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Rochefort (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary.
Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 [1] – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy 's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway .
Rochefort (surname) Rochefort Abbey, Cistercian abbey in the town of Rochefort, Belgium Rochefort Brewery, Trappist beer brewery located on the site of the abbey; The Young Girls of Rochefort, a 1967 French musical film written and directed by Jacques Demy; Raid on Rochefort, a 1757 British military expedition; 4172 Rochefort, a main-belt asteroid
Rochefort (French: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ] ⓘ; Walloon: Rotchfoirt) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium, close to the Ardennes. On 1 January 2006, Rochefort had a total population of 12,038. The total area is 165.27 km² which gives a population density of 73 inhabitants per km². It was a resort in the 19th ...
His father was a Legitimist noble who, as Edmond Rochefort, was well known as a writer of vaudevilles; his mother's views were republican.After experience as a medical student, a clerk at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, a playwright and a journalist, he joined the staff of Le Figaro in 1863; but a series of his articles, afterwards published as Les Français de la décadence [2] (3 vols., 1866 ...
The Raid on Rochefort (or Descent on Rochefort) was a British amphibious attempt to capture the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War. The raid pioneered a new tactic of "descents" on the French coast, championed by William Pitt who had taken office a few months earlier.
Rochefort was the key player going to the Rangers which needed to improve its defense after losing 17 games by one goal and failing to qualify for the postseason. [2] [3] He was a member of Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup. He finished out his NHL career with a short stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1993. He then agreed to assist ...
The title of Prince of Rochefort was created a hereditary title in 1728. [ 1 ] He married Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières, younger daughter of Eugène Marie de Béthisy, Marquis de Mézières, and Eléonore Oglethorpe, like her sisters, a loyal and active Jacobite , who was in turn a daughter of Theophilus Oglethorpe , an English ...