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Lewes Priory Lewes Priory was a Cluniac priory established in the valley of the river Ouse in the eleventh century. It was founded by William de Warenne and his wife Gundrada, the rulers of Sussex, who had come to England with William the Conqueror.
Lewi Pethrus Lewi Pethrus (11 March 1884 - 4 September 1974 was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country. From 1911 to 1958, he pastored the Philadelphia Church, whose membership grew to more than 6,000, in Stockholm, and continued to be regarded as a leader of Swedish Pentecostals long after his official retirement.
Lewis Lewis (Leòdhas in Scottish Gaelic) or The Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), is the northern part of the largest island of the Western Isles of Scotland or Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar). The southern part of the island is called Harris (Na Hearadh).
Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded as the Albany Collegiate Institute in 1867 in the town of Albany, 65 miles south of Portland by Willamette Valley Presbyterian pioneers, and relocated to Portland in 1938.
Lewis (Lifting appliance) A Lewis is a steel lifting device used by Stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared seating in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass.
Lewis (robot) Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and takes digital photographs of people. It is a research project of the Media and Machines Laboratory at Washington University.
Lewis (TV series) Lewis (known as Inspector Lewis in the US) is a British television drama made as a spin-off from Inspector Morse. Kevin Whately reprised his character Robbie Lewis, who had been Morse's sidekick in the original series.
Lewis acid In chemistry, a Lewis acid, named after the American chemist Gilbert Lewis, can accept a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond. The Lewis acid and Lewis base theory is one of several acid-base reaction theories, therefore the term acid is ambiguous; it should always be clarified as being a Lewis acid or a Brønsted-Lowry acid.
Lewis and Clark class dry cargo ship The Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo ship is the next class of Combat Logistics Force (CLF) underway replenishment vessels to be constructed for the United States Navy. Lewis and Clark-class ships will replace the existing fifteen Mars- and Sirius-class combat store ships and the Kilauea-class ammunition ships.
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1905 to celebrate the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. While not officially considered a World's Fair by the Bureau of International Expositions, it is often informally described as such; the exposition attracted both exhibits and visitors from around the world.
Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804â’1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark of the United States Army. It is also known as the Corps of Discovery.
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia River, commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Administration of the parks is a cooperative effort of the National Park Service and the states of Oregon and Washington, and was dedicated on November 12, 2004.
Lewis and Clark Railway The Lewis and Clark Railway is a county-owned railroad located in Clark County, Washington. The line is 33 miles long, beginning at the BNSF interchange at Rye Junction in Vancouver, Washington and stretching northeast, passing through Brush Prairie and Battle Ground to the line's northern end past Yacolt.
Lewis and Clark River The Lewis and Clark River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a part of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state, entering the Columbia near its mouth.
Lewis A. Pick Lewis Andrew Pick (November 18, 1890 – December 2, 1956) was born in Brookneal, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1914. He received his Regular Army commission in the United States Army Corps of Engineers on July 1, 1920.
Lewis Adams Lewis Adams (1842-1905) was an African American slave in Macon County, Alabama who is best remembered for his work in helping found the normal school which grew to become Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Lewis Alfred Tenorio Lewis Alfred "LA" Tenorio is considered a pointguard playing for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. His combination of speed, strength, athleticism, perimeter shooting, penetrating the lane, precision passing and relentless on-ball defense have made him a name as a complete player and a consistent winner.
Lewis B. Gunckel Lewis B. Gunckel (October 15, 1826 – October 3, 1903) was an attorney, politician, advocate for Civil War disabled soldiers and their families, commissioner and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
Lewis Barnavelt Lewis Barnavelt is a fictional character who appears in a series of children's gothic horror novels by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland. In each book, the group faces and overcomes various evil forces usually bent on ending the world.
Lewis Bayly Lewis Bayly (born perhaps at Carmarthen, Wales, perhaps near Biggar, Scotland, year unknown; died at Bangor, Wales, October 26, 1631) was an Anglican bishop. He was educated at Oxford, became vicar of Evesham, Worcestershire, and probably in 1604 became rector of St.
Lewis Booth Lewis Booth (November 7, 1948) is president, Asia Pacific and Africa Operations for Ford Motor Company as of January 1, 2000. In this role, he has operational responsibility for South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India and for developing Ford’s strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Lewis Brown Lewis Brown (year of birth missing) is a former politician in Liberia. He was interim foreign minister of Liberia in 2003 under President Charles Taylor and was accused of financial misappropriations alongside Taylor.
Lewis Camanachd Lewis Camanachd ( Comann Camanachd Leòdhais in Scots Gaelic) is the senior shinty team from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The club does not compete in any senior league but is entering the Strathdearn and Sutherland Cups in 2007.
Lewis Condict Lewis Condict (March 3, 1772 - May 26, 1862) was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Morristown, he attended the common schools, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1794, and commenced practice in Morristown.
Lewis de Claremont Lewis de Claremont, also spelled Louis de Clermont, was the pseudonym of an American author on occultism who flourishd during the 1930s. Books attributed to him include 7 Keys to Power, 7 Steps to Success, The Ancient's Book of Magic, The Ancient Book of Formulas, and Legends of Incense, Herb, and Oil Magic.
Lewis Fry Richardson Lewis Fry Richardson (October 11, 1881 - September 30, 1953) was a mathematician, physicist and psychologist. One of seven children, he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, into a well-off, merchant Quaker family, and was the son of Catherine Fry and David Richardson.
Lewis G. Watkins Staff Sergeant Lewis G. Watkins (1925-1952) was a United States Marine who heroically sacrificed his life to save the lives of fellow Marines under his command and to contribute to the success of his unit's mission during the Korean War.
Lewis Gannett Lewis Gannett, American writer. Author of books, like : "The Living One", "Magazine Beach", "The Siege", as well as two of 'Millennium books - "Gehenna" and "Force Majeure".
Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (born March 6, 1920) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter, born in London. After a career as a child actor in films in the 1920s and 1930s, he began shooting documentary films for the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born 1962) is an African American philosopher who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, phenomenology, philosophy of existence, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on race and racism, postcolonial phenomenology, Africana and black existentialism, and on the works and thought of W.
Lewis Gordon Pugh Lewis Gordon Pugh (born December 5, 1969) is a swimmer, polar explorer and motivational speaker. He was the first person to complete a long distance swim in both the Arctic and the Antarctic and the first person to complete a long distance swim in all 5 oceans of the world (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic and Southern).
Lewis Gun The Lewis Gun is a pre-World War I era squad automatic weapon/machine gun of American design that was most widely used by the forces of the British Empire. It first saw combat with the Belgian Army in World War I, and continued in service all the way through to World War II.
Lewis H. Lapham Lewis Henry Lapham (pronounced ) (born January 8, 1935) was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine until 2006. Most recently, Lapham has founded a quarterly publication on history entitled Lapham's Quarterly.
Lewis Hayden Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) was an African American leader, ex-slave, abolitionist, businessman, Republican Party worker and a representative from Boston to the Massachusetts state legislature in 1873.
Lewis Heermann Lewis Heermann, born in Kassel, Germany, 3 August 1779 was commissioned Surgeon's Mate in the United States Navy 8 February 1802. On 16 February 1804, during the War with the Barbary States, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur left Heermann in command of the bomb ketch Intrepid while he and a fearless band of American seamen boarded the captured frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor, swept her Barbary captors' crew overboard, and set the frigate ablaze.
Lewis Hill Lewis Hill (1919-1957) was the founder of Pacifica Radio, the first listener-supported radio station in the United States. While studying at Stanford University in 1937, his interest in Quakerism led him to a belief in pacifism.
Lewis Hine Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States - November 3, 1940, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York), was an American photographer. For Hine, the camera was both a research tool and an instrument of social reform.
Lewis Hodges Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Macdonald Hodges KCB, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar (1 March 1918 – 4 January 2007) was a pilot for SOE in the Second World War, and later achived high command in the Royal Air Force and NATO.
Lewis Holden Lewis Holden is a New Zealand public servant, and is currently Deputy Secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. Holden has been instrumental in developing the current Labour governments' "regional development" and "economic transformation" (such as the development of the New Zealand film industryTaipei Times: Taiwan to join Kiwis in making martial legend) policy agenda, and recently undertook a stocktake of government programs and their impact on New Zealand businessBusiness to Business - MED stocktake.
Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter Lewis Hubert Lasseter, or Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter as he later referred to himself, was born on 27 September 1880 at Bamganie, Victoria, Australia. Though self-educated, he was literate and well-spoken, but commonly described as eccentric and opinionated.
Lewis Johnson Lewis Johnson is a reporter for NBC Sports. Currently, he is the sideline reporter for Notre Dame football home games and in 2001 and 2002 was a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals on NBC and for the network's Arena Football telecasts from 2003 through 2006.
Lewis Jones (rugby player) Benjamin Lewis Jones (born 1932 in Gorseinon) is a former Welsh rugby union player who won 9 caps for Wales at full back, centre and wing before turning professional and playing rugby league for Leeds and Great Britain.
Lewis K. Bausell Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell (1924-1944) was a United States Marine and posthumous recepient of the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his sacrifice of life, "above and beyond the call of duty", during World War II. During the Peleliu, he covered an exploding Japanese hand grenade in order to protect his comrades; and died of his wounds three days later.
Lewis K. Rockefeller Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (November 25, 1875 - September 18, 1948) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Schenectady, he attended the public schools and graduated from New York State College in Albany, 1898.
Lewis L. Morgan Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 - June 10, 1950) was a Louisiana attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5, 1912, to March 4, 1917, from the Sixth Congressional District, which then included part of the New Orleans area. He is best remembered, however, as the Long factional candidate who lost the pivotal Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 to James Houston "Jimmie" Davis.
Lewis Lawes Lewis Lawes (1883–1947) was appointed warden of Sing Sing Prison by then-New York governor Al Smith during his term of office. Lawes wrote 20,000 Years in Sing Sing about his experiences there and became an outspoken proponent of prison reform.
