Duquesne
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Individuals
- Abraham de Bellebat, marquis du Quesne, governor of Martinique in 1716
- Abraham DuquesneAbraham DuquesneOther topics that could fall under Duquesne can be found at Marquis Duquesne Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Royal Swedish Navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot...
, French admiral - Calleigh DuquesneCalleigh DuquesneDetective Calleigh Duquesne is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Miami, portrayed by Emily Procter.- Background :Calleigh is a ballistics specialist originally from Louisiana. She is fluent in Spanish and has a bachelor's degree in physics from Tulane University...
, a character in the television series CSI: Miami - Fritz Joubert Duquesne, Boer/German spy who allegedly was responsible for the death of Field Marshal Kitchener in 1916
- Duquesne Spy RingDuquesne Spy RingThe Duquesne Spy Ring is the largest espionage case in United States history that ended in convictions. A total of thirty-three members of a German espionage network headed by Frederick "Fritz" Joubert Duquesne were convicted after a lengthy espionage investigation by the Federal Bureau of...
- Duquesne Spy Ring
- Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, governor of New France (Canada)
- Jean Du Quesne, the elder
- Jean Du Quesne the YoungerJean Du Quesne the YoungerJean du Quesne, the younger was the son of Jean Du Quesne, the elder, a particularly well-documented Huguenot refugee from Flanders....
Places
- Duquesne, Arizona, now a ghost townGhost townA ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
- Duquesne, MissouriDuquesne, MissouriDuquesne is a village in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,763 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Duquesne is located at ....
- Duquesne, PennsylvaniaDuquesne, PennsylvaniaDuquesne is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. The population was 5,565 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, named after Marquis Duquesne- Duquesne GardensDuquesne GardensDuquesne Gardens was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA during the first half of the 20th century. It opened 3 years after a fire destroyed the city's prior sports arena, the Schenley Park Casino, in 1896. The arena was the first hockey rink to use glass above the dasher...
- Duquesne HeightsDuquesne Heights (Pittsburgh)Duquesne Heights is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's south city area. It has a zip code of 15211, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 2 ....
- Duquesne InclineDuquesne InclineThe Duquesne Incline is a inclined plane railroad, or funicular, located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington. Designed by Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed in 1877 and is long, in height, and is inclined at a 30 degree angle...
- Duquesne UniversityDuquesne UniversityDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
- Duquesne Law School
- Duquesne DukesDuquesne DukesThe Duquesne Dukes are the athletic teams of Duquesne University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Duquesne has played men's basketball only in NCAA Division I and has played football as a club team from 1891–1894, 1896–1903, 1913–1914, and 1920–1928, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ...
, Duquesne University's athletic teams
- Fort DuquesneFort DuquesneFort Duquesne was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania....
- Duquesne Gardens
Other
- Duquesne (PRR), a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train, later renamed the Keystone by Amtrak
- French ship DuquesneFrench ship DuquesneEight ships of the French Navy have been named in honour of Abraham Duquesne:* Duquesne , a 74-gun ship of the line* Duquesne , a captured Russian 73-gun ship, used as a school ship* Duquesne, a 86-gun ship...
, eight ships and one cruiser class in the French Navy named after Abraham Duquesne - Skylark DuQuesneSkylark DuQuesneSkylark DuQuesne was the final novel in the epic Skylark series by E. E. Smith. Written as Dr. Smith's last novel in 1965 and published shortly before his death, it expands on the characterizations of the earlier novels but with some discrepancies . The most significant point is that Dr...
, a science fiction novel by E. E. "Doc" Smith - DuQuesne Base, a forward operations base of the People's Republic of HavenPeople's Republic of HavenThe Republic of Haven is a fictional star-nation in the Honorverse, the background setting for a series of novels and short stories in the military science fiction genre, written by David Weber and others and published by Baen Books....
in the Honorverse.