(Encyclopedia) Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'rənāˈ lwē də vwäyāˈ də pōmē märkēˈ därzhäNsôNˈ [key], 1694–1757, French foreign…
(Encyclopedia) Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie deBonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie debŏnˈvĭl [key], 1796–1878, American army officer and trader who blazed portions of the Oregon Trail, b. France…
(Encyclopedia) Port Louis, city (1996 est. pop. 135,371), capital of Mauritius, NW Mauritius, a port on the Indian Ocean. It is the nation's largest city and its economic and administrative center.…
(Encyclopedia) Desaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles AntoineDesaix de Veygoux, Louis Charles Antoinelwē shärl äNtwänˈ dəsāˈ də vāg&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1768–1800, French general in the French Revolutionary…
(Encyclopedia) Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, BaronGuyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard, Baronlwē bĕrnärˈ bärôNˈ gētôNˈ də môrvōˈ [key], 1737–1816, French chemist and lawyer. He wrote the chemical…
(Encyclopedia) Rohan, Louis René Édouard, prince deRohan, Louis René Édouard, prince delwē rənāˈ ādwärˈ prăNs də [key]Rohan, Louis René Édouard, prince de rôäNˈ [key], 1734–1803, French churchman and…
(Encyclopedia) Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte deBuffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte dezhôrzh lwē ləklĕrkˈ kôNt də büfôNˈ [key], 1707–88, French naturalist and author. From 1739 he was keeper…
(Marie Gouze)feminist, writerBorn: 1745?Birthplace: Montauban, Languedoc, France De Gouges was an ardent advocate of many human rights, especially equality for women, at a time when those beliefs…
(Encyclopedia) Broglie, Louis Victor, duc de, 1892–1987, French physicist. In 1928 he became professor in the faculty of sciences, Univ. of Paris. It was known from the earlier quantum theory that…