Lewis Leavitt Lewis Leavitt is Medical Director of the Waisman Center on Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He is the husband of medical historian Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Lewis Leigh Fermor Lewis Leigh Fermor (London, England, 1880 - Woking, Surrey, England, 1954) was an English geologist and the first president of the Indian National Science Academy. His son is the writer and traveller, Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Lewis Manilow Lewis Manilow (born August 1927, Chicago, Illinois) is an American attorney, real estate developer, and arts patron. He is known as one of the founders of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and as a principal backer and longtime honorary president of Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
Lewis Masonic Lewis Masonic, founded in 1801, is the largest and oldest Masonic publisher in England. Lewis Masonic is well-known to English Freemasons, as Lewis produces many of the ritual books used by UGLE lodges and Holy Royal Arch Chapters.
Lewis McGee Lewis McGee (13 May 1888 -13 October 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis McGibbon Lewis McGibbon (born in Cheshire, 14 July 1991) is an English child actor, whose first movie performance was the critically praised role of Anthony, the slightly more worldly-wise older brother of the star Damien in Danny Boyle's 2004 family comedy, Millions. His first television performance was a minor part in the BBC police drama Mersey Beat aired a few days before his tenth birthday.
Lewis Merenstein Lewis Merenstein is most famous as the record producer for the legendary Van Morrison albums, Astral Weeks, and Moondance, for which he was awarded a Grammy®. He also produced albums for Charlie Musselwhite, The Spencer Davis Group, Mama Cass Elliot, Mamas and Papas, Miriam Makeba, Gladys Knight and the Pips, John Cale, Curtis Mayfield and Phyllis Hyman.
Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Of Mice and Men (1940), Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Lewis Miller Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. He devoted much of his wealth to charitable causes associated with the Methodist Church, and was the inventor of the "Akron plan" for Sunday schools, a building layout with a central assembly hall surrounded by small classrooms.
Lewis Morley Lewis Morley (born Hong Kong, 1925) to English and Chinese parents, is a photographer. He was interned in Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese Occupation between 1941 and 1945, when he was released and went to the United Kingdom with his family.
Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad career as a writer that also included a period as an influential literary critic.
Lewis number The Lewis number is a dimensionless number approximating the ratio of mass diffusivity and thermal diffusivity, and is used to characterize fluid flows in where there are simultaneous heat and mass transfer by convection.
Lewis Nixon Lewis Nixon (September 30, 1918 - January 11, 1995) was a United States Army officer in the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Easy Company. Lewis Nixon was portrayed by Ron Livingston in the HBO/BBC production Band of Brothers.
Lewis Overthrust The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic fault structure of the Rocky Mountains within Glacier National Park in Montana, USA and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, as well as into Lewis and Clark National Forest. It provides scientific insight into geologic processes happening in other parts of the world, like the Andes and the Himalaya Mountains.
Lewis pair A Lewis electron pair is a pair of electrons with opposite spins located in a molecule. The pair of electrons can comprise either a covalent bond, or a lone pair, localized in a mostly non-bonding molecular orbital.
Lewis P. Fisher Lewis Peter Fisher (1820 - October 10, 1905) was elected Woodstock, New Brunswick's first mayor in 1856, when the Town of Woodstock was incorporated. He held this position through twenty-four consecutive annual elections.
Lewis Parker Lewis Parker is commonly considered the best hip hop producer to come out the United Kingdom. Recognized as an international "beat god" and frequently considered as the “original lyrical Jedi master”.
Lewis Powell (assassin) Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hanged for the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
Lewis Pugh Evans Lewis Pugh Evans (VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar) (3 January 1881 - 30 November 1962) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis R. Bradley Lewis Rice "Broadhorns" Bradley (February 15, 1805 - March 21, 1879) was Governor of Nevada in the United States between 1871 and 1879. Born in Virginia, he moved to Nevada in 1862 where he worked in the cattle business in Elko County before entering politics.
Lewis R. Morris Lewis Richard Morris (November 2, 1760 - December 29, 1825) was a United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools.
Lewis Radcliffe Lewis Radcliffe (1880-1950) was a naturalist, malacologist, and ichthyologist. He was Deputy Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Fisheries until 1932 and was the assistant naturalist under Hugh McCormick Smith for the 1907-1910 Philippines Expedition.
Lewis Roberts-Thomson Lewis Roberts-Thomson (born 8 September 1983) is a Sydney-born Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally drafted from the North Shore side. He is colloquially known to fans and commentators as either "LRT" or "Hyphen" or "Hyphenator".
Lewis structure Lewis structures, also called electron-dot structures or electron-dot diagrams, are diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule, and the lone pairs of electrons that may exist in the molecule. A Lewis structure can be drawn for any covalently-bonded molecule, as well as coordination compounds.
Lewis Sabran Lewis Sabran (1652 - 1732) was a French and English Jesuit who was associated with the court of James II of England and who engaged in vigorous theological debates with both Church of England and Puritan spokesmen. He was the son of the marquis de Sabran of Provence, who was a representative of the French court in London, and educated at the Jesuit seminary of St.
Lewis Sanders Lewis Sanders (born June 22, 1978 in Staten Island, New York) is an American football player who currently plays cornerback for the Houston Texans. He is only the fourth player in University of Maryland history to return 2 kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career, and he ranks sixth on the Terps’ career-record list with 956 yards on kickoff returns and seventh with 10 interceptions.
Lewis Scot Lewis Scot was an English buccaneer who, according to writer Alexander Esquemeling, was the first Englishman to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the Caribbean and West Indies during the mid-seventeenth century.
