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    Jeanne Villepreux-Power, born Jeanne Villepreux (24 September 1794 – 25 January 1871), was a pioneering French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first...
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    Villepreux (French: [vilpʁø] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France located about 12 km west of Versailles...
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    Pierre Villepreux (born 5 July 1943) is a former French rugby union player and coach. He played at full back and fly half for Toulouse, and won 34 caps...
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    Magny-les-Hameaux Maurepas Montigny-le-Bretonneux Plaisir Trappes La Verrière Villepreux Voisins-le-Bretonneux Of these communes, Montigny-le-Bretonneux is the...
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  • 1980-83 Pierre Villepreux: 1982-89 (coached along with Skrela between 1983 and 1989) Jean-Claude Skrela: 1983-92 (coached along with Villepreux between 1983...
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    pioneering marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power in the early 19th century disproved this hypothesis, as Villepreux-Power successfully reared argonaut...
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    Jeanne Villepreux-Power conducted research on argonauts in Messina, Italy. According to Richard Owen, director of the British Museum, Villepreux-Power...
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    Zaleski (14 February 1802 in Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya – 31 March 1886 in Villepreux, near Paris) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz,...
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    Romans was in fact the beech marten. Pioneering marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power kept two tame beech martens. Although the beech marten is a valuable...
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    part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Nagelmackers died on 10 August 1905 in Villepreux, France, at the age of 60. Banque Nagelmackers "Nagelmackers". Olympedia...
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