The Talgai skull is a fossil humancranium found in 1884 in the Darling Downs squatting district near Talgai, South Queensland, Australia. The fossil attracted no attention until the Sydney meeting of the British Association in 1914. A report presented by Dr S A Smith of Sydney to the Royal Society in 1918 showed the skull to belong to a male of about sixteen years old who was contemporary with Pleistocene marsupials now extinct. The skull's brain capacity was larger than that of modern Australian aborigines, and the enormous palate, while resembling that of the anthropoids more closely than any human jaw yet discovered, most closely resembled the palate of the recently extinct Tasmanians. In 1920 Dubois reported that two skulls found by him in Java in 1890, more primitive than the Australoid, supported the Queensland evidence that early man migrated from Asia into the Australian region in the distant past. Research Talgai Skull
Claudine Alexandrine Guerin de Tencin was a French novelist. She was born in 1681 at Grenoble and died in 1749. A failed Nun, she was released from her vows and in 1714 went to Paris where she established a Saloon and had numerous lovers (as was typical of the time in both England and France), including Richelieu and cardinalGuillaume Dubois. Research Claudine de Tencin
Clement Francois Theodore Dubois was a French musical composer. He was born at Rosnay, Marne in 1837. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas and Benott. His cantata Atala gained for him the Grand Priz de Rome in 1861. He visited Rome, and on his return to Paris he became choirmaster of St. Clotilde, and later organist at the MadeleineChurch; was appointed professor of harmony at the conservatoire in 1871, and professor of composition in 1891; and in 1896 he succeeded Ambroise Thomas as director. His compositions, although not of the first rank, nevertheless stamp him as a musician of talent. In addition to his sacred and orchestral works, he composed the oratorios Les Sept Paroles du Christ in 1867, and Le Paradis Perdu, which gained the musical prize at Paris in 1878; the comic opera La Guzla de L'Emir in 1873, the ballet Farandole in 1883, the lyrical drama Aben-Hamed in 1884, and the dramatic idyll Xaviere in 1885. Research Clement Dubois
Emil DuBois-Reymond was a German physiologist, and an especial authority on animal electricity. He was born in 1818 at Berlin 1818 and died in 1896. He studied theology, geology, and latterly anatomy and physiology, and became professor of physiology in the University of Berlin in 1858. His principal publication is Researches in Animal Electricity. Research Emil DuBois-Reymond
Guillaume Dubois French cardinal. He was born in 1656 at Brives-la-Gaillarde and died in 1723.The son of an apothecary, when he was only thirteen he took the tonsure, being known as the 'Little Abbe.' In 1687 he became tutor to the Duke of Chartres, afterwards Duke of Orleans and regent,, and in 1701 Chartres, then Duke of Orleans, made him his secretary, and when he became regent of France in 1715 made him his chief minister. Dubois maintained his influence by pandering to the vices of his pupil. He became privy-councillor and overseer of the duke's household, and minister for foreign affairs under the regency.
As the best means of thwarting the schemes of Philip V of Spain and his supporters in France in 1716, Guillaume Dubois, on November the 28th, signed a defensive alliance between France and England. Accepted by Holland on January the 4th 1717, this was known as the Triple Alliance. Guillaume Dubois then supported England in opposing the Spanish attempt to conquer Sardinia and Sicily, and in demanding the dismissal of Giclio Alberoni, which he effected, after a short war with Spain, in December 1720.
The archbishopric of Cambrai having become vacant, Guillaume Dubois ventured to request it of the regent, although he was not even a priest. The regent was astonished at his boldness; but he obtained the post, having in one morning received all the clerical orders, and, a few days after, the archbishopric. By his consummate address he obtained a cardinal's hat, and in 1721 was appointed prime-minister.
Guillaume Dubois was an avaricious, lying, licentious creature, yet clever and industrious, and able to make himself very agreeable where it suited his interest. Research Guillaume Dubois
Paul Dubois was a French sculptor. He was born in 1829 and died after 1905. He first studied law, but in 1856-58 gave himself up to sculpture under Toussaint at Paris, and then went to Italy, where the sculptors of the early Renaissance, Donatello, Luca Delia Robbia, etc, had a decided influence upon him. Among his works are a St. John, a Narcissus, a Madonna and Child, Eve Awakening to Life, a figure of Song for the opera-honse at Paris, and numerous busts; but his greatest work is the monument of General Lamoriciere in the Cathedral of Nantes, with figures of Military Courage, Charity, Faith, and Meditation, which rank among the best products of French plastic art. He is also distinguished as a painter of portraits. Research Paul Dubois
The Hurel-Dubois HD 31 was a French twin-engined cargo and passenger plane of the 1950's, first flown in 1953. The Hurel-Dubois HD 31 was a high-wing braced monoplane of metal construction powered by two Wright Cyclone C7BA1 or SNECMA 14X radial air cooled engines providing a top speed of 270 kmh and a range of 2000 km depending upon payload. The Hurel-Dubois HD 31 carried a crew of three and up to 3450 kg of freight or 36 passengers in nine rows of four seats with a central aisle. Research Hurel-Dubois HD 31
The Hurel-Dubois HD 32 was a French twin-engined cargo and passenger plane of the 1950's, developed from the Hurel-Dubois HD 31. The Hurel-Dubois HD 32 was a high-wing braced monoplane of metal construction powered by two Pratt And Whitney R-1830-92 Twin-Wasp engines providing a top speed of 315 kmh and a range of 2000 km depending upon payload. The Hurel-Dubois HD 32 carried a crew of three and up to 5770 kg of freight or 44 passengers. Research Hurel-Dubois HD 32
The Hurel-Dubois HD 321 is a French twin-engined cargo-carrying monoplane first flown in 1957. The Hurel-Dubois HD 321 is a high-wing braced monoplane of metal construction powered by two Wright 982 C9 HE1 nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engines providing a cruising speed of 275 kmh and a range of 2200 km. The Hurel-Dubois HD 321 can carry a crew of three and a cargo of freight or passengers. Research Hurel-Dubois HD 321
The Hurel-Dubois HD 34 is a French photographic aircraft developed from the Hurel-Dubois HD 321 for use by the Institut Geographique National. Modifications include an extension to the front fuselage to accommodate a photographer/navigator in the extreme nose and the fitting of two vertical cameras and two oblique cameras. The Hurel-Dubois HD 34 carries a crew of five, including tow camera operators and increased fuel to allow an endurance of fourteen hours flying time. Research Hurel-Dubois HD 34
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