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(Encyclopedia) Blériot, Louis lwē blārēōˈ [key], 1872–1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention and construction of mon...

(Encyclopedia) Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, American horticulturist, rural architect, and landscape gardener, b. Newburgh, N.Y. With his brother Charles Downing, 1802–85, he took over the operation of the n...

(Encyclopedia) Renault, Louis lwē rənōˈ [key], 1843–1918, French jurist, professor of international law at the Univ. of Paris. Renault was one of the founders of the scientific study of international law in Fr...

(Encyclopedia) Louis d'Outremer: see Louis IV, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hémon, Louis lwē āmôNˈ [key], 1880–1913, French Canadian novelist, b. France. After working as a journalist for French publications in England (1903–11), he moved to Quebec, where he worked a...