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Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de

(Encyclopedia) Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet deBourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet delwē äNtwänˈ fōvəlāˈ də b&oomacr;rēĕnˈ [key], 1769–1834, French political figure. He was a friend and for a…

Boutet de Monvel, Louis Maurice

(Encyclopedia) Boutet de Monvel, Louis MauriceBoutet de Monvel, Louis Mauricelwē mōrēsˈ b&oomacr;tāˈ də môNvĕlˈ [key], 1851–1913, French painter and illustrator. His fame rests chiefly on his…

Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc de

(Encyclopedia) Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc deVendôme, Louis Joseph, duc delwē zhôzĕfˈ [key]Vendôme, Louis Joseph, duc de dük də väNdōmˈ [key], 1654–1712, marshal of France; grandson of César de…

Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

(Encyclopedia) Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie deBonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie debŏnˈvĭl [key], 1796–1878, American army officer and trader who blazed portions of the Oregon Trail, b. France…

Breton, Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis

(Encyclopedia) Breton, Jules Adolphe Aimé LouisBreton, Jules Adolphe Aimé Louiszhül ädôlfˈ āmāˈ lwē [key]Breton, Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis brətôNˈ [key], 1827–1906, French painter of rustic scenes and…

Broglie, Louis Victor, duc de

(Encyclopedia) Broglie, Louis Victor, duc de, 1892–1987, French physicist. In 1928 he became professor in the faculty of sciences, Univ. of Paris. It was known from the earlier quantum theory that…

Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de

(Encyclopedia) Balzac, Jean Louis Guez deBalzac, Jean Louis Guez dezhäN lwē gā [key]Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de də bälzäkˈ [key], 1597?–1654, French writer. His Lettres (1624, tr. 1634) and other…

Desaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles Antoine

(Encyclopedia) Desaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles AntoineDesaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles Antoinelwē shärl äNtwänˈ dəsāˈ də vāg&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1768–1800, French general in the French Revolutionary…

Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson

(Encyclopedia) Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella BussonDu Maurier, George Louis Palmella Bussondy&oomacr; môrˈēā [key], 1834–96, English artist and novelist, b. Paris of a French father and an…

Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, BaronGuyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baronlwē bĕrnärˈ bärôNˈ gētôNˈ də môrvōˈ [key], 1737–1816, French chemist and lawyer. He wrote the chemical…