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Walton, Alice Louise
(Encyclopedia)Walton, Alice Louise: see under Walton, Sam. ...Yellen, Janet Louise
(Encyclopedia)Yellen, Janet Louise yĕlˈən [key], 1946–, U.S. economist and government official, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.A. Brown (1967), Ph.D. Yale (1971). Yellen taught economics (1971–76) at Harvard and subse...De la Ramée, Louise
(Encyclopedia)De la Ramée, Louise: see Ouida.Cox, Louise Howland King
(Encyclopedia)Cox, Louise Howland King, 1865–1945, American painter, b. San Francisco. She studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League, New York, under Kenyon Cox. whom she married in...Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie
(Encyclopedia)Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie sāsēlˈ lwēz stāfänēˈ shämēnädˈ [key], 1857–1944, French composer and pianist. She was a popular concert pianist and wrote many graceful, romantic pia...Kéroualle, Louise Renée de
(Encyclopedia)Kéroualle, Louise Renée de: see Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of. ...Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette
(Encyclopedia)Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette zhän lwēz äNrēĕtˈ käNpäNˈ [key], 1752–1822, French educator and author. She served as a reader to Louis XV's daughters and as lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoin...Verhofstadt, Guy Maurice Marie-Louise
(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; from 1991 the...Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de
(Encyclopedia)Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de märēˈ tārĕzˈ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäNˈ, prăNsĕsˈ də läNbälˈ [key], 1749–92, devoted friend and favorite of Queen ...Ouida
(Encyclopedia)Ouida də lä rəmāˈ [key], 1839–1908, English novelist. She was a prolific writer of flamboyant, romantic tales, the best of which are Under Two Flags (1867), Moths (1880), and In Maremma (1882)....Browse by Subject
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