Lewis Sheldon Lewis Pendleton Sheldon (June 9, 1874 - February 18, 1960) was an American athlete who competed in jumping events in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze medals in triple jump and standing high jump.
Lewis Sheridan Leary Lewis Sheridan Leary was a participant in the Harper's Ferry raid with John Brown, left a wife and a six months old child at Oberlin, to go to Harper's Ferry. Said to have been the first Oberlin recruit to Brown's army.
Lewis Smith Lewis Smith (born : August 1 1958 in Chattanooga, Tennessee), American actor, best known for the role of Charles Main on the first and second part of "North and South" miniseries, and as Perfect Tommy in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Lewis is also well known for his starring role as Bobby Fantana in 1985's The Heavenly Kid.
Lewis Stadler Lewis John Stadler (July 6, 1896 - May 12, 1954) was an American geneticist. His research focused on the mutagenic effects of different forms of radiation on economically important plants like maize and barley.
Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday (VC, KCB)(14 May 1870-9 March 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis Tappan Lewis Tappan (1788-1863) was a New York abolitionist who was most responsible in making sure the Africans of the Amistad had their freedom again. Contacted by Connecticut abolitionists soon after the Amistad arrived in its port, Tappan focused extensible on the captive Africans.
Lewis Teague (artisan) Lewis Rudolph Teague (born November 30 1917 in Jamaica, New York — died 1978 Fayston, Vermont) was a renowned American architect and painter. The son of Industrial Designer Walter Dorwin Teague, he initially started out studying architecture at the Pratt Institute.
Lewis Terman Lewis Madison Terman (born 15 January 1877 in Johnson County, Indiana, died 21 December 1956 in Palo Alto, California) was a U.S psychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology in the early 20th century at Stanford University.
Lewis Theobald Lewis Theobald (baptised April 2, 1688 – September 18, 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary satire. He was vital for the establishment of fair texts for Shakespeare, and he was the first avatar of Dulness for Alexander Pope.
Lewis Thomas Prize The Lewis Thomas Prize, named for its first recipient, Lewis Thomas, is an annual literary prize awarded by Rockefeller University to scientists deemed to have accomplished a significant literary achievement. The award was established in 1993 and is endowed with a $5,000 USD accolade.
Lewis Tillman Lewis Tillman was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on August 18, 1816 near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County.
Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born December 11, 1964; real name: Laurent Chabosy) is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders, in 1990, of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons.
Lewis Urry Lewis Frederick Urry, (January 29 1927-October 19 2004), was a Canadian chemical engineer and inventor. He invented both the alkaline battery and lithium battery while working for the Eveready Battery company.
Lewis Walpole Library The Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut possesses important collections of eighteenth-century English literary manuscripts and books, including the preeminent gathering of Horace Walpole's papers and effects from his estate at Strawberry Hill. Its collections include eighteenth-century British books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as important examples of the decorative arts.
Lewis White Beck Lewis White Beck (September 26, 1913 - June 7, 1997) was a scholar in German philosophy. Beck was Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at the University of Rochester and served as the Philosophy Department chair there from 1949 to 1966.
Lewis William Walt Lewis William Walt (16 February 1913–26 March 1989), also known as Lew Walt, was a United States Marine Corps officer who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. His decorations included two Navy Crosses and two Distinguished Service Medals.
Lewis Wolpert Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL (born 19 October 1929) is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Having trained as a civil engineer in South Africa, he moved to King's College London to research cell biology, particularly the development of the embryo.
Lewis's Woodpecker The Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, is a large North American species of woodpecker which was named for Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America during the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, 30 miles (48 km) south by east of Williamsport and 60 miles (97 km) north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region.
Lewisham Lewisham [an area within the London Borough of Lewisham] in south-east [[London, England. It is a major transport hub, lying on the A20 road towards Dover and at the start of A21 to Hastings, with its own bus station, mainline railway station and the southern terminus of the Docklands Light Railway.
Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham, Deptford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Lewisham local elections The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough, in the United Kingdom, established in 1964. Elections are held every four years using a plurality bloc vote electoral system for the councillors and the supplementary vote electoral system for the elected mayor.
Lewisham Law Centre Lewisham Law Centre (founded in 1974) is a community-based law service that promotes access to legal rights and equality of opportunity. It is a registered charity employing solicitors and paralegals to provide free and independent legal advice and representation to people living, working or studying in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham North was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Lewisham parks and open spaces The London Borough of Lewisham, like all the London boroughs has many parks and open spaces within its boundaries, part of the "green lung" of London. Management of the borough-owned parks and their facilities is contracted out to Glendale Grounds Management.
Lewisham rail crash The Lewisham rail crash was an accident on the British railway system which occurred on 4 December 1957 just outside St Johns railway station in Lewisham, south London, where ninety people were killed and 173 injured. It was the third worst rail crash in the UK in terms of death toll.
Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham South was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Lewi Pethrus Lewi Pethrus (11 March 1884 - 4 September 1974 was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country. From 1911 to 1958, he pastored the Philadelphia Church, whose membership grew to more than 6,000, in Stockholm, and continued to be regarded as a leader of Swedish Pentecostals long after his official retirement.
Lewis Lewis (Leòdhas in Scottish Gaelic) or The Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais), is the northern part of the largest island of the Western Isles of Scotland or Outer Hebrides (Na h-Eileanan Siar). The southern part of the island is called Harris (Na Hearadh).
Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded as the Albany Collegiate Institute in 1867 in the town of Albany, 65 miles south of Portland by Willamette Valley Presbyterian pioneers, and relocated to Portland in 1938.
Lewis (Lifting appliance) A Lewis is a steel lifting device used by Stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared seating in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass.
Lewis (robot) Lewis (named after Meriwether Lewis) is an autonomous robot that performs the job of a wedding photographer: it attends social events, moves around, and takes digital photographs of people. It is a research project of the Media and Machines Laboratory at Washington University.
Lewis (TV series) Lewis (known as Inspector Lewis in the US) is a British television drama made as a spin-off from Inspector Morse. Kevin Whately reprised his character Robbie Lewis, who had been Morse's sidekick in the original series.
Lewis acid In chemistry, a Lewis acid, named after the American chemist Gilbert Lewis, can accept a pair of electrons and form a coordinate covalent bond. The Lewis acid and Lewis base theory is one of several acid-base reaction theories, therefore the term acid is ambiguous; it should always be clarified as being a Lewis acid or a Brønsted-Lowry acid.
Lewis and Clark class dry cargo ship The Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo ship is the next class of Combat Logistics Force (CLF) underway replenishment vessels to be constructed for the United States Navy. Lewis and Clark-class ships will replace the existing fifteen Mars- and Sirius-class combat store ships and the Kilauea-class ammunition ships.
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, commonly also known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and officially known as the Lewis and Clark Centennial American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, was a worldwide exposition held in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1905 to celebrate the centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. While not officially considered a World's Fair by the Bureau of International Expositions, it is often informally described as such; the exposition attracted both exhibits and visitors from around the world.
Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804â’1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark of the United States Army. It is also known as the Corps of Discovery.
Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks Lewis and Clark National and State Historical Parks, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia River, commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Administration of the parks is a cooperative effort of the National Park Service and the states of Oregon and Washington, and was dedicated on November 12, 2004.
Lewis and Clark Railway The Lewis and Clark Railway is a county-owned railroad located in Clark County, Washington. The line is 33 miles long, beginning at the BNSF interchange at Rye Junction in Vancouver, Washington and stretching northeast, passing through Brush Prairie and Battle Ground to the line's northern end past Yacolt.
Lewis and Clark River The Lewis and Clark River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 20 mi (32 km) long, in northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a part of the Coast Range in the extreme northwest corner of the state, entering the Columbia near its mouth.
Lewis A. Pick Lewis Andrew Pick (November 18, 1890 – December 2, 1956) was born in Brookneal, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1914. He received his Regular Army commission in the United States Army Corps of Engineers on July 1, 1920.
Lewis Adams Lewis Adams (1842-1905) was an African American slave in Macon County, Alabama who is best remembered for his work in helping found the normal school which grew to become Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Lewis Alfred Tenorio Lewis Alfred "LA" Tenorio is considered a pointguard playing for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. His combination of speed, strength, athleticism, perimeter shooting, penetrating the lane, precision passing and relentless on-ball defense have made him a name as a complete player and a consistent winner.
Lewis B. Gunckel Lewis B. Gunckel (October 15, 1826 – October 3, 1903) was an attorney, politician, advocate for Civil War disabled soldiers and their families, commissioner and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
Lewis Barnavelt Lewis Barnavelt is a fictional character who appears in a series of children's gothic horror novels by John Bellairs and Brad Strickland. In each book, the group faces and overcomes various evil forces usually bent on ending the world.
Lewis Bayly Lewis Bayly (born perhaps at Carmarthen, Wales, perhaps near Biggar, Scotland, year unknown; died at Bangor, Wales, October 26, 1631) was an Anglican bishop. He was educated at Oxford, became vicar of Evesham, Worcestershire, and probably in 1604 became rector of St.
Lewis Booth Lewis Booth (November 7, 1948) is president, Asia Pacific and Africa Operations for Ford Motor Company as of January 1, 2000. In this role, he has operational responsibility for South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and India and for developing Ford’s strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.
Lewis Brown Lewis Brown (year of birth missing) is a former politician in Liberia. He was interim foreign minister of Liberia in 2003 under President Charles Taylor and was accused of financial misappropriations alongside Taylor.
Lewis Camanachd Lewis Camanachd ( Comann Camanachd Leòdhais in Scots Gaelic) is the senior shinty team from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The club does not compete in any senior league but is entering the Strathdearn and Sutherland Cups in 2007.
Lewis Condict Lewis Condict (March 3, 1772 - May 26, 1862) was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Morristown, he attended the common schools, was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1794, and commenced practice in Morristown.
Lewis de Claremont Lewis de Claremont, also spelled Louis de Clermont, was the pseudonym of an American author on occultism who flourishd during the 1930s. Books attributed to him include 7 Keys to Power, 7 Steps to Success, The Ancient's Book of Magic, The Ancient Book of Formulas, and Legends of Incense, Herb, and Oil Magic.
Lewis Fry Richardson Lewis Fry Richardson (October 11, 1881 - September 30, 1953) was a mathematician, physicist and psychologist. One of seven children, he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, into a well-off, merchant Quaker family, and was the son of Catherine Fry and David Richardson.
