metal group Disarmonia Mundi. After numerous line-up changes, this album features Soilwork's Bjorn "Speed" Strid on vocals Track listing "Common State of Inner Violence" – 5:19"Morgue of Centuries" – 4:18"Red Clouds" – 5:20"Quicksand Symmetry" �..
Fragments of Freedom
Fragments of Freedom is Morcheeba's third album. It was released in 2000. Track listing "World Looking In""Rome Wasn't Built in a Day""Love is Rare""Let it Go""A Well Deserved Break""Love Sweet Love" (featuring Mr. Complex)"In the Hands of the Gods" (featuring Biz Markie)"Shallow End""Be Yourse..
Fragment (computer graphics)
A fragment is a computer graphics term for all of the data necessary needed to generate a pixel in the frame buffer. This may include raster positiondepthinterpolated attributes (color, texture coordinates, etc.)stencilalphawindow IDetc. It can be thought of as the data needed to shade the pixel, ..
Fragment free
Fragment free is a switch forwarding method. Fragment free will ensure that enough bytes are read from the source to detect a collision before forwarding. This is only useful if there is a chance of a collision on the source port - so a fully switched network may not benefit from fragment free in co..
Fragment identifier
A fragment identifier is a short string of characters that refers to a resource that is subordinate to another, primary resource. The primary resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), and the fragment identifier points to the subordinate resource. Typically, the fragment identif..
Fragment Molecular Orbital
The fragment molecular orbital method (FMO) is a computational method that can compute very large molecular systems with thousands of atoms using ab initio quantum-chemical wave functions. Contents 1 Introduction2 External links3 References4 See also Introduction The fragme..
Fragment of the Future
Fragment of the Future is the debut LP from White Nationalist duo, Prussian Blue. Track listing 1. Road to Valhalla 2. Victory Day 3. Weiss Weiss Weiss 4. Our Vinland 5. Sacrifice 6. Panzerlied 7. Snow Fell 8. Gone With the Breeze 9. Aryan Man Awake 10. I Will Bleed for You 11...
Fragment Separator
The GSI Fragment Separator or FRS is a facility built in 1990 at GSI near Darmstadt, Germany. It produces and separates different beams of (usually) radioactive ions. The process is made from a stable beam accelerated by UNILAC and then SIS impinging on a production target. From this a lot of f..
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP ("Fragomen") is the leading provider of corporate immigration services and solutions. Founded in 1951, Fragomen has over 130 attorneys and over 500 professional immigration specialists and staff located in 27 offices* in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe...
Fragoso
Fragoso Fragoso is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Barcelos. It has a population of 2,285 inhabitants and a total area of 13.94 Km².   Parishes of Barcelos municipality ..
Fragrance lamp
A fragrance lamp, also known as a fragrance lampe, is a catalytic diffusion lamp that purifies the air while imparting a fragrance. The catalytic combustion technology was originally developed in the early 1800s for use in hospitals and mortuaries. Research has shown that it can effectively elimi..
Fragrance oil
Fragrance oils, also known as aroma oils, aromatic oils, and flavor oils, are blended synthetic aroma compounds or natural essential oils that are diluted with a carrier like propylene glycol, vegetable oil, or mineral oil. Aromatic oils are used in perfumery, cosmetics, flavoring of food, and in a..
Fragrant Concubine
The Fragrant Concubine (}; }, Uyghur Iparhan) is a figure in Chinese legend who was taken as a consort by the Qianlong Emperor during the 17th century. Although the stories about her are believed to be mythical, they may have been based on an actual concubine from western China who entered the harem..
Fragrant Harbour
For information about Hong Kong (meaning 'Fragrant Harbour' in Chinese), see Hong Kong. Fragrant Harbour (2002) is a novel by author John Lanchester. It was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (2002). [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. ..
Fragrant Hills
The Fragrant Hill Park situated in the east part of western hills, 28 kilometers (17 miles) northwest of the city of Beijing, China, is a large park of hills and forest covering 1.6 km² (395 acres). Both its natural sceneries and cultural relics are abundant. Xianglu Peak (Incense Burner Peak), 557..
Fragrant orchid
Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) is a flower that has a scent similar to cloves. It has a distinctive three lobed lip and long spurs, similar to Aquilegia. The leaves are lanceolate and narrow. This species' habitat includes lime, grassland, and fens throughout northern Europe where it flowe..
Frag (game)
Frag is a popular board game published by Steve Jackson Games in the summer of 2001. It was developed by Steve Jackson and Philip Reed, and illustrated by Alex Fernandez. Contents 1 Rules1.1 The Cards1.2 Character Creation1.3 Game play1.4 Objective2 Expansions and ..
Frag (military)
Frag is a term from the Vietnam War, most commonly meaning to assassinate an unpopular member of one's own fighting unit by dropping a fragmentation grenade into the victim's tent at night. A hand grenade was used because it would not leave any fingerprints, and because a ballistics test could not ..
Frag (video gaming)
Frag is a computer and video game term, used in first-person shooter (FPS) deathmatch. A frag is a killcount; one gets a frag if one kills ("frags") another player. In some games, one also loses a frag as a penalty for killing oneself (called a "suicide", even if unintentional), for example, by fall..
Frag Cannon (Farscape)
Frag cannons are the primary armament of a Peacekeeper command carrier in the fictional Farscape universe. A command carrier typically has 4 frag cannons, two front and two aft. Each cannon is mounted on some kind of track that allows them to be moved along the horizontal axis of the ship to engage..
Frag Dolls
The Frag Dolls are a group of girl gamers recruited and employed by Ubisoft with the aim of promoting women in gaming as well as Ubisoft's games. The Frag Dolls are all avid gamers; they are also attractive women, which gains them negative as well as positive press attention. The term 'Frag Dolls' r..
Frag lotto
In January 2004, Interactive Gaming UK introduced a new style of tournament for computer game tournaments. Rather than the best player winning the prize at the conclusion of the event, each player or team are given a number of virtual “raffle tickets” based upon how well they did or how many poi..
Frahang-i Oim-evak
Frahang-i Oim-evak is an old Avestan-Pahlavi dictionary. It is named with the two first words of the dictionary: Oim in Avestan means 'one' and evak is its Pahlavi equivalent. It gives the Pahlavi meanings of about 880 Avestan words, either by one word or one phrase or by explaining it. ..
Frahang-i Pahlavig
Frahang-i Pahlavig is a dictionary of (mostly) Aramaic language ideograms with middle Persian translations and transliterations in Pahlavi script. published posthumously by Bo Utas and Christopher Toll The glossary is also known as the Farang-i mna-xvatay, a name derived from the first two (Aramaic..
Fraher Field
Fraher Field is a GAA stadium, located in Dungarvan Co. Waterford, owned by the Waterford GAA County Board. It has a total capacity of around 15,000. Various improvements have been made to the stadium over the last 15 years, including the addition of a new stand on one side of the pitch, and the i..
Fraidy Cat
"Fraidy Cat" is a slang term for a person who is very skittish or fearful. It has been used as the name of several things: Fraidy Cat (Tom and Jerry short), a 1942 cartoon.Fraidy Cat (TV series), a cartoon seriesFraidy Cat (band), a rock and roll band This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&#..
Fraidy Cat (Tom and Jerry short)
Fraidy Cat is a 1942 animated cartoon short in the Tom and Jerry series, produced by Fred Quimby for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The fourth cartoon to be created featuring the cat and mouse duo, it was released in theaters on January 17th 1942. The carto..
Fraidy Cat (TV series)
Fraidy Cat is a 1975 comical children's cartoon show that originally appeared as a segment on the short-lived series Uncle Croc's Block. It stars Fraidy Cat, an unlucky and miserable cat who, like all cats, has nine lives, but has used up eight of them, and is on his ninth and last life. The main jo..
Fraijanes
Fraijanes is a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. ..
Frailea
Frailea is a genus of globular to short cylindrical cacti native to Brazil. These species are cleistogamous. They were first classified in the genus Echinocactus. ..
Frailes, Desamparados, Costa Rica
This is a small town around 1 hour south from Desamparados, you can check Frailes´ website at: [http://www.frailescr.com] ..
Frailey Township, Pennsylvania
Frailey Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 416 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 23.8 km² (9.2 mi²). 23.7 km² (9.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.33..
Frailty
Frailty is a 2001 mystery/horror film, directed by Bill Paxton and starring Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey. The score was composed by Brian Tyler. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Details3 See also4 External links Plot summary Fenton Meeks (Matthew McConaughey) shows up at the ..
Frail Words Collapse
Frail Words Collapse is the first full length album by As I Lay Dying on the record label Metal Blade. The bands' signature song, "Forever" is on this album. Track List "94 Hours""Falling Upon Deaf Ears""Forever""Collision""Distance Is Darkness""Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier""Undefined""A..
Fraine
Fraine is a commune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Chieti Altino | Archi | Ari | Arielli | Atessa | Bomba | Borrello | Bucchianico | Canosa Sannita | Carpineto Sinello | Carunchio | Casacanditella | Casalanguida ..
Fraise Tagada
The Fraise Tagada (Tagada Strawberry) is a candy invented in 1969 by the Haribo Society. This society was created in 1924 by Hans Riegel and his wife Gertrud in Bonn, Germany, with a product that is still one of the society's best-selling: the golden bear, a colloid candy in the shape of a bear. The..
Fraizer Campbell
Fraizer Campbell (born September 13, 1987) is an English football player. He is a forward, and he joined Manchester United as a junior. Currently, Campbell plays for Manchester United F.C. Academy. He made his senior debut with the club as a substitute in the Roy Keane Testimonial on 9th May, 2006..
Frak!
"Frak" is also a made-up expletive used in some science fiction series, such as Battlestar Galactica. Frak! is a 1980s computer game originally programmed by Orlando for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron which was later ported to the Commodore 64. Frak! is a platform game in which the player contro..
Frakes
Frakes may refer to: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in Star Trek: The Next GenerationMount Frakes, prominent mountain marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains in Marie Byrd Land ..
Frakkur
Frakkur is an alias used by Jón þor (Jónsi) Birgisson to release his solo material. ..
Fraktur
Fraktur may refer to: a specific kind of blackletter typefaces; see fraktur (typeface);a kind of Pennsylvania German folk art; see fraktur (Pennsylvania German folk art) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Fraktur (Pennsylvania German folk art)
An ornate Taufschein, or baptismal certificate Fraktur is a Blackletter script used to write the German language from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century until 1945. Fraktur enjoyed a resurgence as a font favoured by Heavy Metal bands such as Motörhead, from the 1970s to the present. In..
Fraktur (typeface)
Calligraphic writing of the word "Fraktur" in the German font of same name. The German word Fraktur (pronounced /frakˈtuːr/ in IPA) refers to a specific blackletter typeface. The term derives from the past participle of Latin frangere ("to break"), fractus ("broken"). As opposed to Antiqua (c..
Frally Hynes
Frally Hynes is the wife of singer-songwriter Ben Folds. The couple have two children, Louis and Gracie, they split their time in Nashville, Tennessee and Adelaide, Australia. Hynes is a successful photographer. She has also recorded several of Folds's music videos, including "Still Fighting It" ..
Fram
For other uses, see Fram (disambiguation). Fram in Antarctica in Roald Amundsen's expedition. Fram ("Forward") was a ship used in expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. Fram was prob..
Framboise
Framboise (from the French word for 'raspberry') is a Belgian fruit beer fermented using raspberries which are native to Belgium. It is also known by the Flemish name Frambozen. A bottle of Lindeman's Framboise Lambic. Framboise is typically made from a lambic or Flemish brown ale base. ..
Framboos
Framboos (Flemish) / Framboise (French) is a Belgian lambic beer brewed from raspberries. See also: Mort subite Widely available in bars and pubs, these unique beers are usually served in a small glass that resembles a champagne class, only shorter. It has a sweet taste, with an aftertaste of ..
Frame
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A frame or framework is a structural system or a skeleton that supports other components of the object. Contents 1 Structure2 Film and video3 Computing and telecommunications4 Law5 Literature6 Sc..
Frame-dragging
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. According to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, space and time get pulled out of shape near a..
Framebuffer
right The framebuffer is a video output device that drives a video display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of data. The information in the buffer typically consists of color values for every pixel (point that can be displayed) on the screen. Color values are commonly stored in ..
FrameBuffer UI
FBUI (FrameBuffer UI) is an in-kernel graphical user interface for Linux that sits on top of the framebuffer subsystem. Unlike the X Window System, FBUI comes at very low cost: the entire subsystem is about 50 kilobytes in size. FBUI supports features that people expect of modern windowing systems,..
Framed!
Framed! is a metafictional webcomic by Damonk. External links [Framed!] ..
Framed (Ben 10 episode)
"Framed" is the sixteenth episode of the American animated television series Ben 10, which first aired on May 31, 2006. ..
Framed (film)
Framed is a black-and-white film noir starring Glenn Ford. The B-movie is generally praised by critics as an effective crime thriller despite its low budget. Plot Mike Lambert takes to driving a truck when he falls on hard times. When his rig breaks stop working in a small town he meets Paula Cr..
Framed in Blood - The Very Blessed of the 69 Eyes
Framed In Blood - The Very Blessed of the 69 Eyes is a compilation album, released by the glam rock band The 69 Eyes in 2003 Gaga Goodies / Poko Rekords Brandon LeeDance d'AmourGothic GirlWasting the DawnCrashing HighThe ChairVelvet TouchCall MeStolen SeasonBetty BlueWrap Your Troubles in DreamsFra..
Framekiller
Framekiller is a term commonly used for a piece of JavaScript code that doesn't allow a Web page to be displayed within a frame. A frame is a subdivision of a Web browser window and can act like a smaller window, as described in Web site Framing. This kind of script is often used to prevent a frame ..
FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker is a desktop publishing application that is popular for large documents. It is produced by Adobe Systems. Although (or perhaps because) FrameMaker has evolved slowly in recent years, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers. As an all-in-one package opt..
FrameNet
FrameNet is a project at Berkeley which produces an electronic resource describing semantic frames. A semantic frame can be thought of as a concept with a script. It is used to describe an object, state or event. The FrameNet lexical database contains around 9000 lexical units (a pairing of a word..
Framepointer
A framepointer or frame pointer is a pointer to the current stack frame. It is generally used for debugging, but can also be used for stack management in general; the 68k processor series has instruction set support for framepointer access. Linux keeps track of the framepointer for each thread. E..
Framer
A framer is a carpenter who performs the tasks of assembling the major structural elements of a wood-framed building. Framers build walls out of studs, sills, and headers, build floors from joists and beams, and frame roofs using ridge poles and rafters. See also Platform framingBalloon framingLigh..
Frameries
Frameries is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1 2005 Frameries had a total population of 20,600. The total area is 25.95 km² which gives a population density of 793.86 inhabitants per km². External links [Official website (in french)][Ru..
Framers
Framers may be referring to: The Founding Fathers of the United States, who are also known as Framers.The plural form of "framer", a type of carpenter.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ma..
Frameserver
A frameserver is a computer program or plugin for editing video data; it allows the user to pass the video/audio output directly to the encoding software without having to save the result in temporary file. Popular frameservers include: AviSynthVirtualDub ..
Frameshift (band)
Frameshift is a progressive rock/metal band led by Henning Pauly. The first album, Unweaving the Rainbow is a concept album based on the work of Richard Dawkins, a neo-Darwinist writer and features Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie. The second concept album, An Absence of Empathy, features Sebasti..
Frameshift mutation
For the progressive rock/metal band, see Frameshift (band) A frameshift mutation (also called a frameshift or a framing error) is a genetic mutation that inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not evenly divisible by three from a DNA sequence. Due to the triplet nature of gene expressio..
Framestore CFC
Framestore CFC is one of the largest digital visual effects companies in Europe. Based in London, it was formed in 2001 by a merger between the Computer Film Company and Framestore, which had previously been separate parts of the Framestore Group of companies. The company works across several differ..
Frames and distance
In drama, a frame is a situation or position of importance given to a person, and distance relates to how engaged the frame makes the group. For example: A reporter would be furthest away from the action as they would be a spectator, reporting on events.A soldier/policeman would be in the action, ..
Frames Per Stop
Frames Per Stop is a term used in the Bowling industry by technicians, manufacturers, and others involved in this recreation industry. The term refers to how many frames, on average, a group of Pinsetters is able to operate without a stop, which is a malfunction or other condition which requires hu..
FrameToon
FrameToon is an animation program for Microsoft Windows. The program is made by Portalgraphics, the company that created the popular art program OpenCanvas. Currently only Japanese version is available. External links [FrameToon Web site, Japanese]..
Frametown, West Virginia
Frametown is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, USA. While the heart of Frametown itself is rather small, there is a large sprawling area that considers itself to be part of the Frametown community. This is due to the large range of the United States Postal Service ZIP Co..
Frameup
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Framewerk
Framewerk is an open source web development framework and application suite in PHP5. The project's website is located at http://www.framewerk.org. The project's official IRC channel [#Framewerk on irc.GameSurge.net]. Contents 1 Team2 Requirements3 Related Projects3.1&..
Framework
''This is about the general software development term; Framework is also the name of an office application suite, and Mac OS X frameworks are application frameworks. In software development, a framework is a defined support structure in which another software project can be organized and developed...
FrameworkForIntegratedTest
Framework for Integrated Test, or "Fit," is an open-source tool for automated customer tests. It allows customers to provide examples of how their software should work. Those examples are then connected to the software with programmer-written "fixtures" and automatically checked for correctness. ..
Framework (office suite)
Framework launched in 1984, was the first office suite to run on the PC 8086 with DOS operating system. An even earlier integrated suite, actually comparable to the original Macintosh of 1984 and Lisa of 1982 was produced by Epson, a complete integrated work station based on the previous Z80 process..
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
In February 1995, 22 member States of the Council of Europe, signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The broad aims of the Convention are to ensure that the signatory states respect for the rights of national minorities, undertaking to combat discrimination, pro..
Framework for Intervention
The Framework for Intervention is an approach to dealing with behaviour concerns in schools and nurseries. It concentrates on changing the environment rather than the child. This means that all the factors that might affect the student or child's behaviour in the classroom or around the school can b..
Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP, are funding programmes created by the European Union in order to support and encourage European research. The detailed objectives and actions vary from one funding period to anoth..
Frameworx License
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Frame (beehive)
A frame in a beehive is the structural element that holds the honeycomb or brood comb. Invented in 1814 by Petro Prokopovych. A Langstroth hive contains between 8 to ten frames. Ten frames are spaced 1 3/8 inches (34.9 mm) center to center. A shallow super frame filled with honey The top ba..
Frame (dance)
Frame is the body position maintained by dancers during partner dancing. Maintenance of the frame provides connection, making leading and following possible. It is essential in all dances, but especially so in modern ballroom dance. Specifically, frame refers to the position of the upper body of ..
Frame analysis
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Frame and Canvas
This is an album released by Braid in 1998 on Polyvinyl. The track listing is as follows: 01. The New Nathan Detroits (4:18) 02. Killing a Camera (2:34) 03. Never Will Come For Us (3:31) 04. First Day Back (3:22) 05. Collect From Clark Kent (3:26) 06. Milwaukee Sky Rocket (3:13) 07. A Dozen Rose..
Frame and panel
Frame and panel construction (also called "rail and stile") is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors, wainscoting, and other decorative features for cabinets, furniture, and homes. The basic idea is to capture a 'floating' panel within a sturdy frame, as opposed to techniques l..
Frame bundle
In mathematics, in particular in differential topology, a frame at a point of a differentiable manifold M is a basis of the tangent space at the point. The frame bundle is then the fibre bundle consisting of all frames on M. This fibre bundle is a principal bundle under the action of the general l..
Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
Frame By Frame: The Essential King Crimson is a compilation (4CD set) by the band King Crimson, released in 1991. Contents 1 Track listing1.1 Disc 1: 1969-19711.2 Disc 2:1972-19741.3 Disc 3:1981-19841.4 Disc 4: Live 1969-1984 Track listing Disc 1: 1969-1971 "21st Centu..
Frame Check Sequence
A frame check sequence (FCS) refers to the extra checksum characters added to a Frame in a communication protocol for error detection and correction. The sending host computes a checksum on the entire frame and sends this along. The receiving host computes the checksum on the frame using the same a..
Frame City Killer
Frame City Killer was an Xbox 360 video game under development by Namco. The game suffered numerous delays before being cancelled by Namco. It was cancelled because there were unknown development issues. Story In Frame City Killer, the player assumes the role of secret agent Crow who must hunt dow..
