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(Encyclopedia)Bois-le-Duc, Netherlands: see 's Hertogenbosch. ...Burgh, Hubert de
(Encyclopedia)Burgh, Hubert de hyo͞oˈbərt də bûrg, bûrˈə [key], d. 1243, chief justiciar of England under kings John and Henry III. Having served as a royal minister and commander in France, he was appointe...Lafosse, Charles de
(Encyclopedia)Lafosse or La Fosse, Charles de shärl də lä fôs [key], 1636–1716, French painter. A pupil of Le Brun, he was more influenced by Veronese and Correggio, whose works he saw when he was in Italy (1...Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie
(Encyclopedia)Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie lwē zhäN märēˈ dōbäNtôNˈ [key], 1716–1800, French naturalist. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1778; his work touched many fields—comparative ...Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
(Encyclopedia)Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de krātyăNˈ gēyōmˈ də lämwänyôNˈ də mälzĕrbˈ [key], 1721–94, French minister of state. After serving as counselor to the Parlement of Par...Évreux
(Encyclopedia)Évreux āvröˈ [key], town , capital of Eure dept., N France, in Normandy. It is an industr...La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de
(Encyclopedia)La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de də läfāĕtˈ [key], 1634–92, French novelist of the classical period, whose chief work, La Princesse de Clèves (1678), is the first ...Kahn, Louis Isadore
(Encyclopedia)Kahn, Louis Isadore , kän [key], 1901–74, American architect, b. Estonia. He and his family moved to Philadelphia in 1905, and he later studied at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. From the 1920s through ...Berlioz, Louis-Hector
(Encyclopedia)Berlioz, Louis-Hector lwē ĕktôrˈ bĕrlyôzˈ [key], 1803–69, French romantic composer. He abandoned medical study to enter the Paris Conservatory as a composition student. In 1830 his Symphonie ...Couperus, Louis Marie Anne
(Encyclopedia)Couperus, Louis Marie Anne lwē märēˈ än ko͞opāˈro͝os [key], 1863–1923, Dutch novelist. In his early works he emphasized with graceful irony the determining forces of human history and envir...Browse by Subject
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