- Joshua, Anthony (British boxer)
Wladimir Klitschko: âŠknockout at the hands of Anthony Joshua of England. Later that year he retired from boxing with a record of 64 wins and 5 losses.
- Joshua, Book of (Old Testament)
Book of Joshua, the sixth book of the Bible, which, along with Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings, belongs to a tradition of Jewish history and law, called Deuteronomic, that was first committed to writing about 550 bce, during the Babylonian Exile. The book, named after its
- Josiah (king of Judah)
Josiah was the king of Judah (c. 640â609 bce), who set in motion a reformation that bears his name and that left an indelible mark on Israelâs religious traditions (2 Kings 22â23:30). Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, king of Judah, and ascended the throne at age eight after the assassination of
- Josiah Allenâs Wife (American humorist)
Marietta Holley was an American humorist who popularized womenâs rights and temperance doctrines under the pen names Josiah Allenâs Wife and Samantha Allen. Holley began her literary career writing for newspapers and womenâs magazines. In 1873 she published her first book, My Opinions and Betsy
- Josias (king of Judah)
Josiah was the king of Judah (c. 640â609 bce), who set in motion a reformation that bears his name and that left an indelible mark on Israelâs religious traditions (2 Kings 22â23:30). Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh, king of Judah, and ascended the throne at age eight after the assassination of
- Josias, Friedrich (prince of Saxe-Coburg)
Battle of Fleurus: âŠ52,000 Austrians and Dutch, under Friedrich Josias, prince of Saxe-Coburg, and William V, prince of Orange, stadholder of Holland. Jourdan had taken Charleroi, in the rear of Coburgâs main forces, on June 25, after besieging it since June 12. Coburg, unaware that the town had fallen, was marching to relieveâŠ
- JĂłsika, MiklĂłs (Hungarian author)
Hungarian literature: Romanticism: MiklĂłs JĂłsika, a disciple of Sir Walter Scott, was the first successful novelist. His first and best work, the historical novel Abafi (1836), marked a turning point for the genre. JĂłzsef Eötvös, who after the 1848 revolution became a political theorist, produced two of theâŠ
- JosipoviÄ, Ivo (president of Croatia)
Croatia: Independent Croatia: In January 2010 Ivo JosipoviÄ, a member of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Croatia (Socijaldemokratska partija Hrvatske; SDP), was elected president. Despite his political differences with the ruling HDZ, he promised to support Prime Minister Kosorâs goals of expediting EU membership talks and fighting corruption. Nevertheless, theâŠ
- Josipovici, Gabriel (British author)
Gabriel Josipovici is a French-born British novelist, literary theorist, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by its experimental form and its attention to language. From 1945 Josipovici was reared in Egypt. He was educated at Victoria College, Cairo, and attended
- Josipovici, Gabriel David (British author)
Gabriel Josipovici is a French-born British novelist, literary theorist, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work is characterized by its experimental form and its attention to language. From 1945 Josipovici was reared in Egypt. He was educated at Victoria College, Cairo, and attended
- Josippon (Hebrew work)
Hebrew literature: The Palestinian tradition in Europe, 800â1300: âŠBook of the Righteous) and Josippon, a revision of Josephusâ Antiquities filled with legendary incidentsâthis last-named book was popular until modern times and was translated into many languages. Nathan ben Yehiel completed in 1101 at Rome a dictionary of Talmudic Aramaic and Hebrew, the ÊżArukh, which is still used.
- Josius of Tyre (archbishop of Tyre)
Crusades: The Third Crusade: âŠthe arrival there of Archbishop Josius of Tyre, whom the Crusaders had sent with urgent appeals for aid. Pope Urban III soon died, shocked, it was said, by the sad news. His successor, Gregory VIII, issued a Crusade bull and called for fasting and penitence.
- JoĆĄkar-Ola (Russia)
Yoshkar-Ola, city and capital of Mari El republic, western Russia, on the Malaya (little) Kokshaga River. Yoshkar-Ola was founded in 1578, and in 1584 the fortress of Tsaryovokokshaysk was built there by Tsar Boris Godunov. Its remoteness from lines of communication prevented any development. In
- Joslyn Art Museum (museum, Omaha, Nebraska, United States)
Ed Ruscha: âŠEd Ruschaâ (2018) at the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha.
