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  • Every one of the provinces have their particular Commanderies; and the most ancient of these Commandeurs is called the Commandeur

    Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

  • She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

    Annie Leibovitz 2009

  • Ivan Matveitch, however, rarely talked of that time; but two or three times a year, addressing himself to the crooked old emigrant whom he had taken into his house, and called for some unknown reason ‘M. le Commandeur,’ he recited in his deliberate, nasal voice, the impromptu he had once delivered at a soiree of the Duchesse de Polignac.

    The Jew and other stories 2006

  • ‘In former years, however, M. le Commandeur,’ ... the doctor ventured to observe.

    The Jew and other stories 2006

  • Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, 1996

    Jean-Marie Lehn - Curriculum Vitae 1987

  • Commandeur de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (I957);

    Louis Néel - Biography 1972

  • In the order of the Légion d'Honneur, he was appointed Chevalier (1912), Officier (1920) and Commandeur

    Victor Grignard - Biography 1966

  • Moissan, a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur, was elected member of the Académie de Médecine (1888),

    Henri Moissan - Biography 1966

  • Catolica (Spain): he was appointed Grand Officier de la Couronne d'Italie, and Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (France).

    Egas Moniz - Biography 1964

  • He is a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur and holds Honorary Doctorates of over twenty British and foreign universities.

    Sir Robert Robinson - Biography 1964

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