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Cavaignac, Louis Eugène

(Encyclopedia) Cavaignac, Louis EugèneCavaignac, Louis Eugènelwē özhĕnˈ kävānyäkˈ [key], 1802–57, French general. He participated in the French conquest of Algeria and was promoted to general in 1844…

Céline, Louis Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Céline, Louis FerdinandCéline, Louis Ferdinandlwē fĕrdēnNˈ sālēnˈ [key], 1894–1961, French author, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Destouches. Céline wrote grim, scatological, and…

Blanqui, Louis Auguste

(Encyclopedia) Blanqui, Louis AugusteBlanqui, Louis Augustelwē ôgüstˈ [key], 1805–81, French revolutionary and radical thinker. While a student in Paris, he joined (1824) a branch of the Carbonari, a…

Berlioz, Louis-Hector

(Encyclopedia) Berlioz, Louis-HectorBerlioz, Louis-Hectorlwē ĕktôrˈ bĕrlyôzˈ [key], 1803–69, French romantic composer. He abandoned medical study to enter the Paris Conservatory as a composition…

Berthier, Louis Alexandre

(Encyclopedia) Berthier, Louis AlexandreBerthier, Louis Alexandrelwē älĕksäNˈdrə bĕrtyāˈ [key], 1753–1815, marshal of France. He served in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…

René Louis DE ROUEN, Congress, LA (1874-1942)

  DE ROUEN, René Louis, a Representative from Louisiana; born on a farm near Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish (now Evangeline Parish), January 7, 1874; attended private and public schools, and St.…

Alcée Louis LA BRANCHE, Congress, LA (1806-1861)

  (1806-1861) LA BRANCHE, Alcée Louis, a Representative from Louisiana; born near New Orleans, La., in 1806; attended the Université de Sorreze, France; engaged in planting; member of the State…

Langevin, Sir Hector Louis

(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)…

Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de

(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…