(Encyclopedia) Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, vicomte deLesseps, Ferdinand Marie, vicomte defĕrdēnäNˈ märēˈ vēkôNtˈ də lĕsĕpsˈ [key], 1805–94, French diplomat and engineer. He entered the consular service…
(Encyclopedia) Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis deLamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis deälfôNsˈ märēˈ lwē də lämärtēnˈ [key], 1790–1869, French poet, novelist, and statesman. After a trip to Italy and a…
(Encyclopedia) La Condamine, Charles Marie deLa Condamine, Charles Marie deshärl märēˈ də lä kôNdämēnˈ [key], 1701–74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru…
(Encyclopedia) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet deVoltaire, François Marie Arouet defräNswäˈ märēˈ ärwāˈ də vôltĕrˈ [key], 1694–1778, French philosopher and author, whose original name was Arouet. One…
(Encyclopedia) Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse deCaylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse demärē märgərētˈ kôNtĕsˈ də [key]Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse de kālüsˈ [key], 1673–1729, French writer…
(Encyclopedia) Verhofstadt, Guy Maurice Marie-Louise, 1953–, Belgian political leader, prime minister of Belgium (1999–2008). A lawyer and member of the Flemish Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV;…
(Encyclopedia) Barnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph MarieBarnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph MarieäNtwänˈ pyĕr zhōzĕfˈ märēˈ bärnävˈ [key], 1761–93, French revolutionary. A member of the States-General of 1789…
(Encyclopedia) Savary, Anne Jean Marie RenéSavary, Anne Jean Marie Renéän zhäN märēˈ rənāˈ sävärēˈ [key], 1774–1833, French general in the Napoleonic Wars. He presided (1804) at the trial of the duc…
(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, Marie Effie Wilton, Lady, 1839–1921, English actress and manager. She made her debut (1856) at the Lyceum Theatre, London, and in 1865 became joint manager of the Prince of…
(Encyclopedia) Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse deLamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse demärēˈ tārĕzˈ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäNˈ, prăNsĕsˈ də läNbälˈ…
