Chengalpattu, town, northeastern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It is located along the Palar River, about 35 miles (56 km) south-southwest of the city of Chennai (Madras). Chengalpattu dates from the early Chola dynasty of the 2nd century bce. Its name means “Town of Red Lotuses.” The

Jinan, city and capital, Shandong sheng (province), China. It lies in the northern foothills of the Mount Tai massif, on the high ground just south of the Huang He (Yellow River), which provides the major route along the north side of the Shandong Hills. Pop. (2002 est.) city, 2,345,969; (2007

David Henry Hwang: In 2011 Chinglish appeared on Broadway. It was written in English and Mandarin (with supertitles) and examined the subject of cultural and linguistic misunderstandings.

Chingola, municipality, north-central Zambia. It is situated approximately 5,000 feet (1,520 metres) above sea level in densely wooded country, and it has road and rail connections to the towns of Kitwe, Mufulira, and Chililabombwe. Chingola was founded in 1943 and was declared a municipality in

Sino-Tibetan languages: Tibeto-Burman languages: Lahu, Lisu, Kachin (Jingpo), Kuki-Chin, the obsolete Xixia (Tangut), and other languages. The Tibetan writing system (which dates from the 7th century) and the Burmese (dating from the 11th century) are derived from the Indo-Aryan (Indic) tradition. The Xixia system (developed in the 11th–13th century in northwestern…

Mongolia: The ascendancy of the Manchu: …led by a noble named Chingünjav. He was a coconspirator with an Oirat leader named Amursanaa, who in turn had first submitted to the Manchu and then rebelled against them. This was the last period of general warfare involving the Mongols, and it ended with a considerable redistribution of the…

Jinhae, former city, on Jinhae Bay, South Gyeongsang do (province), southern South Korea, now a district of Changwon city. Its picturesque natural harbor is protected by Geoje Island and Goseong Peninsula. During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) the Japanese navy used it as a base of operation, and

Chinhoyi, town, north-central Zimbabwe. It lies west of the Hunyani River and Falls and is located on highway and rail routes to the national capital, Harare (formerly Salisbury), and to Lusaka, Zambia. Chinhoyi is the centre of a productive agricultural area (tobacco, corn [maize], cattle) and a

Eusebio Kino was a Jesuit missionary, cartographer, rancher, and explorer in Spanish service, founder of numerous missions in the Pimería Alta region, now divided between the Mexican state of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona. Educated in Germany in philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy, he

Jinju, city, South Gyeongsang do (province), southern South Korea. It is situated west of Changwon along the Nam River, a tributary of the Nakdong River. It was the center of local administration beginning in the Three Kingdoms period (c. 57 bce–668 ce), under various names, and from 1896 to 1925

Marie Adelaide Lowndes: …and Barbara Rebell (1905)—she wrote The Chink in the Armour (1912), a psychological study of a murder-plot victim. The Lodger, published the following year, was a fictional treatment of the Jack the Ripper murders. Her numerous works, spanning the first 40 years of the 20th century, include a series featuring…

Isla del Sol: …takes its name from the Temple of the Sun, traditionally the site where Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, the founders of the Inca dynasty, were sent to earth by the sun god. The temple was probably built by Topa Inca Yupanqui (reigned c. 1471–93), who reputedly occupied the best preserved…

chinquapin, any of several species of trees in various genera of the beech family (Fagaceae). Notably, they include several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea and evergreen trees and shrubs of the genus Castanopsis and Chrysolepis. Chinquapins in the chestnut genus Castanea have hairy leaves and

gazelle: Asian gazelles: A sixth Asian gazelle, the Indian gazelle or chinkara (G. bennetti), survives in the deserts of India and Pakistan.

chinkin-bori, (Japanese: “gold-inlay carving”), in Japanese lacquerwork, technique for decorating lacquer ware with patterns delineated by thin lines of gold inlay. After the pattern has been incised into the lacquer surface with a fine chisel, raw lacquer is rubbed into the grooves as an adhesive

Chinmayananda was an Indian spiritual thinker and authority on the Vedanta system of Indian philosophy. Menon was born into an aristocratic family of Kerala state. After obtaining degrees in law and English literature from Lucknow University, he joined the Indian independence movement in 1942,

