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La Pérouse Strait
(Encyclopedia)La Pérouse Strait sōˈyä [key], channel, 25 mi (40 km) wide, separating N Hokkaido island, Japan, from S Sakhalin island, Russia, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk...Chrétien de Troyes
(Encyclopedia)Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de Troyes both: krātyăNˈ də trwä [key], fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend. His narrative romances, comp...Argall, Sir Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Argall, Sir Samuel ärˈgəl [key], d. 1626?, English ship captain, prominent in the early settlement of Virginia. He commanded a ship sent to Jamestown in 1609 and had charge of one of the ships Baro...La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret de
(Encyclopedia)La Tour d'Auvergne, Théophile Malo Corret de tāōfēlˈ mälōˈ kôrāˈ də lä to͞or dōvĕrˈnyə [key], 1743–1800, French soldier. Although an aristocrat, he fought for the revolutionaries i...Francophonie, La
(Encyclopedia)Francophonie, La, officially the International Organization of the Francophonie, Fr. Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an intergovernmental organization of mainly French-speaking n...West, Paul Noden
(Encyclopedia)West, Paul Noden, 1930–2015, British-American writer, b. Eckington, Derbyshire, England, B.A. Univ. of Birmingham (1950), M.A. Columbia (1953). After serving in the Royal Air Force and teaching at M...Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, 5th earl and marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Clanricarde, Ulick de Burgh, 5th earl and marquess of yo͞oˈlĭk də bûrg, klănrĭkˈərd [key], 1604–57, Irish Catholic nobleman. He assisted James Butler, 12th earl of Ormonde, in his attempt, ...Lincoln, John de la Pole, earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lincoln, John de la Pole, earl of: see Pole, family. ...La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de
(Encyclopedia)La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de älĕksäNˈdrə frādārēkˈ dük də lä rôshfo͞okōˈ-lyäNko͞orˈ [key], 1747–1827, French social reformer. Before the Fren...Bradwardine, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Bradwardine, Thomas brădˈwərdēn [key], c.1295–1349, English mathematician, natural philosopher, and theologian. He was chaplain to Edward III (c.1338) and later archbishop of Canterbury. As a ma...Browse by Subject
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