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Was a French, diplomat, traveller, zoologist and entomologist.

Was a French, diplomat, traveller, zoologist and entomologist.

Was Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa from 1975 to 1978 and U

Was Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa from 1975 to 1978 and UN Under-Secretary-General from 1978 until 1991.

An Indian civil servant who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975.After a successful career in the Indi

An Indian civil servant who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1975.After a successful career in the Indian Railways (where he was a Divisional Superintendent in the Bhusawal and Bombay divisions of the Central Railway), he joined the public sector. He served with distinction as the Chairman & Managing Director of Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (MAMC) in Durgapur, WB during 1970-77. He took over the company when it was slated to be shut down and lead its recovery to a profit making public enterprise. For his efforts in this revival, he was conferred the Padma Shri award by the government of India in 1975.[1]

Is a French diplomat and currently serves as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at

Is a French diplomat and currently serves as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations. He was appointed to the position in June 2008 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Before joining the United Nations, Le Roy was the Conseiller Maître à la Cour des comptes and served as Ambassador in charge of the Union for the Mediterranean Initiative since September 2007. Previously, he held several positions in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the French Ambassador to Madagascar, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs and National Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South-East Europe. He also acted as the European Union Special Representative in the Republic of Macedonia.

Was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy.

Was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic Oxford Companion to Food (1999).In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was ambassador to Laos. While living in Tunis, his wife asked him to look for a cookbook on fish because she did not recognize any of the local varieties. Not being able to find one he wrote one himself together with the Italian ichthyologist Giorgio Bini, the world's greatest living authority on seafish in the Mediterranean at this time, who happened to be visiting. The original manuscript was copied with a stencil machine. A copy of Seafish Of Tunisia And The Central Mediterranean reached the British cooking guru Elizabeth David, who passed it on to Penguin Books, which published it in 1972 as Mediterranean Seafood. The book has since become a standard reference work, and is characterized by its creative mixture of biology and recipes.

Was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Sarraut retired fro

Was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic. Sarraut retired from politics after Pétain dissolved the National Assembly in July 1940. He took control of the family newspaper, La Dépêche de Toulouse, after the editor, his brother Maurice, was killed by the Milice in 1943.

Was an Argentine career diplomat.Alejandro Orfila received a Law Degree at the University of Buenos

Was an Argentine career diplomat.Alejandro Orfila received a Law Degree at the University of Buenos Aires in 1945. The following year, following political science studies at Stanford University, he was assigned to the Argentine Embassy in Moscow; in 1948, however, he was expelled from the Soviet Union on the grounds of espionage. Transferred to the United States, he was appointed Argentine Consul General to San Francisco and later New York, where he remained until his father's death in 1952 compelled him to return to the family business in Mendoza.

Was a Polish soldier and diplomat. He joined the Polish forces (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa) in 1915

Was a Polish soldier and diplomat. He joined the Polish forces (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa) in 1915, and the recreated Polish Army in 1918. During the times of the Second Polish Republic, he was a lecturer in a military academy, Oficerska Szkola Inzynieryjna (Officer's School of Engineering), member of the Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne (Military History Bureau), and a member of the Ministry of Religion and Education. From 1934 to 1936 he was a Polish military attache in Paris, France, then Polish consul general in Lille. After the fall of France during the Nazi invasion, he was active in the Polish underground in France during World War II. After liberation of Paris in 1944 he joined the Polish government in exile in a rank of a minister.

Was the Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile. He remained in office for just over 14 yea

Was the Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile. He remained in office for just over 14 years, from June 25, 1956 to July 16, 1970.Previously the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 1959 he played a part in moving the wartime archives of the Ministry of Information and Documentation from the UK to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

The Inspector General of Police (Training) and the Director of Kerala Police Academy, Trichur, Keral

The Inspector General of Police (Training) and the Director of Kerala Police Academy, Trichur, Kerala, India.[1][2][3]He started his career as a subeditor of a newspaper in Kerala before working at the Indian Overseas Bank and then as a lecturer in English at Mar Ivanios College. He was recruited to the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1982.[8]

Was a British colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist. He was one of the first Europeans to st

Was a British colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist. He was one of the first Europeans to study Mayan ruins.Maudslay was born at Lower Norwood Lodge, near London, England into a wealthy engineering family descended from Henry Maudslay. He was educated at Royal Tunbridge Wells and Harrow School, and studied natural sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1868-72, where he was acquainted with John Willis Clark, then Secretary of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.

Was an Austrian officer who rose to head the counter-intelligence efforts of Austria-Hungary. He was

Was an Austrian officer who rose to head the counter-intelligence efforts of Austria-Hungary. He was one of the leading figures of pre-World War I espionage. His term in office was marked by innovation, and he used very high technology for the time to ens

Was an Argentine socialist politician.Palacios was born in Buenos Aires, and studied law at Universi

Was an Argentine socialist politician.Palacios was born in Buenos Aires, and studied law at Universidad de Buenos Aires, after graduation he became a lawyer and taught at the university until becoming a dean.In 1902, he was elected to the Buenos Aires' legislature, and in 1904, to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies by the district of La Boca, thus becoming the first socialist in the Argentine Congress and in the American continent. Here Palacios helped create many laws including the "Ley Palacios" against sexual exploitation, and others regulating child and woman labor, working hours and Sunday rest.