Frame dependent
Refers to reference frame dependence. For example, potential energy of a brick on a roof is positive in the reference system of ground, is zero in the reference system of roof and is negative in the reference syste of an antenna on the roof. ..
Frame drum
A framedrum is a membranophone that has a drumhead diameter greater than its depth. Usually single drumheads can be rawhide or man-made materials. Shells are traditionally constructed of bent wood (rosewood, oak, ash etc.) scarf jointed together, plywood and man-made materials are also used. Some..
Frame fields in general relativity
In general relativity, a frame field (also called a tetrad or vierbein) is an orthonormal set of four vector fields, one timelike and three spacelike, defined on a Lorentzian manifold which is physically interpreted as a model of spacetime. The timelike unit vector field is often denoted by [\..
Frame grabber
A frame grabber is a component of a computer system designed for digitizing analog video signals. It performs the opposite function of a graphics adapter. A typical implementation consists of a circuit to recover the horizontal and vertical synchronization pulses from the input signal;an analog-to-..
Frame language
Frame language is a metalanguage. It applies the frame concept to the structuring of language properties. Frame languages are usually software languages. Frame languages are rather focused on the recognition and description of objects and classes, and relations and interactions are considered as ..
Frame line
A frame line is the unused space that separates two adjacent images, "frames", on a piece of motion picture film. It can vary in width; it is approximately 8 millimietres (0.3 in) wide on a common "hard matted" 35 mm film print of 1:1.85 aspect ratio, but very narrow on a "full-frame" negative, or..
Frame logic
External link [Some papers about F-logic] ..
Frame of a vector space
In mathematics, a frame of a vector space V with a scalar product can be seen as a generalization of the idea of a basis to sets which are linearly dependent. More precisely, a frame is a set of elements of V which satisfy the so-called frame condition: There exist two real numbers A and B such t..
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a constitution for the Pennsylvania Colony, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England. In 1682 Penn, while still in England, drafted the first version of the Frame of Government to supplement the colony's royal charter. The F..
Frame of Mind (TNG episode)
"Frame of Mind" is an episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Commander Riker is preparing for a covert mission. Worf briefs him on what he needs to do ..
Frame of reference
A frame of reference is the perspective from which a system is observed. In physics, it provides a set of axes relative to which an observer can measure the position and motion of all points in a system, as well as the orientation of objects in it. There are two types of reference frames: inertia..
Frame problem
In artificial intelligence, the frame problem was initially formulated as the problem of expressing a dynamical domain in logic without explicitly specifying which conditions are not affected by an action. John McCarthy and Patrick J. Hayes defined this problem in their 1969 article, Some Philosophi..
Frame problem (philosophy)
This article is about the frame problem in philosophy; for the artificial intelligence problem, see frame problem In philosophy, the frame problem is the problem of how a rational agent bounds the set of beliefs to change when an action is performed. This problem originates from artificial intellig..
FRAME Programming Language
FRAME is a computer programming language. FRAME stands for Free, readable, allpurpose, multi-user environment. The compiler is coming soon. It is designed to be very easy to learn and a clean code. ..
Frame rate
Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems. Frame rate is most often expressed in frames per second..
Frame relay
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Frame semantics
Frame semantics can refer to: Kripke semantics - semantics for modal logicsFrame semantics (linguistics) - linguistic theory developed by Charles J. Fillmore This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page..
Frame semantics (linguistics)
Frame semantics is a theory that relates linguistic semantics to encyclopaedic knowledge developed by Charles J. Fillmore, and is a further development of his case grammar. The basic idea is that one cannot understand the meaning of a single word without access to all the essential knowledge that r..
Frame slip
In the reception of framed data, a frame slip is the loss of synchronization between a received frame and the receiver clock signal, causing a frame misalignment event, and resulting in the loss of the data contained in the received frame. Note: A frame slip should not be confused with a droppe..
Frame story
A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a narrative technique whereby a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story -- or for surrounding a single story within a story. Contents 1&nbs..
Frame synchronization
Frame synchronization: Of a received stream of framed data, the process by which incoming frame alignment signals, i.e., distinctive bit sequences, are identified, i.e., distinguished from data bits, permitting the data bits within the frame to be extracted for decoding or retransmission. This is s..
Frame Technology
Frame Technology Corp. was a software company which developed FrameMaker, a desktop publishing application targeted to professional technical writers. The company was later acquired by Adobe Systems after it encountered financial difficulties largely caused by a number of management decisions that ..
Frame transfer CCD
A frame transfer CCD is a specialized CCD, often used in astronomy, designed for high exposure efficiency and correctness. A frame transfer CCD for startracker applications. The normal functioning of a CCD, astronomical or otherwise, can be divided into two phases: exposure and readout. Duri..
Framfield
Framfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located 2 miles (3km) east of Uckfield. There is a 13th century church, and Celtic and Roman remains. External link [Framfield] ..
Framhaldsskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum
Framhaldsskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum, the comprehensive secondary school of Vestmannaeyjar, was founded 1979 when the mechanical engineering, common trades (is. iðnskóli) and higher education department the secondary school merged into one. Then in 1997 it also took over the school of maritime nav..
Framheim
Framheim was the name of explorer Roald Amundsen's base at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica during his quest for the South Pole. The hut was constructed in sections by a master carpenter, erected at Amundsen's home in Norway, then dismantled for shipment to Antarctica on the Fra..
Framing
The term framing can have several possible meanings: framing (telecommunication), where it relates to synchronizationframing (economics), where it relates to rational choice theoryframing (World Wide Web), where it relates to the use of multiple panes within a web pageframing (communication theory) ..
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census, the population was 66,910, making it the most populous town in Massachusetts. The 2004 population estimate is 65,598. It is often attributed to be the most populous town in the U.S. - incorrectly, as this distincti..
Framingham (MBTA station)
Framingham Address 417 Waverly St.Framingham, Massachusetts 01702 Amtrak routes Lake Shore Limited (Boston section) Other service MBTA Framingham/Worcester line Amtrak code FRA Owned by Framingham is an MBTA commuter rail and Amtrak station serving the town of F..
Framingham Assembly
Framingham Assembly was a General Motors factory in Framingham, Massachusetts which opened in 1947. The plant cost $12 million and was one of three new plants that year. The first vehicle, produced on 26 February, 1948, was a Buick, with 23,388 more produced that first year. The factory was used by..
Framingham Country Club
The Framingham Country Club is a golf course located in Framingham, Massachusetts about thirty-five minutes west of Boston, Massachusetts off the Massachusetts Turnpike. It is an elite, private, golf course which has a waiting list to be a member. There is also an extensive waiting list to be a cad..
Framingham Earl
Framingham Earl is a small village situated south of Norwich, Norfolk. It is next to Poringland which has recently been made a town. Within Framingham Earl is Framingham Earl High School, recently made a Sports College. ..
Framingham earl high school
Framingham Earl High School, abbreviated 'FEHS' is a specialist sports college sitting just south of Norwich. A recent grant from the national lottery has enabled the construction of a brand new sports college for both students and the local public to use. ..
Framingham Heart Study
The Framingham Heart Study is a cardiovascular study based in Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948, and is on its third generation of participants at present. Most of the now common knowledge concerning heart disease, such as the effects of diet, exercise, and common medications such..
Framingham High School
Framingham High School Principal Michael Welch School type Public Religious affiliation None Founded 1792/1852 Merged 1991 Location Framingham, Massachusetts Enrollment 2000 Faculty Campus surroundings Suburban Sports teams Flyers School color(s) Blue & white ..
Framingham Mall
-->The Framingham Mall was located across from the Shoppers' World mall and at the intersection of Whitter Street and Cochituate Road (Route 30) in Framingham, Massachusetts. Around 2000, it was "de-malled" by the demolition of its indoor shopping arcade, which was replaced with a Target store. O..
Framingham Plaza
The Framingham Plaza is a rest area on westbound Interstate 90, better known as the Massachusetts Turnpike in Massachusetts. The plaza contains the following restaurants: Honey Dew Donuts, McDonalds, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, and Auntie Anne's pretzels. It is the first plaza on the entire length of..
Framingham State College
Size 73 acres (0.3 km²) Established 1839 School type Public Location Framingham, Mass., USA Enrollment ¹ 3,892 undergraduate 2,264 graduate Faculty ² 161 full-time 125 part-time Campus Suburban Colors Black and Gold Home page [framingham.edu] Framingham..
Framing (communication theory)
In communication theory, and sociology, framing is a process of selective control over media content or public communication. Framing defines how a certain piece of media content or rhetoric is packaged so as to allow certain desirable interpretations and rule out others. Media frames can be creat..
Framing (construction)
Framing is a term used to describe the process of erecting a framed structure, usually out of wood or occasionally steel. See also Light-frame constructionPlatform framingBalloon framingTimber framingDimensional lumberFramer ..
Framing (economics)
In economics, framing means the manner in which a rational choice problem has been presented. Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman have shown that framing can affect the outcome (ie. the choices one makes) of choice problems, to the extent that several of the classic axioms of rational choice do not ho..
Framing (psychology)
Frames, according to many psychologists, linguists and cognitive scientists, are mental structures that are used to facilitate the thinking process. We use frames to provide categories and a structure to our thoughts. An example of this concept is George Lakoff's "Dont Think of an Elephant!" Lakof..
Framing (telecommunication)
In telecommunication, the term framing has the following related meanings: In time-division multiplexing reception, it is a synonym for frame synchronization.In video reception, the process of adjusting the timing of the receiver to coincide with the received video synchronization pulse.In facsimi..
Framing (World Wide Web)
On a web page, framing means that a website can be organized into frames. Each frame displays a different HTML document. Headers and sidebar menus do not move when the content frame is scrolled up and down. For developers frames can also be convenient. For example, if an item needs to be added to th..
Framing bit
In telecommunications, a framing bit is a bit used for frame synchronization. In a bit stream, framing bits are used in determining the beginning or end of a frame. They occur at specified positions in the frame, do not carry information, and are usually repetitive. Source: from Federal Standard ..
Framing device
The term framing device refers to the usage of a single action, scene, event, setting, or any element of significance at the beginning and end of a work. For instance, the diner scene in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is a framing device for the rest of the film. Or, similarly, the Beatles son..
Framing error
Framing error is the following: Generally, a framing error is the result of reading a string of symbols which are grouped in blocks starting at the wrong point.In communication, a framing error is the result of reading a string of symbols which are grouped in blocks starting at the wrong point. The ..
Framing hammer
22-ounce wooden-handled framing hammer with milled head Framing hammers are larger claw hammers used for framing houses in North America. The hammer heads typically weigh from 20 to 32 ounces (567 to 907 grams). Heavy heads, longer handles and milled faces allow for driving large nails quickl..
Framing Slick
A Framing Slick is a large chisel, a tool that one typically uses to cut a mortise in wood in timber frame construction. ..
Framjee Nasarwanjee Patel
Framjee Nasarwanjee Patel (1804-1894), Parsee merchant and philanthropist, was born in 1804, and had a sound vernacular education, with a smattering of English received in Bombay. At the age of fifteen he entered upon a business career, and its pursuit proved so congenial that by 1827 he had worked ..
Framland
Framland was a hundred in north-east Leicestershire, roughly corresponding to today's borough of Melton. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as one of Leicestershire's four wapentakes. The name is still in use for a deanery of the Diocese of Leicester in the Church of England. External link �..
Framley Examiner
The Framley Examiner is a parody of a newspaper in a small provincial English town. Not much happens in Framley, so that the highlights in the newspaper are the absurdist classified ads for items such as second-hand Dachshund stabilizers, firmly in the British tradition of The Goon Show and Monty Py..
Framley Parsonage
Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire", first published in serial form in the Cornhill Magazine in 1860. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The hero of Framley Parsonage, Mark..
Framlingham
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]]Framlingham is an unspoilt market town in East Suffolk, England. It is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Framlingham has a conservation area. The town is home to the monthly community newsletter Framfare, the summer arts festiva..
Framlingham, Victoria
Framlingham was an Aboriginal reserve established by the Board for the Protection of Aborigines in Victoria, Australia in 1861. It was located near Warrnambool on the south-west coast of the state. It operated until it was closed in 1971. Framlingham was originally established in 1861 as an Anglica..
Framlingham Castle
The courtyard inside the walls of Framlingham Castle. Although the castle is largely ruined, walkways make sections of the walls accessible. Framlingham Castle is an important castle in the market town of Framlingham, Suffolk, England. It was built by Roger Bigod, and became the seat o..
Framlingham College
Framlingham College Framlingham College is an independent boarding school in England. It serves both boarding and day pupils of both sexes from four to eighteen years of age. The College is situated in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. The original school building, an impo..
Framnaes
Grenland Framnæs AS (formerly Hitec Framnæs AS) is a design and engineering company operating in the oil & gas, marine and process industries. The company headquarters are in Sandefjord, Stavanger, Norway. At the present time the company concentrates itself in the market for the modification of d..
Framnas Township, Minnesota
Framnas Township is a township in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 93.4 km² (36.1 mi²). 86.5 km² (33.4 mi²) of it is land and 6.9 km² (2.7 mi²) of it (..
Framnes Mountains
Framnes Mountains ([67°50′S 62°35′E]) is a group of mountains consisting of Casey Range, Masson Range, and David Range, and adjacent peaks and mountains. The three major ranges and other lesser features were sighted and named in February 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand Ant..
Framnæs shipyard
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Frampol
Frampol is a town in Poland, in Lublin Voivodship, in Biłgoraj County. It has 1,440 inhabitants (2004). The town was destroyed by Luftwaffe in 1939. ..
Frampton
There are several places called Frampton: Frampton, in the county of Dorset, EnglandFrampton, in the county of Lincolnshire, EnglandFrampton-on-Severn, in the county of Gloucestershire, EnglandPeter Frampton, a British musicianFrampton, an album This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] p..
Frampton, Dorset
Frampton is a village in west Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley three miles north west of Dorchester at Grid reference . The village has a population of 456 (2001), 6.9% of dwellings are second homes. The Heart of Wessex railway line runs through the village though the nearest station ..
Frampton, Lincolnshire
Frampton is a village in Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated just to the south of the now spreading town of Boston and to the east, the seaward side of the A16 road. Which runs along the townlands (See The Fens, Formation.) The village lies on the edge of one of the great marine creek l..
Frampton-on-Severn
The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal near Frampton-on-Severn Frampton-on-Severn is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Severn, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of Gloucester, at Grid reference . There is a parish council, consisting of nine members. T..
Frampton (liberty)
Frampton Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: Bettiscombe Bincombe Burton Bradstock Compton Valence Frampton Winterborne Came (part) See List of liberties in Dorset ..
Frampton Album
Frampton is actually a studio album by Peter Frampton before he went on tour to record Frampton Comes Alive! The most recognizable songs from the album are "Show Me The Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way" which were later recorded on Frampton Comes Alive! which became number one hit singles in 1976. Rin..
Frampton Comes Alive!
Frampton Comes Alive! is a live album by Peter Frampton. It is a double album that remains one of the best selling live albums of all time, going platinum six times. The most recognizable songs from the album are "Show Me The Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", and "Do You Feel Like We Do", all of whic..
Frampton Cotterell
Frampton Cotterell is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The population in the 1991 census was around 6,000 and is increasing due to new housing. The name Frampton is of Saxon origin and means "settlement on the Frome", referring to the River Frome which runs through the village. After th..
Framsden
The village of Framsden lies around seven miles south of Framlingham in Suffolk. The village itself lies on a hill surrounded by what must once have been the village green (although this now seems to have been enclosed). ..
Framta
Framta (in Spanish, Frantán) was the Suevi king of Galicia from 456 to 457. He only governed in the north, he was opposed by Aioulf, ally of the Visigoths, and then by Maldras. "|Preceded by:Rechiar |width="30%" align="center" rowspan=""|Succeeded by:Maldras |- |} ..
Framtid i Nord
Framtid i Nord ("The Future in the North") is a local newspaper in northern Troms, a county in Northern Norway. It covers only local news from the municipalities of Kvænangen, Nordreisa, Lyngen, Skjervøy, Kåfjord and Storfjord. ..
Framton, Gauteng
Framton is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 9. Suburbs in Region 9 of Johannesburg Aeroton | Alan Manor | Booysens Reserve | Chrisville | City Deep | City and Suburban | Crown | Crown Gardens | Crown North | Eagles Nest] | Eastcliff | Elandspark | Electr..
Framus
Framus is a German guitar, bass, and banjo manufacturing company, that existed from 1946 until going bankrupt in 1975. Framus has been revived in 1995 and today is part of Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG in Markneukirchen (Germany). Contents 1 Timeline2 History2.1 Early years2..
Framwelgate
Framwelgate (sometimes Framwellgate) is an area of Durham, County Durham, England. It is adjoined by Crossgate, North End, Framwellgate Moor and the River Wear. The 'Borough of Framwelgate' grew up following the construction of a bridge (Framwelgate Bridge) over the River Wear by Bishop Flambard i..
Framwellgate Moor
Framwellgate Moor is a village and civil parish in the City of Durham, County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It is the location of New College Durham, the major further education establishment of the city. In addition, it is the..
Fram (crater)
This article is about the impact crater on Mars. For other uses, see Fram (disambiguation). Fram Crater Fram Crater is an impact crater in Meridiani Planum, on Mars. It was visited by the rover Opportunity on Sol 84, April 24,2004. Fram spans about 8 meters (26 feet) in diameter. Opportunity..
Fram (disambiguation)
Fram has several meanings, including: Ferroelectric RAM, an electronic device using the ferroelectric effect to produce nonvolatile random access memory.Fram, an historic arctic exploration vessel from Norway.FRAM, a United States Navy program to modernize WWII-era destroyers.Fram Reykjavík, an Ic..
Fram (Middle-earth)
Fram is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, and was a lord or King of the Éothéod. He is described as the son of King Frumgar and father to Léod, thus grandfather to Eorl the Young. He was a great warrior, and he killed Scatha the Worm. Later the Éothéod capi..
Fram (oil filter)
This article is about the brand of oil filter marketed by the U.S.-based Allied-Signal Coropration. For other uses of this term, see Fram (disambiguation). Fram is one of the major brands of aftermarket automotive oil filters in the United States. Developed by the Bendix Corporation, it is now s..
Fram Peak
Fram Peak ([68°4′S 58°27′E]) is the northernmost peak in the Hansen Mountains. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37) and named Framfjellet (the forward peak). This article is based on a United States Geological Su..
Fran's Restaurant, Toronto
Fran's Restaurant is an historic chain of restaurants in Toronto, Canada. The flagship store was opened in 1940 by Fran Deck near the intersection of St. Clair Avenue West and Yonge Street. Fran's originally had only ten seats, but later expanded to a small chain of restaurants in Toronto, includ..
Fráňa Šrámek
Fráňa Šrámek (January 19, 1877, Sobotka – July 1, 1952, Prague) was a Czech anarchist, impressionist, and vitalist poet, novelist, and playwright. He lived for long time in Pisek and some of his game are situated to this town. See also List of Czech writers External links () [Biography a..
Franc
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Franc 1 Swiss franc 1983 1 French franc 1991 1 Belgian franc 1996 1 Luxembourg franc 1990 1 Monegasque franc 1978 5 Comorian francs 1992 The franc is the name of several currency units, most notably that of Franc..
Franc-Comtois language
Franc-Comtois is a language spoken by a minority of people in Franche-Comté. It is one of the langues d'oïl and is a regional language of France. Examples Word French Translation English Translation Ch'ny poussière dust Cornet sac en plas..
Franc-Lyonnais
The Franc-Lyonnais was a province of France. Located on a narrow strip of land on the left bank of the River Saône, it was composed of thirteen parishes, forming two parts : South part, from the north outer wall of Lyon :* Cuire-la-Croix-Rousse* Caluire* Fontaines-sur-Saône* Rochetaillée-sur-S..
Franca
Franca is a city and a municipality in the NE part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [20°32′19″S, 47°24′03″W]. The population in 2004 is 315,570 and the area is 609.93 km² The elevation is 996 m. ..
Françafrique
Françafrique is a term that refers to accused neocolonialism by France in Africa. It was first used by president of the Côte d'Ivoire Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and lent to him by François-Xavier Verschave in a critic of France's neocolonialism in Africa. Jacques Foccart, who was chief of staff fo..
Française des Jeux
Lövkvist signing in at Tarbes during the 2006 Tour de France La Française des Jeux (UCI Team Code: FDJ) is a French cycling team, sponsored by the French national lottery. Sponsorship of the team began in 1997. The team was named FDJeux.com in 2003 and 2004, and again renamed "La Française d..
