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Monument to Guillaume Couture in Levis. Guillaume Couture (January 14, 1618 – April 4, 1701) was a citizen of New France.During his life he was a lay missionary with the Jesuits, a survivor of torture, a member of an Iroquois council, a translator, a diplomat, a militia captain, and a lay leader among the colonists of the Pointe-Lévy (now named Lévis city) in the Seigneury of Lauzon, a ...
Teondecoren and Couture were originally designated as primitive units that gave campers an experience away from camp during which they lived off the land for the week. Teondecoren was later made into a tree house unit in 1973, then as a tepee unit in 1995. Couture was a tent unit as needed based on session enrollment. [5]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Guillaume Couture (23 October 1851 – 15 January 1915) was a Canadian choir conductor, composer, music critic, and music educator. [1] Although he never pursued a performance career, he is particularly remembered for his work as a voice teacher, having taught many notable Canadian singers. He is the grandfather of composer Jean Papineau-Couture.
Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother. As a child he studied piano with his mother. He first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937.
Leonarda Cianciulli (14 April 1894 – 15 October 1970) was an Italian serial killer.Better known as the Soap-Maker of Correggio (Italian: la Saponificatrice di Correggio), [1] she murdered three women in the town of Correggio, Reggio Emilia, in 1939 and 1940, and turned their bodies into soap (using caustic soda) and teacakes.
The French eventually managed to engage her fleet and sink her flagship. Jeanne and her two sons were adrift for five days; her son Guillaume died of exposure. Jeanne and Olivier were finally rescued and taken to Morlaix by Montfort supporters. Jeanne continued her piracy in the channel for another 13 years. [19] [23]
Their orphaned daughter, Jeanne Modigliani (1918–1984), was adopted by her father's sister in Florence, Italy. She grew up knowing virtually nothing of her parents and as an adult began researching their lives. [8] In 1958, she wrote a biography of her father that was published in the English language in the United States as Modigliani: Man ...