- Joslyn, Matilda (American suffragist)
Matilda Joslyn Gage was an American womenâs rights advocate who helped to lead and publicize the woman suffrage movement in the United States. Matilda Joslyn received an advanced education from her father and completed her formal schooling at the Clinton Liberal Institute in Clinton, New York. In
- Jospin, Lionel (prime minister of France)
Lionel Jospin was a Socialist Party politician who served as prime minister of France (1997â2002) in a cohabitation government with conservative President Jacques Chirac. Born in the Parisian suburb of Meudon, Jospin inherited many of his socialist beliefs from his schoolteacher father. After two
- Josquin des Prez (French-Flemish composer)
Josquin des Prez was one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. Josquinâs early life has been the subject of much scholarly debate, and the first solid evidence of his work comes from a roll of musicians associated with the cathedral in Cambrai in the early 1470s. During the late 1470s
- Josquin Desprez (French-Flemish composer)
Josquin des Prez was one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. Josquinâs early life has been the subject of much scholarly debate, and the first solid evidence of his work comes from a roll of musicians associated with the cathedral in Cambrai in the early 1470s. During the late 1470s
- Jost (king of Germany)
Jobst was a margrave of Moravia and Brandenburg and for 15 weeks the German king (1410â11), who, by his political and military machinations in east-central Europe, played a powerful role in the political life of Germany. A member of the Luxembourg dynasty, Jobst was a nephew of the Holy Roman
- Jost Van Dyke Island (island, British Virgin Islands)
Jost Van Dyke Island, one of the British Virgin Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, separating the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It lies 4 miles (6 km) west of Tortola and adjoins Little Jost Van Dyke Island on the east. According to tradition, it was named after a Dutch pirate who lived on the
- Jost, Colin (American comedian, actor and writer)
Colin Jost is an American comedian, actor, and writer who uses his self-deprecating style to great effect as the longtime cohost (2014â ) of Saturday Night Liveâs âWeekend Update.â Jost, who joined the sketch-comedy show in 2005, has also served as a co-head writer (2012â15 and 2017â22). Jost is
- Jost, Colin Kelly (American comedian, actor and writer)
Colin Jost is an American comedian, actor, and writer who uses his self-deprecating style to great effect as the longtime cohost (2014â ) of Saturday Night Liveâs âWeekend Update.â Jost, who joined the sketch-comedy show in 2005, has also served as a co-head writer (2012â15 and 2017â22). Jost is
- Jostedals Glacier (glacier, Norway)
Jostedals Glacier, ice field, Sogn og Fjordane fylke (county), western Norway. It lies north of the deeply indented Sogne Fjord. The largest ice field in Europe (excluding Iceland), it is oriented northeast-southwest and extends in an irregular pattern for about 45 miles (75 km). The glacierâs
- Jostedalsbreen (glacier, Norway)
Jostedals Glacier, ice field, Sogn og Fjordane fylke (county), western Norway. It lies north of the deeply indented Sogne Fjord. The largest ice field in Europe (excluding Iceland), it is oriented northeast-southwest and extends in an irregular pattern for about 45 miles (75 km). The glacierâs
- Josue (Hebrew leader)
Joshua, the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses, who conquered Canaan and distributed its lands to the 12 tribes. His story is told in the Old Testament Book of Joshua. According to the biblical book named after him, Joshua was the personally appointed successor to Moses
- Josue, Book of (Old Testament)
Book of Joshua, the sixth book of the Bible, which, along with Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings, belongs to a tradition of Jewish history and law, called Deuteronomic, that was first committed to writing about 550 bce, during the Babylonian Exile. The book, named after its
- Josyane and the Welfare (work by Rochefort)
French literature: Feminist writers: Josyane and the Welfare) and Claire Etcherelliâs Ălise; ou, la vraie vie (1967; Elise; or, The Real Life). But an equally significant impact was made by writers looking for ways of transforming masculine language for women-generated versions of feminine subjectivity. The texts of James JoyceâŠ
- jota (Spanish dance and folk song)
jota, courtship dance traditional in northern Spain, particularly Aragon; also a genre of folk song that precedes and accompanies the dance or is sung only. The dancing couple hold their arms high and click castanets as they execute lively, bouncing steps to guitar music and singing. The singing
- Jota aragonesa (overture by Glinka)
Mikhail Glinka: âŠthe capriccio brillante on the Jota aragonesa (1845; âAragonese Jotaâ) and Summer Night in Madrid (1848). Between 1852 and 1854 he was again abroad, mostly in Paris, until the outbreak of the Crimean War drove him home again. He then wrote his highly entertaining Zapiski (Memoirs; first published in St.âŠ
- Jotapata, siege of (Israeli history)
Flavius Josephus: Military career.: âŠto hold the fortress of Jotapata for 47 days, but after the fall of the city he took refuge with 40 diehards in a nearby cave. There, to Josephusâ consternation, the beleaguered party voted to perish rather than surrender. Josephus, arguing the immorality of suicide, proposed that each man, inâŠ
- Jöten (Germanic religion)
Jötun, in Germanic religion, race of giants that lived in Jötunheim under one of the roots of Yggdrasill. They were older than and ruled before the gods (Aesir), to whom they remained hostile. It was believed that Ragnarök, the destruction of this world and the beginning of a new one, would be
- jotter screen (theatrical device)
theatre: The influence of Piscator: âŠwith the innovation of the jotter screen, a small, auxiliary screen onto which facts, figures, titles, dates, and other bits of information can be projected.