Francais Blanc et Noir
The Francais Blanc et Noir, also known as the French White and Black Hound, a hunting dog that originates from France. ..
Français of Nantes
Antoine, comte Français of Nantes (1756-March 7, 1836), better known as Français of Nantes, was a French politician and author active during the French Revolution and Empire. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Revolution1.2 Consulate, Empire, and later life2 Works3 References Bio..
Francavilla al Mare
Francevilla al Mare is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Chieti Altino | Archi | Ari | Arielli | Atessa | Bomba | Borrello | Bucchianico | Canosa Sannita | Carpineto Sinello | Carunchio | Casacanditella | C..
Francavilla di Sicilia
Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and commune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy. It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, not far north of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 ..
Francavilla Fontana
Francavilla Fontana is a town in the province of Brindisi (Puglia, Italy), in the province of Brindisi. It has a population of 36,000. History The name Francavilla has French-Norman origins: "Franca" (tax-free) and "villa" (town). The specification "Fontana" alludes to the presence of a fount, acc..
Francavilla in Sinni
Francavilla in Sinni is a town in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. It is located at around [40°5′0″N, 16°12′0″E]. Basilicata · Communes of the province of Potenza Abriola | Acerenza | Albano di Lucania | Anzi | Armento | Atella | Avigliano | Balvano ..
Francazal
Francazal is a commune of the Haute-Garonne département, in France. ..
França (Bragança)
França is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 is 275, its density is 4.9/km² and the area is 56.16 km². ..
França Júnior
Joaquim José da França Júnior is an important Brazilian writer. He was born at Salvador, state of Bahia, in April 19, 1838, and died in Poços de Caldas city in November 27, 1890. Bibliography Main works for the theatre: Meia hora de cinismo (1861)A república modelo (1861)Tipos da atualidade..
France
République françaiseFrench Republic (Flag of France) (Emblem of France) Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité(English: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity") Anthem: La Marseillaise Capital Paris[48°51′ N 2°20′ E] Largest city Paris Official lang..
France-Albert René
Order: 2nd Prime Minister of Seychelles; 2nd President of Seychelles Term of Office (Prime Minister): June 29, 1976 - June 5, 1977 (President): June 5, 1977 - April 14, 2004 Followed:James Mancham Succeeded by:James Michel Date of BirthNovember 16 1935 Place of Birth:Seychelles Wife: Karen Handl..
France-Habsburg rivalry
The term France-Habsburg rivalry (German: ) describes the rivalry between the House of Habsburg, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Spain, and the kingdom of France, lasting from 1516 until 1756. Following the Austrian tradition of peaceful coalitions by marriage, which Maximilian I, Holy..
Francelino Matuzalem
Francelino Matuzalem da Silva (born June 10, 1980 in Natal, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. His reputation as a footballer was built up through his childhood, particularly since he was a prolific goalscorer in the Egypt 1997..
Frances
Frances is a 1982 Universal motion picture starring Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard. When it was released this film was advertised as a purportedly true account of actress Frances Farmer's life but the script was largely fictional and sensationalized. Directed by Graeme Clifford, the stor..
Frances, Washington
Frances is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, Washington. Frances is located along Washington State Route 6 east of the community of Lebam. Frances and surrounding areas are part of an area heavily affected by the logging industry. External links [Maps and aerial photos] Coo..
Frances-Anne Solomon
Frances-Anne Solomon is a filmmaker and producer based in Toronto, Canada. She is the president and Artistic Director of the two companies she founded Leda Serene Films, a film and TV production company, and CaribbeanTales, a multimedia company producing educational ressources that are based on Cari..
Frances-Marie Uitti
Composer-improviser-cellist Frances-Marie Uitti is renowned the world over for her interpretations of contemporary music and is famous for her extended technique using two bows simultaneously in one hand as well as her improvisational skills. This technique expands the harmonic and timbral possibili..
Francesca
See francisca for the frankish throwing-axe. Francesca (chess) is also a chess engine. Francesca is a female given name, derived from the Latin male name Franciscus meaning 'free'. It is widely used in most romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and etymologists are unsure as to ..
Francesca Alexander
Francesca Alexander, also known as Fanny Alexander, (February 27, 1837 - January 21, 1917) was an American illustrator, author, and translator from the Italian. She was born Esther Frances Alexander in Boston, Massachusetts and educated at home. At age 16, her family moved to Florence, Italy, where..
Francesca Annis
Francesca Annis on the right with Jon Finch in Macbeth Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944 in Brazil) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC series Wives and Daughters and Deceit. She was in a long relationship with fellow ac..
Francesca Arundale
Francesca Arundale (* 1847 in Brighton, England; † 23 March 1924 in India) was an english theosophist and freemason. She became a member of the Theosophical Society Adyar in 1881 and was a close friend of Helena Blavatsky and Annie Besant. In 1896 she became a member of Le Droit Humain. She also ..
Francesca Beard
Francesca Beard (b. 1968 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a writer and performance poet. She has been based in London for much of her adult life and cites the city as a major inspiration in her work. She has represented contemporary British Literature all over the world, from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria to..
Francesca Belperio
Francesca Belperio is a singer (written as just Francesca on her single), and the sister of Anna Belperio, a member of the group Scandal'us (winners of the Australian Popstars 2 in 2001). Francesca's song, "Way Of The World" debuted and peaked at #3 in the Australian ARIAnet singles chart, due to a..
Francesca Bertini
On the stage of Assunta Spina (1915), she was both co-director and protagonist Francesca Bertini (born in Florence April 11, 1892; died October 13, 1985 in Rome) born Elena Seracini Vitiello, was an Italian silent film actress. She was one of the most successful silent film stars in the first..
Francesca Buller
Francesca Buller as Akhna (born 20 January 1964 in Great Britain) is an English actress who is most notably known for her appearances in the TV series Farscape. Francesca played several different characters in Farscape, but her main role was that of "Minister Ahkna". She also has done theat..
Francesca Caccini
Francesca Caccini Francesca Caccini (September 18, 1587 – c. 1640) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was the daughter of Giulio Caccini, and was probably the most famous and influential female European composer, in any genre..
Francesca Chiara
Francesca Chiara Casellati is the singer and songwriter of the Italian band The LoveCrave. The Italian name "Francesca" corresponds to "Francis" and "Chiara" means "bright" in Italian. Contents 1 Biography2 Musical career3 Discography4 External links Biography Francesca ..
Francesca Cuzzoni
Francesca Cuzzoni (1700 - 1770) was an Italian soprano. In her youth, she studied with Francesco Lanzi. Cuzzoni once refused to sing an aria from Handel's Ottone, despite the fact that Handel was the conductor and accompanist. Handel, as demanding as Cuzzoni, felt that she should be dangled upside ..
Francesca da Rimini
Gianciotto Discovers Paolo and Francesca by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (1255 – 1285) was the beautiful daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine..
Francesca da Rimini (opera)
Francesca da Rimini, (Russian: Франческа да Римини) Op. 25 is an opera in two acts by Sergei Rachmaninov to a Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is based on the story of the heroine Francesca da Rimini in the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem The Inferno (the first pa..
Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky)
The composer, Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 was composed in less than three weeks during his visit to Bayreuth in the autumn of 1876. In this fantasia, Tchaikovsky presents a symphonic interpretation of the tragic tale of Francesca da Rimini..
Francesca di Foix
Francesca di Foix is a melodramma giocoso or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti (1831) from a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni, based on Françoise de Foix by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Mercier-Dupaty. It received its first performance on 30 May 1831 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Seldom..
Francesca Donner
Francesca Donner was the first First Lady of South Korea. She was the wife of Syngman Rhee, who was the first president of South Korea. Donner was born in Austria in 1900 and died in Korea in 1992. ..
Francesca Fisher-Eastwood
Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood (born 7 August 1993, California) is the daughter of actress Frances Fisher and actor/director Clint Eastwood. She appeared in the films True Crime (1999) (as Kate Everett) and The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) (as Mary Day). External link ..
Francesca Fremantle
Francesca Fremantle is a scholar and translator of Sanskrit and Tibetan works of Hindu and Buddhist tantra, and was a student of Chögyam Trungpa for many years. Fremantle worked closely with Chögyam Trungpa on the 1975 translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Shambhala). Her 2001 translation o..
Francesca Gargallo
Francesca Gargallo (born November 25, 1956 in Rome, Italy) is a Mexican writer and poet. She studied philosophy in her native country at the Universitá delgi Studi di Roma and then in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Gargallo, a naturalized Mexican citizen, has lived in the cou..
Francesca Gonshaw
Francesca Gonshaw is a British actress best known for her work in television during the 1980s. She played cafe waitress Maria in the popular BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! for the first three years of its run, and Amanda Parker during the entire 1987 run of the drama series Howards' Way. External link ..
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca Gregorini (born Countess Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savingniano di Romagnia in 1968) is a singer and songwriter. Youth Born in Rome, Italy, she is the daughter of former Bond girl Barbara Bach and businessman Augusto Gregorini, and the stepdaughter of Beatles drumm..
Francesca Hawkins
Francesca Hawkins-Pollonais is a television news presenter in Trinidad and Tobago. Francesca was the main presenter of The TV6 News on CCN TV6 from 1991 to 1997. She then moved to Trinidad and Tobago Television, where she co-anchored the nightly news programme, Panorama. She also has considerable ..
Francesca Hilton
Constance Francesca Hilton (born March 10, 1947 in New York, New York) is an American actress and socialite. She is the daughter of Hilton Hotel founder Conrad Hilton and Hungarian-born actress/socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor, the only child any of the Gabor sisters despite the fact that they were married..
Francesca Hunt
Francesca Hunt Francesca Hunt is a British actress. She has starred in two television drama series for the BBC, Roughnecks and Strathblair, as well as the sitcom A Prince Among Men and several one-off dramas including Over Here. In between TV appearances, she has also managed to play some of B..
Francesca James
as Kelly Cole Tyler at the funeral of Phoebe Tyler Wallingford in 2005 Francesca James is an American soap opera actress, producer and director. She began her career by playing a small role on the classic soap opera The Secret Storm. In 1970 she joined the cast of ABC's One Life to Live pla..
Francesca Leardini
Francesca Leardini is a Ph.D. graduate of UCLA's Italian Department [link]. A native speaker born in Rome, Italy, Francesca recently translated into Italian the best-selling nonfiction book, [[Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed]] by Jared Diamond for Einaudi [link]..
Francesca Lebrun
Francesca Lebrun (1756-1791) was a noted 18th-century German singer and composer. She was born in Mannheim, Germany into a musical family. Her father was the Italian-born cellist Innocenz Danzi and her younger brother was the composer and cellist Franz Danzi (1763-1826). Francesca Lebrun made her ..
Francesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block (born January 3, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is the author of many highly original young adult books, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. Her first book, Weetzie Bat, was published in 1989. It was renowned for its use of imagery, especially in describing the city of Los An..
Francesca Martinez
Francesca Martinez is an English stand-up comedian. The majority of her set deals with her disability, cerebral palsy. Her jokes typically consist of a setup regarding her doing an activity that you would not usually associate with someone who has cerebral palsy, before turning the joke on its head..
Francesca Miranda
Francesca Miranda is a Salvadorean fashion designer. She is the daughter of Gloria Gonzales de Miranda, owner of Hacienda de Los Miranda, and of Ruy Cesar Miranda, a lawyer and ambassador. When Francesca went to the university she met Fransisco Jassir, who is her husband now. Before becoming Lat..
Francesca Neri
Francesca Neri (born February 10, 1964, Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol) is an Italian actress. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and ..
Francesca Rettondini
Francesca Rettondini (born March 7, 1971 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian actress/ supermodel. She is most notably known for her screen role as the seductively beautiful Italian singer Francesca in the 2002 horror/thriller movie Ghost Ship, directed by Steve Beck . Ghost Ship was Francesca Rettondini..
Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (June 23, 1980, Milan) is a professional tennis player from Italy. She turned professional in 1998. She has finished the 2005 season on the WTA Tour ranked #13 in the world in singles. She has yet to win a singles title on the WTA tour but has reached six finals, four of them s..
Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon (born 1955) is the Anglo-American author of the popular Horrid Henry series of children's books. Born in California, she attended Yale and Oxford Universities. ..
Francesca Smith
Francesca Marie Smith is an American voice actress. She is known for the voice of "Helga" on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! and [[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]. She has also provided the voice for "Ashley B." on Disney Channel's Recess and made a cameo appearance on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show, as one of ..
Francesca Willis
Francesca Willis (born 22 February 1987 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian model, whose claim to fame was several risque shots of her in the uniform of the prestigious Sydney private school Barker College in 2004. The images, taken with a mobile phone, and other pictures of her and her friends at..
Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman (born April 3, 1958 in Denver, Colorado, died January 19 1981 in New York) was, despite her short life, a remarkably influential and important photographic artist. Appearing in most of her photographs, her work concentrated mainly on her own body and her surroundings, and at times..
Francesca Zambello
Francesca Zambello (born 1956) is a leading American opera and theatre director. Zambello lived in Europe when she was a child, learning to speak French, Italian, German and Russian. She attended Moscow University in 1976 and graduated from Colgate University in 1978. She began her career as an Ass..
Franceschi
Franceschi is the name of several people: Piero della Francesca (c. 1420-1492), also called Piero de' Franceschi, Italian painterFrancesco Franceschi (d. c.1599), engraver and patriarch of the Franceschi printing familyJean Baptiste, baron Franceschi (1766-1813), French generalJean Baptiste Marie Fr..
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe
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Francesco Accarigi
Francesco Accarigi (Macerata, Italy, c. 1557—1622) was an Italian jurist and professor of civil law at the University of Siena in Tuscany. While not born in Siena, he spent much of his life there, and was considered a native. In his youth, Accarigi had enjoyed the friendship of Bargalio and B..
Francesco Accolti
Francesco Accolti (c. 1416—1488), also called Francesco d'Arezzo, brother of Benedetto Accolti, called in his time the Prince of Subtleties, professed jurisprudence at Bologna from 1440 to 1445, and afterwards at Ferrara, Siena, and Pisa. He possessed a strong understand and powerful eloquenc..
Francesco Accursius
(Italian Accorso). Francesco Accursius (1182-1260) A celebrated Italian jurisconsult of the Middle Ages, b. at Florence, 1182; d. at Bologna, 1260. After applying himself to various studies until he was twenty-eight, or according to other statements, thirty-seven years old, he took up the law and ..
Francesco Adiosi
Francesco Adiosi (died May 24, 1511) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Pavia and was promoted to cardinal by Pope Julius II in December 1505. ..
Francesco Albani
:See Albani for other uses of that name. Albani's Baptism of Christ ca 1640 (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg). Francesco Albani or Albano (March 17 or August 17, 1578–October 4, 1660) was an Italian painter. Biography Born at Bologna, he was one of the pupils of the prestigious..
Francesco Alberoni
Francesco Alberoni (December 31, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone, Province of Piacenza) is an Italian Sociologist, Journalist, and professor in Sociology. He was a Board Member and Senior Board Member (Chairman) of Rai, the national Italian Television, from 2002-2005. Alberoni is among the few regula..
Francesco Alfieri
Francesco Alfieri of Padova was a 17th century master of the Italian school of swordsmanship. Two manuals by Alfieri are known La scherma di Francesco Alfieri of 1640 and L'arte di ben maneggiare la spada of 1653. ..
Francesco Algarotti
Count Francesco Algarotti (11 December, 1712–3 May, 1764) was an Italian philosopher and art critic. He was born in Venice. He studied at Rome and Bologna, and at the age of twenty went to Paris, where he became friendly with Voltaire and produced his Neutonianismo per le dame, a work on opti..
Francesco Andreini
Francesco Andreini (c. 1548 - 1624) was an Italian actor. Andreini was born at Pistoia. He was a member of the company of the Gelosi which Henry IV of France summoned to Paris to his bride, the young queen Marie de Medici. Both his wife, Isabella Andreini, and their son, Giambattista Andreini, w..
Francesco Angeloni
Francesco Angeloni (1587-1652) was an Italian writer, historian, and collector of classical antiquities. Born in Terni in Umbria — a region of Italy at that time part of the Papal States — he studied in Perugia then moved to Rome where he served as secretary of cardinal Pietro Aldobrand..
Francesco Antommarchi
Francesco Antommarchi, (1780-1838) Napoleon's attached physician at St. Helena, wrote "The Last Moments of Napoleon". ..
Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Antonioli (born 14 September 1969 Monza) is an italian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Bologna F.C. 1909. Clubs 1986-1994: A.C. Milan -Serie A*1986-1988: A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 on loan -Serie C1*1990: A.C. Cesena on loan -Serie A*1991: Modena F.C. on loan -Serie B1994: Pisa Ca..
Francesco Antonio Bonporti
Francesco Antonio Bonporti (Trento, 11 June 1672 - Padua, 19 December 1748) - Italian priest and amateur composer. In 1691, he was admitted in the Collegium Germanicum in Rome, where he studied theology. There, he studied composition under the guidance of Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni and, although it'..
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria (March 27, 1714, Venice - October 10, 1795, Rome) was an Italian theologian, historian, and prolific writer. He joined the Austrian province of the Society of Jesus, in 18 October, 1731. Zaccaria taught grammar and rhetoric at Gorz, and was ordained priest at Rome in 1740..
Francesco Araja
Francesco Domenico Araja (or Araia, Russian: Арайя) (Born: June 25, 1709, Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, died between 1762 and 1770, Bologna, States of the Church) was an Italian composer who spent 25 year in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imperial Court including Tsefal i P..
Francesco Baiano
Francesco Baiano (born 24 February, 1968) is a former Italian professional footballer. He is a well-known striker famous for his shooting technique. During his career, Baiano played for several clubs including; Foggia, Fiorentina, and Derby County. He joined Derby in 1997 along with Stefano Eranio ..
Francesco Balducci Pegolotti
Francesco Balducci Pegolotti (fl. 1310 - 1347) was a Florentine merchant and politician. His father, Balduccio Pegolotti, represented Florence in commercial negotiations with Siena in 1311. His brother, Rinieri di Balduccio, was suspected of connivance in the disappearance of a gold shipment in 1332..
Francesco Baracca
Count Francesco Baracca, standing by his plane with the famous prancing horse logo, later to become the emblem for the Ferrari car. Francesco Baracca (9 May, 1888–19 June, 1918) was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He entered the Modena military academy in 1907 and became a cava..
Francesco Barbaro
Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454); was an important humanist in Venice. Gasparinus de Bergamo was tutor of the family in 1407. ..
Francesco Barberini
Francesco Barberini is the name of several people: Francesco Barberini, seniore (1597–1679)Francesco Barberini, juniore (1662–1738) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to chang..
Francesco Barberini (seniore)
For other people named Francesco Barberini, see Francesco Barberini. Francesco Barberini seniore (September 23, 1597 - December 10, 1679) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the powerful Barberini family. 1623, Cardinal1666, Dean of the College of Cardinals Bibliograph..
Francesco Barozzi
For the lunar crater named Barocius, see Barocius (crater). Francesco Barozzi (in Latin, Franciscus Barocius) (August 9, 1537-November 23, 1604) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. Barozzi was born on the island of Crete, at Candia (now Iraklion), at the time a Venetian possession, t..
Francesco Bartolozzi
Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Italian engraver, was born at Florence. He was originally destined to follow the profession of his father, who was a gold- and silver-smith; but he manifested so much skill and taste in designing that he was placed under the superintendence of two Florentine artist..
Francesco Bassano
Two Italian painters, grandfather and grandson, are named Francesco Bassano: Francesco Bassano the Elder (c. 1475–1539).Francesco Bassano the Younger (1549–1592).This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred y..
Francesco Bassano the Younger
Francesco Bassano the Younger (originally Francesco Giambattista da Ponte; 1559–1592) was an Italian painter. He was born at Bassano del Grappa near Venice, the eldest son of Jacopo Bassano. He studied with his father and worked in the Bassano family workshop along with his three brothers...
Francesco Bellissimo
Francesco Yoshihiro Bellissimo (ベリッシモ・フランチェスコ・喜広 - Bellissimo Francesco Yoshihiro) (born January 3, 1979 in Rome), Mangaka and famous italian TV personality transplanted in Japan. He studied at the Fourth State 'Liceo' specializing in art subjects "Alessandro Caravill..
