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Lehmann, Lilli ... Leith

Lehmann, Lilli German operatic soprano and lieder singer, known especially for her performances as Isolde in Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. Lehmann, Lotte German-born American lyric-dramatic soprano, particularly renowned for her performances of the songs of Robert Schumann and in the roles of Leonore in Ludwig van Beethoven's opera Fidelio and of the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose). Lehmann, Orla political reformer who successfully advocated parliamentary government in 19th-century Denmark. Lehmann, Rosamond Nina English novelist noted for her sensitive portrayals of girls on the threshold of adult life. An accomplished stylist, she was adept at capturing nuances of moods. She was the sister of the editor and publisher John Lehmann. Lehmbruck, Wilhelm German sculptor, printmaker, and painter best known for his melancholy sculptures of elongated nudes. Lehn, Jean-Marie French chemist who, together with Charles J. Pedersen and Donald J. Cram, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1987 for his contribution to the laboratory synthesis of molecules that mimic the vital chemical functions of molecules in living organisms. Lehrer, Jim American journalist and author, best known as an anchor of NewsHour, a nightly television news program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Lehrstuck a form of drama that is specifically didactic in purpose and that is meant to be performed outside the orthodox theatre. Such plays were associated particularly with the epic theatre of the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. In Brecht's Lehrstucke (published posthumously in 1966) the didactic element was political and was ... Lehtonen, Joel Finnish novelist in the naturalistic tradition of Emile Zola and Maksim Gorky. lei a garland or necklace of flowers given in Hawaii as a token of welcome or farewell. Leis are most commonly made of carnations, kika blossoms, ginger blossoms, jasmine blossoms, or orchids and are usually about 18 inches (46 cm) long. They are bestowed with a kiss as a sign of ... Lei Gong Chinese Daoist deity who, when so ordered by heaven, punishes both earthly mortals guilty of secret crimes and evil spirits who have used their knowledge of Daoism to harm human beings. Lei Gong carries a drum and mallet to produce thunder and a chisel to punish evildoers. Leib-olmai in Sami religion and folklore, forest deity who was considered the guardian of wild animals, especially bears. Hunters made offerings of small bows and arrows to Leib-olmai to ensure success in the chase. Leib also means "blood," and the red juice from alder bark, symbolic of blood, was splattered over ... Leiber and Stoller American songwriters and record producers. Jerry Leiber (in full Jerome Leiber; b. April 25, 1933, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., -d. August 22, 2011, Los Angeles, California, ) and Mike Stoller (in full Michael Stoller; b. March 13, 1933, Belle Harbor, New York, U.S., ), working primarily for Atlantic Records, were perhaps ... Leiber, Fritz American writer noted for his stories of innovation in sword-and-sorcery, contemporary horror, and satiric science fiction. Leibl, Wilhelm painter of portraits and genre scenes who was one of the most important German Realists of the late 19th century. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm German philosopher, mathematician, and political adviser, important both as a metaphysician and as a logician and distinguished also for his independent invention of the differential and integral calculus. Leibovitz, Annie American photographer renowned for her dramatic, quirky, and iconic portraits of a great variety of celebrities. Her signature style is crisp and well lighted. Leicester city and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Leicestershire, England, lying on the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal. Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of, Baron Denbigh favourite and possible lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Handsome and immensely ambitious, he failed to win the Queen's hand in marriage but remained her close friend to the end of his life. His arrogance, however, undermined his effectiveness as a political and military leader. Leicester, Robert Sidney, 1st earl of soldier, diplomatist, and patron of literature, younger brother of Sir Philip Sidney and second son of Sir Henry Sidney, English lord deputy in Ireland. Leicestershire administrative, geographic, and historic county in the East Midlands region of England, bordered by Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties occupy slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises seven districts: Blaby, Harborough, North West Leicestershire, and the boroughs of Charnwood, Hinckley and ... Leichhardt, Ludwig explorer and naturalist who became one of Australia's earliest heroes and whose mysterious disappearance aroused efforts to find him for nearly a century. Leiden gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands. It lies at the confluence of the Oude Rijn and Nieuwe Rijn (Old Rhine and New Rhine) rivers, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of The Hague and 5 miles (8 km) inland from the North Sea. Leiden, State University of university in Leiden, Neth., founded in 1575 by William of Orange. It was originally modelled on the Academy of Geneva, an important centre of Calvinistic teaching. By the early 17th century Leiden had an international reputation as a centre of theology, science, and medicine. Hermann Boerhaave, who was largely responsible ... Leidy, Joseph zoologist, one of the most distinguished and versatile scientists in the United States, who made important contributions to the fields of comparative anatomy, parasitology, and paleontology. Leif Eriksson the Lucky Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America. The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life and additional later evidence show that he was certainly a member of