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Fabre

[ fah-ber; French fa-bruh ]

noun

  1. Jean Hen·ri [zhah, n, ah, n, -, ree], 1823–1915, French entomologist and popular writer on insect life.


Fabre

/ fabrə /

noun

  1. 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.

They used to walk out alone, with only M. Fabre's big dog to keep them company.

There she had as cavaliere servente M. Fabre, the painter, who had lived with her since the death of Alfieri.

While this was going on M. Fabre retired to a mistress of an inferior order.

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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