Lavater, Johann. 1741-1801. Swiss father of physiognomics, 1775.

Laveran, Charles. 1845-1922. French pathologist. Discovered Malaria parasite 1880.

Lavoisier, Antoine. 1743-94. French “father of modern chemistry”. Oxygen in combustion 1772. Guillotined.

La Voisin. Burned at the stake for selling “inheritance powder” (poison), 1680. Poisons Affair.

Lawrence, James. 1781-1813. US naval commander in War of 1812. -“Don’t give up the ship!”

Lawrence, St. -258. Martyr with Pope St Sixtus II.

Lawrence, Thomas. 1769-1830. English portrait artist.

Lawrence, Thomas (of Arabia). 1888-1935. English writer, officer. Led Arabs against Turks, 1914-18: Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1926.

Layamon. c1200. English poet. First mention of King Arthur, Lear, Merlin.

Lazear, Jesse. 1866-1900. Linked mosquito with yellow fever, 1900, of which he died. Reed. Agramonte.

Leakey, Louis. 1903-72. British anthropological archeologist. With wife Mary, discovered homo habilis and other ancient humanoid fossils.

Leaning Tower. 1174-1350. Pisa cathedral bell tower.

Lear. Mythological Celtic king. Shakespearean subject.

Leary, Timothy. 1920-96. Harvard professor who urged students to “turn on” with LSD, 1964.

Lebanon. 25C BC Phoenicia. 6C BC Persia. 332 Alexander. 64BC Rome. 5C Byzantine. 7C Moslems, Maronite Christians. 11C Druse(S). 1516 Ottoman. 1861 Christian autonomy under Ottomans. 1920 French mandate. 1926 Republic under France. 1943 Independent republic. 1975-91 Civil war.

Leda. Spartan Queen. Mother of Helen, Castor, Pollux.

Le Duc Tho. 1911-90. Vietnamese Communist leader, revolutionary. Paris Peace Conference. (Refused)

Legal Tender Act. 1862. US authorizes paper money without gold backing.

Legendre, Adrien. 1752-1833. French mathematician. Irrationality of pi, 1794. Elliptical integrals, 1786.

Legislative. Branch of a government that enacts laws.

Leibniz, Gottfried. 1646-1716. German philosopher, mathematician. Invented differential and integral calculus1675, binary arithmetic 1703. Multiplication machine 1671.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of. 1532-88. Favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

Leipzig Debate. 1519. Luther vs Eck. Both claim victory.

Leisler’s Rebellon. 1689-91. NY vs Catholic officials.

Lemaître, Georges. 1894-1966. Belgian cosmologist. Big Bang theory of creation 1927.

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