Francesco Berlinghieri
Francesco Berlinghieri (1440-1501)was a Florentine scholar and humanist who lived during the fifteenth century. He promoted the value of classical Greek learning and was one of the first to print a text based on Ptolemy's Geographica. Career Berlinghieri was an orator at the Este court in Mantua...
Francesco Berni
Francesco Berni (1497 - May 26, 1536), Italian poet, was born about 1497 at Lamporecchio, in Bibbiena, a district of Tuscany lying along the Upper Arno. His family was of good descent, but excessively poor. At an early age he was sent to Florence, where he remained till his nineteenth year. He then..
Francesco Bianchini
For Giovanni Bianchini (1410-ca. 1449), see Giovanni Bianchini. Francesco Bianchini (December 13, 1662 – March 2, 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. He worked for the curia of many popes, including being secretary of the commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the m..
Francesco Bori
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Francesco Borromini
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli (September 25 1599 – August 3 1667) was a prominent and influential Baroque architect, and active in Rome and contemporary with the prolific papal architect and often rival, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Borromini (anonymous youth portrait). C..
Francesco Botticini
Francesco Botticini, Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1446-1498. Studied under Cosimo Rosselli and Andrea del Verrocchio. ..
Francesco Bracciolini
Francesco Bracciolini (November 26, 1566- August 31, 1645) was an Italian poet. He was born of a noble family in Pistoia in 1566. On his removing to Florence he was admitted into the academy there, and devoted himself to literature. At Rome he entered the service of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, with ..
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Francesco Bussone, often called Count of CarmagnolaHe was in fact count of Castelnuovo Scrivia. (c. 1382 - May 5, 1432), Italian was an Italian condottiero. Biography Francesco Bussone was born at Carmagnola, near Turin, in a humble peassant family. He began his military career when twelve years ..
Francesco Calogero
Francesco Calogero, (born February 6, 1935) is a distinguished italian physicist and active in the community of scientists concerned with nuclear disarmamanent. He was the son of the philosopher Guido Calogero. Since his father was sentenced to national exile by fascist police, Francesco Calogero s..
Francesco Camero Medici
Francesco Canero Medici Born 1886 - died 1946,was an Italian Diplomat. He colaborated with Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi . He was nominated Governor of Addis Abeba in 1938 and served as such 23 September 1938 - 1 January 1939 He was prefect of Tripoli 1939-1941.He colaborated with Italo Balbo...
Francesco Camilliani
Francesco Camilliani (d 1586) was a Tuscan sculptor of the Renaissance period.. He studied under in Florence under Baccio Bandinelli. His son Camillo Camilliani was later too a sculptor in Palermo. One of Francesco Camilliani most notable works is the renaissance water fountain in the Piazza Pre..
Francesco Camusso
Francesco Camusso (born March 9, 1908 - died June 23, 1995) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1931 Giro d'Italia. Palmares 1937 4th overall — Tour de France1st place, Stage 13, — Tour de France1935 1st place, Stage 7 ..
Francesco Canali
Francesco Canali (Perugia 1764; Ferrara 1835) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. ..
Francesco Cancellotti
Francesco Cancellotti (born February 27, 1963 in Perugia) is a former tennis player from Italy, who won two single titles during his professional career. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 15, 1985, when he became the number 21 of the world. External links [Profil..
Francesco Canova da Milano
Francesco Canova da Milano Francesco Canova da Milano (18 August 1497 – 2 January 1543) was an Italian lutenist virtuoso and composer of the Renaissance. Born in Monza, near Milan, he was rather popular during his lifetime, writing several books of music for lute. Some of his works are stil..
Francesco Caracciolo
Prince Francesco Caracciolo (January 18, 1752, Naples - June 30, 1799, Naples) was a Neapolitan admiral and revolutionist. He was born of a noble Neapolitan family. He entered the navy and learned his seamanship under Rodney. He fought with distinction in the British service in the American War of ..
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani (October 1, 1871-January 13, 1951) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who spent his entire career in the Roman Curia and rose to Dean of the College of Cardinals and head of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. Born in Rome, he was ordained a pries..
Francesco Cardinal Marchisano
Cardinal Francesco Marchisano (born June 25, 1929) is an Italian Cardinal who has worked in the Roman Curia since 1956. Born in Turin, he was ordained a priest there by Maurilio Cardinal Fossati in 1952. A period of study in Rome intended to be temporary turned permanent when he was offered his fir..
Francesco Carlini
Francesco Carlini (January 7, 1783-August 29, 1862) was an Italian astronomer. Born in Milan, he became director of the observatory there in 1832. He published Nuove tavole de moti apparenti del sole in 1832. In 1810, he had already published Esposizione di un nuovo metodo di construire le taole ..
Francesco Carotta
Francesco Carotta (*1946 in Ca’Zen, Lusia (Polesine), Veneto, Italy) is an Italian linguist, philosopher, publisher and author. Carotta is known for his theory that the historical Jesus was Julius Caesar. This thesis was first released in two publications in the author's Kore publishing house (19..
Francesco Carracci
Francesco Carracci (1595 - 1622), Italian painter and engraver, and nephew of the more famous Agostino Carracci. Life Francesco Carracci was born son of Giovanni Antonio Carracci, in Bologna, 1595. His father was a brother of Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Francesco was a youth of great talent and..
Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande (born September 14, 1970 in Florence) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist betwen 1992 and 2005. Contents 1 Biography2 Palmarés2.1 Major wins2.2 Runner-up Biography He is a proven performer in the G..
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli (February 14 1602 – January 14 1676), Italian composer, was born at Crema. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron, a Venetian nobleman. Contents 1 Life2 Music and influence3 Works l..
Francesco Cetti
Francesco Cetti (August 9, 1726 – November 20, 1778) was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician. Cetti was born in Mannheim in Germany, but his parents were natives of Como. He was educated in Lombardy and at the Jesuit college at Monza. In 1765 he was sent to Sardinia to help ..
Francesco Cilea
Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer. Contents 1 Biography2 Works3 Bibliography4 External links Biography Born in Palmi near Reggio di Calabria, Francesco Cilea gave early indica..
Francesco Cirio
Francesco Cirio (1836–1900) was an Italian businessman and the inventor of canned vegetables and meat. [[Citing sources citation needed]] He was born in Nizza Monferrato, close to Turin to a very poor and illiterate family. When he was 14 years old he came to Turin. A ..
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente (born in Naples in 1952) is an Italian painter. One of the most outstanding personalities of the contemporary art, his work shows both surrealist and expressionist references. He was self taught and studied architecture in 1970 at the university of Rome. He did some paintings in ..
Francesco Coco
Francesco Coco (born January 8, 1977 in Paternò) is an Italian football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for AS Livorno of Serie A, on loan from his official club, league rivals Internazionale. Contents 1 Club2 National team3 Outside the field4 External links Club Prio..
Francesco Colonna
Francesco Colonna (1433 (?) - 1527), was an Italian Dominican priest and monk who was credited by an acrostic in the text with the authorship of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Little is known of Colonna. He lived in Venice, and preached at St Mark's Cathedral there. Besides Hypnerotomachia Poli..
Francesco Colonnese
Francesco Colonnese (born 10 August 1971 in Potenza) is an Italian football defender, currently plays for A.C. Siena. Clubs 1989-1991: A.S.C. Potenza1991-1992: A.S. Giarre1992-1994: U.S. Cremonese1994-1995: A.S. Roma1995-1997(June): SSC Napoli on loan from Roma1997: A.S. Roma1998(Jan)-2000: Interna..
Francesco Corbetta
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Francesco Cossiga
Francesco Cossiga (born July 26, 1928) is an Italian politician and former President of the Italian Republic. He was also a professor of law at University of Sassari. Contents 1 Early career2 Election as President of Italy3 The Cossiga Presidency4 Lifetime senator5 Misce..
Francesco Cozza
Francesco Cozza (born January 19, 1974 in Cariati) is an Italian football offensive midfielder who currently plays for Reggina of Italy's Serie A. Cozza is the captain for Reggina in the 2005-2006 season. ..
Francesco Crispi
Francesco Crispi (October 4 1819–August 12 1901) was a 19th century Italian politician. He was instrumental in the formation of the united country and was its Premier from 1887 until 1891 and again from 1893 until 1896. Contents 1 Sicily2 Parliament and government2.1 Bigamy ..
Francesco Curá
Francesco Cura' (full name Francesco Maria Cura', also known as Francis J. Cura) is an actor, singer, and former male fashion model born on March 7, 1977. Contents 1 Early years2 Career beginnings3 Filmography4 Trivia5 Quotes6 External links Early years ..
Francesco Dall'Ongaro
Francesco Dall'Ongaro (1808 - January 10, 1873), Italian writer, poet and dramatist Biography Born in Friuli, Dall'Ongaro was educated for the priesthood, but abandoned his orders, and taking to political journalism founded the Favilla at Trieste in the Liberal interest. In 1848 he enlisted under..
Francesco Damiani
Francesco Damiani (born October 4, 1958) was an Italian boxer, who was the first heavyweight champion of the World Boxing Organization. He reigned from 1989 to 1991. At age 25, he won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California in the Super Heavyweight division. Four ye..
Francesco da Mosto
Count Francesco da Mosto (born 1961 in Venice) is an Italian architect, film maker and TV presenter. Contents 1 Family history2 Biography3 Trivia4 External links Family history Count da Mosto's family has been part of Venice's history since possibly as early as the fifth cent..
Francesco da Sangallo
Francesco da Sangallo (1494–1576) was a High Renaissance sculptor and son of the architect and sculptor Giuliano da Sangallo. His father took him at the age of ten to Rome where, in 1506, he was present at the identification of the Laocoön group, an event he described in a letter written in ..
Francesco del Cossa
Triumph of Venus (detail), 1469-1470. Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430 in Ferrara – c. 1477 in Bologna) was an Italian early-Renaissance (or Quattrocento) painter of the School of Ferrara. He is known to have been the son of a stonemason in Ferrara. Although little is known about his early ..
Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori (April 4, 1951, Rome) is a renowned Italian singer-songwriter. Contents 1 1970s2 1980s3 1990s and 2000s4 Trivia5 Discography 1970s De Gregori was born to a middle-class family of Rome, and spent some of his youth in Pescara before returning to the..
Francesco de Layolle
Francesco de Layolle (also spelled dell'Aiolle, dell'Aiuola, dell'Ajolle, dell'Aiolli), (March 4, 1492 – c.1540) was an Italian composer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the first native Italian composers to write sacred music in the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style, combining it..
Francesco de Mosco
Francesco de Mosco (da Mosca) is an Italian journalist, travel writer and presenter who has presented a series of TV travel exploration programmes broadcast in English on BBC2 in the United Kingdom. He was born in the province of Brindisi in Puglia on the south-east coast of Italy. ..
Francesco de Mosta
Count Francesco de Mosta is an Italian nobleman, architect, film maker and television presenter. He has made two television series about Italy for the BBC: Venice - which explored the rich history and culture of Venice, focusing, in particular, on the Renaissance.[[Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe]] ..
Francesco De Sanctis
Francesco De Sanctis (1817-1883), a Hegelian, was made professor of comparative literature at the University of Naples in 1871, and earlier was minister of public education (1861) at the behest of King Victor Emmanuel II. De Sanctis had many faithful disciples, among whom Benedetto Croce was to achi..
Francesco de Sanctis
Francesco de Sanctis (1817–1883), Italian publicist, was born at Morra Irpino, and educated at the institute of the Marchese Basilio Puoti. Becoming a teacher in a private school of his own, he made a name as a profound student of literature; and after the troubles of 1848, when he held offic..
Francesco de Vico
Father Francesco de Vico (May 19, 1805 – November 15, 1848) was an Italian astronomer at Vatican Observatory, and also a Jesuit. He discovered or co-discovered a number of comets, including periodic comets 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT and 122P/de Vico. He also independently discovered the comet (C..
Francesco di Giorgio
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1395-1482) was an Italian painter of the Sienese School, who apprenticed with Vecchietta. Also known for architectural designs and sculptural work for Federico III da Montefeltro. Wrote an architectural treatise Trattati di architettura, ingegneria e arte militare somet..
Francesco Di Stefano
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Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (Livorno, 1804 - Livorno, September 25, 1873), was an Italian writer and politician. He was educated for the law at Pisa, and began to practice at Livorno, but soon gave up law in favour of politics and literature, under the influence of Lord Byron (to whom he dedicated..
Francesco Durante
Francesco Durante (March 31, 1684 - August 13, 1755) was an Italian composer. He was born at Frattamaggiore, in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, and at an early age he entered the Conservatorio dei poveri di Gesù Cristo, in Naples, where he received lessons from Gaetano Greco. Later he became a pupil..
Francesco Faà di Bruno
Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825—1888) was an Italian mathematician and priest, born at Alessandria. He was of noble birth, and held, at one time, the rank of captain-of-staff in the Sardinian Army. Coming to Paris, he resigned his commission, studied under Augustin Cauchy, and Urbain Le Verrier,..
Francesco Fareri
Francesco Fareri, born April 15, 1978 in Rome, Italy, is a highly skilled guitar player, notable for his extremely fast guitar shredding style. Francesco began playing guitar when he first got an electric one. Francesco is widely regarded as one of the fastest guitarists in the world today, and has..
Francesco Feo
Francesco Feo (1691 - January 18, 1761), was an Italian composer of opera. He was born and died in Naples, where most of his operas were premièred. Operas L'amor tirannico, ossia Zenobia (1713)Duello d'amore e di vendetta (1715) *Lucio Papirio (1717)La forza della virtù (1719)Teuzzone (1720)Sifa..
Francesco Ferruccio
Francesco Ferruccio (or Ferrucci) (1489 – 1530) was a Florentine captain who fought in the Italian Wars. Biography After spending a few years as a merchant's clerk he took to soldiering at an early age, and served in the Bande Nere in various parts of Italy, earning a reputation as a daring f..
Francesco Filelfo
Francesco Filelfo Francesco Filelfo (July 25, 1398–July 31, 1481), was an Italian Renaissance humanist. Biography Filelfo was born at Tolentino, in the March of Ancona. At the time of his birth, Petrarch and the students of Florence had already brought the first act in the recovery of c..
Francesco Flachi
Francesco Flachi (born 8 April 1975 in Campi Bisenzio, Province of Florence) is an Italian football striker, currently plays for U.C. Sampdoria. Contents 1 Clubs2 National team3 Interesting Facts4 External links Clubs 1992-1997: AC Fiorentina*1995-1996: A.S. Bari1998: A.C. An..
Francesco Florentino
Francesco Florentino was a Polish-Italian renaissance architect form Florencia, who together with Eberhard Rosemberger rebuilt the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow under the rule of Alexander of Poland after it burnt down in 1499. He came to Poland in 1501. After his death in 1516 his work was contin..
Francesco Fontana
Francesco Fontana (1585 or 1602 – 1656) was an Italian lawyer and astronomer. He created woodcuts showing the Moon and the planets as he saw them through a self-constructed telescope. In 1646 he published most of them in the book Novae coelestium terrestriumq[ue] rerum observationes,..
Francesco Foscari
Francesco Foscari (1373-1457) was doge of Venice from 1423 to 1457, at the height of the Italian Renaissance. Foscari was elected to lead Venice in a long and protracted series of wars against Milan, governed by the Visconti, who were attempting to dominate all of Italy. Despite notable victories,..
Francesco Franceschi
Francesco Franceschi (d. c.1599) was a printer in the Italian Renaissance. His roots were in Siena, though the bulk of his work was done in Venice. Franceschi was known for the high quality of his engravings, which were done using metal plates rather than wooden, a common inexpensive alternati..
Francesco Furini
Francesco Furini (c.1600 (or 1603) to August, 19, 1646) was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence. His early training was by Matteo Rosselli, though he is also described as as influenced by Domenico Passignano and Giovanni Biliverti, and traveling to Rome in 1619, where he would have been exposed..
Francesco Gaeta
Francesco Gaeta (1879 - 1927) was an Italian poet. His early works were initially influenced by Gabriele D'Annunzio, and were characterized by a sentimental and sensual mood. His language featured both refined and popular elements. He committed suicide in 1927. Selected works Il libro della giovi..
Francesco Gasparini
Francesco Gasparini (1661 - February 22, 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher. Born in Camaiore, near Lucca, he was musical director of the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, where he employed Antonio Vivaldi. External links Free scores by [Francesco Gasparini] in the Werner Ickin..
Francesco Geminiani
Francesco Geminiani (December 5, 1687 – September 17, 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. Biography Geminiani was born at Lucca. He received lessons in music from Alessandro Scarlatti, and studied the violin under Carlo Ambrogio Lonati in Milan and afterwards under ..
Francesco Graziani
Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani (born December 16, 1952) is an Italy football manager and former player. Playing career Graziani was born in Subiaco, in the province of Rome. As striker, he started his footballing career in Arezzo. Later he became famous as one of the leading members of the last s..
Francesco Griffo
Francesco Griffo (1450- 1518), also called Francesco da Bologna, was a fifteenth-century Venetian punchcutter. He worked for Aldus Manutius, designing that printer's more important typefaces, including the first italic. His romans show a degree of abstraction from calligraphy not present in the work..
Francesco Guardi
Francesco Guardi portrayed by Roberto Longhi (1764). Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 – January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. Biography Guardi..
Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini Francesco Guccini (born June 14, 1940 in Modena) is an Italian singer-songwriter and author. His songs are renowned for their poetic and literary value, and in 1990 he won the Premio Eugenio Montale for verses in music. Contents 1 Biography2 Other activities3&nbs..
Francesco Guicciardini
Guicciardini Francesco Guicciardini (March 6, 1483 - May 22, 1540) was an Italian historian and statesman. A friend and critic of Niccolò Machiavelli, he is considered one of the major political writers of the Italian Renaissance. Guicciardini was born in Florence in the year 1483, when Marsi..
Francesco Guidolin
--> Francesco Guidolin (born October 3, 1955 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian football manager and former player. After a mild playing career, in 1988 Guidolin debutted in a managing role as head coach of Serie C2 team Giorgione, the main club of his native city, Castelfranco Veneto. He then..
Francesco Hayez
The Kiss by Francesco Hayez, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice - December 21, 1882, Milan) was the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his great historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits. ..
Francesco II Acciaiuoli
Francesco II Acciajouli (died 1460), called "Franco", was the last Duke of Athens. He was the son of Duke Antonio II Acciajouli but had only ruled for two years (1455–1456) when the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II arrived in Athens. The duke and his citizens hid themselves in the Acropolis an..
Francesco II d'Este
Francesco II d'Este was Duke of Modena from 1662 to 1694. ..
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
Francesco II Gonzaga (1466–1519), Marquis of Mantua, was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1484 until his death. He had a semi-successful career as a military captain, acting as Venice's commander from 1489–98. During his absences, Mantua was governed by his wife Isabella d'..
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (25 March 1541 – 19 October 1587) was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 to 1587. He was the son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo and served as regent for his father starting in 1564. On December..
Francesco I Sforza
left Francesco I Sforza (july 23, 1401 - march 8, 1466) was an Italian condottiero, the founder of the Sforza dynasty in Milan, Italy. Contents 1 Biography2 Culture3 See also4 References Biography Francesco was born in San Miniato, Tuscany, one the seven illegitimate so..
Francesco Landini
Landini playing a miniature organ (illustration from the 15th century Squarcialupi Codex) Francesco Landini or Landino (around 1325 – September 2, 1397) was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker. He was one of the most famous and revered composers of the second..
Francesco Laurana
Francesco Laurana [de la Vrana], (c. 1430 - before 12 March 1502), was an Italian sculptor and medallist. Life and works Laurana was born in Vrana, near Zadar, the part of the Venetian dominion of Dalmatia. After an apprenticeship under a sculptor, he began his solo career at Naples, wh..
Francesco Manca
Francesco Manca (born November 1966, in Milan, Italy) is an Italian astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory, Italy. Non-observational work focuses on computations of close approaches of asteroids with the Earth. The asteroid (15460) Manca is nam..
Francesco Manelli
Francesco Manelli (b. 13 September, 1594) was a Roman baroque composer, particularly of opera; and theorbo player. He is most well known for his collaboration with fellow Roman composer Benedetto Ferrari in bringing commercial opera to Venice. The first two works, in 1637 and 1638, to be put on com..
Francesco Manfredini
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (June 22, 1684 – October 6, 1762) was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician. He was born at Pistoia and studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli. He became a professional violinist, holding important posts in Bologna. He was a teacher for his son..
