VICTORIEN SARDOU
\vɪktˈɔːɹi͡ən sˈɑːduː], \vɪktˈɔːɹiən sˈɑːduː], \v_ɪ_k_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_n s_ˈɑː_d_uː]\
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A celebrated French dramatist; born in Paris, Sept. 7, 1831. He began play-writing in early life, although intended originally for the medical profession. Among his plays are: "The Students' Inn" (1854); "Monsieur Garat" (1857?); "Saint Gervais" (1860); "Blockheads" (1861); "Piccolino" (1861?); "Our Intimates" (186-); "The Butterfly" (1862); "The Black Devils" (1863); "Don Quixote" (1864); "The Benoiton Family" (1865); "The New House" (1866); "Seraphine" (1868); "Fernande" (1870); "Rabagas" (1872); "Uncle Sam" (1873); "Ferreol" (1875); "Dora" (1877); "Daniel Rochat" (1880); "Divorcons" (1881); "Odette" (1882); "Fedora" (1883); "Theodora" (1884); "Crocodile" (1886); "La Tosca" (1887); "Thermidor" (1891); "Gismonda" (1894); "Madame Sans-Gene"; etc. He was elected to the Academy in 1877 and died Nov. 8, 1908.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Pyramidal Cells
- Projection neurons in cerebral cortex hippocampus. Pyramidal cells a pyramid-shaped soma with apex apical dendrite pointed toward pial surface and other dendrites an axon emerging from base. The axons may have local collaterals but also project outside their cortical region.