- Jötun (Germanic religion)
Jötun, in Germanic religion, race of giants that lived in Jötunheim under one of the roots of Yggdrasill. They were older than and ruled before the gods (Aesir), to whom they remained hostile. It was believed that Ragnarök, the destruction of this world and the beginning of a new one, would be
- Jotunheim Mountains (mountain range, Norway)
Jotunheim Mountains, mountain range, south-central Norway. Extending for 80 miles (130 km) between Gudbrands Valley (east) and the Jostedals Glacier (west), the chain is surrounded by many lakes. The highest range in Scandinavia, its tallest peaks are Glitter Mountain (8,084 feet [2,464 metres])
- Jotunheimen National Park (park, Norway)
GaldhĂž Peak: âŠis a focal point of Jotunheimen National Park (1980) and is a tourist mecca during the summer climbing season.
- Jotvingian (people)
Baltic states: Early Middle Ages: The Jotvingians and Galindians inhabited an area to the south stretching from present-day Poland east into Belarus. The settlements of the ancestors of the Lithuaniansâthe Samogitians and the Aukstaiciaiâcovered most of present-day Lithuania, stretching into Belarus. Five more subdivisions formed the basis for the modern Latvians.âŠ
- Joubert, Barthélemy-Catherine (French general)
Barthélemy-Catherine Joubert was a French general during the Revolutionary era. Joubert, son of an advocate, ran away from school in 1784 to enlist in the artillery but was brought back and sent to study law at Lyon and Dijon. In 1791 he joined the volunteers of the Ain and fought with the French
- Joubert, Christian Johannes (South African official)
Johannesburg: Boomtown: âŠdispatched two men, Vice President Christiaan Johannes Joubert and Deputy Surveyor-General Johann Rissik, to inspect the goldfields and identify a suitable city site. The new city was called Johannesburg, apparently in their honour.
- Joubert, Joseph (French writer)
Joseph Joubert was a French man of letters who wrote on philosophical, moral, and literary topics. Joubert went to Paris in 1778; there he came into contact with Denis Diderot and Louis, marquis de Fontanes, the latter of whom would remain a lifelong friend. Joubert married in 1793 and subsequently
- Joubert, Petrus Jacobus (South African politician)
Petrus Jacobus Joubert was an associate and rival of Paul Kruger who served as commandant general and vice president of the South African Republic (Transvaal). Joubert was the son of an indigent farmer-missionary who trekked his family north to Natal in 1837. When his father died, the family
- Joubert, Piet (South African politician)
Petrus Jacobus Joubert was an associate and rival of Paul Kruger who served as commandant general and vice president of the South African Republic (Transvaal). Joubert was the son of an indigent farmer-missionary who trekked his family north to Natal in 1837. When his father died, the family
- Jouffroy dâAbbans, Claude-François-DorothĂ©e, marquis de (French engineer and inventor)
Claude-François-DorothĂ©e, marquis de Jouffroy dâAbbans was a French engineer and inventor who in 1783 traveled upstream on the SaĂŽne River near Lyon in his Pyroscaphe, the first really successful steamboat. At the age of 20 Jouffroy dâAbbans entered the army, and a year later he became involved in
- Jouhaux, Léon (French labor leader)
Léon Jouhaux was a French Socialist and trade-union leader who was one of the founders of the International Labour Organisation. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1951. A worker in a match factory from the age of 16, Jouhaux soon became one of the leading propagandists of revolutionary
- jouissance (psychology)
Slavoj ĆœiĆŸek: The Sublime Object of Ideology: âŠbut also one that incites jouissance, an excessive and simultaneously painful kind of enjoyment derived from transgressing the superegoâs own prohibitions. According to ĆœiĆŸek, the experience of jouissance is the necessary but hidden complement of institutional authority, operating as what he called the âobscene underside of the law.â The experienceâŠ
- joujou de Normandie (toy)