Francesco Mangione
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Francesco Marciuliano
Francesco Marciuliano is the current writer of Sally Forth, a widely syndicated comic strip (the current illustrator is Craig MacIntosh). He and his wife, Carol Hartsell, run the humour website [Drink at Work]. The site showcases the Rule of 3 theater collective, and promotes Drink At Wor..
Francesco Maria Appendini
Francesco Maria Appendini (November 4, 1768 – 1837) was an Italian historian and philologist born at Poirino near Turin. Educated at Rome, he took orders and was sent to Ragusa, where he was appointed professor of rhetoric. When the French seized Ragusa, Napoleon placed Appendini at the head o..
Francesco Maria Del Monte
Francesco Maria Del Monte (5 July 1549 - 27 August, 1627, full name Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte) was a leading prelate of the Catholic Church, diplomat and connoisseur of the arts. His fame today rests on his early patronage of the important Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, an..
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
Francesco Maria Grimaldi. Francesco Maria Grimaldi (April 2, 1618 - December 28, 1663) was an Italian mathematician and physicist who taught at the Jesuit college in Bologna. Between 1640 and 1650, working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, discovering that the distanc..
Francesco Maria Guazzo
Francesco Maria Guazzo, aka Guaccio, aka Guaccius (15??-16??) was an Italian priest in Milan. He wrote a book, the Compendium Maleficarum (Compendium of the Witches), in which he cited numerous experts on the subject, among them Nicholas Remy. He described the eleven formulae or ceremonies previous..
Francesco Maria I della Rovere
Francesco Maria I della Rovere (March 22, 1490 - october 20, 1538) was Duke of Urbino from 1508 until 1538. He was born in Senigallia. He died in Pesaro, poisoned. "|Preceded by:Cesare Borgia |width="30%" align="center" rowspan=""|Succeeded by:Guidobaldo II |- |} ..
Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco Maria Piave Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 – 5 March 1876) was an Italian librettist who was Verdi's life-long friend and collaborator. Like Verdi, Piave was an ardant Italian patriot, and in 1848, during Milan's "Cinque Giornate," when Radetsky's Austrian troops retreated..
Francesco Maria Veracini
Francesco Maria Veracini. Francesco Maria Veracini (February 1, 1690 – October 31, 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his violin sonatas and concerti. Born to a musical family in Florence,—though his father was a druggist— he was taught violi..
Francesco Maurolico
This article is about the Italian mathematician and astronomer. For the crater, see Maurolycus (crater). Francesco Maurolico (in Latin, Franciscus Maurolycus) (September 16, 1494-July 21 or July 22, 1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. Throughout his lifetime, he made contributions ..
Francesco Melzi
Vertumnus and Pomona (1518/22) by Francesco Melzi Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] Francesco Melzi (ca. 1491 – 1568/70?) was an Italian painter, beloved and favourite pupil of Leonardo da Vinci. The son of a Milanese noble family joined the household of Leo..
Francesco Mercuri
Francesco Mercuri (born in Terni, March 30, 1971). External link [Personal page of F. Mercuri] ..
Francesco Minerva
Francesco Minerva (January 31, 1904 - August 23, 2004) was, at his death, the second-oldest living bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, after Corrado Cardinal Bafile. He was also one of its longest-serving priests, having been ordained on April 16, 1927. Pope Pius XII named Father Minerva bishop of..
Francesco Mochi
Francesco Mochi was a prominent early Baroque Italian sculptor active mostly in Rome and Orvieto. He was born in 1580 in Montevarchi and died in 1654 in Rome. His early training was with the Mannerist Florentine painter Santi di Tito, and then with Camillo Mariani in Rome. He was a contemporary of G..
Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666) was an Italian High Baroque painter. Biography Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland), and moved to Rome at the age of four with his father Giovanni Battista, an architect. With the exception of the years 1633-40 and 1641-47, in which he resided in ..
Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari (born 8 November, 1982) is an Italian golfer. He turned professional in 2004 and won a place on the European Tour at the 2004 Qualifying School. He had a solid 2005 rookie season, finishing 86th on the Order of Merit, and in 2006 he became the first Italian to win the Italian Open..
Francesco Molino
Francesco Molino (also known as François Molino) (1775–1847) was an Italian guitarist and composer. Molino was born in Florence. He often travelled to Spain to give concerts. In 1820 he settled in Paris, where he lived out the remainder of his life. His works were largely neglected until th..
Francesco Mondada
Francesco Mondada Francesco Mondada (born 17 March 1967) is a Swiss researcher in artificial intelligence and robotics. He is one of the creators of the Khepera, the S-bot and the e-puck mobile robots. He got a Master's degree in Microengineering at the EPFL in 1991 and a Ph.D. degree in 1997..
Francesco Moriero
Francesco Moriero (born 31 March, 1969) is a retired Italian football player. He played for several clubs, including US Lecce, Cagliari, AS Roma, Inter Milan and SSC Napoli. He played for Italy national football team (8 matches/2 goals) and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. ..
Francesco Morlacchi
Francesco Morlacchi (1784 - 1841) was a significant Italian composer. ..
Francesco Morosini
Francesco Morosini (1618 – 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. Morosini first rose to prominence as Captain-General of the Venetian forces on Crete during the siege of Candia by the Ottoman Empire. He was eventually forced to surrender the ..
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser (born June 19, 1951) nicknamed " Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 World Road Racing Championship title and six victorie..
Francesco Musotto
Francesco Musotto (born on 1 February 1947 in Palermo) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Islands (elected for the first time in 1999). A former member of the Italian Socialist Party, he is currently with Forza Italia (part of the European People's Party), sit..
Francesco Nastro
Francesco Nastro (born 1967 in Castellamare near Naples) is an Italian jazz pianst, composer, arranger. Graduate of the music conservatory in Salerno. Active in jazz since 1985 and has performed in Italy and abroad. Winner of the first place award for jazz improvisation at City of Stresa Internation..
Francesco Panetta
Francesco Panetta (born January 10, 1963) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s. His greatest achievement was the victory at the World Championships' final over 3000m steeplechase in Rome 1987. The previous year he had won a silv..
Francesco Paolo Cantelli
Francesco Paolo Cantelli (1875-1966) was an Italian mathematician. He was the founder of the Istituto Italiano degli Attuari for the applications of mathematics and probability to economics. His early papers were on problems in astronomy and celestial mechanics. The later work was all on probab..
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti (April 9, 1846 - December 2, 1916) was an Italian composer and music teacher. Tosti received most of his music education in his native Ortona, Italy, as well as the conservatory in Naples. After an initial career as singer and voice teacher, he became restless during his ..
Francesco Parravicini
Francesco Parravicini (born 31 January 1982 in Milan) is an Italian football midfielder. In January 2006 Parravicini was sold to Fiorentina, but loan back to Treviso on the rest of the season. In June 2006, Parravicini was loaned to Palermo with co-ownership deal by Fiorentina. Teams and clubs 199..
Francesco Piccolomini (1582-1651)
Francesco Piccolomini may also be Pope Pius III Francesco (Francisco) Piccolomini (1582-17 June 1651 in Rome) was the eighth Superior-General of the Society of Jesus. After Vincenzo Carafa, the seventh General of the Order, died on 8 February 1649, a general assembly on 21 December of the same yea..
Francesco Pio Tamburrino
Francesco Pio Tamburrino is a Roman Catholic archbishop and secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference. In 2001, he signed a decree, much to the dismay of many traditionalists, that no longer required Catholics in Australia to attend Mass on holy days of obligation, Christmas and the A..
Francesco Primaticcio
The rape of Helena, 1530-1539. Francesco Primaticcio (april 30, 1504 - 1570) was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France. Biography Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua, executing decorations at the Palazzo del Tè before securing..
Francesco Provenzale
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher. ..
Francesco Puccinotti
Francesco Puccinotti (Urbino, 1794 - Florence, 1872) was an Italian pathologist. Puccinotti started his career as the main doctor in Recanati but moved on to Macerata where he became the director of the civil hospital. He went on to teach the history of medicine at the universities of Pisa and F..
Francesco Quinn
Francesco Quinn (22 March 1962 - ) is an American actor. The son of Oscar winner Anthony Quinn, Francesco is perhaps best known in the breakout role as the underground drug lord Rhah in Oliver Stone’s Academy Award-winning Platoon (1986). Contents 1 Early life2 Acting3 Family..
Francesco Raibolini
Baptism of Christ by Francesco Raibolini (1509), at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Francesco Raibolini (c. 1450-1517), called Francia, was an Bolognese painter, goldsmith, and medalist. He was first mentioned as a painter in 1486 and his earliest known work is the Felicini Madonna..
Francesco Redi
Redi is featured in many modern-day science textbooks due to his experiment. Francesco Redi (February 18/19, 1626 – March 1, 1697) was an Italian physician Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, he is most well-known for his experiment in 1668 which is regarded as a one of the first steps in refutin..
Francesco Ricossa
Fr. Francesco Ricossa is an Italian priest and superior of an independent Roman Catholic congregation of priests, called Instituto Mater Bonii Consilii, active in Western Europe. Ricossa had been ordained priest by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre when he had been a member of the SSPX, and then taught a..
Francesco Rocca
Francesco Rocca (b. 1954) is an Italian football player. Born in San Vito Romano (little village 40Km from Rome) on 02/08/1954, he is one of the most beloved of Roma fans. His nickname was "Kawasaky" because he was fast and durable like the famous Japanese motor bike. One day after a derby, was co..
Francesco Rosi
Francesco Rosi (born November 15, 1922 in Naples) is an Italian film director. He is the father of the actress Carolina Rosi. Selected works Salvatore Giuliano (1962)Hands Over the City (1963)Many Wars Ago (1970)Lucky Luciano (1974)Carmen (1983) with Julia Migenes and Plácido Domingo External link..
Francesco Ruopolo
Francesco Ruopolo (born 10 March 1983 in Aversa) is an Italian football striker. Ruopolo played 9 games in UEFA Cup 2004/05. In 2005/2006, he made two substitution appearances in UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and started 4 games and made 2 substitution appearances in UEFA Cup, scor..
Francesco Rutelli
Francesco Rutelli (born June 14 1954), MP, is an Italian politician, formerly Mayor of Rome, and president of the center wing liberal party Daisy-Democracy is Freedom. Biography Francesco Rutelli was born in Rome. He first tried his hand at art and, in the mid 1970s, took part in some collecti..
Francesco Sabatini
Francesco Sabatini (1722, Palermo, Italy - 1797, Madrid, Spain), also known as Francisco Sabatini was an Italian architect of the 18th century who worked in Spain. Born in Palermo, he studied architecture in Rome. His first contacts with the Spanish monarchy was when he participated in the c..
Francesco Sansovino
Francesco Tatti da Sansovino (1521-1586) was a versatile Italian scholar and man of letters, also known as a publisher. He was born in Rome, the son of Jacopo Sansovino, but resided in Venice after studying law at Padua and Bologna. He is known for his 1581 work Venetia citta nobilissima et sin..
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Francesco Saverio Vincenzo de Paola Nitti (Melfi, July 19, 1868 - Rome, February 20, 1953) was an Italian economist and political figure. A Radical, he served as the prime minister of Italy between 1919 and 1920. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia ("Theories of Overpopulation"), Nitti (Populat..
Francesco Scarlatti
Francesco Scarlatti (5 December 1666 - c. 1741) was an Italian Baroque composer and musician and brother of the more well known Alessandro Scarlatti. Francesco was ever to live under the shadow of his more well known relatives, Alessandro Scarlatti (his elder brother) and his nephew, Domenico. How..
Francesco Scavullo
Good Housekeeping cover from July 1967. Cover photo of Alana Collins by Francesco Scavullo. Francesco Scavullo (January 16, 1921 – January 6, 2004) was an American fashion photographer known popularly for his covers of Cosmopolitan Magazine and his portraits of celebrities. His domestic par..
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei (June 1, 1675–February 11, 1755), Italian archaeologist and man of letters, was born at Verona. He studied for five years in Parma, at the Jesuit College, and afterwards from 1698 at Rome; and in 1703 - 1704 he took part as a volunteer in the war of succ..
Francesco Scoglio
Francesco "Franco" Scoglio (May 2, 1941 - Genoa, October 3, 2005) was an Italian football coach. Biography Francesco Scoglio was born in Lipari, in the province of Messina. Nicknamed il Professore (the Professor) because of his past teaching activity (he was a pedagogy graduate), Scoglio never a..
Francesco Selmi
Francesco Selmi was an Italian chemist (1817, 1881) and patriot, one of the founders of colloid chemistry. This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. ..
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi (13 April 1879, Arezzo, Italy - 8 December 1961, Rome) was an Italian mathematician. He is famous for his contributions to algebraic geometry. He became the effective leader of the Italian school of algebraic geometry. Together with Federigo Enriques, he won the Prix Bordin from th..
Francesco Solimena
Francesco Solimena (October 4, 1657— April 3, 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino, near Avellino. He received early training from his father, Angelo Soli..
Francesco Soriano
Francesco Soriano (1548 or 1549–1621) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most skilled members of the Roman School in the first generation after Palestrina. Soriano was born at Soriano, near Viterbo. He studied at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome wi..
Francesco Speroni
Francesco Enrico Speroni (born on 4 October 1946 in Busto Arsizio) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Lega Nord, part of the Non-Inscrits and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs. He is a substitute for the Committee on F..
Francesco Spiera
Francesco Spiera (1502-December 27 1548) was an Protestant Italian jurist. He was born at Cittadella, 13 miles north of Padua. Interest in Spiera is due to the fact that the Protestants of the sixteenth century used his case as an example of the dreadful consequences of the sin against the Holy Gho..
Francesco Squarcione
Virgin and Child (c.1460) Poplar wood 82 x 70 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin Francesco Squarcione (c.1397-1468) was a Padovan artist. His pupils included Andrea Mantegna (with whom he had many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Crivelli. There are only two works signed by him: the Madonna with Chi..
Francesco Tamagno
Francesco Tamagno (born Turin, 28 December 1850 – died Varese 31 August 1905) was an Italian operatic singer. The most famous dramatic tenor of his age, he possessed one of the most powerful voices in recorded history, often compared to a trumpet. Best known as the creator of Verdi's Otello,..
Francesco Tavano
Francesco Tavano (born 2 March 1979 in Caserta) is an Italian footballer. Tavano is a striker and currently plays for Empoli F.C. of Serie A. The topscorer for Empoli, he is considered one of the stars of the small Tuscanian team, which he joined in 2001, as well as among the most talented Italian ..
Francesco Toldo
Francesco Toldo (born December 2, 1971 in Padua) is an Italian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Inter Milan. --> Club Toldo came up with A.C. Milan; however, he never played a game with the club. Instead, the Italian giants loaned him out to Trento and Ravenna from 1991 to 1993. Toldo..
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti (born September 27 1976 in Rome) is an Italian football player, who currently plays for AS Roma in Serie A and the Italian national team. Totti creates as well as scores goals - not least from free kicks - Francesco Totti can operate from a variety of attacking positions but it is i..
Francesco Traini
Francesco Traini was an Italian Painter who was demonstrably active from 1321 to approx. 1365 in Pisa and Bologna. There is only one work which is known to be by Traini without doubt: In 1345 he singed and dated a polyptych of the Pisan church S. Caterina, showing Saint Dominic and eight hagiographi..
Francesco Turini
Francesco Turini (about 1595; – 1656), was an Italian composer and organist in the early Baroque era. Turini was born around 1595 in Prague, and was a pupil of his father Georgio Turini a singer and cornetist at the court of Emperor Rudolf II. He became court organist bat the age of 12, and w..
Francesco Vanni
Francesco Vanni, was an Italian (1563 - 1610) Mannerist painter of Siena. He was among the last painters who reflected the influence of Federico Barocci on the Tuscan and Sienese School of painting. He was half-brother of the painter Ventura Salimbeni, and the stepson of Arcangelo Salimbeni, another..
Francesco Zabarella
Francesco Cardinal Zabarella was a celebrated canonist, born in Padua on 10 August, 1360 – died in Constance on 26 September, 1417. He studied jurisprudence at Bologna, Italy (1378-83) chiefly under the famous lawyer Giovanni di Lignano, and at Florence, where he graduated in 1385. He taught ..
Francesco Zantedeschi
Francesco Zantedeschi (1797 – March 29, 1873) was an Italian priest and physicist. For some time Abée Zantedeschi was professor of physics and philosophy in the Liceo of Venice. Later he accepted the chair of physics in the University of Padua, which he held until 1853 being then obliged to ..
Francesco Zappa
Francesco Zappa is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa. It features chamber music by the Italian composer Francesco Zappa, who lived between 1763 and 1788. Frank Zappa came across his music in the library at UC Berkeley. It is unknown if the two are related. Track listing All selections composed by Fr..
Francesco Zuccarelli
Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788), Italian painter, was born at Pitigliano in Tuscany, and studied in Rome under Onesi, Morandi, and Nelli. At Rome, and later in Venice, he became famous as one of the best landscape painters of the classicizing 18th century. Having visited England on a previous occ..
Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros
Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros (1753, Villanueva de la Fuente, Ciudad Real – 1821), was the Bishop of Urgell (and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra) from October 29, 1797 to September 23, 1816. ..
Francesc Cambó
Francesc Cambó i Batlle (Verges, Catalonia, 2 September 1876 - Argentina, 30 April, 1947) was a conservative Catalan politician, founder and leader of the autonomist party Lliga Regionalista. He was minister in several Spanish governments. He also supported a number of artistic and cultural endeavo..
Francesc Eiximenis
Francesc Eiximenis (1340?-1409?, sometimes known as Francesc Examenis) was a Franciscan priest, encyclopedist and writer. Eiximenis entered the order of Friars Minor at Barcelona sometime before 1351, when he was ordained subdeacon, but his first recommendable literary works were produced much lat..
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia
Francisco Ferrer Guardia Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (January 10 1859 - October 12 1909), (known as Francisco Ferrer y Guardia in Spanish and often simply as Francisco Ferrer), was a Catalan free-thinker and anarchist. He was born in Alella (a small town near Barcelona) to Catholic parents. ..
Francesc Macià i Llussà
Francesc Macià i Llussà (October 21, 1859 - December 25, 1933) - Catalan soldier, politician and President of Generalitat (Catalan government). Achieved the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Spanish army. He Condemned the assault of some Spanish officers on the journal La Veu de Catalunya in ..
Francesc Pujols
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Francesinha
Francesinha (literal translation: Little French or Frenchie, although the female form of the word can also be translated as Little French Girl) is a Portuguese meal originally from Porto, made with wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat and covered with a large q..
Francess Halpenny
Francess Georgina Halpenny, C.C., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C. (born May 27, 1919) is a Canadian editor and professor. Born in Ottawa, she received a Master's degree in English language and literature from the University of Toronto in 1941. She joined the editorial department of the University of Toronto ..
Francestown, New Hampshire
Francestown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 1,480 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Incorporated in 1772, Francestown takes its name from Frances Deering Wentworth, the wife of col..
Francesville, Indiana
Francesville is a town in Pulaski County, Indiana, United States. The population was 905 at the 2000 census. Geography Francesville is located at [40°59′9″N, 86°53′2″W] (40.985858, -86.883868)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau..
Frances (horse)
Frances was a New Zealand thoroughbred racemare foaled in 1942 by Bulandshar (GB) out of Trivet (NZ). She won a number of major races including the 1948 Auckland Cup. ..
Frances (ship)
Frances was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Madras, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1859. The convict, Patrick McDonald or McDonnell, was a soldier convicted of an "unnatural crime" by court-martial at Rangoon, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. There wer..
Frances Abington
Frances or Fanny Abington (1737 – March 4, 1815) was an English actress. She was born Frances Barton, the daughter of a private soldier, and began her career as a flower girl and a street singer. As servant to a French milliner, she learned about costume and acquired a knowledge of French wh..
Frances Adaskin
Frances Marr Adaskin (August 23, 1900 – March 8, 2001) was a Canadian pianist. Born in Ridgetown, Ontario, the daughter of Del and Eunice Marr, she began playing the piano at an early age. In 1976, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1926, she married Harry Adaskin, a violinis..
Frances Alda
Frances Alda (born Fanny Jane Davis) (May 31, 1879? - September 18, 1952) was a New Zealand operatic soprano. Fanny Jane Davis was born in Christchurch in 1879. She came from a singing family: her mother Leonore was a singer who divorced Alda's father because of conflicts about her career. Alda's m..
