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Fabre
[ fah-ber; French fa-bruh ]
noun
- Jean Hen·ri [zhah, n, ah, n, -, ree], 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.
Fabre
/ fabrə /
noun
- FabreJeanHenri18231915MFrenchSCIENCE: entomologist Jean Henri (ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃ri). 1823–1915, French entomologist; author of many works on insect life, remarkable for their vivid and minute observation, esp Souvenirs Entomologiques (1879–1907). Nobel prize for literature 1910
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In the course of his wonderful memoirs Fabre has formulated it ten times and with always fresh ingenuity.
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They used to walk out alone, with only M. Fabre's big dog to keep them company.
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There she had as cavaliere servente M. Fabre, the painter, who had lived with her since the death of Alfieri.
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While this was going on M. Fabre retired to a mistress of an inferior order.
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It tried to make Fabre, a born lover of nature, desert her; it forced him to teach mathematics for decades instead.
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