(Encyclopedia) dauphindauphindôˈfĭn, Fr. dōfăNˈ [key] [Fr.,=dolphin], French title, borne first by the counts of Vienne (also called Viennois) and later by the eldest son of the king of France, or,…
NEWTON, Cleveland Alexander, a Representative from Missouri; born in Wright County, Mo., September 3, 1873; attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, Mo.; was graduated…
trader Born: 9/7/1749Birthplace: New Orleans, La. One of the family of American fur traders from New Orleans, with his half brother Jean Pierre Chouteau and two of his sons Auguste Pierre and…
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1855; 1855-1857Party: Whig; OppositionGEYER, Henry Sheffie, a Senator from Missouri; born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., December 9, 1790; was instructed…
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc deSaint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc delwē də r&oomacr;vrwäˈ dük [key]Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de də săN-sēmôNˈ [key], 1675–1755,…
(Encyclopedia) Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deMorny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc deshärl ōgüstˈ lwē zhôzĕfˈ dük də môrnēˈ [key], 1811–65, French statesman; illegitimate son of…
Lewis, for rulers thus named, use Louis
(Encyclopedia) Lewis. For rulers thus named, use Louis.
(Encyclopedia) Franchet d'Esperey, Louis Félix Marie FrançoisFranchet d'Esperey, Louis Félix Marie Françoislwē fālēksˈ märēˈ fräNswäˈ fräNshāˈ dāpərāˈ [key], 1856–1942, marshal of France. He…
(Encyclopedia) Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, ComteDestutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude, ComteäNtwänˈ lwē klōd kôNt dĕstütˈ də träsēˈ [key], 1754–1836, French philosopher and psychologist…
(Encyclopedia) Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de, 1621–86, French general, called the Great Condé; son of Henri II de Condé. Among his early victories in the Thirty Years War were those of Rocroi…
