(Encyclopedia) Leo III (Leo the Isaurian or Leo the Syrian), c.680–741, Byzantine emperor (717–41). He was probably born in N Syria (rather than in Isauria, as once thought). He held diplomatic and…
(Encyclopedia) Leo V (Leo the Armenian), d. 820, Byzantine emperor (813–20), successor of Michael I. A former general, Leo successfully defended (813) Constantinople against the Bulgars and concluded…
ALLEN, Leo Elwood, a Representative from Illinois; born in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., October 5, 1898; attended the public schools; during the First World War served as a sergeant in…
RAYFIEL, Leo Frederick, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, March 22, 1888; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from the New York University Law School in…
KOCIALKOWSKI, Leo Paul, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., August 16, 1882; orphaned at an early age; educated in private schools, which he supplemented by a business…
MORITZ, Theodore Leo, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, February 10, 1892; attended the parochial schools; graduated from St. Maryâs Institute, Dayton,…
RYAN, Leo Joseph, a Representative from California; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., May 5, 1925; attended schools in Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin; A.B.,…
IGOE, William Leo, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., on October 19, 1879; attended the public and parochial schools of St. Louis and was graduated from the law department…
McDONOUGH, Gordon Leo, a Representative from California; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., January 2, 1895; moved with his parents to Emporium, Cameron County, Pa., in 1898; attended the…