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Kronecker, Leopold

(Encyclopedia) Kronecker, LeopoldKronecker, Leopoldlāˈōpôlt krōˈnĕkˌər [key], 1823–91, German mathematician. After making a fortune in business he devoted his attention to mathematics and became…

Robert, Léopold

(Encyclopedia) Robert, LéopoldRobert, Léopoldlāôpôldˈ rōbĕrˈ [key], 1794–1835, French genre painter, b. Switzerland; pupil of J. L. David. He excelled in depicting Italian folk life in a classical…

Zunz, Leopold

(Encyclopedia) Zunz, LeopoldZunz, Leopoldlāˈōpôlt ts&oobreve;ntsˈ [key], 1794–1886, German Jewish scholar. His critical research on Judaism became one of the cornerstones of the “science of…

Stokowski, Leopold

(Encyclopedia) Stokowski, LeopoldStokowski, Leopoldstəkŏfˈskē [key], 1882–1977, American conductor, b. London. Stokowski studied in England and at the Paris Conservatory. He was organist and…

anti-hero

(Encyclopedia) anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace…

BLOOM, Isaac, Congress, NY (1747-1803)

BLOOM, Isaac, a Representative from New York, born in Jamaica, Queens County, N.Y., about 1716; moved to Dutchess County about 1740; captain of minutemen of Charlotte precinct, Dutchess County, N…

Sol BLOOM, Congress, NY (1870-1949)

BLOOM, Sol, a Representative from New York; born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., March 9, 1870; moved with his parents to San Francisco, Calif., in 1873; attended the public schools; engaged…

Leopold MORSE, Congress, MA (1831-1892)

MORSE, Leopold, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Wachenheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Bavaria, August 15, 1831; attended the common schools in Wachenheim; immigrated to the United…

Leopold and Loeb

(Encyclopedia) Leopold and LoebLeopold and Loeblōb [key], notorious American murderers defended by Clarence Darrow in 1924. The gregarious, dominating Richard A. Loeb (1905–1936) and the shy,…

Ranke, Leopold von

(Encyclopedia) Ranke, Leopold vonRanke, Leopold vonlāˈōpôlt fən rängˈkə [key], 1795–1886, German historian, generally recognized as the father of the modern objective historical school. He applied…