Frances Allen
Frances Allen was the first woman of New England birth to become a nun, born 13 November, 1784, at Sunderland, Vermont; died 10 September, 1819, at Montreal. Her origin, education, and environment were calculated to make her the least likely woman in the United States to take such a step. Her fath..
Frances Annesley, Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge
Frances Annesley (née Lonsdale), Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge was a writer and biographer. She was born in 1907, and died at the age of 87 in 1994. Her father, Freddie Lonsdale Donaldson, was a playwright. She married John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge (known as Jack) ..
Frances Anne Hopkins
Frances Anne Hopkins, (b. February 2, 1838, – d. March 5, 1919), was born in England and had a talent for painting. In 1858 she married an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company whose work took him to North America. She accompanied him and travelled extensively by canoe along some of the most ..
Frances Ann Tasker Carter
Frances Ann Tasker (1738–1787) was born in Annapolis, Maryland. Her parents were Benjamin and Ann Bladen Tasker. Benjamin was one of the richest men in Maryland and a member of the Maryland Council. On April 2, 1754, Frances Tasker married Robert Carter of Virginia, the grandson of Robert "King..
Frances Baard District Municipality
Frances Baard is one of the 5 districts of Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Frances Baard is Kimberley. The majority of its 324 814 people speak Afrikaans (2001 Census). The district code is DC9. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Neighbours1.2 Local municipalities2&nbs..
Frances Bannerman
Frances Bannerman nee Jones (1855-?) was a Canadian poet. She is included in the Oxford Book of English Verse. ..
Frances Barber
Frances Barber (born on 13 May 1958 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England) is a British actress. She starred in the Pet Shop Boys‘ musical Closer to Heaven in 2001, as well as appearing alongside Ian McKellen and Roger Allam in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin over the 2005-6 Chris..
Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier (December 14, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American character actress, best remembered for her role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. She played the same role on Mayberry R.F.D.(1968-70). A convincing actress, nobody seemed to notice or care that the New Yor..
Frances Bay
Frances Bay is a character actress known for playing a variety of quirky elderly women. Born in 1918 in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, Bay did not appear in films until the age of 60 when she played a small part in 1978's Foul Play, a comedy vehicle for Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. She went on to pl..
Frances Bean Cobain
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. #redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Frances Bean Cobain (born August 18, 1992) is the only daughter of Nirvana f..
Frances Bedford
Frances Bedford, Australian politician, is a member of the South Australian House of Assembly. She represents the electoral district of Florey and is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Bedford was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne and then Adelaide after the death of her mother. She beca..
Frances Bellerby
Mary Eirene Frances Bellerby (née Parker) (August 29, 1899 - 1975) was an English poet. Born in Bristol, Frances Bellerby was a clergyman's daughter, and lost her only brother in the First World War. Having worked as a teacher and journalist, she married John Rotherford Bellerby, a Cambridge acad..
Frances Benjamin Johnston
Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston (15 January 1864–16 May 1952) was one of the earliest American female photographers and photojournalists. During her career, she photographed such individuals as Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington. She was the official White House photograp..
Frances Brooke
Frances Brooke Frances Moore Brooke (12 January, 1723 – 23 January 1789) was an English author, essayist, playwright and translator. Brooke was born in, Claypole, Lincolnshire, the daughter of a clergyman. Brooke was well-known in London's literary and theatrical communities. She also..
Frances Browne
Frances Browne (1816–1887) was an Irish poet and novelist, best remembered for her collection of short stories for children: Granny's Wonderful Chair. She was born at Stranorlar, in Donegal, Ireland, on January 16, 1816, the seventh child in a family of twelve children. She was blind from in..
Frances Buss
Frances Mary Buss (1827-94) was an English pioneer of women's education. Buss founded the North London Collegiate School in 1850, and remained its principal all her life. Under her headship, the school became a model of girls' education. She also founded the Camden School for Girls in 1871, with t..
Frances Cairncross
Frances Anne Cairncross (born 30 August 1944, Otley, England) became Rector of Exeter College, Oxford in October 2004. Previously, she was on the staff of The Economist for 20 years, most recently as management editor. She was on the staff of The Guardian from 1973 to 1984, and before that spent per..
Frances Castle
Frances Castle (born February 12, 1966 in Kingston upon Thames, England) is an artist and musician. In 1999 she was one of the thirteen founding members of the Stuckists, a pro-painting group co-founded by Charles Thomson and Billy Childish. She has exhibited regularly with the group and was a fe..
Frances Clalin
Frances Clalin was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the American Civil War. She served in the Missouri artillery and cavalry units for several months. References ["Frances Clalin", URL accessed 05/04/06]The Civil War Book of List, Combined Books,1993 pg,179-182 ..
Frances Cluett
Frances Cluett (1883 – 1969) was an army nurse and educator from Newfoundland, noted for her service during World War I, and especially for her many letters back home beginning in 1916 that conveyed the eye-opening experiences of a young woman leaving home for the first time and explaining i..
Frances Conroy
Frances Conroy as Ruth Fisher in Six Feet Under. Frances Conroy (born November 13, 1953 in Monroe, Georgia, USA) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress of Irish and Latvian descent. She is married to American actor Jan Munroe. Frances Conroy played Ruth Fisher in the 2001-05 HBO TV series..
Frances Cornford
Frances Cornford should not be confused with her husband Francis Cornford. Frances Crofts Cornford (nee Darwin; 1886-1960) was an English poet. She was the daughter of the English botanist Francis Darwin and Ellen Crofts, born into the Darwin — Wedgwood family. She was a grand-daughter of the Br..
Frances Cress Welsing
Frances Cress Welsing (born March 18, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American psychiatrist and Black supremacist. She is famous for the 'Cress Theory of Color Confrontation', a theory that explores the practice of White Supremacy. Author of The Isis Papers; The Keys to the Colors (1991). ..
Frances Crook
-->Frances Crook (b.1951) became Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform in England in 1986, prior to which she worked for Amnesty International. Having read English at the University of Liverpool, she trained as a teacher. She was a Labour Party councillor in the London Borough of Brent fo..
Frances Curran
Frances Curran Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961, Glasgow) is a member of the Scottish Parliament for West of Scotland. She is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party, and a member of its Executive Committee. She was formerly a member of the Labour Party while simultaneously denying her actu..
Frances D. Fergusson
Frances Daly Fergusson served as president of Vassar College from 1986 to 2006. A graduate of Wellesley College, Fergusson earned her A.M. and Ph.D. in Art History at Harvard University before starting her teaching career at Newton College. In 1975, she began teaching at University of Massachusett..
Frances Dafoe
Frances Dafoe, C.M., O.Ont. (born January 17, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, and won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics. In 1991, she w..
Frances Davidson
Frances Joan Davidson, Viscountess Davidson and Baroness Northchurch DBE (29 May, 1894-25 November, 1985), As Viscountess Davidson was a British Conservative Member of Parliament. Born Frances Joan Dickinson, known as 'Mimi', she was the daughter of Sir Willoughby Hyett Dickinson MP, later Baron Di..
Frances Day
Frances Day (December 16, 1908 - April, 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s. Day's real name was Frances Victoria Schenck and she was born in East Orange, New Jersey. Her career began in New York City as a nightclub singer and progressed to..
Frances Dee
Frances Dee in Becky Sharp (1935) Frances Dee (born November 26, 1909 (sources used to cite 1907 as her year of birth while she was alive); died March 6, 2004) was an actress. She was born Frances Marion Dee in Los Angeles, California, where her Army officer father was stationed, and grew up..
Frances Densmore
Frances Densmore (1867–1957) was an important American ethnographer and ethnomusicologist. She worked among native Americans during the early part of the twentieth century, collecting and transcribing their music and documenting its use in their culture. ..
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour (born July 30 1944) is an English actress best remembered for playing Ruth Jones in the hit Yorkshire Television comedy Rising Damp; an eternal spinster, she was perpetually known as 'Miss Jones', despite only being in her early thirties. She is renowned for her appearances on te..
Frances Dorsey
Frances Dorsey was a great skater who had a career with Ice Follies. She competed in the world championships twice, placing 11th and 5th in the world druing the 1950's. SHe became teacher and ice show choreographer at the Northbrook Ice Arena in Northbrook, IL. She retired with her husband to New ..
Frances Eally Gray
Frances Eally Gray (September 19, 1790 - December 29, 1856), was a politician from Massachusetts. The son of Elizabeth and William Gray, he graduated Harvard University (1809) and went on to be John Quincy Adams's private secretary, a member of the Massachusetts state legislature, and president of ..
Frances Evelyn Maynard
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Frances Farmer
Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American film actress. Contents 1 Early life, career and marriage2 Early film career3 A rebellious star4 The spiral5 Western State Hospital5.1 Sensationalized accounts5.2 The false lobotomy ..
Frances Farmer Presents
Frances Farmer Presents (1958–1964) was an immensely popular afternoon television program on Indianapolis station WFBM-TV (then an NBC affiliate). Film actress Frances Farmer had gone to Indianapolis to appear in the play The Chalk Garden, where a WFBM executive saw her performance and suggested..
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" Song by Nirvana From the album In Utero Album released September 21, 1993 Recorded March 1993 at Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, Minnesota Genre Grunge rock Song Length 4 min 9 s Record label David Geffen Company Producer Steve Albini Trac..
Frances Faye
Frances Faye (real name Frances Cohen, November 4th, 1912-November 8th, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. She was born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, NY. She was the second-cousin of actor Danny Kaye. Career Faye's showbiz career began at age 15 in nig..
Frances Fisher
Frances Fisher (born 11 May, 1952 in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England) is an English/American actress resident in the United States. Before she reached the age of 15, Fisher moved nine times with her father who supervised construction in multiple countries.http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/Con..
Frances FitzGerald
See also Frances Fitzgerald (Irish politician) Frances FitzGerald (born 1940) is an American journalist best known for her work Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (1972). It was met with great acclaim when it was first published, and became one of the best-known books on ..
Frances Fitzgerald (Irish politician)
Frances Fitzgerald (born August 1950) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. She was a TD for the constituency of Dublin South East. A former social worker, Fitzgerald was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1992 general election and retained her seat until losing it at the 2002 general electi..
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947), wife of Grover Cleveland, was First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. She was born as Frances Clara Folsom in Buffalo, New York. She was the only child of Emma C. Harmon and Oscar Folsom..
Frances Ford Seymour
Frances Ford Seymour (1908- 14 April 1950) was a New York City socialite, perhaps most famous as the second wife of actor Henry Fonda and the mother of actors Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda. She suffered from mental illness and committed suicide in 1950 while in a sanitarium, when she was forty-two. E..
Frances Fuller
Frances Fuller (born 16 March 1907 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA – 18 December 1980 in New York City, New York, USA) was an American actress. She is the grandmother of fellow actress Rachel Miner. Filmography Homebodies (1974)They Might Be Giants (1971)The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (..
Frances Fyfield
Frances Fyfield is the pseudonym of Frances Hegarty a British lawyer and crime-writer who has written several successful novels, the most popular of which, the Helen West series, have been adapted for TV and starred Amanda Burton. She has also written novels under her given name. She has won several..
Frances Glessner Lee
Frances Glessner Lee (1878 - 1962) was a millionaire heiress who revolutionized the study of crime scene investigation. She founded Harvard's department of legal medicine, the first program in the nation for forensic pathology. Through the 1940s and 1950s, she hosted a series of "Nutshell Studies ..
Frances H. Flaherty
Frances Flaherty was married to acclaimed ground-breaking documentarian Robert Flaherty from 1914 up until his death in 1951. She bore him three children. She worked alongside her husband on "Louisiana Story" (1948), earning an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story. External Links ..
Frances Hamerstrom
Frances Hamerstrom (1907-1998) was an American author and naturalist famous for her work with the Wisconsin Prairie Grouse (also known as the Prairie Chicken and Prairie Marmot). Biography The daughter of a socialite and an international criminologist, she was born Frances Flint in Boston in 1907...
Frances Hargreaves
Frances Hargreaves was a South African born actor who became famous in Australia in the 1970s through her long running role of Marilyn McDonald in soap opera Number 96. Prior to Number 96 she had acted on the stage in the UK. After marrying Australian actor David Gilchrist they settled in Austral..
Frances Harper
Frances Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (24 September, 1825 - 22 February, 1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African American abolitionist and poet. Her mother died three years later and she was looked after by relatives. She was educated at a school run by her unc..
Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall
Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall, born Frances Harriet Whipple (1805-1878), was an abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights. In contrast to many other 19th-century women writers, throughout most of her adult li..
Frances Heflin
Frances Heflin (born September 20, 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — died June 1, 1994, New York City, New York) was an American actress. Frances Heflin as Mona Kane, All My Children Heflin had varying roles on many television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including small roles on Kr..
Frances Hellman
Frances Hellman is a physicist at UC Berkeley who studies the thermodynamic properties of novel solid materials, especially thin film semiconducting, superconducting, and magnetic materials. She obtained her Ph.D in applied physics at Stanford University in 1985, then served as a postdoctoral fel..
Frances Hodgkins
Frances Hodgkins (born 1869 - died 1947) was a New Zealand Abstract Painter. Life Hodgkins was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1869. After early success as a watercolourist she went on to become one of the leading artists of British Modernism. In 1904 Hodgkins became engaged to an Englishman, T. ..
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962, is one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable artists. The position is based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The fellowship was created ''to encourage ..
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett, (November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Life and work Born Frances Eliza Hodgson..
Frances Horovitz
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Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset
Frances Howard Frances Howard (1591 – 1632) was an English noblewoman who was a central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I. Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and his wife Katherine Knyvet. Suffolk was a wealthy and powerf..
Frances Hyland
Frances Hyland (April 25, 1927 - July 11, 2004) was a well-known Canadian theatre actress. Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular a..
Frances Isabella Duberly
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Frances Itani
Frances Susan Itani (born 25 August 1942) is a Canadian fiction writer, poet and essayist. Itani was born in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Quebec. She studied nursing in Montreal and North Carolina, a profession which she taught and practised for eight years. However, after enrolling in a writ..
Frances Jennings
Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel, née Frances Jennings, (c.1647 - March 9, 1730) was the daughter of Richard Jenyns and Frances Thornhurst. She was born at Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. With the nickname of "La Belle Jennings," Frances (along with her sister, Sarah Jennings) were not..
Frances Jennings Casement
Frances Jennings Casement (1840-1928) was a U.S. suffragette and voting advocate from Painesville, Ohio. Her father Charles C. Jennings was a politician active in the abolition movement in the 1830s. Frances married General John Casement in 1858. [[Citing sources citation needed]&..
Frances Julia Wedgwood
Frances Julia "Snow" Wedgwood (9 July 1833-26 November 1913) was an English feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic. She was "a young woman of extreme passions and fastidious principles" (B. Wedgwood and H. Wedgwood 1980, p. 259). Wedgwood was the daughter and the eldest of th..
Frances Kellor
Frances Alice Kellor (1873- ) was an American sociologist, born at Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the Cornell Law School in 1897 and studied at the University of Chicago and at the New York Summer School of Philanthropy; was secretary and treasurer of the New York State Immigration Commission i..
Frances Kelly
Frances J. Kelly also known as Judy Boland (b.1908-2002) was an Irish painter. She was married to Irish diplomat Frederick Boland. They had five children. Their daughter is poet Eavan Boland. Kelly studied at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, Ireland. From 1932-1935,she studied in Paris, Fran..
Frances Kirkham
Frances Margaret Kirkham is a British Judge and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. Kirkham became a solicitor in 1978. She is also a Chartered Arbitrator. In October 2000 she became a Senior Circuit Judge and is the designated Technology and Construction Court judge in Birmingham. She..
Frances Langford
Frances Langford Frances Newbern Langford (April 4, 1914 – July 11, 2005) was a successful singer and entertainer during the "Golden Age of Radio", who also made occasional film appearances. Born in Lakeland, Florida, Langford originally trained as an opera singer. While a young girl ..
Frances Lankin
Frances Lankin Frances Lankin (born in London, Ontario) is a Canadian administrator, and a former politician and trade unionist. Lankin was educated at the University of Toronto. A prison guard by training, she became a prominent figure in the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the O..
Frances Lear
Frances Lear (1923–1996) was an activist, magazine publisher and writer. She was the wife of TV producer Norman Lear. After her 1985 divorce, Lear used her $112 million settlement to start Lear's, a magazine targeting women over 40. The magazine folded six years later. Lear died due to breast..
Frances Lincoln
Frances Elisabeth Rosemary Lincoln (1945-2001) was an independent English publisher of illustrated books. Contents 1 Education2 Career3 Family4 External links Education She went to school at St. Georges, Harpenden, where she became Head Girl. Her university education was a..
Frances Little
Frances Little (November 22, 1863 - January 6, 1941) is an American author. Fannie Caldwell married businessman J.D. Macaulay and they made their home on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. Writing under the pseudonym Frances Little, her debut book The Lady of the Decoration was published in New..
Frances M. Vega
SPC Frances M. Vega, also known as That Girl Benitez (June 1983-November 2, 2003) in San Francisco, California, was the first female soldier of Puerto Rican descent to die in a combat zone. SPC. Frances M. Vega (1983-2003) Bronze Star Medal Frances M. Vega was born into..
Frances MacDonald
Frances MacDonald (1873–1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was a prominent feature of the "Glasgow Style" during the 1890s. The sister of better known artist Margaret MacDonald, she was born near Wolverhampton, and moved to Glasgow with her family in 1890. Both sisters enrolled..
Frances Marion
Frances Marion Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century. Born Marion Benson Owens in San Francisco, California, she worked as a journalist and served ove..
Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes (born 1940 in Fitzgerald, Georgia) is an American university professor, poet, essayist, and novelist. Raised in south central Georgia, Ms. Mayes attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia and obtained her B.A. from the University of Florida. She earned her M.A. de..
Frances McDormand
McDormand in a promotional photo for The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Frances McDormand (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Selected filmography3..
Frances McGovern
Frances McGovern (April 18, 1927–February 6, 2004) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. She was born in Akron and lived there all of her life. She was a lawyer by trade, working in both private practice and in the legal department of ..
Frances McKee
Frances McKee was the singer and co-songwriter in Scottish indie band the Vaselines. Following a post-Vaselines break Frances began making music with Vaselines bass player James Seenan. Frances began writing material of a more mellow flavour. These songs were released under the name Suckle, initia..
Frances Miriam Whitcher
Frances Miriam (Berry) Whitcher (1811-52) was an American humorist, born at Whitestown, N. Y. She contributed poems and sketches to the newspapers. Her humorous creation, "The Widow Bedott," made her a celebrity. She married the Reverend Benjamin W. Whitcher of Elmira, N. Y., in 1847. Follow..
Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappé, (born February 10 1944, Pendleton, Oregon, parents: John Gilmer and Ina Moore). She is the author of fifteen books, including the 1971 three-million-copy bestseller, Diet for a Small Planet. Her most recent work, Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save our Country by Bringing Democr..
Frances Morrell
Frances Maine Morrell (born December 28, 1937) was a British Labour politician who led the Inner London Education Authority during the mid-1980s. Frances Morrell was born Frances Galleway, and brough up in York before going to Hull University. She worked as a schoolteacher from 1960 and married Bri..
Frances Nealy
Frances Nealy (October 14, 1918 in San Diego ; died May 23, 1997 in Hollywood, California) was an American actress. She starred on Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue. Her roles include: The Manchurian CandidateAlex in WonderlandDarktown StruttersSchizoid[[Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice]]Blue..
Frances Newton
Frances Elaine Newton (April 12, 1965 – September 14, 2005) was a woman famous for being executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas for the April 7, 1987 murder of her husband, Adrian, 23, her son, Alton, 7, and daughter, Farrah, 21 months. All three victims were shot with a .25 caliber p..
Frances Nunziata
Frances Nunziata is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two York South—Weston wards. She is the sister of former MP John Nunziata. An accounting clerk, she became head of the Harwood Ratepayers Association. She was first elected to office in 1985 as school board trustee for the Cit..
Frances O'Connor
Frances O'Connor (born on 12 June, 1967 in Wantage, Oxfordshire) is an Australian actress who attended Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts as well as earned a BA in literature from the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. At two years of age she moved to Perth, Western A..
Frances O'Connor (Freaks)
Frances Belle O'Connor (September 22, 1914 – January 30, 1982) was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota. She was born entirely without arms, and made her living by appearing in various circus sideshows as the armless wonder or the living Venus de Milo. She would perform various tricks, such as ..
