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René Richard
René Richard (1 December 1895 – 31 March 1982) was Swiss-born Canadian painter known for his semi-abstract landscapes of the Canadian wilderness and of the country around Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec.
Early years.
René Jeanrichard (later shortened to René Richard) was born on 1 December 1895 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
His father engraved pocket watches.
His mother's family were artists.
He had two brothers and four sisters.
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Francis Acharya
Francis Acharya (born Jean Richard Mahieu; 17 January 1912 – 31 January 2002) was a Belgian Cistercian monk of Scourmont Abbey. Taking Indian citizenship, he founded the Syro-Malankara rite Kristiya Sanyasa Samaj, Kurisumala Ashram, later (in 1998) affiliated to the Trappist Order.
Early life.
Jean Richard Mahieu was born in Ypres, Belgium, the fifth son of the seven children of René Mahieu and his wife Anne (née Vandelanotte). He had his early education and college studies in