Famous People with Name Theophile

Theophile Moreux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Theophile Moreux: was a French astronomer and meteorologist. He initiated the Bourges Observatory at the seminary St Célestin at Bourges, where he was a professor of science and mathematics. He observed surface features of the Moon and Mars. He published star maps and investigated the possibility of life on other planets and moons. He was critical of Percival Lowell's theory of intelligent life on Mars. During 1922 he published a review of astronomical theories and techniques (La Revue Du Ciel).

Théophile Raynaud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Théophile Raynaud: was a French Jesuit theologian and writer. He entered the Society of Jesus, 21 November 1602, taught grammar and humanities at Avignon, philosophy and theology at Lyon and for a time at Rome.

Théophile Barrau            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Théophile Barrau: was a French sculptor. Barrau was born in Carcassonne. He was a student of Alexandre Falguière and started at the Salon in 1874. He received awards in 1879, 1880, 1889, and became a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1892. He died in Paris.

Théophile Édouard Laforge            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Théophile Édouard Laforge: was a French violist and first professor of viola at the Conservatoire de Paris. Laforge studied violin at the Conservatoire de Paris with Eugène Sauzay and was awarded first prize in 1886. From 1883, he was a violinist at the Opéra de Paris and in 1887 became principal violist. Furthermore, from 1887 he was viola soloist with the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, now the Orchestre de Paris.