marquette

     

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Trivia about marquette

  • This Milwaukee university is named for a 17th century French Jesuit missionary & explorer
  • Irene Curie paired up with Frederic Joliot; this man was the famous partner of Louis Jolliet
  • This priest first met Louis Joliet when Joliet arrived at his mission at St. Ignace in December 1672
  • This Wisconsin school was the first Catholic university to admit women
  • One of Milwaukee's top universities is this one that bears the name of a French explorer who visited the region in 1673
  • In 1673, he & his exploring partner Joliet became the first Europeans to visit the area of Chicago
  • Louis Joliet & this Catholic priest explored the Mississippi River during June & July 1673
  • This Jesuit university in downtown Milwaukee "Encourages students...to find God in all things"
  • This missionary traveled down the Mississippi River with Louis Jolliet & reported the first accurate data on its course
  • This Jesuit missionary explored the Mississippi with Louis Joliet
  • While Christopher Wren was drawing up plans for London, this man & Joliet were drawing the route of the Mississippi