Chinmayananda was an Indian spiritual thinker and authority on the Vedanta system of Indian philosophy. Menon was born into an aristocratic family of Kerala state. After obtaining degrees in law and English literature from Lucknow University, he joined the Indian independence movement in 1942,

Namp’o, city, South P’yŏngan do (province), southwestern North Korea. It is about 30 miles (50 km) southwest of P’yŏngyang, on the estuary of the Taedong River. Formerly a fishing village, it developed rapidly after it became an open port in 1897. The harbour can accommodate ships of 20,000 tons

Eusebio Kino was a Jesuit missionary, cartographer, rancher, and explorer in Spanish service, founder of numerous missions in the Pimería Alta region, now divided between the Mexican state of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona. Educated in Germany in philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy, he

Jean-Luc Godard: Breathless and filmmaking style and themes: …left-wing thought was implicit in La Chinoise (1967; its title is slang for Parisian Maoists) and was confirmed by Godard’s active participation in the Paris student riots of 1968 and other demonstrations. Weekend, also made in 1967, was a hard-hitting denunciation of modern French society.

chinoiserie, 17th- and 18th-century Western style of interior design, furniture, pottery, textiles, and garden design that represents fanciful European interpretations of Chinese styles. In the first decades of the 17th century, English and Italian and, later, other craftsmen began to draw freely

Chinon, town, Indre-et-Loire département, Centre région, western France, on the banks of the Vienne River, south-southwest of Tours. It is famous for its medieval streets and a ruined château, where the first meeting between St. Joan of Arc and King Charles VII of France took place in 1429. A

France: Philip Augustus: By the Truce of Chinon (September 18, 1214), John recognized the conquests of Philip Augustus and renounced the suzerainty of Brittany, although the complete submission of Poitou and Saintonge was to take another generation.

chinook, warm, dry wind descending the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, primarily in winter. Winds of the same kind occur in other parts of the world and are known generally as foehns

checkers: …the first computer program, named Chinook, to win a world championship from a human at any game. Chinook lost its first championship challenge match in 1990 to the American mathematician Marion Tinsley, with two wins against four losses. In a 1994 rematch their first six games ended in draws, at…

Chinook, North American Indians of the Northwest Coast who spoke Chinookan languages and traditionally lived in what are now Washington and Oregon, from the mouth of the Columbia River to The Dalles. The Chinook were famous as traders, with connections stretching as far as the Great Plains. The

Chinook Jargon, pidgin, presently extinct, formerly used as a trade language in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is thought to have originated among the Northwest Coast Indians, especially the Chinook and the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) peoples. The peoples of the Northwest Coast

agglutination: …In Wishram, a dialect of Chinook (a North American Indian language), the word ačimluda (“He will give it to you”) is composed of the elements a- “future,” -č- “he,” -i- “him,” -m- “thee,” -1- “to,” -ud- “give,” and -a “future.”

chinook salmon, (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) prized North Pacific food and sport fish of the family Salmonidae. It weighs up to 60 kg (130 pounds) and is silvery with round black spots. Spawning runs occur in spring, adults swimming as far as 3,200 km (2,000 miles) up the Yukon. Young chinook salmon

chinquapin, any of several species of trees in various genera of the beech family (Fagaceae). Notably, they include several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea and evergreen trees and shrubs of the genus Castanopsis and Chrysolepis. Chinquapins in the chestnut genus Castanea have hairy leaves and

chinsō, in Japanese art, type of Buddhist portraiture developed especially by the Zen sect about 1200. Chinsō were official pictures of high ecclesiastics, usually posed seated in a chair and dressed in their official robes. These intimate portraits show great technical mastery and meticulous

chinstrap penguin, (Pygoscelis antarctica), species of penguin (order Sphenisciformes) characterized by a cap of black plumage on the top of the head, a white face, and a fine, continuous band of black feathers that extends from one side of the head to the other across each cheek and under the

