Gérard

FRANÇOIS, (zha-rahr',) a distinguished French painter, B. 1770; D. 1836. As an historical painter, G. ranks among the first of the modern school. Among his principal works are the Battle of Austerlitz (painted for Napoleon I.), The Entrance of Henry IV. into Paris, and Thetis with the Armor of Achilles. Gérard, MAURICE ETIENNE, COMTE, a French general, B. at Danvilliers, 1773. He served with great distinction under Napoleon I.; took an active part in the revolution of 1830; was created by Louis Philippe marshal and peer of France; and received the command of the expedition to Belgium, in the course of which he distinguished himself by taking Antwerp, in Dec., 1832. D. 1855. [s. 404]