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  2. Charles-Henri Sanson - Wikipedia

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    Charles-Henri Sanson, full title Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ɑ̃ʁi sɑ̃sɔ̃]; 15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, as well as high executioner of the First French Republic. He administered capital punishment in Paris for over ...

  3. Pirate Latitudes - Wikipedia

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    Crichton's assistant discovered the manuscript on one of Crichton's computers after his death in 2008, along with an unfinished novel, Micro (2011). [1]According to Marla Warren, there is evidence that Crichton had been working on Pirate Latitudes at least since the 1970s; to substantiate her position, she quotes a statement by Patrick McGilligan in the March 1979 issue of American Film that ...

  4. File:Salon de 1876, featuring Chatrousse, Gautherin, Sanson.jpg

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  5. The Carnival of the Animals - Wikipedia

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    Monsieur Lebouc managed to assemble a definitive line-up of eminent performers: Messieurs Saint-Saëns, Diémer, Taffanel, Turban [], Maurin, Prioré, de Bailly and Tourcy who, after a very interesting program, took part in the first performance of a very witty fantasy burlesque, composed for this concert by Saint-Saëns and entitled the Carnival of the Animals.

  6. Sanson - Wikipedia

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    Charles-Henri Sanson (1739–1806), public executioner of France from 1788 to 1795; Ernest Sanson (1836–1918), French architect; Henry-Clément Sanson (1799-1889), Royal Executioner of Paris from 1840 to 1847; Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville (1782–1870), French poet and member of the Académie française; Morgan Sanson (born 1994 ...

  7. Cinéorama - Wikipedia

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    Cinéorama consisted of 10 synchronized 70 mm movie projectors, projecting onto 10 9x9 meter screens arranged in a full 360° circle around the viewing platform.The platform was a large balloon basket, capable of holding 200 viewers, with rigging, ballast, and the lower part of a huge gas bag.

  8. Henry-Clément Sanson - Wikipedia

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    Henry-Clément Sanson (27 May 1799 – 25 January 1889) was a French executioner. He held the position of Royal Executioner of the City of Paris , serving King Louis-Philippe I from 1840 to 1847. Sanson was born into a long line of executioners.

  9. Louis Joseph Sanson - Wikipedia

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    With Louis-Charles Roche (1790-1875), he published Nouveaux elements de pathologie medico-chirurgicale (several volumes, third edition- 1833), in which Sanson was the author of the books' surgical material, [3] and with Louis Jacques Bégin (1793-1859), he published new editions of Raphael Bienvenu Sabatier's De la médecine opératoire. [4]