Beauvoir
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Beauvoir can refer to any of the following:
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Buildings
- Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi)Beauvoir (Biloxi, Mississippi)Beauvoir is the historic post-war home and Presidential library of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, begun in 1848 at Biloxi, Mississippi. The main house and library were badly damaged, and other outbuildings were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005...
, post-American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
home of Confederate States of America President Jefferson DavisJefferson DavisJefferson Finis Davis , also known as Jeff Davis, was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He was born in Kentucky to Samuel and Jane Davis...
People
- Jean BeauvoirJean BeauvoirJean Beauvoir is an American singer bassist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds's musical director at age 13; following this he sang in the doo wop...
, American musician. - Richard Benyon De BeauvoirRichard Benyon De BeauvoirRichard Benyon De Beauvoir MP was a 19th century British landowner, philanthropist and High Sheriff of Berkshire.-Background:He was born Richard Benyon in Westminster on 28 April 1769, the son of Richard Benyon of Gidea Hall in Essex and his wife, Hannah the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Hulse,...
, British Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
. - Roger de BeauvoirRoger de BeauvoirRoger de Beauvoir was the pen name of French Romantic novelist and playwright Eugène Auguste Roger de Bully . His wit, good-looks and adventurous lifestyle made him well-known in Paris, where he was a friend of Alexandre Dumas, père...
, pen name of French writer, Eugène Auguste Roger de Bully. - Simone de BeauvoirSimone de BeauvoirSimone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
(La Beauvoir), French author, philosopher, and feminist. - Hélène de BeauvoirHélène de BeauvoirHenriette-Hélène de Beauvoir was a French painter. She was the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, and the US. She married Lionel de Roulet....
, French painter and sister of Simone de Beauvoir.
Schools
- Beauvoir School, elementary school at National Cathedral SchoolNational Cathedral SchoolNational Cathedral School is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C...
Settlements
- One of several towns or communes of FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
:- Beauvoir-de-MarcBeauvoir-de-MarcBeauvoir-de-Marc is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Isère department...
- Beauvoir-en-RoyansBeauvoir-en-RoyansBeauvoir-en-Royans is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Isère department*Parc naturel régional du Vercors...
- Beauvoir, Seine-et-MarneBeauvoir, Seine-et-MarneBeauvoir is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* *...
- Beauvoir-WavansBeauvoir-WavansBeauvoir-Wavans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A village located 33 miles southwest of Arras at the junction of the D117 with the D938 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...
- Saint-Hilaire-de-BeauvoirSaint-Hilaire-de-BeauvoirSaint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-References:*...
- Beauvoir-de-Marc
- De Beauvoir (ward)De Beauvoir (ward)De Beauvoir is a ward in the London Borough of Hackney and forms part of the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.The ward returns three councillors to Borough Council, with an election every four years. At the last election on 6 May 2010, Rob Chapman, Gulay Icoz, and Tom Ebbutt, all Labour...
, a ward in the London Borough of HackneyLondon Borough of HackneyThe London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....
. - De Beauvoir TownDe Beauvoir TownDe Beauvoir Town is a district of the London Borough of Hackney that partly falls within the London Borough of Islington. Its borders are Kingsland Road in the east, Southgate Road to the west, the Regent's Canal in the south and Tottenham Road to the north...
, a district in North LondonNorth LondonNorth London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
, England.
Others
- Passerelle Simone-de-BeauvoirPasserelle Simone-de-BeauvoirThe Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir is a bridge solely for pedestrians and cyclists across the Seine River in Paris. It is the 37th bridge on the Seine to Paris. It is located between the bridges of Pont de Bercy and Pont de Tolbiac and links up the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris...
, a pedestrian bridge across the Seine River in Paris, France