Frances of Rome
Histories of St. Francesca Romana by Antoniazzo Romano Saint Frances of Rome (or Francesca Romana) (Rome, 1384–Rome, March 9 1440), like many saints, was born of wealthy Italian parents. When she was eleven years old, she decided to be a nun, but within two years her parents married her off..
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey receiving the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F. Kennedy, in 1962 Frances Oldham Kelsey (b. 24 June 1914) is a naturalized American pharmacologist, most famous as the reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat..
Frances Olsen
Frances Elisabeth Olsen (born 1945) is a professor of law at UCLA and a noted member of the school of Feminist Legal Theory. She teaches Feminist Legal Theory, Dissidence & Law, Family Law, and Torts. Her areas of research interest include legal theory, social change, and feminism. She was born in..
Frances Ondiviela
Frances Ondiviela (born Francisca Ondiviela Otero on May 19, 1962 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands) is a Mexican actress. External links ..
Frances P. Bolton
Frances Payne Bolton (March 29, 1885 - March 9, 1977) was a Republican politician from Ohio. She served in the United States House of Representatives. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bolton was the granddaughter of Henry B. Payne. Active in public health, nursing education and other social service, educat..
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Frances Parkinson Keyes (July 21, 1885 – July 3, 1970) was an American author, and a convert to Roman Catholicism, whose works frequently featured Catholic themes and beliefs. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, she lived in Washington and Virginia for a quarter of a century while her husband ..
Frances Perkins
Frances Coralie Perkins (née Fannie Coralie Perkins). (April 10, 1882 – May 14, 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first female cabinet member. Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the Ferry Hall School in Illinois before graduating from Mou..
Frances Perry Private Hospital
Frances Perry Private Hospital, co-located with the Royal Women's Hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, is a 69 bed private hospital for women run by Mayne Nickless Limited under the Affinity Health brand. The hospital specialises in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatology, Breast Surgery, Day..
Frances Polidori
Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori, later Rossetti, (c. 1801 - 8 April 1886) is noted for her family connections rather than in her own right; in particular, two of her children were co-founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and another became a famous poet. Frances was the daughter of Italian e..
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is a college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter-than-average players who become stars in the game. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter-in-law, was established for men in 1969 and for women in 1984. The men's award is ..
Frances Power Cobbe
Cover of 2005 biography by Lori Williamson Frances Power Cobbe (December 4, 1822 – April 5, 1904), was an Irish writer who is known today primarily as a pioneer animal rights activist. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Cobbe founded the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection (S..
Frances Rafferty
Frances Rafferty (June 16, 1922 - April 18, 2004) was an American actress, dancer and World War II pin up girl. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, she moved with her family to Los Angeles, California at age nine. At a young age she studied dancing, and her physical attributes and dancing skills led to wo..
Frances Reid
Frances Reid Frances Reid (born December 9, 1914) is an American actress. She was born in Wichita Falls, Texas and grew up in Berkeley, California. Her acting career started in 1938 with a bit part in the movie Man-Proof. In 1954, she was awarded the title part in the soap opera Portia Faces..
Frances Ridley Havergal
Frances Ridley Havergal Frances Ridley Havergal (December 14 1836 – June 3 1879) was an English religious poet and hymn writer. Thy Life for Me is one of her best known hymns. She also wrote a number of hymn tunes, and religious tracts; and works for children. She was born into an Anglican..
Frances Rings
Frances Rings is a dancer, choreographer and television presenter. She was born in Adelaide, a descendant of the Kokatha Tribe. After taking dance as an elective at high school, she decided to pursue it as a career and so enrolled at NAISDA Dance College. While studying, she also toured with the A..
Frances Ruffelle
Frances Ruffelle was born on 29 August 1965 to Dame Sylvia Young, the founder of the famous dance school that Frances trained at and she has been performing since she was seven years of age. She is best known for originating the role of Eponine in Les Miserables, and she has also appeared in Starlig..
Frances Sargent Osgood
Frances Sargent Osgood (nee Locke) (1811 - 1850) was a U.S. poet, famous for her exchange of poems with Edgar Allan Poe in the Broadway Journal. Much was rumoured of their relationship but nothing definitive exists to show proof of any impropriety. To Frances S. Osgood by Edgar Allan Poe Thou ..
Frances Scott Fitzgerald
Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald (1921–1986) was the only child of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was a writer and a journalist and a prominent member of the United States Democratic Party. Her mother supposedly remarked upon Scottie's birth that she was glad t..
Frances Shand Kydd
Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (20 January, 1936–3 June, 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work. Shand Kydd was born The Honourable Frances Ruth Burke-Roche on the royal e..
Frances Sheridan
Frances Sheridan (1724-1766) was an Irish novelist and dramatist, and was the mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She was born Frances Chamberlaine in Dublin. In 1747 she married an actor, Thomas Sheridan, and at the same time began work on her first novel, Eugenia and Adelaide. Circumstances f..
Frances Slocum
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Frances Spence
Frances Spence (March 2 1922 –) was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer. She was born Frances Bilas in Philadelphia in 1922. She attended Temple University but then was awarded a scholarship to Chestnut Hill College. She majored in mathematics with a minor in physics and..
Frances Steegmuller
Frances Steegmuller(1906 - 1994) was an American biographer, translator and fiction writer who married to writer Shirley Hazzard in 1963. He contributed numerous short stories and articles to The New Yorker and also wrote mysteries under the pseudonym David Keith and non-fiction under the pseudony..
Frances Sternhagen
Frances Sternhagen (born January 13, 1930) is an American actress. She was raised in Washington, D.C. Sternhagen has appeared on and off Broadway, in movies and on TV ever since the 1950s, and today is among the leading ladies of the New York stage with major roles continuing well into her 70s (see..
Frances Stevenson
Frances Louise Stevenson, Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor, CBE (7 October, 1888–5 December, 1972) was the mistress, personal secretary, confidante and second wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Frances Stevenson was born in London. She was educated at Clapham High School and Roy..
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox
Frances Teresa Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (1648-1702) was a prominent member of the Court of the Restoration and a mistress of Charles II. For her great beauty she was known as La Belle Stuart and served as the model for an idealised, female Britannia. The daughter of Walter Stewart, o..
Frances Swan
Frances Swan was certainly among the most obscure of the classic 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have established direct personal contact, or some other form of regular communication, with friendly extraterrestrials. When Mrs. Swan came to the attention of flying saucer researchers in..
Frances Swiney
Rosa Frances Emily Swiney was a lady of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, also a member of the British Raj in India, and married to a British Major-General, living in Cheltenham, a spa town renowned for its conservative views even in the 19th century. She was also a seriously stroppy feminist. She was b..
Frances Theodora Parsons
Frances Theodora Parsons (née Smith, 1861-1952), usually writing as Mrs. William Starr Dana was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Her birth year is listed in some sources as 1862.) Her first husband, William Starr Dana, was ..
Frances the Mute
Frances the Mute is the second studio release by progressive rock band The Mars Volta released in the US on March 1, 2005. The album frequently jumps from Spanish to English. It displays a deep jazz influence while infusing Latin flavor into many songs, most obviously in "L'Via L'Viaquez". Conte..
Frances Townsend
Frances Townsend Frances Fragos Townsend (born December 28, 1961, in Mineola, New York, and raised in Wantagh, Long Island [link]) is the current Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush. Townsend was appointed to this position by President Bush on May 28, ..
Frances Trollope
Frances Trollope (March 10, 1780–October 6, 1863), was an English novelist and miscellaneous writer who wrote under the name Fanny Trollope. She was born at Stapleton, Bristol, married in 1809 Thomas A. Trollope, a barrister, who fell into financial misfortune. She then in 1827 went with her ..
Frances Tupper
Frances Amelia Morse Tupper (born 1826 in Amherst, Nova Scotia; died May 11, 1912) was the wife of Sir Charles Tupper, the sixth Prime Minister of Canada. They had six children together: three boys and three girls. One of their sons, Charles Hibbert Tupper, also had a career in politics. See also: ..
Frances Upton
Frances Upton (b. 15 April 1904; d. 27 November 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Broadway actress and comedienne. She had featured roles in the motion pictures Ziegfeld Follies of 1928 and Whoopee. In 1931, she starred in one of the first experimental television broadcasts in New York City, a..
Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey
Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey (February 25, 1753 – July 23, 1821, Cheltenham) was the most notorious of the many mistresses of King George IV of the United Kingdom. Early life She was born Frances Twysden, daughter of Rev. Philip Twysden, Bishop of Raphoe (1746–1752) and Frances..
Frances Walsingham
Frances Walsingham (1569 - February 13, 1631) was the only daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I. A lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, she married Philip Sidney in 1583, although he died three years later in 1586. In 1590 Frances’ father also died and she was left wi..
Frances White
Frances White (born in Leeds on 1 November 1938) is a British actress, perhaps best known for her role as Miss Flood in the BBC sitcom May to December. She has also appeared in I, Claudius; Trevor's World of Sport; Dangerfield; A Very Peculiar Practice; and as Cassandra in the Doctor Who story The M..
Frances Willard
Frances Willard is the name of: Frances Willard (suffragist) (1839–1898), an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragistFrances Willard (magician) (born 1940), a noted female magician ..
Frances Willard (magician)
--> Frances Willard (born 1940) is an American magician, famous for her performances at The Magic Castle and in Las Vegas. Willard and her husband Glenn Falkenstein (born 1932) are a popular mentalist team. Willard, the daughter of the magician Willard the Wizard (1896–1970), began performin..
Frances Willard (suffragist)
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28,1839-February 17,1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women suffragist. She was born in Churchville, New York but spent most of her childhood in Janesville, Wisconsin. She moved to Evanston, Illinois when she was 18. Willard wa..
Frances Wilson Grayson
Frances Wilson Grayson Frances Wilson Grayson (c.1890 – December 25, 1927) was an American aviatrix. Contents 1 Birth and education2 Marriage3 New York4 Aviation career5 Epilogue6 Selected coverage in the ''New York Times''7 References Birth and ..
Frances Winfield
Frances Winfield is the wife of former administrator of Iraq L. Paul Bremer III and mother of their two adult children. She is also an experienced author, teacher, and artist. Some of Mrs. Bremer's published works include Running to Paradise (published November 2000, ISBN 1892668246), Coping With ..
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Frances Wisebart Jacobs (1843-1892) was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she is best know as a philanthropist and co-founder of the United Way. Jacobs moved to Colorado with her husband in 1863; and they settled in Denver in 1870. Known as the “..
Frances Work
Frances Ellen Work (1857-1947) was an American heiress and a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in Ohio, she was a daughter of Franklin H. Work, a well-known New York stockbroker, and his wife, Ellen Wood. In 1880, Frances Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche, who would..
Frances Wright
Frances Wright (1795–1852) was a lecturer, writer, feminist, and utopian. Wright was born to a wealthy family in Scotland; when she was orphaned at the age of three, she was left with a substantial inheritance. Wright toured the United States with her sister from 1818 to 1820 and became enamo..
Frances Yates
Dame Frances Amelia Yates DBE (1899-1981) was a noted British historian. She taught at the Warburg Institute of the University of London for many years and received numerous honours, including the OBE and the DBE. She wrote extensively on the occult or neoplatonist philosophies of the Renaissance. ..
Frances Yeend
American lyric soprano Frances Yeend (1918 - ) was born in Vancouver, Washington. She studied voice at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Her first New York appearances were in 1943 in the Broadway run of Lehar's The Merry Widow with Jan Kiepura and Marta Eggerth. She joined Columbi..
Frances Yip
Frances Yip (Traditional Chinese: 葉麗儀) (born c. 1947) is a Cantopop singer from Hong Kong, singing many theme songs for the Hong Kong TVB series in the 1980s and early 1990s. She hit international fame with her signature tune, The Bund from the popular TVB drama of the same name. Before her ..
Franceville
Franceville or Masuku is one of the four largest cities in Gabon, with a population of around 22,000 people. It lies on the River Mpassa and at the end of the Trans-Gabon Railway and the N3 road. It grew from a village named Masuku when Savorgnan de Brazza chose it to resettle former slaves and r..
Franceway Ranna Cossitt
Franceway Ranna Cossitt was an early Cumberland Presbyterian Minister and the first stated clerk of the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly in 1829. Was also the founder of Cumberland College in Princeton Kentucky, in 1825, which was eventually moved to Lebannon, Tennessee, in 1843, to become C..
France 2
France 2 Formerly called La Deuxième Chaîne(1963-1975), Antenne 2(1975-1992) Launched: 21 December 1963 Audience share in 2004: 20.5% Source: [Médiamétrie] Owned by: France Télévisions Web address: [www.france2.fr] Availability Terrestrial analogue: SECAM, Norma..
France 24
France 24 (formerly the Chaine Française d'Information Internationale (CFII) before July 2006, or French International News Network in English) is a long-awaited French government-backed global 24-hour French-language satellite TV news channel. It will be run by a partnership between the TF1 Group ..
France 3
France 3 Formerly Called La Troisième Chaîne (1972-1975), FR3 (France Régions 3, 1975-1992) Launched: 31 December 1972 Audience Share in 2004 1: 15.2% Owned By: France Télévisions Web Address: [www.france3.fr] Availability Terrestrial Analogue: SECAM, Normally tuned to 3 ..
France 4
France 4 Formerly Called Festival (1996-2005) Launched: 24 June 1996 Audience Share in 2004 1: Unknown Owned By: France Télévisions Web Address: [www.france4.tv] Availability Terrestrial Analogue: Not available Terrestrial Digital: Tèlèvision Numèrique Terrestre Channel 1..
France 5
France 5 Formerly called La Cinquième Launched: 13 December 1994 Audience share in 2004: 6.7% Source: [Media Ratings (in French)] Owned by: France Télévisions Web address: [www.france5.fr] France 5 is a public television network in France, part of the France Télév..
France A. Córdova
--> France Anne Córdova (born August 5, 1947) is the seventh chancellor of the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and an astrophysicist of stature, having at one point been NASA chief scientist. Córdova assumed her duties at UCR on July 1, 2002. References [Gale - Free Resources - H..
France after Libération (1944–1946)
History of France Ancient times   Celtic Gaul   Roman Gaul   Ancient Franks (pre 481) France in the Middle Ages   Merovingians (481–751)   Carolingians (751–987)   Capetians (987–1328)   Valois (direct) (1328–1498) Early Moder..
France and England in North America
France and England in North America is a multi-volume history of the European colonization of North America written by Francis Parkman, which highlights the military struggles between France and Great Britain. It was well-regarded at the time of publication, and continues to enjoy a reputation both ..
France and Germany Star
France and Germany Star Date 1945 Branch of Service British and Commonwealth forces Campaign France and Germany 1944-45 Ribbon Five equal stripes of blue, white, red, white, and blue Metal Bronze Size Height 44mm; max. width 38mm Obverse Reverse Plain reverse Clasps Atlantic ..
France and Italy football rivalry
National teams of France and Italy are long time rivals as the two countries are close, sharing a border and been both latin countries, passionate about football and trying to demonstrate their superiority in sports. For many years Italy dominated (before 1982 : 17 wins, 3 defeats and 6 draws), but..
France and weapons of mass destruction
Weapons of mass destruction By type Biological weapons Chemical weapons Nuclear weapons Radiological weapons By country Algeria Argentina Brazil Australia Canada P.R. China France Germany India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Netherlands North Korea Pakistan P..
France Antarctique
This article is part ofthe Brazilian Historyseries. Indigenous peoples Colonial Brazil Empire of Brazil 1889-1930 1930-1945 1945-1964 1964-1985 1985-present First mass celebrated at Fort Coligny. Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon is shown at right The Island of Villegaignon un..
France Antelme
Contents 1 Summary2 Todd mission3 Missions to France4 Betrayal, capture and death5 Early life6 Memorials and decorations7 Sources Summary Major Joseph Antoine France Antelme OBE (1900-1944) was one of 14 Franco-Mauritians who served in the Special Operations Ex..
France at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Thirteen athletes from France competed in six sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. France won the fourth-most gold medals with 5 and the fourth-most total medals with 11. Cycling was the sport in which the French competitors had the most success, as they completely dominated the field. The Fren..
France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
France was the host of the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. France was one of many nations that had competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Greece and had returned to compete at the 1900 Games. In Paris gold medals were not given out and silver medals were given to the winners while bronze medals we..
France at the 1908 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom under the IOC country code FRA. It was the third appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1                 Total Franc..
France at the 1912 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden under the IOC country code FRA. It was the fourth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 7 3 4 14 Fr..
France at the 1920 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium under the IOC country code FRA. It was the fifth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 9 19 13 41 Fr..
France at the 1924 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France under the IOC country code FRA. It was the sixth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 13 15 10 38 Fran..
France at the 1928 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands under the IOC country code FRA. It was the seventh appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 6 10 ..
France at the 1932 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the IOC country code FRA. It was the eighth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 10 5 4 ..
France at the 1936 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany under the IOC country code FRA. It was the ninth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 7 6 6 19 Franc..
France at the 1948 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain under the IOC country code FRA. It was the tenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 10 6 13 29..
France at the 1952 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland under the IOC country code FRA. It was the eleventh appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics.                Total France 6 6 6 18 ..
France at the 1956 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia under the IOC country code FRA. It was the twelfth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1                 Total Franc..
France at the 1960 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy under the IOC country code FRA. It was the thirteenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1                 Total France 0 ..
France at the 1964 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan under the IOC country code FRA. It was the fourteenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1  France 1 8 6 15 France finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings Gold..
France at the 1968 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico under the IOC country code FRA. It was the fifteenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1                 Total Fran..
France at the 1972 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code FRA. It was the sixteenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Olympics. Contents 1  France 2 4 7 13 France finished in 17th position in the final medal rankings Gold Dani..
France at the 1976 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal under the IOC country code FRA. It was the seventeenth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics. Contents 1  France 2 3 4 9 France finished in 15th position in the final medal rankings Gold ..
France at the 1980 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow under the IOC country code FRA. It was the eighteenth appearance of the European nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1896. Contents 1  France 6 5 3 14 France finished in eighth position in the final medal rankings Gold Thi..
France at the 1984 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the IOC country code FRA. It was the nineteenth appearance of the European nation. France was represented by a total number of 243 athletes. Contents 1  France 5 7 16 28 France finished in 12th position ..
France at the 1988 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the IOC country code FRA. It was the twentieth appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics. Contents 1  France 6 4 6 16 France finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings Gol..
France at the 1992 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona under the IOC country code FRA. It was the twenty-first appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics. Contents 1  France 8 5 16 29 France finished in ninth position in the final medal ranki..
France at the 1996 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia under the IOC country code FRA. It was the twenty-second appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics. Contents 1  France 15 7 15 37 France finished in fifth position in the final medal ..
France at the 2000 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It was the twenty-third time that the nation had competed in the Summer Games, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics. France competed under the IOC country code FRA. Contents 1  France 13 14 11 38 France finished in sixth p..
France at the 2002 Winter Olympics
France competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City under the IOC country code FRA. They finished 6th in the medal standings with 13 medals, 4 of which were gold. Contents 1                 Total ..
France at the 2004 Summer Olympics
France at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français). France sent 342 athletes to the Athens Games. Contents 1 ..
France at the 2006 Winter Olympics
France at the 2006 Winter Olympics is represented by the National Olympic Committee of France (French: Comité National Olympique et Sportif Français). France sent 89 athletes to the Games. Bruno Mingeon was France's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Contents 1 Medals1.1 Gold1.2&n..
France at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
France is participating in the ninth Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy. France has entered 19 athletes in the following sports: Alpine skiing: 8 male, 2 femaleNordic skiing: 6 male, 3 female Medals                   Total ..
France at the Summer Olympics
France has competed at nearly all Summer Olympics, missing only the 1904 Summer Olympics. The nation was one of 13 to compete at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. Year Sports Competitors Events Entries Medals Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 1896 6 13 18 27 5 ..
France Biotech
France Biotech is the French professional association of biotechnology companies. It was created in 1997 by a group of French biotechnology entrepreneurs, among whom its first president Pascal Brandys. France Biotech regroups the vast majority of biotechnology companies in France, with approximately..
France Bonsant
France Bonsant (born August 18, 1952, in Waterville, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Bonsant is a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons. She represents the district of Compton—Stanstead, and has done so since 2004. From 1991 to 1999 she was a regional councillor in Compton ..
France Chrétien Desmarais
France Chrétien Desmarais is a Canadian lawyer and businesswoman. She is the daughter of Jean Chrétien, twentieth Prime Minister of Canada. She is married to André Desmarais, president of the Montreal-based Power Corporation of Canada, and son of Paul Desmarais, a wealthy businessman. They hav..
