LUCAS, Wingate Hezekiah, a Representative from Texas; born in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Tex., May 1, 1908; attended the public schools, the North Texas Teachers College at Denton, the…
ELMENDORF, Lucas Conrad, a Representative from New York; born in Kingston, N.Y., in 1758; was graduated from Princeton College in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1785 and…
(Encyclopedia) Ayllón, Lucas Vásquez deAyllón, Lucas Vásquez del&oomacr;ˈkäs väsˈkāth dā īlyōnˈ [key], c.1475–1526, Spanish explorer. He emigrated in 1502 to Santo Domingo, where he became a…
(Encyclopedia) Lucas, George W., Jr., 1944–, American film director, producer, and writer, b. Modesto, Calif. Although Lucas's first film, THX-1138 (1970), was not successful, his next two, American…
LUCAS, John Baptiste Charles, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France, August 14, 1758; attended the Honfleur and Paris Law Schools, and was graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) Wirtz, Jacques, 1924–2018, Belgian landscape architect. Highly influential, he used classical techniques in new and innovative ways in the more than 100 gardens and grounds he designed…
(Encyclopedia) maze, detail of landscape gardening based on the Greek labyrinth, consisting of intricate paths or alleys lined with high hedges and having a center and exit difficult to find. It was…