Is an Indonesian diplomat of Hadhrami descent, who served as the country's foreign minister. During

Is an Indonesian diplomat of Hadhrami descent, who served as the country's foreign minister. During the time of Indonesian rule in East Timor, Alatas was the most recognizable face with foreign media. At times, even appearing smug in his press conferences and interviews regarding the issue of the occupied territory, claiming that it was a "domestic issue".

Was a French botanist. He participated in Napoleon Bonaparte's Egypt Campaign where he described Lot

Was a French botanist. He participated in Napoleon Bonaparte's Egypt Campaign where he described Lotus and Papyrus. Director of the Cairo botanical garden, he wrote the botanical sections of Travel in Lower and Upper Egypt by Dominique Vivant.[2] He made a cast of the Rosetta Stone which allowed the reproduction of its Greek and Demotic inscriptions in his Description de l'Égypte.[3]

Was an Argentine legal theorist, conservative politician and diplomat.Amancio Alcorta was born in Bu

Was an Argentine legal theorist, conservative politician and diplomat.Amancio Alcorta was born in Buenos Aires, in 1842, and enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, where he received a juris doctor, in 1867. He was subsequently elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies on the Autonomist Party ticket, as a close ally of the new Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Adolfo Alsina.[1] Permitted to hold multiple posts outside Congress, Alcorta was later appointed prosecutor and judge, as well as to the board of directors of the Buenos Aires Western Railway. He served Governor Alsina as Minister of Government Policy, of Economy and as President of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires. He was appointed Director of the National Buenos Aires College (then the nation's most prominent secondary school) in 1872, and in 1873, presented his proposal for the reform of the national code of commerce, centering around maritime law.[1]

Was a figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and later became a leader in the Schiller Institu

Was a figure in the American Civil Rights Movement and later became a leader in the Schiller Institute founded by Lyndon LaRouche.she became involved as a young woman in campaigning for women's suffrage. She and her husband, Bill Boynton, knew George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute. In 1934 she registered to vote, a privilege which later became a right. A few years later she wrote a play, "Through the Years", which told the story of creation of Spiritual music, in order to help fund a community center in Selma, Alabama. The Robinsons met Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in 1954 at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where King was the pastor.

Was one of the preeminent career diplomats of Latvia. He entered service in Latvia's Foreign Ministr

Was one of the preeminent career diplomats of Latvia. He entered service in Latvia's Foreign Ministry in 1932. Dinbergs remained abroad when the Soviet Union occupied Latvia, serving in the Latvian Legation in Washington D.C. after World War II ended. Din

Is a Greek-Australian-American executive from Australia and is the Chairman, CEO and President of Th

Is a Greek-Australian-American executive from Australia and is the Chairman, CEO and President of The Dow Chemical Company based in the United States

Was a Polish sociologist and diplomat. Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, professor at the Ja

Was a Polish sociologist and diplomat. Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, professor at the Jagiellonian University, one of the creators of the Faculty of International and Political Relations and Chair of Middle and Far East Studies. Founder and first rector of the private academy in Kraków (the Krakowska Szkola Wyzsza im. A. Frycza Modrzewskiego).

Was a Bengali poet and essayist.Annada Shankar Ray was born in 1904 at Dhenkanal, Orissa. He graduat

Was a Bengali poet and essayist.Annada Shankar Ray was born in 1904 at Dhenkanal, Orissa. He graduated in English from Ravenshaw College. His father had shifted base from their ancestral village of Rameswarpur near Dhamnagar in Bhadrak of Orissa, following a family feud. His family roots go back to the 'Ghosh Mahashayas' who migrated to Rameswarpur from Kotarang near Howrah as a part of Todarmal's contingent during Akbar's reign.

Was a French politician and diplomat of the Revolution and First Empire. As deputy to the National C

Was a French politician and diplomat of the Revolution and First Empire. As deputy to the National Convention, Saliceti became a Montagnard and on 15 January 1793 voted for the death of King Louis XVI, and was sent to Corsica on mission to oversee Pasquale Paoli and enforce the Reign of Terror

Was a prominent figure in the history of New France. He was christened Antoine Laumet but upon arriv

Was a prominent figure in the history of New France. He was christened Antoine Laumet but upon arriving in what is now Canada in 1683 at the age of 25, he changed his identity to sieur Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac. An adventurer and, some say, "visionary,"

Was a French politician and general. In 1796, after the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, Baraguey d'H

Was a French politician and general. In 1796, after the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, Baraguey d'Hilliers introduced his aide-de-camp to Napoleon, who was impressed enough to take him onto his personal staff and to entrust him with diplomatic missions. On 22 April 1798, Lavalette was married to Émilie de Beauharnais (1781-1855), niece of Napoléon's wife Joséphine.

Was a French general and diplomat of noble origin and Italian descent. Promoted to Brigadier General

Was a French general and diplomat of noble origin and Italian descent. Promoted to Brigadier General in November 1797, the following July he commanded the French flotilla on the Nile (see French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1798), and then served as Louis Alexandre Berthier's assistant in Syria. He returned to France with Napoleon, assisted him during the 18 Brumaire coup, and became Général de Division in 1800.