Hugli: Chinsurah was an important 17th-century settlement of the Dutch, who built a factory (trading station) there in 1656. In 1825 Chinsurah and other Dutch settlements were ceded to the British in exchange for holdings in Sumatra (Indonesia). Important historical buildings include a Muslim imām-baṛah (meeting…

chintz, plainwoven, printed or solid-colour, glazed cotton fabric, frequently a highly glazed printed calico. Originally “chintz” (from the Hindi word meaning “spotted”) was stained or painted calico produced in India. The modern fabric is commonly made in several colours on a light ground and used

immortality: …Zoroaster accepted the notion of Chinvat peretu, or the Bridge of the Requiter, which was to be crossed after death and which was broad for the righteous and narrow for the wicked, who fell from it into hell. In Indian philosophy and religion, the steps upward—or downward—in the series of…

Chewa: Their language, Chewa, is also called Chichewa, Nyanja, or Chinyanja and is important in Malawi.

Jōdo, (Japanese: Way to the Pure Land), devotional sect of Japanese Buddhism stressing faith in the Buddha Amida and heavenly reward. See Pure Land

chinsō, in Japanese art, type of Buddhist portraiture developed especially by the Zen sect about 1200. Chinsō were official pictures of high ecclesiastics, usually posed seated in a chair and dressed in their official robes. These intimate portraits show great technical mastery and meticulous

Chioggia, town, southeastern Veneto regione (region), northern Italy. The town lies at the southern end of the Veneta Lagoon, 15 miles (24 km) south of the city of Venice, of which it is a suffragan diocese. Chioggia occupies several islands and is joined by a bridge to the mainland at the seaside

Carlo Zeno: …victory over the Genoese at Chioggia, near Venice, in 1380 was a turning point in the struggle between the two great maritime republics.

fringe tree, (genus Chionanthus), genus of about 150 species of flowering trees and shrubs in the oleander family (Oleaceae). They get their name from the long, fringy flowers that cover the trees in spring. The flowers hang in clusters of about the same length as the simple oval leaves and have

fringe tree: The Chinese fringe tree (C. retusus) seldom reaches more than 6 metres (20 feet).

fringe tree: The white fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus) from southeastern North America, reaches about 10 metres (33 feet) in height. The Chinese fringe tree (C. retusus) seldom reaches more than 6 metres (20 feet).

scurfy scale, (Chionaspis furfura), a species of insect in the armoured scale family, Diaspididae (order Homoptera), that is found on shaded trees, giving the bark a scurfy appearance. This insect has gray, pear-shaped females (about 3 mm [0.1 inch] long) and smaller, white males with three

Eumolpus: …of the god Poseidon and Chione (Snow Girl), daughter of the north wind, Boreas; after various adventures he became king in Thrace but was killed while helping the Eleusinians in their war against Erectheus of Athens.

sheathbill, (family Chionididae), either of two species of white stout-billed Antarctic shorebirds making up genus Chionis (order Charadriiformes), the only bird family confined to south polar regions. It is named for the rough, horny sheath around the base of its bill shielding its nostrils. The

sheathbill: The pure-white snowy sheathbill (C. alba), 40 cm (16 inches) long, has a yellow bill. The lesser sheathbill (C. minor) is black-billed and is about 38 cm (15 inches) long.

sheathbill: The lesser sheathbill (C. minor) is black-billed and is about 38 cm (15 inches) long.

ancient Iran: Conflicts with Rome: …a new enemy, the nomadic Chionites, on his eastern frontier. After a long campaign against them (353–358), he returned to Mesopotamia and, with the help of Chionite auxiliaries, captured the city of Amida (modern Diyarbakır, Turkey) on the upper Tigris, an episode vividly narrated by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus…

Chios, island and dímos (municipality), situated 5 miles (8 km) off the western coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea, North Aegean (Modern Greek: Vóreio Aigaío) periféreia (region), eastern Greece. Of volcanic and limestone origins, it is about 30 miles (50 km) long north-south and from 8 to 15 miles

The naval defeat of Philip V of Macedon at the Battle of Chios in 201 bce was the last large-scale naval battle between fleets sent out by independent Greek states. At the time, it was thought that it had secured independence for the smaller states, but in fact it only opened the way for Roman

