(Encyclopedia) Molé, Louis Mathieu, ComteMolé, Louis Mathieu, Comtelwē mätyöˈ kôNt môlāˈ [key], 1781–1855, French politician. He was made a count and minister of justice by Emperor Napoleon I and…
(Encyclopedia) Néel, Louis Eugène Félix, 1904–2000, French physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Strasbourg, 1932. He was a professor at the Univ. of Strasbourg from 1932 to 1945, when he joined the faculty at…
(Encyclopedia) Lyautey, Louis Hubert GonzalveLyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalvelwē übĕrˈ gôNzälvˈ lyōtāˈ [key], 1854–1934, colonial administrator and marshal of France. A career soldier, he served in…
(Encyclopedia) Meissonier, Jean Louis ErnestMeissonier, Jean Louis ErnestzhäN lwē ĕrnĕstˈ māsônyāˈ [key], 1815–91, French genre and military painter. His study of the Dutch masters was evident in his…
(Encyclopedia) Langevin, Sir Hector LouisLangevin, Sir Hector Louisĕktôrˈ lwē läNzhəvăNˈ [key], 1826–1906, Canadian legislator, b. Quebec. A lawyer, he served in the Legislative Assembly (1857–67)…
(Encyclopedia) Lacaille, Nicolas Louis deLacaille, Nicolas Louis denēkôläˈ lwē də läkäˈyə [key], 1713–62, French astronomer. As a result of his success in making meridional measurements in France…
(Encyclopedia) LaFontaine, Sir Louis HippolyteLaFontaine, Sir Louis Hippolyteləwēˈ ēpôlētˈ läfôNtĕnˈ [key], 1807–64, Canadian political leader, b. Lower Canada (now Quebec). A lawyer, he entered (…
(Encyclopedia) Lagrange, Joseph Louis, ComteLagrange, Joseph Louis, Comtezhôzĕfˈ lwē kôNt lägräNzhˈ [key], 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer, b. Turin, of French and Italian descent.…
(Encyclopedia) La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis deLa Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis delwē [key]La Trémoille or La Trimouille, Louis de də lä trāmoiˈyə or trēm&oomacr;ˈyə [key], 1460–1525,…
(Encyclopedia) Laveran, Charles Louis AlphonseLaveran, Charles Louis Alphonseshärl lwē älfôNsˈ lävəräNˈ [key], 1845–1922, French physician. While an army surgeon in Algiers he discovered (1880) the…