Lewis G. Watkins Staff Sergeant Lewis G. Watkins (1925-1952) was a United States Marine who heroically sacrificed his life to save the lives of fellow Marines under his command and to contribute to the success of his unit's mission during the Korean War.
Lewis Gannett Lewis Gannett, American writer. Author of books, like : "The Living One", "Magazine Beach", "The Siege", as well as two of 'Millennium books - "Gehenna" and "Force Majeure".
Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (born March 6, 1920) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter, born in London. After a career as a child actor in films in the 1920s and 1930s, he began shooting documentary films for the Royal Air Force during World War II.
Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born 1962) is an African American philosopher who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, philosophy of human and life sciences, phenomenology, philosophy of existence, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race and racism, philosophies of liberation, aesthetics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of religion. He has written particularly extensively on race and racism, postcolonial phenomenology, Africana and black existentialism, and on the works and thought of W.
Lewis Gordon Pugh Lewis Gordon Pugh (born December 5, 1969) is a swimmer, polar explorer and motivational speaker. He was the first person to complete a long distance swim in both the Arctic and the Antarctic and the first person to complete a long distance swim in all 5 oceans of the world (Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic and Southern).
Lewis Gun The Lewis Gun is a pre-World War I era squad automatic weapon/machine gun of American design that was most widely used by the forces of the British Empire. It first saw combat with the Belgian Army in World War I, and continued in service all the way through to World War II.
Lewis H. Lapham Lewis Henry Lapham (pronounced ) (born January 8, 1935) was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine until 2006. Most recently, Lapham has founded a quarterly publication on history entitled Lapham's Quarterly.
Lewis Hayden Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) was an African American leader, ex-slave, abolitionist, businessman, Republican Party worker and a representative from Boston to the Massachusetts state legislature in 1873.
Lewis Heermann Lewis Heermann, born in Kassel, Germany, 3 August 1779 was commissioned Surgeon's Mate in the United States Navy 8 February 1802. On 16 February 1804, during the War with the Barbary States, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur left Heermann in command of the bomb ketch Intrepid while he and a fearless band of American seamen boarded the captured frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor, swept her Barbary captors' crew overboard, and set the frigate ablaze.
Lewis Hill Lewis Hill (1919-1957) was the founder of Pacifica Radio, the first listener-supported radio station in the United States. While studying at Stanford University in 1937, his interest in Quakerism led him to a belief in pacifism.
Lewis Hine Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States - November 3, 1940, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York), was an American photographer. For Hine, the camera was both a research tool and an instrument of social reform.
Lewis Hodges Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Macdonald Hodges KCB, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar (1 March 1918 – 4 January 2007) was a pilot for SOE in the Second World War, and later achived high command in the Royal Air Force and NATO.
Lewis Holden Lewis Holden is a New Zealand public servant, and is currently Deputy Secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. Holden has been instrumental in developing the current Labour governments' "regional development" and "economic transformation" (such as the development of the New Zealand film industryTaipei Times: Taiwan to join Kiwis in making martial legend) policy agenda, and recently undertook a stocktake of government programs and their impact on New Zealand businessBusiness to Business - MED stocktake.
Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter Lewis Hubert Lasseter, or Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter as he later referred to himself, was born on 27 September 1880 at Bamganie, Victoria, Australia. Though self-educated, he was literate and well-spoken, but commonly described as eccentric and opinionated.
Lewis Johnson Lewis Johnson is a reporter for NBC Sports. Currently, he is the sideline reporter for Notre Dame football home games and in 2001 and 2002 was a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals on NBC and for the network's Arena Football telecasts from 2003 through 2006.
Lewis Jones (rugby player) Benjamin Lewis Jones (born 1932 in Gorseinon) is a former Welsh rugby union player who won 9 caps for Wales at full back, centre and wing before turning professional and playing rugby league for Leeds and Great Britain.
Lewis K. Bausell Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell (1924-1944) was a United States Marine and posthumous recepient of the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his sacrifice of life, "above and beyond the call of duty", during World War II. During the Peleliu, he covered an exploding Japanese hand grenade in order to protect his comrades; and died of his wounds three days later.
Lewis K. Rockefeller Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (November 25, 1875 - September 18, 1948) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Schenectady, he attended the public schools and graduated from New York State College in Albany, 1898.
Lewis L. Morgan Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 - June 10, 1950) was a Louisiana attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5, 1912, to March 4, 1917, from the Sixth Congressional District, which then included part of the New Orleans area. He is best remembered, however, as the Long factional candidate who lost the pivotal Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 to James Houston "Jimmie" Davis.
Lewis Lawes Lewis Lawes (1883–1947) was appointed warden of Sing Sing Prison by then-New York governor Al Smith during his term of office. Lawes wrote 20,000 Years in Sing Sing about his experiences there and became an outspoken proponent of prison reform.
Lewis Leavitt Lewis Leavitt is Medical Director of the Waisman Center on Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He is the husband of medical historian Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Lewis Leigh Fermor Lewis Leigh Fermor (London, England, 1880 - Woking, Surrey, England, 1954) was an English geologist and the first president of the Indian National Science Academy. His son is the writer and traveller, Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Lewis Manilow Lewis Manilow (born August 1927, Chicago, Illinois) is an American attorney, real estate developer, and arts patron. He is known as one of the founders of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and as a principal backer and longtime honorary president of Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
Lewis Masonic Lewis Masonic, founded in 1801, is the largest and oldest Masonic publisher in England. Lewis Masonic is well-known to English Freemasons, as Lewis produces many of the ritual books used by UGLE lodges and Holy Royal Arch Chapters.