Giovanni Croce was a composer who, with Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, was one of the leading Venetian composers of his day. Croce was a priest by 1585. About 1593 he became assistant choirmaster at St. Mark’s, and in 1603 choirmaster. His madrigals and canzonets (published in seven books,

integrated circuit (IC), an assembly of electronic components, fabricated as a single unit, in which miniaturized active devices (e.g., transistors and diodes) and passive devices (e.g., capacitors and resistors) and their interconnections are built up on a thin substrate of semiconductor material

African dance: Rhythm: Neighbouring Chip men perform a light run, playing flutes of four different pitches that combine to form a rhythmic melody. At the end of each phrase the dancers turn toward the centre of their circle to perform a climax of light hopping movements as they play.…

computer chip, integrated circuit or small wafer of semiconductor material embedded with integrated circuitry. Chips comprise the processing and memory units of the modern digital computer (see microprocessor; RAM). Chip making is extremely precise and is usually done in a “clean room,” since even

hand tool: Plane: Now called the double iron, it is a feature of all but the smallest of modern planes.

integrated circuit (IC), an assembly of electronic components, fabricated as a single unit, in which miniaturized active devices (e.g., transistors and diodes) and passive devices (e.g., capacitors and resistors) and their interconnections are built up on a thin substrate of semiconductor material

golf: Procedure: …or he may play a chip shot, in which the ball flies partway through the air, as to the edge of the close-clipped surface of the green, and then rolls the remaining distance.

African American literature: Playwrights and editors: … such as Willis Richardson, whose The Chip Woman’s Fortune (produced 1923) was the first nonmusical play by an African American to be produced on Broadway. African American editors such as Charles S. Johnson, whose monthly Opportunity was launched in 1923 under the auspices of the National Urban League, and the…

B.M. Bower: …she published her first novel, Chip, of the Flying U, about the lives of cowboy Chip Bennett and his group of hands at the Flying U ranch. She revisited the characters in several sequels, including The Happy Family (1910) and Flying U Ranch (1914). These novels achieved significant popularity in…

Hannah More was an English religious writer, best known as a writer of popular tracts and as an educator of the poor. As a young woman with literary aspirations, More made the first of her visits to London in 1773–74. She was welcomed into a circle of Bluestocking wits and was befriended by Sir

Chipata, town, southeastern Zambia, near the Malawi frontier. It is an upland town, approximately 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) above sea level. Tobacco is the major local cash crop. Peanuts (groundnuts) are processed into oil products, and cotton, corn (maize), and wheat are also grown. Formerly an

South American Indian languages: To date only Uru-Chipaya, a language in Bolivia, is surely relatable to a Macro-Mayan phylum of North America and Mesoamerica. Hypotheses about the probable centre of dispersion of language groups within South America have been advanced for stocks like Arawakan and Tupian, based on the principle (considered questionable…

chipboard, cheap cardboard or paperboard used as backing for photographs or in making cartons and boxes where strength and appearance are not essential. Chipboard is made of mixed, unbleached paper stock in thicknesses of 0.006 inch (0.15 mm) and up. One or both surfaces may be coated with manila

construction: Timber frames: …with panels of plywood or particleboard to provide a surface to attach the exterior cladding and for lateral stability against wind. Plywood and particleboard are fabricated in panels of standard sizes. Plywood is made of thin layers of wood, rotary-cut from logs and glued together with the wood grain running…

Indigenous North American languages: Writing and texts: …used for Cree and Ojibwa), Chipewayan syllabary (based on the Cree syllabary), the Eskimo syllabary of the central and eastern Canadian Arctic (also based on the Cree syllabary), and the Fox syllabary (also called the Great Lakes syllabary), used by Potawatomi, Fox, Sauk, Kickapoo, and some Ojibwa

Chipewyan, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indians of northern Canada. They originally inhabited a large triangular area with a base along the 1,000-mile-long (1,600 km) Churchill River and an apex some 700 miles (1,100 km) to the north; the land comprises boreal forests divided by stretches of

Korea: The establishment of a Confucian state: …a royal academy called the Hall of Worthies (Jiphyeonjeon) was established, where bright young scholars engaged in study and research. In 1443 the Korean phonetic alphabet, Hangul (Korean: “Great Script”), was completed under Sejong’s direction.

