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    Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (14 September 1698 – 16 July 1739) was a French chemist and superintendent of the Jardin du Roi. He discovered the...
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    Guillaume Du Fay (/djuːˈfaɪ/ dyoo-FEYE, French: [ɡijom dy fa(j)i]; also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397(?) – 27 November 1474) was a composer and music...
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  • Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1397–1474) was a French composer and music theorist. Dufay or du Fay may also refer to: Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698–1739)...
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  • Godemar I du Fay (died 1350) was a 14th century French noble. Du Fay was the son of Etinne Blanc, Lord of Reveux and Du Fay and Agnes de Varennes. Fay was appointed...
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    Marie-Charles-César de Faÿ, comte de la Tour-Maubourg (11 February 1757, at La Motte-de-Galaure, Drôme – 28 April 1831, in Paris)[citation needed] was...
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  • regions. The Viscounts De La Faye and Du Fai, from whom the later variants stem, originated in Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay in Normandy. The first recorded appearance...
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  • Al-Fayed's son Dodi visited the villa with Diana, Princess of Wales, for half an hour on the day before their deaths in 1997. In July 1997, Al-Fayed announced...
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  • considering him its originator. However, this idea was a revival of that of Charles du Fay, who in 1733 considered that electricity consisted of 'glass electricity'...
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  • DuFay A. Fuller (February 21, 1852 – March 3, 1924) was an American businessman and politician. Fuller was born in Boone County, Illinois. He went to...
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  • electromagnetism. The "two-fluid" theory of electricity, created by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, postulated that electricity was the interaction between...
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