Besançon
Americannoun
noun
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Florent Montaclair, from Besançon in eastern France, was decorated with the Gold Medal of Philology in 2016 at a ceremony held at the National Assembly in Paris, attended by ministers and Nobel laureates.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
An assistant professor in data visualization at Linköping University in Sweden, Besançon began investigating COVID-related research after noticing hundreds of papers were published as peer reviewed only a day after being submitted.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
The two young men — students at the local university — were leaders of the far-right student group Cocarde Étudiante, said the Besançon prosecutor Étienne Manteaux.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
At 14, Mr. Mesnier began a three-year pastry apprenticeship in Besançon, earning the equivalent of $1 a month.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2022
However, M. Besançon, not discouraged, constructed the Aérophile II. of 6300 cubic feet, and improved the instruments as experience suggested.
From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence
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