Chipko movement, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh) in 1973

Chipko movement, nonviolent social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women, in India in the 1970s, aimed at protecting trees and forests slated for government-backed logging. The movement originated in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh) in 1973

forging, in metallurgy, process of shaping metal and increasing its strength by hammering or pressing. In most forging an upper die is forced against a heated workpiece positioned on a stationary lower die. If the upper die or hammer is dropped, the process is known as drop forging. To increase the

India: The first partition of Bengal: …emulate the so-called “Indian Jesuits”—Vishnu Krishna Chiplunkar (1850–82), Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856–95), Tilak, and Gokhale—who were pioneers in the founding of indigenous educational institutions in the Deccan in the 1880s. The movement for national education spread throughout Bengal, as well as to Varanasi (Banaras), where Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya…

John Chipman was an American physical chemist and metallurgist who was instrumental in applying the principles of physical chemistry to constituents in liquid metals and to the chemical reactions between slag and liquid iron that are important in the production of pig iron and steel. Chipman was

chipmunk, (genus Tamias), any of 25 species of small, striped, terrestrial squirrels with large internal cheek pouches used for transporting food. They have prominent eyes and ears, a furry tail, and delicate claws. All are active only during the day, and all but one are North American, occurring

chipotle, jalapeño chili pepper that is dried through smoking. It is a common ingredient in the popular Mexican sauce called mole. When jalapeños meet vast quantities of charcoal and smoke, they take on a new life and a new name: chipotles, shrivelled nuggets of heat and flavour that can transform

Chippendale, various styles of furniture fashionable in the third quarter of the 18th century and named after the English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale. The first style of furniture in England named after a cabinetmaker rather than a monarch, it became the most famous name in the history of

Thomas Chippendale was one of the leading cabinetmakers of 18th-century England and one of the most perplexing figures in the history of furniture. His name is synonymous with the Anglicized Rococo style. Nothing is known of Chippendale’s early life until his marriage to Catherine Redshaw in London

Thomas Chippendale, II was the son of the cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, who succeeded his father as head of the family workshop. Until the retirement of Thomas Haig in 1796, the firm traded under the title Chippendale and Haig. Though the business was declared bankrupt in 1804, the younger

Chippenham, town (parish), administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is located on the River Avon (Lower, or Bristol, Avon) in the northwestern part of the county. Chippenham was the site of a royal residence during the Middle Ages and appears in Domesday Book (1086)

David Chipperfield is a British architect who is especially known for quietly incorporating modern, minimal designs with historic buildings. He was praised for his reconstruction of the Neues Museum (2010) in Berlin, and the Procuratie Vecchie (2022; Old Procuracies), the 16th-century building on

David Chipperfield is a British architect who is especially known for quietly incorporating modern, minimal designs with historic buildings. He was praised for his reconstruction of the Neues Museum (2010) in Berlin, and the Procuratie Vecchie (2022; Old Procuracies), the 16th-century building on

Ojibwe, Algonquian-speaking Indigenous North American group who traditionally lived in what are now Ontario and Manitoba, Canada, and Minnesota and North Dakota, United States, from Lake Huron westward onto the Plains. Their name for themselves, Anishinaabe, means “original people.” In Canada those

Battle of Chippewa, (July 5, 1814), in the War of 1812, victory by U.S. forces that restored American military prestige but accomplished little else, largely because the expected naval support needed for a U.S. advance to the north and west failed to materialize. At the beginning of July 1814, an

pneumatic device: Major types of pneumatic devices: Portable tools also include chipping hammers and air hoists. Pneumatic chipping hammers contain an air-operated piston that delivers successive blows to a chisel or forming tool at the end of the hammer. The valve type of tool has a separate mechanism to control the airflow to the piston, thus…

