- Luhit River (river, India)
Mishmi: …are known as Midu) and Luhit rivers. Those of the Luhit Valley are divided into two groups, the Miju on the upper Luhit and the Digaru on that river’s lower reaches.
- Luhman 16 (astronomy)
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer: It discovered a brown-dwarf binary, WISE 1049−5319, which was the third nearest star system after Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star; these two objects were also the closest brown dwarfs to the Sun. WISE was also sensitive to emissions from young distant galaxies in which stars are forming. Because these galaxies…
- Luhn, H. P. (American computer scientist)
library: Thesauri: …1950s in the work of H.P. Luhn, at International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), who was searching for a computer process that could create a list of authorized terms for the indexing of scientific literature. The list was to include a structure of cross-references between families of notions, in the manner…
- Lühou (empress of Han dynasty)
Gaohou was the first woman ruler of China, wife of Gaozu, the first emperor (reigned 206–195 bc) of the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220). After Gaozu’s death, his and Gaohou’s young son, the emperor Huidi (reigned 195–188 bc), ascended the throne. Gaohou, whose ambition had spurred her husband’s rise to
- Luhrmann, Baz (Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer)
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer known for his lavish productions, over-the-top techniques, and emphasis on heightened reality. Among his best-known films are Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013). Luhrmann grew up in the outback town of Herons Creek, New
- Luhrmann, Mark Anthony (Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer)
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer known for his lavish productions, over-the-top techniques, and emphasis on heightened reality. Among his best-known films are Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013). Luhrmann grew up in the outback town of Herons Creek, New
- Luhya (people)
Luhya, ethnolinguistic cluster of several acephalous, closely related Bantu-speaking peoples including the Bukusu, Tadjoni, Wanga, Marama, Tsotso, Tiriki, Nyala, Kabras, Hayo, Marachi, Holo, Maragoli, Dakho, Isukha, Kisa, Nyole, and Samia of Western Province, western Kenya. The term Luhya, which is
- Lui-pa (Indian religious leader)
Matsyendranatha was the first guru (spiritual teacher) of the Nathas, a popular Indian religious movement combining elements of Shaivism, Buddhism, and Hatha Yoga, a form of yoga that stresses breath control and physical postures. Matsyendranatha’s name appears on both the lists of the nine nathas
- Luichow Peninsula (peninsula, China)
Leizhou Peninsula, peninsula, some 75 miles (120 km) from north to south and 30 miles (48 km) east to west, jutting out southward from the coast of Guangdong province, extreme southern China, and separated from the island province of Hainan by the 10-mile- (16-km-) wide Hainan Strait (Qiongzhou
- Luidia (echinoderm genus)
sea star: Astropecten, Psilaster, and Luidia. The largest West Indies sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, is sometimes 50 cm (20 inches) across. Members of the chiefly Indo-Pacific genus Linckia can grow a new individual from a small piece of a single arm.
- Luigi di Taranto (king of Naples)
Louis was the count of Provence (1347–62), as well as prince of Taranto and Achaia, who by his marriage to Queen Joan I of Naples (1343–82) became king of Naples after a struggle with King Louis I of Hungary. Louis, who is believed to have played a major role in the murder of Andrew of Hungary,
- Luigi I (ruler of Mantua)
Gonzaga Dynasty: …with the 14th century, when Luigi I (also called Ludovico; 1267–1360), after fierce struggles, supplanted his brother-in-law Rinaldo (nicknamed Passerino) Bonacolsi as lord of Mantua in August 1328, with the title of captain general and afterward of vicar-general of the empire, adding the designation of count of Mirandola and Concordia.…
- Luik (province, Belgium)
history of the Low Countries: The spiritual principalities: …Countries were the bishoprics of Liège, Utrecht, and, to a lesser degree, Cambrai, which, though within the Holy Roman Empire, belonged to the French church province of Rheims. The secular powers enjoyed by these bishops were based on the right of immunity that their churches exercised over their properties, and…
- Luik (Belgium)
Liège, city, Walloon Region, eastern Belgium, on the Meuse River at its confluence with the Ourthe. (The grave accent in Liège was officially approved over the acute in 1946.) The site was inhabited in prehistoric times and was known to the Romans as Leodium. A chapel was built there to honor St.
- Luiken, Johannes (Dutch poet and engraver)
Jan Luyken was a Dutch lithographer and poet whose work ranges from hedonistic love songs to introspective religious poetry. As a young man, Luyken published De duyste lier (1671; “German Lyric”), a volume of erotic poetry. He was married in 1672 and baptized in the Baptist church the following
- Luimneach (county, Ireland)
Limerick, county, southwestern Ireland, in the province of Munster. The county seat is the administratively independent city of Limerick. The county’s northern boundary, with County Clare, is the River Shannon and its estuary. The River Maigue bisects County Limerick and flows north into the
- Luimneach (Ireland)
Limerick, city, port, and county town (seat) of County Limerick, west-central Ireland. It occupies both banks and King’s Island of the River Shannon at the head of its estuary emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. Under the Local Government Act of 1888, Limerick became a county borough with a city
- Luini, Bernardino (Italian painter)
Bernardino Luini was a Renaissance painter of Lombardy, best known for his mythological and religious frescoes. Little is known of Luini’s life; the earliest surviving painting that is certainly his work is a fresco (1512) of the Madonna and Child at the Cistercian monastery of Chiaravalle, near
- Luis (king of Spain)
Louis was the king of Spain in 1724, son of Philip V. Louis was born during the War of the Spanish Succession, which disputed his French father’s succession to the Spanish throne; thus, his birth was celebrated by the French and the Spanish. Louis XIV of France was his great-grandfather. In 1709 he
- Luis (king of Portugal)
Louis was the king of Portugal whose reign (1861–89), in contrast to the first half of the century, saw the smooth operation of the constitutional system, the completion of the railway network, the adoption of economic and political reforms, and the modernization of many aspects of Portuguese life.