Lewis McGee Lewis McGee (13 May 1888 -13 October 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis McGibbon Lewis McGibbon (born in Cheshire, 14 July 1991) is an English child actor, whose first movie performance was the critically praised role of Anthony, the slightly more worldly-wise older brother of the star Damien in Danny Boyle's 2004 family comedy, Millions. His first television performance was a minor part in the BBC police drama Mersey Beat aired a few days before his tenth birthday.
Lewis Merenstein Lewis Merenstein is most famous as the record producer for the legendary Van Morrison albums, Astral Weeks, and Moondance, for which he was awarded a Grammy®. He also produced albums for Charlie Musselwhite, The Spencer Davis Group, Mama Cass Elliot, Mamas and Papas, Miriam Makeba, Gladys Knight and the Pips, John Cale, Curtis Mayfield and Phyllis Hyman.
Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Of Mice and Men (1940), Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Lewis Miller Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. He devoted much of his wealth to charitable causes associated with the Methodist Church, and was the inventor of the "Akron plan" for Sunday schools, a building layout with a central assembly hall surrounded by small classrooms.
Lewis Morley Lewis Morley (born Hong Kong, 1925) to English and Chinese parents, is a photographer. He was interned in Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese Occupation between 1941 and 1945, when he was released and went to the United Kingdom with his family.
Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian of technology and science. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a tremendously broad career as a writer that also included a period as an influential literary critic.
Lewis number The Lewis number is a dimensionless number approximating the ratio of mass diffusivity and thermal diffusivity, and is used to characterize fluid flows in where there are simultaneous heat and mass transfer by convection.
Lewis Nixon Lewis Nixon (September 30, 1918 - January 11, 1995) was a United States Army officer in the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Easy Company. Lewis Nixon was portrayed by Ron Livingston in the HBO/BBC production Band of Brothers.
Lewis Overthrust The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic fault structure of the Rocky Mountains within Glacier National Park in Montana, USA and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, as well as into Lewis and Clark National Forest. It provides scientific insight into geologic processes happening in other parts of the world, like the Andes and the Himalaya Mountains.
Lewis pair A Lewis electron pair is a pair of electrons with opposite spins located in a molecule. The pair of electrons can comprise either a covalent bond, or a lone pair, localized in a mostly non-bonding molecular orbital.
Lewis P. Fisher Lewis Peter Fisher (1820 - October 10, 1905) was elected Woodstock, New Brunswick's first mayor in 1856, when the Town of Woodstock was incorporated. He held this position through twenty-four consecutive annual elections.
Lewis Parker Lewis Parker is commonly considered the best hip hop producer to come out the United Kingdom. Recognized as an international "beat god" and frequently considered as the “original lyrical Jedi master”.
Lewis Powell (assassin) Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hanged for the Lincoln assassination conspiracy.
Lewis Pugh Evans Lewis Pugh Evans (VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar) (3 January 1881 - 30 November 1962) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis R. Bradley Lewis Rice "Broadhorns" Bradley (February 15, 1805 - March 21, 1879) was Governor of Nevada in the United States between 1871 and 1879. Born in Virginia, he moved to Nevada in 1862 where he worked in the cattle business in Elko County before entering politics.
Lewis R. Morris Lewis Richard Morris (November 2, 1760 - December 29, 1825) was a United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools.
Lewis Radcliffe Lewis Radcliffe (1880-1950) was a naturalist, malacologist, and ichthyologist. He was Deputy Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Fisheries until 1932 and was the assistant naturalist under Hugh McCormick Smith for the 1907-1910 Philippines Expedition.
Lewis Roberts-Thomson Lewis Roberts-Thomson (born 8 September 1983) is a Sydney-born Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally drafted from the North Shore side. He is colloquially known to fans and commentators as either "LRT" or "Hyphen" or "Hyphenator".
Lewis structure Lewis structures, also called electron-dot structures or electron-dot diagrams, are diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule, and the lone pairs of electrons that may exist in the molecule. A Lewis structure can be drawn for any covalently-bonded molecule, as well as coordination compounds.
Lewis Sabran Lewis Sabran (1652 - 1732) was a French and English Jesuit who was associated with the court of James II of England and who engaged in vigorous theological debates with both Church of England and Puritan spokesmen. He was the son of the marquis de Sabran of Provence, who was a representative of the French court in London, and educated at the Jesuit seminary of St.
Lewis Sanders Lewis Sanders (born June 22, 1978 in Staten Island, New York) is an American football player who currently plays cornerback for the Houston Texans. He is only the fourth player in University of Maryland history to return 2 kickoff returns for touchdowns in a career, and he ranks sixth on the Terps’ career-record list with 956 yards on kickoff returns and seventh with 10 interceptions.
Lewis Scot Lewis Scot was an English buccaneer who, according to writer Alexander Esquemeling, was the first Englishman to raid Spanish coastal settlements in the Caribbean and West Indies during the mid-seventeenth century.
