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Hebrew at the College of Rome. In 1643 gave up teaching to study hieroglyphics.<br />

Credited 'With the invention of the magic lantenl.<br />

Klages, Ludwig (1872-1956). German philosopher, associated with the George circle.<br />

Author of Vom TraumbewllSstsein (1919), 170m lwsJll.ogonischen Eros (1922), and Del' Geist<br />

,tis Widersa,"er de,. Seele (1929-1932).<br />

Kock, Paul de (1794-1871). French novelist and playwright, known for his depiction of<br />

bourgeois life. Author also of vaudevilles, pantomimes, light operas.<br />

Korsch, Karl (1886-1961). German political philosopher. Author of Marxismus und Philosophie<br />

(1923). Excluded from the German Communist party in 1926; came to dIe<br />

U.S. in 1938. Met Benjamin through the medium of Brecht, 'With whom he stayed in<br />

1934. His book on Marx was substantially drafted in Paris in 1936.<br />

Kranzler Cafe. Berlin cafe established in the nineteenth century at the corner of Unter<br />

den Linden and Friedrichstrasse, near the Kaiser Galerie and Potsdam Place. It was<br />

frequented by stock jobbers toward the end of the century.<br />

Kubin, Alfred (1877-1959). Austrian painter and writer. Illustrated books such as Paul<br />

Scheerbart's Lesabindio.<br />

Kugelmann, Ludwig (1830-1902). German physician, active in dIe revolution of 1848-<br />

1849 in Germany. Friend of Ivlarx and Engels.<br />

KUhne, Gustav (1806-1888). German novelist and critic; a leader of Young Germany.<br />

Editor of dre weekly EurojJa 1846-1859.<br />

Labrouste, Pierre Franois Henri (1801-1875). Frencll ardritect.<br />

Lacenaire, Pierre-Franois (1800-1836). French writer associated "vith the so-called<br />

"frenetic" literature. Composed his lVIemoires in prison while awaiting execution for the<br />

murder of bank messengers.<br />

La Chambaudie (1806-1872). Saint-Simonian writer of fables, poems, and essays. Asso­<br />

ciate of Louis-Auguste Blanqui.<br />

Lados, Pierre Choderlos de (1741-1803). Soldier and writer; a general under Napoleon.<br />

Author of Ies Lia/:,oJls dangereuses (1782).<br />

Lacordaire, Jean (1801-1870). Entomologist. Author of Hl:,toire naturelle des iJlsectes<br />

(1854-1868).<br />

Lafarguej Marie (1816-1853), French woman convicted of poisoning her husband<br />

(1840). and condenmed to life imprisonment at hard labor. She maintained her inno­<br />

cence, and was pardoned in 1852.<br />

Lafargue, Paul (1842-1911). French radical socialist and writer; close associate of Marx<br />

and Engels. A founder of the French Workers' Party (1879), he edited, with Jules<br />

Guesde, Ie Citoyen from 1881 to 1884. Rejected comproulise with capitalistic govenl­<br />

ment.<br />

Lafayette, Marie Joseph (1757-1834). Statesman and officer; served in the American<br />

Revolution. Member of the French National Assembly (1789) ; aided in organizing the<br />

Garde Nationalc, and was instrumental in securing the adoption of the tricolor flag.<br />

Opposed to the policies of Napoleon I. Leader of the opposition 1825-1830. Com­<br />

mander of the Garde Nationale in the July Revolution.<br />

Laffitte, Jacques (1767-1844), Financier and statesman; partisan of Louis Philippe. Fi­<br />

nance lllinister 1830-1831.<br />

Laforgue, Jules (1860-1887). Poet and critic. One of the most distinguished of tile<br />

Symbolists.<br />

Lagrange, Joseph (1736-1813). Geometer and astronomer, Professor in Paris at the<br />

Ecole Normale (1795) and the Ecole Polyteclmique (1797). "Vas made a senator under<br />

Napoleon,

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