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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tournus
Britannica 11thTOURNUS, a town of east-central France, in the department of Saone-et-Loire, on the right bank of the Sa6ne, 20 m. N. by E. of Macon on the Paris-Lyons railway. Pop. (1906), 3787. The church of St Philibert (early nth century) once belonging to the Benedictine ...
Vol. 27, pp. leaf 129-leaf 129
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Britannica 11thTURNEBUS, ADRIANUS [ADRIEN TURNEBE] (1512-1565), French classical scholar, was born at Les Andelys in Normandy. At the age of twelve he was sent to Paris to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities. After having held the post of professor
Vol. 27, pp. 474-474
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