Lewis Sheldon Lewis Pendleton Sheldon (June 9, 1874 - February 18, 1960) was an American athlete who competed in jumping events in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze medals in triple jump and standing high jump.
Lewis Sheridan Leary Lewis Sheridan Leary was a participant in the Harper's Ferry raid with John Brown, left a wife and a six months old child at Oberlin, to go to Harper's Ferry. Said to have been the first Oberlin recruit to Brown's army.
Lewis Smith Lewis Smith (born : August 1 1958 in Chattanooga, Tennessee), American actor, best known for the role of Charles Main on the first and second part of "North and South" miniseries, and as Perfect Tommy in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Lewis is also well known for his starring role as Bobby Fantana in 1985's The Heavenly Kid.
Lewis Stadler Lewis John Stadler (July 6, 1896 - May 12, 1954) was an American geneticist. His research focused on the mutagenic effects of different forms of radiation on economically important plants like maize and barley.
Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday (VC, KCB)(14 May 1870-9 March 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lewis Tappan Lewis Tappan (1788-1863) was a New York abolitionist who was most responsible in making sure the Africans of the Amistad had their freedom again. Contacted by Connecticut abolitionists soon after the Amistad arrived in its port, Tappan focused extensible on the captive Africans.
Lewis Teague (artisan) Lewis Rudolph Teague (born November 30 1917 in Jamaica, New York — died 1978 Fayston, Vermont) was a renowned American architect and painter. The son of Industrial Designer Walter Dorwin Teague, he initially started out studying architecture at the Pratt Institute.
Lewis Terman Lewis Madison Terman (born 15 January 1877 in Johnson County, Indiana, died 21 December 1956 in Palo Alto, California) was a U.S psychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology in the early 20th century at Stanford University.
Lewis Theobald Lewis Theobald (baptised April 2, 1688 – September 18, 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary satire. He was vital for the establishment of fair texts for Shakespeare, and he was the first avatar of Dulness for Alexander Pope.
Lewis Thomas Prize The Lewis Thomas Prize, named for its first recipient, Lewis Thomas, is an annual literary prize awarded by Rockefeller University to scientists deemed to have accomplished a significant literary achievement. The award was established in 1993 and is endowed with a $5,000 USD accolade.
Lewis Tillman Lewis Tillman was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on August 18, 1816 near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County.
Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born December 11, 1964; real name: Laurent Chabosy) is an extremely prolific French cartoonist and one of the founders, in 1990, of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic La Mouche and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animated cartoons.
Lewis Urry Lewis Frederick Urry, (January 29 1927-October 19 2004), was a Canadian chemical engineer and inventor. He invented both the alkaline battery and lithium battery while working for the Eveready Battery company.
Lewis Walpole Library The Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut possesses important collections of eighteenth-century English literary manuscripts and books, including the preeminent gathering of Horace Walpole's papers and effects from his estate at Strawberry Hill. Its collections include eighteenth-century British books, manuscripts, prints, drawings and paintings, as well as important examples of the decorative arts.
Lewis White Beck Lewis White Beck (September 26, 1913 - June 7, 1997) was a scholar in German philosophy. Beck was Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at the University of Rochester and served as the Philosophy Department chair there from 1949 to 1966.
Lewis William Walt Lewis William Walt (16 February 1913–26 March 1989), also known as Lew Walt, was a United States Marine Corps officer who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. His decorations included two Navy Crosses and two Distinguished Service Medals.
Lewis Wolpert Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL (born 19 October 1929) is a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster. Having trained as a civil engineer in South Africa, he moved to King's College London to research cell biology, particularly the development of the embryo.
Lewis's Woodpecker The Lewis's Woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis, is a large North American species of woodpecker which was named for Meriwether Lewis, one of the explorers who surveyed the areas bought by the United States of America during the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, 30 miles (48 km) south by east of Williamsport and 60 miles (97 km) north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region.
Lewisham Lewisham [an area within the London Borough of Lewisham] in south-east [[London, England. It is a major transport hub, lying on the A20 road towards Dover and at the start of A21 to Hastings, with its own bus station, mainline railway station and the southern terminus of the Docklands Light Railway.
Lewisham Deptford (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham, Deptford is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Lewisham local elections The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough, in the United Kingdom, established in 1964. Elections are held every four years using a plurality bloc vote electoral system for the councillors and the supplementary vote electoral system for the elected mayor.
Lewisham Law Centre Lewisham Law Centre (founded in 1974) is a community-based law service that promotes access to legal rights and equality of opportunity. It is a registered charity employing solicitors and paralegals to provide free and independent legal advice and representation to people living, working or studying in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Lewisham North (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham North was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Lewisham parks and open spaces The London Borough of Lewisham, like all the London boroughs has many parks and open spaces within its boundaries, part of the "green lung" of London. Management of the borough-owned parks and their facilities is contracted out to Glendale Grounds Management.
Lewisham rail crash The Lewisham rail crash was an accident on the British railway system which occurred on 4 December 1957 just outside St Johns railway station in Lewisham, south London, where ninety people were killed and 173 injured. It was the third worst rail crash in the UK in terms of death toll.
Lewisham South (UK Parliament constituency) Lewisham South was a parliamentary constituency in Lewisham, London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
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