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La Hodde, Lucien de (1898-1865). Police spy and author of Histoire des societis secretes et
d l parh' republicain (1850).
Lamartine, Alphonse Prat de (1790-1869). Popular poet aod orator who helped shape
the Romantic movement in French literature. Foreign minister in the Provisional Government
of 1848. Author of Meditations poitiques (1820), La Chute d'un ange (1838),
Histoire des Girandins (1846).
Lamennais, Robert (1782-1854). French priest aod philosopher. His advocacy of freedom
in religious matters led to his censure and condenmation.
La Mettrie,Julien (1709-1751). Physiciao aod materialist philosopher. Aud,or of Hz:rtoire
naturelle de l'iime (1745).
Lami, Louis Eugene (1800-1890). French historical painter and illustTator. Praised by
Baudelaire.
Lampelie. Name given to a deity representing sunlight in Lemercier's homage to Daguene
(1839).
La Lanteme. Popular journal founded and edited by Henri Rochefort (1868).
Laplace, Pierre (1749-1827). Astronomer and mathematiciao. Auilior of I'Morie des
attractions des splll!ro;des et de la figure des planetes (1785), Essai philosophiqlle sur les
probabilites (1814).
Larehey, Etienne-LorMon (1831-1902). Librariao at dle Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal in
Paris, Historian, linguist, publicist, and founder of the journal La Mosai'que,
Lariviere, Philippe-Charles de (1798-1876). Painter who executed batde scenes for the
museum established by Louis Philippe at Versailles,
La Roehejaequelein, Henri Auguste (1805-1867). Leader of d,e Legitimist party in ilie
Chamber of Deputies (1842-1848). Later a senator under ilie Second Empire.
Lassailly, Charles (1806-1843). Boherrriao poet and writer who was secretary, for a
time, to Balzac. Died destitute,
Lautreamont, comte de. Pseudonym ofIsidore Ducasse (1846-1870), writer who anticipated
Surrealism. Born in Unlguay; settled in Paris in the 1860s, Author of Les Chants
de Maldoror (1867-1870).
Laverdant, Gabriel-Desire (1809-1884). Journalist and critic for the Fourierist newspaper
La Dimocratie pacifique.
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent de (1743-1794), A founder of modern chemistry, Because
his experiments were financed by the monarchy, he was condemned by the Revolution
and executed.
Lawrenee,James (1773-1840). Writer; son of an English colonist inJamaica. Published
in 1793 a study of marriage and inheritance customs among the Nair caste in Malabar.
Became known as a feminist advocate in France, Friend of Schiller and Percy Shelley,
Leblond, Manus and Ary. Pseudonyms of French vvriters Georges Athenas (1877-
1955) and Aime Merlo (1880-1958). Authors of Vies paralleles (1902), En France
(1909), Le Paradis perdu (1939).
Lebon, Philippe (1769-1804). Chemist aod civil engineer. Pioneered ilie use of gas for
illumination (1799).
Le Breton, Andre (1808-1879). French critic. Author of Balzac: L'Homrne et l'oeuvre
(1905).
Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894). Poet of disillusiOlllilent aod skepticism; leader of
the Parnassian school. Author of Poemes antiques (1852), Pohnes barbares (1862), and
other works.
Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (1736-1806). French architect. Drew up plans for ilie "ideal
city" of Chaux, conceived as an extension of the saltworks at Arc-et-Scnans.
Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre (1807-1874). Lawyer and politician, member of the Cham-