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Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828), German physician and founder of Phrenology, c1820. The theory that different mental powers are governed by particular regions of the brain which can be recognised by
Nelson accepting surrender of Spanish admirals sword on board the San Joseph, Cape St Vincent. Engraving
Josephine (1763-1814) Empress of France. Wife of Napoleon I 1798-1809. Lithograph c1830
Louis Pasteur (1822-185) French chemist and founder of modern bacteriology, here holding rabbits used in his work on Hydrophobia (Rabies). Cartoon from Vanity Fair, January 1887
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) French chemist, investigating the existence of oxygen in the air: experiment in which he obtained mercuric oxide
Harold IIs (c1022-1066) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by armoured standard bearer and warrior with axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lance:1066. After a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry
Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-94) French diplomat and entrepreneur. Suez Canal: Panama Canal. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, November 1869, during construction of the Suez Canal
Storming of San Sebastian by British and Portuguese troops under Wellington, 31 August 1813. The siege from 28 June to 31 August was under local command of Thomas Graham (lst Baron Lynedoch 1814)
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) French chemist and physicist. From Sheridan Muspratt Chemistry, William Mackenzie, London c1850. Engraving
Marie CURIE (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist during her tour of the United States in 1921 on the arm of President Harding
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physics, with her daughters Eve and Irene in 1908
St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Discussion. Monks pray in the background. St Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is regarded as one of the great fathers of the early Christian church
Jean Victor Moreau (1761-1813) French Revolutionary soldier. Rejected dictatorship but supported Napoleons coup d etat. Having been exiled
Francois Rabelais (1495-1553) French satirist. Obtained medical degree at Montpellier
Charles Martel (c688-741) The Hammer. Frankish king, grandfather of Charlemagne and founder of the Carolingian dynasty. Defeated Moors at battle of Tours, near Poitiers 732
Albert, Comte De Dion (1855-1946) French engineer. With Bouton developed lightweight engine applied to motorcycles.Vanity Fair cartoon, London, October 1899, showing De Dion on motorcycle
Robert Nivelle (1857-1924) French general. Commander-in-Chief December 1916 to May 1917. Superceded by Petain
Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun introduced by French during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-18 71. 37 barrels, operated by 5 men could deliver 482 rounds per minute. From The Graphic, London, 1870
Descartes illustration of how distance of object is perceived with binocular vision. From Rene Descartes Opera Philosophica, 1692 (Tractatus de homine) Woodcut
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) French chemist, physicist and balloonist
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist in 1931
Joachim Murat (1767-1815) French soldier, King of Naples from 1808. Hand-coloured engraving
The Siege of Carcasonne an episode in the Albigensian Crusade (1208-1213) led by Simon de Montfort and northern French barons against an heretical Christian sect, the Albigenses
August (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948) Lumiere French chemists and pioneers of cinematography. Obverse of medal commemorating 50 years of cinematography (1895-1945)
Jean Henri Dunant (1828-1910) Swiss philanthropist, 1902. Dunant inspired the foundation of International Red Cross after battle of Solferino (1859)
Descartes explanation of vision, showing light rays being passed through the eye, being focused by lens (I) and forming images T, S, R on retina
Marie CURIE (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist and Nobel laureate during her tour of the United States in 1921 in discussion with two fellow scientists at Pittsburgh
Encampment of central European gipsies also known as Egyptians. After engraving of 1604 by Jacques Callot. Deer being butchered, birds being plucked
St Anne holding her daughter the Virgin Mary, St Catherine of Alexandria (d307) and St Margaret standing on Devil who visited her in prison. Marble. French school, 15th century
Storming of the Bastille by Parisians led by the Grenadier Guards 14 July 1789. Engraving 1804
Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. Award Nobel prize for physics jointly with her husband, Pierre, and Henri Becquerel for work on radioactivity (1903)
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769-1851) French soldier, created Marshal of France by Napoleon 1804: French commander in Spain and Portugal. Engraving
The Curie family. Left to right standing, Jacques, Pierre (1859-1908) French chemist, Seated, Mme Curie and Dr Eugene Curie
Band of Crusaders armed and mounted. Detail from 15th century Statues of Order of Saint Esprit. Chromolithograph
Munchausen, having tethered his horse to pole in snowstorm, in morning finds snow gone and horse on church spire. Ever resourceful, he severs tether with a shot, mounts and continues his journey
Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) French entomologist in his study at Serignan studying insects
Andre Massena (1758-1817) French soldier. One of Napoleons marshals. Hand-coloured engraving
The Capture of Acre by the Crusaders (1191ja) during the First Crusade. From Speculum Majus by Vincent de Beauvais (c1190-1264) French Dominican monk and encyclopaedist.. 15th century manuscript
Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist. From a picture published 1910
Henry III (1551-1589) King of France from 1584. Assassinated by friar Jacques Clement for his opposition to the Catholic League. Woodcut 1589-1590
Girolamo Frascatoro (Hieronymus Fracastorius) c1478-1553. Italian physician, poet and astronomer. Germ theory of disease. Best remembered for work in rhyme describing Syphilis Syphilis sive morbus
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) French physicist and chemist. From the obverse of a commemorative medal. Colour
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Infantry at the Charge, 1870. From The Graphic. (London, 3 September 1870). Wood engraving. France. Germany
Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artists impression of Claude Chappes (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, telegraph system in use
World War I. Wounded French soldier saying that civilians are also supporting the war effort by making their individual contributions. Contemporary poster
Albert Camus (1930-1960) French writer born in Algeria, in 1948. Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, 1957. Photograph by Daniel Walland. COPYRIGHT TO BE CLEARED
Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) English actress. Cartoon of Thorndike in first production of GB Shaws Saint Joan. From Punch, London, 24 April 1924
Blaise Pascal (1623-62) French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian. Stipple engraving 1821
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