yo-yo, a toy that falls and rises back to the hand by the unwinding and rewinding of a string attached to an axle that connects two disks of equal size and weight. The disks can be made of plastic, wood, or metal. As a person drops the yo-yo, the string that is wound around the axle releases. When
- joule (unit of energy measurement)
joule, unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI); it is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre. Named in honour of the English physicist James Prescott Joule, it equals 107 ergs, or approximately 0.7377 foot-pounds. In electrical terms, the
- Joule heating (electronics)
Joule heating, in electricity, the conversion of electric energy into heat energy by the resistance in a circuit. The English physicist James Prescott Joule discovered in 1840 that the amount of heat per second that develops in a wire carrying a current is proportional to the electrical resistance
- Jouleâs equivalent (physics)
James Prescott Joule: âŠunit of heat, called the mechanical equivalent of heat. He used four increasingly accurate methods of determining this value. By using different materials, he also established that heat was a form of energy regardless of the substance that was heated. In 1852 Joule and William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) discoveredâŠ
- Joule, James Prescott (English physicist)
James Prescott Joule was an English physicist who established that the various forms of energyâmechanical, electrical, and heatâare basically the same and can be changed one into another. Thus, he formed the basis of the law of conservation of energy, the first law of thermodynamics. Joule studied
- Joule-Kelvin effect (physics)
Joule-Thomson effect, the change in temperature that accompanies expansion of a gas without production of work or transfer of heat. At ordinary temperatures and pressures, all real gases except hydrogen and helium cool upon such expansion; this phenomenon often is used in liquefying gases. The
- Joule-Thomson effect (physics)
Joule-Thomson effect, the change in temperature that accompanies expansion of a gas without production of work or transfer of heat. At ordinary temperatures and pressures, all real gases except hydrogen and helium cool upon such expansion; this phenomenon often is used in liquefying gases. The
- Jour de fĂȘte (film by Tati [1948])
Jacques Tati: âŠfeature, Jour de fĂȘte (1948; The Big Day), a comic sketch of a postman who tries to introduce efficiency into his provincial post office. His next film, Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953; Mr. Hulotâs Holiday), introduced his signature character and presented a satiric look at life in a middle-classâŠ
- Jour de silence a Tanger (novel by Ben Jelloun)
Tahar Ben Jelloun: âŠde silence a Tanger (1990; Silent Day in Tangier), a meditation on old age; Les Yeux baissĂ©s (1991; With Downcast Eyes), about an Amazigh (Berber) immigrantâs struggle to reconcile her bifurcated identity; and LâHomme rompu (1994; Corruption), a gripping depiction of a moral quandary faced by a government employee. CetteâŠ
- Jourdain, P. E. B. (British mathematician)
number game: Logical paradoxes: âŠgiven by an English mathematician, P.E.B. Jourdain, in 1913, when he proposed the card paradox. This was a card on one side of which was printed:
- Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, Count (French military commander)
Jean-Baptiste, Count Jourdan was a military commander remembered as the sponsor of conscription during the French Revolutionary regime and as one of Napoleonâs marshals of the empire. After being a soldier in King Louis XVIâs army and serving in the West Indies (1778â84), Jourdan retired and became
- Jouret, Luc (Belgian religious leader)
Order of the Solar Temple: âŠin Geneva in 1984 by Luc Jouret, a homeopathic physician and New Age lecturer, and Joseph De Mambro. Its headquarters was later moved to ZĂŒrich, where a leadership council of 33 members presided, and regional lodges were set up to perform initiation ceremonies and other rites in Switzerland, Canada, andâŠ
- Journal (work by Goncourt)
Edmond and Jules Goncourt: âŠremembered for their perceptive, revealing Journal and for Edmondâs legacy, the AcadĂ©mie Goncourt, which annually awards the Prix Goncourt to the author of an outstanding work of French literature.