France Culture
France Culture is a French public radio station devoted to cultural matters. France Culture was started in 1963. It is part of Radio France. See also [Internet site] for France Culture ..
France Équinoxiale
This article is part ofthe Brazilian Historyseries. Indigenous peoples Colonial Brazil Empire of Brazil 1889-1930 1930-1945 1945-1964 1964-1985 1985-present Equinoxial France was the contemporary name given to the colonization efforts of France in the 17th century in South America, ..
France Family
The France Family is known as the "first family" of NASCAR racing. Family members hold 4 of the 5 board positions. ..
France Football
A 2005 issue of France Football, featuring Ronaldinho and the Ballon D'Or trophy. France Football is a French bi-weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world. It's one of the most reputed sports publications in Europe, mostly because of their photographic reports and accura..
France Football African Footballer of the Year
The African Footballer of the Year, presented to the best African football player, was awarded by France Football magazine between 1970 and 1994. The award was discontinued in 1995 after the European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'or) was opened to players of non-European nationality, the award be..
France football championship D1 season 1998/1999
Bordeaux won the 1998/99 French football championship (D1). Contents 1 Participating teams2 Results3 Final ranking4 Top scorers Participating teams AJ AuxerreSC BastiaFC Girondins de BordeauxLe Havre ACRC LensFC Lorient Olympique LyonnaisOlympique de MarseilleFC MetzAS Mona..
France Gall
France Gall France Gall (October 9, 1947) is a French singer. She was born in Paris as Isabelle Gall. In 1965 she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the Serge Gainsbourg-penned song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", and took first place. It was the first time a non..
France Info
France Info is a French public news radio, part of Radio France. France Info was created in 1987. It's the major news radio in France. External links [France Info][France Info live streaming in ogg vorbis] ..
France Inter
France Inter is the major French public radio network. It is part of Radio France and was founded in 1963. France Inter broadcasta in LW: 162 kHz and in FM. France Inter's signal is strong enough for it to be able to heard reasonably clearly in some parts of the south of Great Britain External lin..
France Inter Paris
France Inter Paris, or FIP is a french radio station, founded in 1971. It is part of the Radio France group. ..
France in the American Revolutionary War
France, despite its financial difficulties, used the occasion of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) to seek revenge against Great Britain and the 1763 Treaty of Paris. France entered into the war in 1778, and assisted in the victory of the Americans seeking independence from Britain (r..
France in the Eurovision Song Contest
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France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
France A national final consisting of talent search performers was held on 14 March and the public and a panel of experts, presided by Charles Aznavour, combined to select the winner. Before that there were seven regional auditions including some in France's overseas territories. Virginie Pouchai..
France in the Middle Ages
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France in the nineteenth century
History of France Ancient times   Celtic Gaul   Roman Gaul   Ancient Franks (pre 481) France in the Middle Ages   Merovingians (481–751)   Carolingians (751–987)   Capetians (987–1328)   Valois (direct) (1328–1498) Early Moder..
France in the twentieth century
History of France Ancient times   Celtic Gaul   Roman Gaul   Ancient Franks (pre 481) France in the Middle Ages   Merovingians (481–751)   Carolingians (751–987)   Capetians (987–1328)   Valois (direct) (1328–1498) Early Moder..
France Joli
France Joli is a Canadian singer (born in Montreal in 1963), mostly known for disco hits. Her first single, at age 16, was called "Come To Me" and it hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1979. On the Billboard Hot 100, it was her only big hit, reaching #15. See also List of number-one..
France Musique
France Musique is a French public radio station devoted to music, including classical music and jazz. France Musique was created in 1963. Most concerts given by the Orchestre National de France are broadcast on France Musique, as are many other concerts. France Musique is part of Radio France. See ..
France national basketball team
The France national basketball team is the national basketball team representing France. It is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball (French Federation). Contents 1 Famous players2 Olympic Games record3 World Championship record4 European Championship rec..
France national football team
The French football team is among the top teams in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA. France came third in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth in 1982, and third in 1986. In between..
France national rugby league team
thumb The French national rugby league team are often nicknamed les chanteclairs, after the cockerel which is the emblem of the team or as les tricolores. The team is administered by the Fédération Francaise de Rugby à Treize. French team Les Catalans were introduced Super League (Europe)..
France national rugby union team
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France national under-21 football team
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France Nuyen
Nuyen during the early 1970s France Nuyen (born July 31, 1939 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France as France Nguyen Vannga) is a French actress. Her mother was French and her father was Vietnamese; French is Nuyen's first language and she speaks no Asian langua..
France Prešeren
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France profonde
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France Silva
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France Soir
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France Sport Blowgun Association
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France Télécom
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France Télévisions
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France under the Third Republic
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France women's national football team
The French women's national football team, or the Blues, constists of the best female players in France and is run by the Fédération française de football. In 2005, the team qualified for the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship Contents 1 History of ''the Blues''1.1 Rebellion years (196..
Franche-Comté
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Francheezie
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Francheville
Francheville is the name of several communes in France: Francheville, in the Côte-d'Or départementFrancheville, in the Eure départementFrancheville, in the Jura départementFrancheville, in the Marne départementFrancheville, in the Meurthe-et-Moselle départementFrancheville, in the Orne dépar..
Francheville, Rhône
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Franché Coma
Franché Coma (born Frank LiCata on August 17, 1957) is an American guitarist who has spent most of his life in Lodi, NJ. His first recording was a special acetate/single with Mike Morance in 1974. In the fall of 1977 he joined The Misfits as their first guitarist. All of Franché guitar work with t..
Franchi
Franchi S.p.A. is an Italian firearm manufacturer that makes various shotguns. Notable Franchi products include the military SPAS-12 and SPAS-15 and the sporting-type long-recoil action AL-48. Franchi also makes over and under shotguns. Franchi is owned by Beretta Holdings. External links http:/..
Franchimont Castle
Franchimont Castle is a medieval castle in the municipality of Theux in Belgium. It sits at the western end of a small hill overlooking the village of Franchimont. It is thought to have originally been built in the 11th Century, as a stronghold of the Principality of Liège. The original buildin..
Franchinus Gaffurius
Franchinus Gaffurius (January 14, 1451 – June 25, 1522) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He was an almost exact contemporary of Josquin Des Prez and Leonardo da Vinci, the latter of whom was a personal friend. He was one of the most famous musicians in Italy in ..
Franchise
Franchise generally means a right or privilege. It may refer to: Suffrage, the civil right to voteA franchise (i.e., a franchise outlet) operated under the business method of franchising: the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business. This use of the term is most common in North Americ..
Franchises established on Nintendo systems
There have been many franchises established on Nintendo systems in addition to Nintendo's notable first party franchises. Nintendo consoles were where a number of popular console franchises began. Contents 0.1 Franchises established on the ..
Franchise (Asimov)
Franchise is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the August 1955 issue of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough (1957) and Robot Dreams (1986). It is one of a loosely connected series of such stories conc..
Franchise (Hitman series)
The Franchise is a rival black ops Government agency in the Hitman series. ..
Franchise 500
Franchise 500 is a list of the top 500 franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine. The 2006 List reads: Rank Franchise name/Franchisor Startup Costs Corporate Headquarters Link to franchise opportunities 1. Subway -220K Fort Lauderdale, Florida [Subway Franchise Opportunities] 2. Quizno's .7K..
Franchise activism
Franchise activism refers to forms of activism carried out by [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomous]] individuals or groups in different localities under the same name. This name usually describes an idea put into action rather than the mandate of a single organization. Some examples of franchise activis..
Franchise Tag
The Franchise Tag is a National Football League designation that is used in order to retain an unrestricted free agent for one season at the rate of the average salary of the five highest paid players at his position. If a player who is tagged signs with another team, the original team is entitled ..
Franchise validation
During the process of investigating a franchise opportunity a prospective buyer (prospect) will interview current franchise owners (franchisees). This step is often referred to as "validation." During the validation process the prospect will call on as many franchisees as possible and conduct exten..
Franchising
Franchising (from the French for free) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor licenses trademarks and tried and proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, and usually a percentage piece of gross sales or gross profits as well as the annual fees...
Franchi AL-48
The AL-48 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Franchi S.p.A.. The gun is available in a variety of calibers, including 12 gauge and 20 gauge. Rounds are cycled through long recoil. ..
Franchi SPAS-12
SPAS-12 Technical summary Cartridge 12 gauge Action pump-action / gas-actuated Mass 4.4 kg (9.7 lb) Length 1041 mm (41 in) - stock extended Barrel length 546 mm (22 in) Rate of fire 4 rounds/sec (semi-auto) Feed system 8+1 rounds, internal tube magazine ..
Franchi SPAS-15
SPAS-15 Technical summary Cartridge 12 gauge Action pump-action / gas-actuated Mass 3.9 kg (8.5 lb) empty Length 1000 mm (39 in), stock extended 750 mm (30 in), stock folded Barrel length 450 mm (18 in) Rate of fire semi-automatic Feed system 6-round detach..
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor. Contents 1 Biography2 Notable film and television appearances3 Stage career4 External links Biography He was born in Niagara Falls, New York, youngest son of Dr. Frank J..
Franchthi Cave
Franchthi Cave (or Frankithi cave, Greek Σπήλαιον Φράγχθη) is a cave overlooking the Argolic Gulf that has yielded large numbers of artifacts relating to Neolithic Greece. The cave is a prehistoric site in the Greek Peloponnese, in southeastern Argolid, across a bay from the Greek vi..
Franciabigio
Portrait of a Young Man. Louvre, Paris. Franciabigio (1482-1525) was a Florentine painter of the Renaissance. The name of this artist is generally given as Marcantonio Franciabigio; it appears, however, that his only real ascertained name was Francesco di Cristofano; and that he was currently..
Franciacorta
The territory of Franciacorta is a section of the Province of Brescia in the Italian Region of Lombardy. Franciacorta extends north from the plain of the Po to the shores of Lake Iseo, and from the Oglio River on the western border to the town of Cellatica in the east. The geography of rolling hill..
Francien
Francien is a term applied to the langue d'oïl spoken in the Paris region (Île-de-France) before the establishment of the French language as a standard language. According to one theory of the development of French, Francien was chosen out of all the competing Oïl languages as an official langua..
Francie Calfo
Alias character Francie Calfo Gender Female Affiliation(s) Friend of Sydney Bristow Held ranks Current status Deceased Portrayed by Merrin Dungey Francine "Francie" Calfo, played by Merrin Dungey, was Sydney Bristow's close friend on the television series, Alias. Contents ..
Francileudo Santos
Francileudo Santos fullname Francileudo Silva dos Santos (born 20th March 1979, in Zé Doca, Brazil) is a Brazilian soccer player. He has been the spearhead of Tunisia's attack since naturalisation in December 2003, scoring 18 times in 28 matches (as at 4 June 2006). He was discovered by Belgian ..
Francilienne
The Francilienne is a partial ring road around Ile-de-France (Paris), France, lying outside the A86. It is composed of the A104, N104, D104 and part of the N184. Exit list Exits are numbered in a clockwise (inner) direction. # Destinations Notes D170 - Gonesse outer exit and inner entrance A1 ..
Francillon
Francillon is a commune in the Indre département of France. ..
Francillon-sur-Roubion
Francillon-sur-Roubion is a town and commune in the Drôme département of France, in the Rhône-Alpes région. Other facts One wikipedian traveler notes: "When I first came to the village in the 80's there were lot's of ruins from the Second World War. Now it's all restored and there are about 8..
Francine
Francine is a common English given name. It stands for "Friend or Foe". Short forms are Frannie, Frans and Fran. Translations French: FrançéneGerman: FransinItalian: FrancescaNorwegian: FrancesPolish: FransinPortuguese: FrancesaSpanish: FrancésZulu: RancinaThis is a [disambiguationdisambi..
Francine's Flashback
American Dad! season 1May 1, 2005 - May 14, 2006List of American Dad! episodes Episodes: PilotThreat LevelsStan Knows BestFrancine's FlashbackRoger CodgerHomeland InsecurityDeacon Stan, Jesus ManAll About SteveBullocks To StanA Smith In The HandCon HeirStan of Arabia: Part 1Stan of Arabia: Part..
Francine (mango)
Francine is a variety of mango grown in Haiti. The Francine, from Haiti, is a completely green S-shaped mango that is available late in the season. The name of this mango follows a Caribbean tradition of naming mango varieties after women (other generally nonexported Caribbean varieties include Amel..
Francine Brody
Francine Brody is a British actress and book editor. Brody has performed in UK performances of plays such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Glass Menagerie. Her film and television acting work has included I Dreamed of Africa, Maigret, The Hotel Majest..
Francine Busby
Francine Pocino Busby (born March 3, 1951) is the Democratic candidate in the 2006 General Election for California's 50th congressional district which represents northwest San Diego County. Her Republican opponent is Brian Bilbray, who narrowly defeated her in the June 6, 2006 Special Election to f..
Francine Cousteau
Francine Triplet Cousteau is the current President of the non-profit organization Cousteau Society. Francine Cousteau is the widow of the famous oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who died in 1997. Francine is the mother of Jacques Cousteau's third and fourth children. Simone is the mother of Jacq..
Francine Dee
Francine Dee (born July 21, 1978 in Hong Kong) is a model best known for her appearances in import tuner automotive magazines and shows. She gained popularity due to her breasts, which have been surgically enhanced several times.[link] Her ethnic background is three quarters Filipina a..
Francine DelMonte
Francine Delmonte is a New York State Assemblywoman representing Niagara County. She was first elected in 2000 and has been reelected in 2002 and 2004. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She has been involved in the Niagara County political world for over 2 decades, serving as an aide and c..
Francine Descartes
Francine Descartes (1635-1640) was René Descartes' daughter born to a domestic servant by the name of Helene in summer of 1635. Although Francine was referred to as an illegitimate child, her baptism was recorded in the record for legitimate births. René sometimes referred to her as his niece thou..
Francine Fournier
Francine Fournier, normally simply Francine, is an American professional wrestling valet. She is currently under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment in its Extreme Championship Wrestling brand. Contents 1 Career1.1 Extreme Championship Wrestling1.2 Independent circuit1.3&nb..
Francine gravel
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Francine John-Calame
Francine John-Calame (born April 30, 1954) is a Swiss politician from the Canton of Neuchâtel and member of the National Council. She was member of the parliament of the Canton of Neuchâtel from 1993 to 2002. She is a municipal councillor in Le Cerneux-Péquignot. On the list of the Green Party,..
Francine Jordi
Swiss singer Francine Jordi was born in 1977 as Francine Lehmann. As a young child she was already singing songs for the Japanese tourists in Interlaken. With this musical background she won the German Grand Prix der Volksmusik in 1998. From that moment on Francine became a real star in Switzerlan..
Francine Lalonde
Francine Lalonde (born August 24, 1940 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a Quebec politician. Prior to being elected she was a lecturer, teacher and unionist. Pierre Godin, biographer of René Lévesque, describes Francine Lalonde as "sexy union diva", for her involvement in labour organizations. She..
Francine Parks
Francine Parks (born January 30, 1951 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the February 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli. Francine attended Santa Monica College, and within a year of being a Playmate was working..
Francine Pascal
Francine Pascal is an American author who created the world-renowned American book series, Sweet Valley. Although she created the series, most of books in the series were written by Jamie Suzzane and other ghostwriters. Pascal also created the edgier series Fearless and its spinoff series Fearless..
Francine Patterson
Dr. Francine "Penny" Patterson (b. February 13 1947, in Chicago, Illinois) is a researcher who claimed to have taught a modified form of American Sign Language to a gorilla named Koko. She is the second oldest of seven children, and daughter of C.H. Patterson, a professor of psychology. She and..
Francine Prose
Francine Prose (born in 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American novelist. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1968, and received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1991. Her novel Blue Angel, a satire about sexual harassment on college campuses, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Contents ..
Francine Shapiro
Francine Shapiro is an American psychologist who developed EMDR therapy. In 1987 she observed, during a walk in a park, that moving her eyes seemed to reduce the stress of disturbing memories. Based on these initial observations she conducted further research and published a paper in 1989 describi..
Francine Smith (American Dad!)
American Dad! character Francine Smith Gender: Female Age: 40 Religion: Episcopalian Political Leaning: -- Voice Actor: Wendy Schaal Francine Smith (voiced by Wendy Schaal) is a fictional character on American Dad! and is the wife of Stan Smith and the mother of Steve and Ha..
Francine Stock
Francine Stock (born March 14, 1958) is a British radio and TV presenter and novelist, of part-French origin. Stock is a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford, with a degree in Modern Languages (French and Italian). After working in specialist journalism on the oil industry, she joined the BBC in 1983..
Francine Tacker
Francine Tacker (born 15 September) is an American actress, probably best known for her brief appearance in the television series Dallas as Jenna Wade. Tacker was the second actress to play the character, succeeding Morgan Fairchild and preceding Priscilla Presley. She was also a regular on the ser..
Francino Francis
Francino Francis (born 18 January 1987) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a centre forward. Having been released by Stoke City, Francis joined Watford F.C.'s Academy in July 2005. Whilst still an Academy scholar, he made his first team debut in a League Cup victory against Wolverhampton Wandere..
Francis
Francis is a name with various meanings, the most popular of which comes from the French François meaning "little French person" or Latin Franciscus, "Frenchman" . The diminutive is Frank; the feminine form is Frances or Francine (for which the diminutive is usually Fran). See also [[List_of_peo..
Francis, Baron Dhanis
Francis, Baron Dhanis (1861-1909) was a Belgian administrator born in London in 1861 and passed the first fourteen years of his life at Greenock, where he received his early education. He was the son of a Belgian merchant and of an Irish lady named Maher. The name Dhanis is supposed to be a variatio..
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. v. Twentieth Century Fox Corp.
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. v. Twentieth Century Fox Corp. [1939] 4 D.L.R. 353 is a leading Judicial Committee of the Privy Council opinion on copyright law. The Council held that copyright cannot subsist in non-original work or in the title of a work alone unless it is original and distinct..
Francis, Duke of Guise
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Francis, Oklahoma
Francis is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census. Geography Francis is located at [34°52′23″N, 96°35′30″W] (34.873148, -96.591552)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the t..
Francis, Utah
Francis is a town in Summit County, Utah, United States. The population was 698 at the 2000 census. Geography Francis is located at [40°36′52″N, 111°16′44″W] (40.614485, -111.278927)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ..
Francisca
Different types of the Francisca The francisca or francesca is a throwing-axe that was used by the Merovingian and Carolingian Franks between the 5th and 8th centuries. Contents 0.1 Etymology0.2 Description1 See also2 External links Etymology The name “francisca&..
Franciscan
The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Order of Friars Minor (commonly called the Franciscans) is a mendicant religious order of men tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. Francis. The official Lat..
Franciscan Assemblage
The Franciscan Assemblage is a geological term for a heterogeneous assemblage of rocks found on and near the San Francisco Peninsula. Also known as the "Franciscan Formation," "Franciscan Series," "Franciscan Group," "Franciscan assemblage," or "Franciscan Complex," it includes altered mafic volcan..
Franciscan Brothers of Peace
The Franciscan Brothers of Peace is a Roman Catholic, Franciscan religious order for men. It was founded in 1982. The mother house of the order is in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. External links [Franciscan Brothers of Peace] ..
Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist
The Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist is a Roman Catholic, Franciscan religious order for men. The religious order was founded in 2004 as a complement to the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. The mother house of the order is in Meriden, Connecticut in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford..
Franciscan Church
Franciscan Church is the name of several churches belonging to the Franciscans, e.g.: Franciscan Church (Salzburg), AustriaFranciscan Church (Vienna), AustriaFranciscan Church (Überlingen), GermanyFranciscan Church (Oppeln), GermanyFranciscan Church (Bratislava), SlovakiaFranciscan Church (Košice)..
Franciscan Church (Bratislava)
The Franciscan Church (Slovak: Kostol františkánov or Františkánsky kostol) ranks among the oldest churches in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was constructed between 1280 and 1297 and consecrated by King Andrew II. It was turned into a Renaissance church in the 17th and into a Baroqu..
Franciscan Church (Košice)
The Franciscan Church (Slovak: Františkánsky kostol ) or the Seminary Church (Slovak: Seminárny kostol ) at Hlavná ulica (English: Main Street) is the second oldest church in Košice, Slovakia. It was built for Franciscans by the Perényi family from Perín after the big fire in 1333. Its pre..
Franciscan Crown