Gabriel Chevallier (1895, Lyon–1969, Cannes) was a French writer. 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Three of the main sights in Lyon, the Cathedral St-Jean, the Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière, and the Tour métallique de Fourvière City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 9... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ...

Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering into the fine arts in 1911. He was called up at the start of the 1914-1918 war and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war's end. Following the war he undertook several jobs including design teacher, journalist and merchant traveller. His novel La Peur (Fear) published in 1930 drew upon experiences and formed a damning indictment of the war. Three of the main sights in Lyon, the Cathedral St-Jean, the Basilica Notre Dame de Fourvière, and the Tour métallique de Fourvière City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 9... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von Hötzendorf Ä°smail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties...

He is widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle. This was dramatised first in a 1947 film by Pierre Chenal and in 1972 by the BBC. He wrote two sequels: Clochemerle-les-Bains and Clochemerle Babylon. Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ...