EDMOND DEHOULT DE PRESSENSE
\ˈɛdmənd dˈɛhə͡ʊlt də pɹˈɛsəns], \ˈɛdmənd dˈɛhəʊlt də pɹˈɛsəns], \ˈɛ_d_m_ə_n_d d_ˈɛ_h_əʊ_l_t d_ə p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ə_n_s]\
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An eminent French theologian and historian; born at Paris, Jan. 7, 1824; died there, April 8, 1891. Among his numerous writings are: "The Church and the French Revolution" (1864); "Jesus Christ, his Life and his Work" (1866; 7th ed. 1884), written in opposition to Renan's "Life of Jesus"; "History of the First Three Centuries of the Christian Church" (6 vols., 1858-77); "The Council of the Vatican" (1872); "Origins: The Problem of Cognition, the Cosmologic Problem", etc. (1883); "Moral and Political Miscellanies" (1885); "Alexander Vinet and his Unpublished Correspondence with H. Lutteroth" (1890).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.