- journal (accounting)
bookkeeping: From journal to ledger to financial statements: A journal contains the daily transactions (sales, purchases, and so on), and the ledger contains the record of individual accounts. The daily records from the journals are entered in the ledgers.
- journal (literature)
journal, an account of day-to-day events or a record of experiences, ideas, or reflections kept regularly for private use that is similar to, but sometimes less personal than, a
- Journal (work by Bloy)
LĂ©on Bloy: âŠin form (novels, pamphlets, a Journal, exegesis), but they reveal a powerful unity of thought: through pain and destitution man is redeemed by the Holy Spirit and is awakened to the hidden language of the universe. His autobiographical novels, Le DĂ©sespĂ©rĂ© (1886; The Desperate Man) and La Femme pauvre (1897;âŠ
- Journal (work by Fox)
George Fox: Early life and activities: âŠand later reported in his Journal various personal religious experiences or direct revelations, which he called âopenings,â that corrected, in his estimation, the traditional concepts of faith and practice in English religious life.
- Journal (American newspaper)
New York World: âŠRandolph Hearst bought the competing New York Journal in 1895, he lured Pulitzerâs celebrated Sunday newspaper staff to the Journal with the promise of raises; all but one secretary accepted Hearstâs offer. Pulitzer lured them back to the World with raises of his own, but then Hearst made a counteroffer,âŠ
- Journal (work by Gide)
AndrĂ© Gide: Great creative period: âŠbegun to keep a second Journal (published in 1926 as Numquid et tu?) in which he recorded his search for God. Finally, however, unable to resolve the dilemma (expressed in his statement âCatholicism is inadmissible, Protestantism is intolerable; and I feel profoundly Christianâ), he resolved to achieve his own ethic,âŠ
- Journal (work by Woolman)
John Woolman: âŠQuaker leader and abolitionist whose Journal is recognized as one of the classic records of the spiritual inner life.
- Journal (work by Michelet)
Jules Michelet: âŠbegun only in 1959 (Journal, vol. 1, 1959, vol. 2, 1962; Ăcrits de jeunesse, 1959). They record his travels through Europe, and, above all, they give a key to his personality and illuminate the relationship between his intimate experiences and his work.
- journal (publishing)
magazine, a printed or digitally published collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated, that is produced at regular intervals (excluding newspapers). A brief treatment of magazines follows. For full treatment, see publishing: Magazine publishing. The modern magazine
- Journal amoureux (work by Rolin)
Dominique Rolin: âŠThe Garden of Delights); and Journal amoureux (2000; âLoverâs Diaryâ).
- Journal Amusant, Le (French periodical)
Charles Philipon: ⊠(âThe Journal for Laughingâ; later Le Journal Amusant), appeared in 1848 in the form of large newspaper sheets filled with woodcuts. Besides these journals, Philipon issued many occasional publications, such as Le MusĂ©e Philipon, Les Robert Macaires, Les Physiologies, and numerous political brochures.
- Journal Communications (American company)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: âŠindependently, the company, now called Journal Communications, merged them in 1995, renaming them the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In 2014 Journal Communications merged with the E.W. Scripps Company, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel became the flagship of a new newspaper publisher, Journal Media Group, Inc. Two years later Journal Media GroupâŠ
- Journal dâun bourgeois de Paris (medieval literature)
diary: Journal dâun bourgeois de Paris, kept by an anonymous French priest from 1409 to 1431 and continued by another hand to 1449, for example, is invaluable to the historian of the reigns of Charles VI and Charles VII. The same kind of attention to historicalâŠ
- Journal dâun curĂ© de campagne (work by Bernanos)
The Diary of a Country Priest, novel by Georges Bernanos, published in French as Journal dâun curĂ© de campagne in 1936. The narrative mainly takes the form of a journal kept by a young parish priest during the last year of his troubled life. He records his spiritual struggle over what he perceives
- Journal dâun curĂ© de campagne, Le (film by Bresson)
Robert Bresson: âŠdâun curĂ© de campagne (The Diary of a Country Priest)âBresson often fashioned his narratives in the form of a diary or case history. The stories were told exclusively from the viewpoint of the protagonist, revealing only what the central character was experiencing at the moment. One of the mostâŠ
- Journal de GenĂšve (Swiss newspaper)
Journal de GenĂšve, daily newspaper published in Geneva, Switzerland. Among French-language newspapers it was generally regarded as the best in Switzerland and one of the premier papers in the world. It was established in 1826. Like the German-language Neue ZĂŒrcher Zeitung, the Journal de GenĂšve was
- Journal de la liberté de la presse, Le (French revolutionary journal)
François-NoĂ«l Babeuf: âŠla presse (shortly thereafter renamed Le Tribun du peuple), in which he at first defended the Thermidorians and attacked the Jacobins. When he began to attack the Thermidorians, he was arrested (February 12, 1795) and imprisoned at Arras.
