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Definition of Francois Jacob
1. Noun. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Francois Jacob
Literary usage of Francois Jacob
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"Guillaume, Jacob, Jeanne (who married Jean Hain), Abijah, or Abigail (who married
Jacques Arden), and Marie, were probably children of Francois. Jacob ..."
2. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary: The Great of All Times and Nations by Francis Hindes Groome, David Patrick (1898)
"Lefort, Francois Jacob (1653-89), born at Geneva of Scottish extraction, served
in the Swiss Guard, at Paris, hut entered the Russian service in 1675, ..."
3. New Biographical Dictionary (1899)
"Le Fort, Francois Jacob (A. 1656, d. 1699), born at Geneva ; entered the Russian
service, and was appointed grand-admiral by Peter the Great (16<J3). ..."
4. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company (1893)
"Le Fort, Francois Jacob (b. 1656, d. bora at Geneva ; entered the Russian service,
and was appointed grand-admiral by Legaré, Hugh Swinton (b. 1797, d. ..."
5. A History of the Jesuits: To which is Prefixed A Reply to Mr. Dallas's by John Poynder, Robert Charles Dallas (1816)
"... ALEXANDRE MAYUS, FRANCOIS " JACOB, and JEAN LEBEL, MEMBERS OF THB SOCIETY,
were " sentenced to perpetual banishment as accomplices in this " crime. ..."
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