Tag: Biography
Stan Laurel Stan Laurel, (1890-1965) and Hardy, Oliver (1892-1957). US actors, partners in some of the best-known film comedies ever made. Laurel, the thin member of the pair, was …
François de La Rochefoucauld La Rochefoucauld, Francois, Duc de (1613-80). French writer. He spent some 25 years in politics and war, participating in the Fronde uprising of 1648. His …
Philip Larkin Philip Larkin, (1922-85). British poet and writer. Born in Coventry, he studied English literature at Oxford University, where he met his friend Kingsley Amis. He was librarian …
Brian Lara Brian Lara, (1969- ). West Indian cricketer. A left-handed batsman, Lara made an immediate impact on Test cricket on his debut in 1991 with his carefree fast-scoring …
Laozi Laozi (fl. 6th century BC). Chinese philosopher, said to be the founder of Taoism and the author of the Taoist scripture Tao-Te Ching. Although there are legendary accounts …
Fritz Lang Fritz Lang, (1890-1976). German film director, a pioneer of expressionism in the cinema. Among the outstanding films he made in Germany are Metropolis (1926), a terrifying picture …
Charles Lamb Charles Lamb, (1775-1834). British essayist. After his education at Christ’s Hospital, where he became a friend of S. T. Coleridge, Lamb worked as a clerk from 1792 …
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Monet, Chevalier de (1744-1829). French naturalist. Born into a family of impoverished aristocrats, Lamarck began his career as a soldier, serving in the …