- Journal de Liouville (journal)
Joseph Liouville: âŠand became editor of the Journal des MathĂ©matiques Pures et AppliquĂ©es (âJournal of Pure and Applied Mathematicsâ), sometimes known as the Journal de Liouville, which did much to raise and maintain the standard of French mathematics throughout the 19th century. The manuscripts of the French mathematician Ăvariste Galois were firstâŠ
- Journal de ma vie, Le (work by Bassompierre)
François de Bassompierre: âŠJournal de ma vie (1665; The Journal of My Life).
- Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff, avec un portrait (autobiography by Bashkirtseff)
Marie Bashkirtseff: âŠgirlishly candid autobiography in French, Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff, avec un portrait, 2 vol. (1887). Though her diary is justly responsible for her reputation, she was also a highly talented visual artist and a high-spirited feminist.
- Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (journal)
Joseph Liouville: âŠand became editor of the Journal des MathĂ©matiques Pures et AppliquĂ©es (âJournal of Pure and Applied Mathematicsâ), sometimes known as the Journal de Liouville, which did much to raise and maintain the standard of French mathematics throughout the 19th century. The manuscripts of the French mathematician Ăvariste Galois were firstâŠ
- Journal de Physiologie Expérimentale (periodical by Magendie)
François Magendie: âŠfirst periodical of experimental physiology, Journal de Physiologie ExpĂ©rimentale (1821), Magendie greatly influenced the intellectual development of the renowned French physiologist Claude Bernard, one of his students (1841â43). Magendie was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1821 and served as its president in 1837.
- Journal de voyage (work by Montaigne)
Michel de Montaigne: Life: âŠrecord of his trip, his Journal de voyage (not intended for publication and not published until 1774), which is rich in picturesque episodes, encounters, evocations, and descriptions.
- Journal des Débats, Le (French newspaper)
Le Journal des DĂ©bats, (French: âThe Journal of Debatesâ), former Parisian daily newspaper that was one of the most influential organs of the French press in the 19th century. Founded in 1789 by Gaultier de Biauzat to report the debates of the National Assembly, the Journal des DĂ©bats was acquired
- Journal du Palais (work by Ledru-Rollin)
Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin: âŠwith his edition of the Journal du Palais, 27 vol. (1791â1837; âJournal of the Palace of Justiceâ), later (1837â47) to be supplemented by 17 volumes and by the RĂ©pertoire gĂ©nĂ©ral de la jurisprudence française, 8 vol. (1843â48; âGeneral Repertoire of French Lawâ).
- Journal du voleur (work by Genet)
Jean Genet: âŠautobiographical Journal du voleur (1949; The Thiefâs Journal) gives a complete and uninhibited account of his life as a tramp, pickpocket, and male prostitute in Barcelona, Antwerp, and various other cities (c. 1930â39). It also reveals him as an aesthete, an existentialist, and a pioneer of the Absurd.
- Journal et mémoires (work by Argenson)
RenĂ©-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis dâArgenson: His Journal et mĂ©moires (published 1859â67) forms one of the major sources for the literary and political history of Louis XVâs reign.
- Journal for Jordan, A (film by Washington [2021])
Denzel Washington: Later movies: The Book of Eli, Flight, and Roman J. Israel, Esq.: He also helmed A Journal for Jordan (2021), a drama based on a true story about a journalistâs romantic relationship with a soldier.
