American merchandiser who parlayed his family's small but successful department store into a $1.3 billion holding company known as Federated Department Stores.
American physician and member of the commission that proved that the infectious agent of yellow fever is transmitted by a mosquito, later known as Aedes aegypti.
regione, west-central Italy, fronting the Tyrrhenian Sea and comprising the provinces of Roma, Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, and Viterbo. In the east Lazio is dominated by the Reatini, Sabini, Simbruini, and Ernici ranges of the central Apennines, rising to 7,270 feet ...
phosphate mineral, a basic magnesium and aluminum phosphate [MgAl2 (PO4)2(OH)2], that often occurs as blue, glassy crystals, grains, or masses in granite pegmatites, aluminous metamorphic rocks and quartzites, and quartz veins. It is found in Werfen, Austria; Vastara, Sweden; Mocalno, ...
improvised comic dialogue or action in the commedia dell'arte. The word may have derived from lacci (Italian: "connecting link"), comic interludes performed by the character Arlecchino (Harlequin) between scenes, but is more likely a derivation of le azioni ("actions"). Lazzi ...
Neolithic culture that expanded over large areas of Europe north and west of the Danube River (from Slovakia to the Netherlands) about the 5th millennium BC. Farmers probably practiced a form of shifting cultivation on the loess soil. Emmer wheat ...
painter and designer who became the arbiter of artistic production in France during the last half of the 17th century. Possessing both technical facility and the capacity to organize and carry out many vast projects, Le Brun personally created or ...
also called Isaac Le Chapelier French Revolutionary leader who in 1791 introduced in the National Assembly the Loi ("Law") Le Chapelier, which made any association of workers or of employers illegal. In force until 1884, the law actually affected only ...
French chemist who is best known for the principle of Le Chatelier, which makes it possible to predict the effect a change of conditions (temperature, pressure, and concentration of reaction components) will have on a chemical reaction. This principle proved ...
industrial town, Saone-et-Loire departement, Bourgogne region, east-central France. It is located about 40 miles (65 km) southwest of Dijon. In 1782 a foundry and blast furnaces, using coal instead of wood for the first time in France, were built at ...
seaport and town, Seine-Maritime departement, Haute-Normandie region, northern France. It is on the English Channel coast and on the right bank of the Seine estuary, 134 miles (216 km) west-northwest of Paris and 53 miles (85 km) west of Rouen ...
also called Binh Dinh Vuong, or Thuan Thien, reign title Le Thai To Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428, founded the Later Le dynasty (q.v.), and became the most honoured Vietnamese hero ...
town, capital of Sarthe departement, Pays de la Loire region, northwestern France. Situated in the former province of Maine, the town lies southwest of Chartres at the confluence of the Sarthe and Huisne rivers.
probably the world's best-known automobile race, run annually (with few exceptions) since 1923 at the Sarthe road-racing circuit, near Le Mans, France. Since 1928 the winner has been the car that travels the greatest distance in a 24-hour time period. ...
paleoanthropological and archaeological site in the Dordogne region of southwestern France that has yielded important Neanderthal remains. In the 1860s the upper cave in the cliff face at Le Moustier yielded a rich assemblage of stone tools from the Paleolithic ...
French nationalist whose National Front political party represented the main right-wing opposition to the country's mainstream conservative parties from the 1970s through the turn of the 21st century. A controversial figure who was a four-time presidential candidate, Le Pen was ...
town, southwest suburb of Rouen, Seine-Maritime departement, Haute-Normandie region, northern France, on the Seine River. The name Quevilly comes from the Latin Quevillicium-in ancient French Chivilly, or Chevilli-meaning "a row of spikes" that enclosed a park where the Norman dukes ...
town, capital of Haute-Loire departement, Auvergne region, south-central France. Le Puy-en-Velay is situated in the Massif Central, at 2,067 feet (630 m) above sea level, 2 miles (3 km) from the left bank of the Loire River. It lies in ...
painter known for his religious pictures in the style of the French classical Baroque. Le Sueur was one of the founders and first professors of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
secretary of state for war (1643-77) and then chancellor who created the royal army that enabled King Louis XIV to impose his absolute rule on France and establish French hegemony in Europe.
the greatest ruler of the Later Le dynasty (q.v.; 1428-1788) in Vietnam. Though the early years of Le Thanh Tong's reign were marked by a struggle for power, he eventually developed a governmental power base. He established a Chinese-style centralized ...
town, Pas-de-Calais departement, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, northern France, at the mouth of the Canche River. Situated on the English Channel 20 miles (32 km) south of Boulogne, it is a fashionable seaside resort with casinos, sports facilities, fine sands, and a ...
Vietnamese military strategist and government official who served as a diplomatic liaison between Vietnam and France and defended Christian missionaries against the early Nguyen emperors.
river rising north of Luton in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It flows for 46 miles (74 km) east and then south to enter the River Thames near Bromley-by-Bow, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. In the 17th century ...
in geology, loss of soluble substances and colloids from the top layer of soil by percolating precipitation. The materials lost are carried downward (eluviated) and are generally redeposited (illuviated) in a lower layer. This transport results in a porous and ...
a soft, silvery-white or grayish metal in Group IVa of the periodic table. Lead is very malleable, ductile, and dense and is a poor conductor of electricity. Known in antiquity and believed by the alchemists to be the oldest of ...
city, Lawrence county, western South Dakota, U.S. It lies in the northern Black Hills, about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Rapid City, at an elevation of 5,280 feet (1,609 metres). Situated just southwest of Deadwood, it is built on ...
