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Louis of Baden
(Encyclopedia)Louis of Baden bäˈdən [key], 1655–1707, margrave of Baden (1677–1707), military commander in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1689 he was made chief commander of the imperial army in Hu...Louis the Bavarian
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...Louis the Child
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Child, 893–911, German king (900–911), son and successor of King Arnulf. He was the last of the German line of the Carolingians. The archbishop of Mainz was regent for him. During his re...Louis the Great
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...Louis the Pious
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...Louis the Stammerer
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...Mayer, Louis Burt
(Encyclopedia)Mayer, Louis Burt, 1885–1957, American movie producer, b. Russia. Mayer began (1907) as the operator of a theater in Haverhill, Mass., gradually gaining control of all the theaters in the city. In 1...Kirk, Grayson Louis
(Encyclopedia)Kirk, Grayson Louis, 1903–97, American educator, b. Jeffersonville, Ohio, grad. Miami Univ., 1924, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1930. He taught at Wisconsin from 1929, then became a professor of govern...Louis d'Outremer
(Encyclopedia)Louis d'Outremer: see Louis IV, French king. ...Kroeber, Alfred Louis
(Encyclopedia)Kroeber, Alfred Louis krōˈbər [key], 1876–1960, American anthropologist, b. Hoboken, N.J., Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. He taught (1901–46) at the Univ. of California and was director (1925–46) of t...Browse by Subject
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