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Loban, Georges (1770-1838). Highly decorated officer in Napoleon's army. Liberal<br />

deputy (1828-1830), and commander-in-chief of the Garde Nationale (1830).<br />

Lohenslein, Daniel (1635-1683). Gelman writer of tragedies, a book of lyrics, and a<br />

novel. Treated in Benjamin's UrsjJ1"ung des deutsclleJl Trauel:fjJie[s.<br />

Loi Falloux. See Falloux, comte Frederic.<br />

Longchamps, Charles de (1768-1832). Popular dranlatist and author of vaudevilles and<br />

operas, including Le Siducteur amoureux (1803).<br />

Loos, Adolf (1870-1933). Moravian architect; opposed to Art Nouveau. He was a leader<br />

in establishing modennst architecture in Europe after World War 1. Lived in Vienna<br />

and Paris. Author of Omament und Verbrec!u?1l (1908) .<br />

Lotze, Hermann (1817-1881). German philosopher. Initiator of a teleological idealism<br />

that reinterpreted the Platonic ideas in terms of values. Helped found the science of<br />

physiological psychology.<br />

Louis Napoleon. See Napoleon III.<br />

Louis Philippe (1773-1850). Descendant of the Bourbon-Orleans royal line. Member of<br />

theJacobin Club in 1790, and a colonel in the revolutionary army. Lived in Philadelphia<br />

(1796-1800), and later in England; was in France 1817-1830, administering his<br />

estates and great wealth. Proclaimed I'Citizen King" by Thiers in the July Revolution,<br />

and elected by the Chamber of Deputies as a constitutional monarch on August 7,<br />

1830. His reign, which sought to portray itself as middle-of-dle-road and was therefore<br />

knovvn as the 'Juste Nlilieu," was marked by the rise of the bourgeoisie to power,<br />

especially through its domination of industry and fInance. Overthrown by the February<br />

Revolution of 1848, on which he abdicated and escaped to England.<br />

Louis the Great. Louis XIV (1638-1715), the longest-reigning king in European history<br />

(1643-1715), his court the most magnificent in Europe. French arts were in their golden<br />

age during his reign.<br />

Louis XII (1462-1515). Known as Father of the People. Held tbe title dne d'Orleans<br />

1465-1498. As king (1498-1515), he inaugurated widespread reforms.<br />

Louis XVIII (1755-1824). After living as an emigr'e, he became king of France on<br />

Napoleon's downfall and the restoration of the Bourbons. Reigned 1814-1815, 1815-<br />

1824 (abdicating briefly during Napoleon's Hundred Days).<br />

Louys, Pierre (1870-1925). Frencb man ofletters. Author of Astarte (verse, 1891), Aphrodite<br />

(novel, 1896), and other works.<br />

Lucan. Full name Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 A.D.), Roman poet born in Cordova,<br />

Betrayed in a conspiracy against Nero, His sole extant work is the epic Pharsalia) about<br />

the war between Caesar and Pompey,<br />

Lutece. Ancient name for Paris, from Latin Lutetia C'city of mud"),<br />

Mabille, Pierre (1904-1952), Physician and writer, associated with the Symbolists. Editorial<br />

director of the famous art review Minotaure, His major works include La Construction<br />

de l'ho11l1lle (1936), Egrigores) ou La Vie des civilisationJ (1938), and Le Miroir dtt<br />

merveilleux (1940).<br />

MacOrlan, Pierre. Pseudonym of Pierre Dumarchais (1882-1970), writer associated<br />

with the group of Surrealists around Guillaume Apollinaire and MaxJacob. Among his<br />

novels, notable for theu' nuxture of fantasy and realism, are Le Qyai des brumes (1927)<br />

and Le .Negre Leonard et Maitre Jean Mullin (1920).<br />

Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862-1949). Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist. Settled in<br />

Paris Ul 1896 and was influenced by the Symbolists. Author of Pellias et MilisaJ1de<br />

(1892), Le TreJor des humbles (1896), L'Oiseaa blea (1908).<br />

Maillard, Finnin (1833-?). Frenchjournalist. Historian of the press and of Paris.<br />

Maillard, L. Y. Young republican exile with whom Louis-Auguste Blanqui corresponded<br />

in 1852.

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