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Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
As a young woman she became an actress and used the stage name "Raymonde de Laroche". She was inspired by Wilbur Wright 's 1908 demonstrations of powered flight in Paris and was personally acquainted with several aviators, including artist-turned-aviator Léon Delagrange , who was reputed to be the father of her son André.
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Blanche Monnier (French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers [a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), [1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.
Lidiya Masterkova (1927–2008), Russian-born French painter; Catherine Matausch (born 1960), French journalist and painter; Marie-Alexandrine Mathieu (1838–1908), artist known for her etchings; Caroline de Maupéou (1836–1915), painter; Constance Mayer (1775–1821), painter; Caroline Mesquita (born 1989), sculptor; Victorine Meurent (1844 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century French people. It includes French people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
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Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), author of The Phantom of the Opera and The Mystery of the Yellow Room which is recognized as the first locked room puzzle mystery novel Gabrielle Réval (1869–1938) André Gide (1869–1951)