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Godey, Louis Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Godey, Louis Antoine g´d [key], 1804–78, American publisher, b. New York City. He was joint founder in 1830 of the Lady's Book (known after his partner's withdrawal as Godey's Lady's Book), the...

Barye, Antoine Louis

(Encyclopedia)Barye, Antoine Louis äNtwän´ lw bär´ [key], 1796–1875, French animal sculptor. Son of a Parisian goldsmith, he followed his father's trade as a youth. In 1832 he exhibited at the Salon his ...

Simon, Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Simon, Antoine äNtwän´ smôN´ [key], 1736–94, French revolutionary, often called the shoemaker, a member of the Commune of Paris. He and his wife guarded the dauphin, Louis XVII, in prison. Th...

Coysevox, Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Coysevox, Antoine äNtwän´ kwäzvks´ [key], 1640–1720, French sculptor. He enjoyed the patronage of Louis XIV and produced a great part of the sculpture at Versailles. His Winged Horses, at t...

Garnier-Pagès, Louis Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Garnier-Pagès, Louis Antoine lw äNtwän´ gärny´-päzhs´ [key], 1803–78, French politician. Becoming active in politics after his brother's death, he was elected (1842) to the chamber of ...

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de

(Encyclopedia)Bougainville, Louis Antoine de lw äNtwän´ d boogNvl´ [key], 1729–1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp, and he later (c.1764) established a colony o...

Antoine, Père

(Encyclopedia)Antoine, Père pr ntwän´ [key], 1748–1829, Spanish priest in New Orleans, a Capuchin friar. His family name was Mareno, and the Spanish name given to him by the church was Antonio de Sedella. ...

Louis XVII

(Encyclopedia)Louis XVII (Louis Charles), 1785–1795?, titular king of France (1793–95), known in popular legend as the lost dauphin. The second son of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, he became dauphi...

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de

(Encyclopedia)Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de lw äNtwän´ fvl´ d boorn´ [key], 1769–1834, French political figure. He was a friend and for a time (1797–1802) private secretary to Napol...

Bourbon, Antoine de

(Encyclopedia)Bourbon, Antoine de äNtwän´ d boorbôN´ [key], 1518–62, duc de Vendôme, king of Navarre through his marriage to Jeanne d'Albret; father of Henry IV of France. He converted to Prtestantism ...