West Oxfordshire: …the manufacture of tweeds at Chipping Norton in the northwest, gloves at Charlbury and Woodstock in the centre, and blankets (since 1669) at Witney in the south. Chipping Norton, a prosperous wool town as early as the 13th century, has fine examples of 16th- and 17th-century stonemasons’ skills. Winston Churchill…

sparrow: …in North America are the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) and the tree sparrow (S. arborea), trim-looking little birds with reddish-brown caps; the savanna sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) and the vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus), finely streaked birds of grassy fields; the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) and the

Mr. Chips, fictional character, a gentle and kindly English schoolteacher in the novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) by James Hilton. He is known as Mr. Chipping in the novel; the nickname Mr. Chips is bestowed by his students. (The character is identified as Arthur Chipping in a 1969 film

french fries, side dish or snack typically made from deep-fried potatoes that have been cut into various shapes, especially thin strips. Fries are often salted and served with other items, including ketchup, mayonnaise, or vinegar. In addition, they can be topped with more substantial fare, such as

Mr. Chips, fictional character, a gentle and kindly English schoolteacher in the novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) by James Hilton. He is known as Mr. Chipping in the novel; the nickname Mr. Chips is bestowed by his students. (The character is identified as Arthur Chipping in a 1969 film

Deep Blue: As the successor to Chiptest and Deep Thought, earlier purpose-built chess computers, Deep Blue was designed to succeed where all others had failed. In 1996 it made history by defeating Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov in one of their six games—the first time a computer had won a game against…

Chiquimula, town, southeastern Guatemala. It lies along the San José River in the central highlands, 1,378 feet (424 metres) above sea level. Founded during the colonial era, it has sustained much earthquake damage, particularly in 1765 and 1773. Ruins of its colonial church remain. Chiquimula is

Chiquimula, town, southeastern Guatemala. It lies along the San José River in the central highlands, 1,378 feet (424 metres) above sea level. Founded during the colonial era, it has sustained much earthquake damage, particularly in 1765 and 1773. Ruins of its colonial church remain. Chiquimula is

Xinkan languages: …four languages from southeastern Guatemala: Chiquimulilla Xinka, Guazacapán Xinka, Jumaytepeque Xinka, and Yupiltepeque Xinka. Extinct and poorly attested Jutiapa Xinka may have been a dialect of Yupiltepeque Xinka or possibly an additional distinct language. Chiquimulilla Xinka and Yupiltepeque Xinka are extinct. The last speaker of Chiquimulilla Xinka died in the…

African literature: Portuguese: His Chiquinho (1947) was a Portuguese-language novel, and it fell into precisely the same pattern as works composed elsewhere in Africa, such as Pita Nwana’s Igbo-language Omenuko (1935), Samuel Yosia Ntara’s Nyanja novel Nthondo (1933), and Stephen Andrea Mpashi’s Bemba story Cekesoni Aingila Ubusoja (1950); in…

Chiquita, corporation that traces its origins to the United Fruit Company, which was founded in 1899 to produce bananas. Chiquita has many subsidiaries around the world that market and distribute fruits, vegetables, and other produce. The Boston Fruit Company and other companies that were producing

Lake Mar Chiquita, saline lake at the southern edge of the Gran Chaco in northeastern Córdoba provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It is about 45 miles (70 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide with an area of almost 775 square miles (2,000 square km). Lake Mar Chiquita is fed by the rivers

Himalayas: Plant life: Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) is the dominant species at elevations from 2,700 to 5,400 feet (800 to 1,600 meters). In the inner valleys that species may occur even up to 6,300 feet (1,900 meters). Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara), a highly valued endemic species, grows mainly…

Taxila: Archaeology: The Dharmarajika stupa, popularly known as Chir Tope, is a circular structure with a raised terrace around its base. A circle of small chapels surround the great stupa. Three distinctive types of masonry in the buildings around the main stupa suggest the contributions of different periods…

Jacques Chirac was a French politician, who served as the country’s president (1995–2007) and prime minister (1974–76, 1986–88). Chirac, the son of a bank employee, graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris in 1954, served as an officer in the French army in Algeria (1956–57), and

Jacques Chirac was a French politician, who served as the country’s president (1995–2007) and prime minister (1974–76, 1986–88). Chirac, the son of a bank employee, graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris in 1954, served as an officer in the French army in Algeria (1956–57), and