an early Viking voyage to North America, but it remains doubtful whether ... Leigh Creek town and coalfield, east-central South Australia, 350 miles (563 km) by rail north of Adelaide. The original town was named for Harry Leigh, an employee at the local sheep station in the 1850s. Lignite coal, discovered there in 1888, was mined underground from 1892 to 1908 and then abandoned until ... Leigh, Mike British writer and director of film and theatre, known for his finely honed depictions of quotidian lives and for his improvisational rehearsal style. Leigh, Vivien British actress who achieved motion picture immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois. Leigh-Mallory, Trafford British air marshal who commanded the Allied air forces in the Normandy Invasion (1944) during World War II. Leighton (of Stretton), Frederic Leighton, Baron academic painter of immense prestige in his own time. After an education in many European cities, he went to Rome in 1852, where his social talents won him the friendship of (among others) the English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, the French novelist George Sand, and the English poet Robert Browning. Leighton, Margaret English actress of stage and screen noted for her versatility in classic and contemporary roles. Leighton, Robert Scottish Presbyterian minister and devotional writer who accepted two Anglican bishoprics in Scotland in an attempt to reconcile proponents of the presbyterian form of church government with their episcopal opponents. Leino, Eino prolific and versatile poet, a master of Finnish poetic forms, the scope of whose talent ranges from the visionary and mystical to topical novels, pamphlets, and critical journalism. Leinsdorf, Erich Austrian-born American pianist and conductor. Leinster the southeastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Offaly, Longford, Louth, Meath, Laoighis, Westmeath, Wexford, and Wicklow. In its present form it incorporates the ancient kingdom of Meath (Midhe) as well as that of Leinster, which was bounded by the peninsula of Howth and the ... Leinster, The Book of compilation of Irish verse and prose from older manuscripts and oral tradition and from 12th- and 13th-century religious and secular sources. It was tentatively identified in 1907 and finally in 1954 as the Lebar na Nuachongbala ("The Book of Noughval"), which was thought lost; thus it is not the book ... Leiopelma a genus of small New Zealand frogs belonging to family Leiopelmatidae (order Anura). There are three known species, and all are 30 to 40 mm (1.2 to 1.6 inches) long. Leiothrix genus of birds of the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes), with two species: the silver-eared mesia, or silver-ear (L. argentauris), and the red-billed leiothrix (L. lutea), which is known to cage-bird fanciers as the Pekin, or Chinese, robin (or nightingale). Both range from the Himalayas to Indochina; L. lutea has ... Leipoldt, C. Louis South African doctor, journalist, and a leading poet of the Second Afrikaans Language Movement. Leipzig city, western Saxony Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies just above the junction of the Pleisse, Parthe, and Weisse Elster rivers, about 115 miles (185 km) southwest of Berlin. Leipzig is situated in the fertile, low-lying Leipzig Basin, which has extensive deposits of lignite (brown coal). Although encircled by a ... Leipzig Zoological Garden zoological garden in Leipzig, Ger., noted for its carnivore collection. The zoo was opened in 1878 and taken over by the city in 1920. Occupying a 22-hectare (54-acre) site, the zoo maintains about 5,000 specimens of approximately 600 species. With big cats as its main specialty, the Leipzig Zoo has ... Leipzig, Battle of (Oct. 16-19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. The battle was fought at Leipzig, in Saxony, between approximately 185,000 French and other troops under Napoleon, and approximately 320,000 allied troops, including Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and Swedish ... Leipzig, University of coeducational state-controlled institution of higher education in Leipzig, Ger. It was renamed Karl Marx University of Leipzig in 1953 by the communist leadership of East Germany; the original name was restored in 1990. The University of Leipzig was founded in 1409 by German students and professors who withdrew from the ... Leiria town, west-central Portugal. The town is located 70 miles (115 km) north of Lisbon, a few miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. It originated as the Roman town of Collippo and was captured by the Moors early in the 8th century. After its reconquest in 1135 by Afonso I, a ... Leiris, Michel French writer who was a pioneer in modern confessional literature and was also a noted anthropologist, poet, and art critic. Leisewitz, Johann Anton German dramatist whose most important work, Julius von Tarent (1776), was the forerunner of Friedrich Schiller's famous Sturm und Drang masterpiece Die Rauber (1781; The Robbers). leishmania any of several species of flagellate protists belonging to the genus Leishmania in the order Kinetoplastida. These protists are parasites of vertebrates, to which they are transmitted by species of Phlebotomus, a genus of bloodsucking sand flies. The leishmanial parasites assume two forms: a round or oval leishmanial stage, which ... leishmaniasis human protozoal infection spread by the bite of a sandfly. Leishmaniasis occurs worldwide but is especially prevalent in tropical areas. Three major forms of the disease are recognized: visceral, cutaneous, and mucocutaneous. Leisler, Jacob provincial militia captain who seized the reins of British colonial government in New York (Leisler's Rebellion) and exercised effective control over the area for more than 18 months in 1689-91. Leith port of Edinburgh, lying north of the city centre on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is part of the council area of the City of Edinburgh, in the historic county of Midlothian, southeastern Scotland. Leith was once an independent town, and before the railway era it ...