- Journal fĂŒr die reine und angewandte Mathematik (German publication)
Niels Henrik Abel: âŠApplied Mathematicsâ), commonly known as Crelleâs Journal. The first volume (1826) contains papers by Abel, including a more elaborate version of his work on the quintic equation. Other papers dealt with equation theory, calculus, and theoretical mechanics. Later volumes presented Abelâs theory of elliptic functions, which are complex functions (seeâŠ
- Journal intime (work by Du Bos)
Charles Du Bos: âŠbecame increasingly religious, and his Journal intime, 6 vol. (1946â55), written partly in English, is an account of the spiritual evolution that brought him into the Roman Catholic church in 1927.
- Journal intime (work by Amiel)
Henri FrĂ©dĂ©ric Amiel: âŠSwiss writer known for his Journal intime, a masterpiece of self-analysis. Despite apparent success (as professor of aesthetics, then of philosophy, at Geneva), he felt himself a failure. Driven in on himself, he lived in his Journal, kept from 1847 until his death and first published in part as FragmentsâŠ
- Journal meiner Reise im Jahre 1769 (work by Herder)
Johann Gottfried von Herder: Early life and travels: âŠReise im Jahr 1769 (1769; âJournal of My Voyage in the Year 1769â), completed in Paris in December, bears witness to the change that it effected in him. Herder saw himself as a groundless being who had left the safe shore and was journeying into an unknown future. It becameâŠ
- Journal of a Disappointed Man, The (work by Cummings)
Bruce Frederick Cummings: âŠan English author who wrote The Journal of a Disappointed Man (1919), extracts from diaries that he had kept between 1903 and 1917. The book was immediately acclaimed upon publication, not only for providing a vivid insight into his passion for zoology and music but also as a poignant revelationâŠ
- Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (work by Kemble)
Fanny Kemble: âŠmost lasting work was her Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (1863), which was adapted from her diary of 1838â39 and issued during the Civil War to influence British opinion against slavery. Kemble returned to England in 1877 and lived in London until her death.
- Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, The (work by Boswell)
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, work by James Boswell, published in 1785. The book is an account of the trip that Boswell took with Samuel Johnson to Scotland in 1773. The journal is mainly Boswellâs record of Johnsonâs reactions to the people, landscapes, and customs they encountered along
- Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., The (work by Boswell)
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, work by James Boswell, published in 1785. The book is an account of the trip that Boswell took with Samuel Johnson to Scotland in 1773. The journal is mainly Boswellâs record of Johnsonâs reactions to the people, landscapes, and customs they encountered along
- Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, The (work by Fielding)
Henry Fielding: Last years. of Henry Fielding: âŠan account of his journey, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon. This work presents an extraordinarily vivid picture of the tortuous slowness of 18th-century sea travel, the horrors of contemporary medicine, the caprices of arbitrary power as seen in the conduct of customs officers and other petty officials, and,âŠ
- Journal of Commerce (American publication)
Samuel F.B. Morse: âŠin 1827, the New York Journal of Commerce, which refused theatre advertisements. He also was a founder of the National Academy of Design, organized to increase U.S. respect for painters, and was its first president from 1826 to 1845.
- Journal of Design and Manufactures, The (British publication)
Sir Henry Cole: âŠthe painter Richard Redgrave founded The Journal of Design and Manufactures, a publication dedicated to the promotion of âthe germs of a style which England of the nineteenth century may call its own.â In 1848 Cole proposed an unprecedented Great Exhibition of the industry of all nations. It opened inâŠ
- Journal of Dreams (work by Swedenborg)
Emanuel Swedenborg: Swedenborgâs religious crisis: It is usually called the Journal of Dreams (1743â44) and was obviously meant to be a journal of his new travels beginning in July 1743, but the rather trivial notices were suddenly interrupted. There follows instead a list of various dreams recalled from earlier years and a detailed report onâŠ
- Journal of Genetic Psychology (American periodical)
G. Stanley Hall: âŠthe Pedagogical Seminary (later the Journal of Genetic Psychology), was founded by Hall in 1893.
- Journal of Hygiene (American publication)
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall: He founded the Journal of Hygiene (1901) and Journal of Parasitology (1908) and edited the former until 1937 and the latter until 1933.
- Journal of Madame Knight, The (work by Knight)
Sarah Kemble Knight: âŠwhen it was published as The Journal of Mme Knight by Theodore Dwight, Jr. The graphic and often amusing account of her journey proved to be of enduring interest, and the Journal was frequently reprinted thereafter. It has remained a valuable historical source and a unique literary work.