- Luis Almagro (Uruguayan politician)
Juan Guaidó: Opposition to Chávez and Maduro: …Brazil’s new right-wing president, and Luis Almagro, the head of the Organization of American States, all but recognized him as Venezuela’s acting president.
- Luis Alves craton (geology)
South America: The Precambrian: …are known in the Amazonia, Luis Alves, and São Francisco cratons, although precisely dated rock samples are scarce. Ages older than 3 billion years have been reported in the Imataca Complex of Venezuela and in the Xingu area of Brazil, both in the Amazonia craton. The oldest rocks found so…
- Luís Carneiro (island, Cabo Verde)
Cabo Verde: Land: …three islets called the Rombos—Grande, Luís Carneiro, and Cima.
- Luís Pereira de Sousa, Washington (president of Brazil)
Washington Luís was the president of Brazil (1926–30) who was unable to strengthen his country’s debilitated economy on the eve of the Great Depression. Reared in the state of São Paulo and identified with it as a career politician for more than 30 years, Luís held numerous public offices,
- Luís, Maria Agustina Bessa (Portuguese author)
Portuguese literature: After 1974: Agustina Bessa Luís, a prolific writer who first came to notice after she published the novel A Sibila (1954; “The Sibyl”), continued publishing works through the turn of the 21st century. She extended the psychological insight evident in her drawing of fictional characters to enhance…
- Luís, Washington (president of Brazil)
Washington Luís was the president of Brazil (1926–30) who was unable to strengthen his country’s debilitated economy on the eve of the Great Depression. Reared in the state of São Paulo and identified with it as a career politician for more than 30 years, Luís held numerous public offices,
- Luisa Fernanda (work by Torroba)
theatre music: Zarzuela: …zarzuela, such as Moreno Torroba’s Luisa Fernanda (1932), have achieved popular success in Latin American countries, where local contributions to the genre have notably been made by Juan Bautista Massa in Argentina, Andrés Martínez Montoya in Colombia, Luis Delgadillo in Nicaragua, and Teodoro Valcárcel in Peru.
- Luisa Fernanda (sister of Isabella II)
house of Bourbon: Solidarity and discord: …Queen Isabella and her sister Luisa remained unmarried, the Spanish succession was an open prospect of great interest to governments concerned with maintaining the balance of power in Europe. If both sisters would marry princes of the house of Orléans, as Louis-Philippe and the sisters’ mother, Maria Cristina, originally suggested,…
- Luise (work by Voss)
Johann Heinrich Voss: Voss’s idyll Luise (1795), which portrays with naturalistic ease the life of a country pastor’s family, inspired Goethe to write Hermann und Dorothea.
- Luiseño (people)
Luiseño, North American Indians who spoke a Uto-Aztecan language and inhabited a region extending from what is now Los Angeles to San Diego, Calif., U.S. Some of the group were named Luiseño after the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia; others were called Juaneño because of their association with the
- Luisetti, Angelo Enrico (American basketball player)
Hank Luisetti was an American collegiate basketball player who revolutionized the sport by introducing the one-handed shot. Luisetti honed his running one-handed shot (technically not a jump shot, as he kept his feet on the ground) on the playgrounds of his native San Francisco. The 6-foot 2-inch
- Luisetti, Hank (American basketball player)
Hank Luisetti was an American collegiate basketball player who revolutionized the sport by introducing the one-handed shot. Luisetti honed his running one-handed shot (technically not a jump shot, as he kept his feet on the ground) on the playgrounds of his native San Francisco. The 6-foot 2-inch
- Luish language
Luwian language, one of several ancient extinct Anatolian languages. The language is preserved in two closely related but distinct forms, one using cuneiform script and the other using hieroglyphic writing. Luwian influence on the vocabulary of the Hittite language began before the earliest
- Luisi, Fabio (Italian conductor)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: Stein (1980–85), Armin Jordan (1985–97), Fabio Luisi (1997–2002), Pinchas Steinberg (2002–05), Marek Janowski (2005–12), and Neeme Järvi (2012–15). Jonathan Nott came to the podium as music and artistic director in 2017.
- Luisian Stage (geology)
Luisian Stage, major division of Miocene rocks and time in the Pacific Coast region of North America (the Miocene Epoch began about 26,000,000 years ago and lasted about 19,000,000 years). The Luisian Stage, which precedes the Mohnian Stage and follows the Relizian Stage, was named for exposures
- Luite (ancient Anatolian people)
Luwian, member of an extinct people of ancient Anatolia. The Luwians were related to the Hittites and were the dominant group in the Late Hittite culture. Their language is known from cuneiform texts found at the Hittite capital, Boğazköy. (See Luwian language.) Luwiya is mentioned as a foreign
- Luitpold (prince regent of Bavaria)
Luitpold was the prince regent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, in whose reign Bavaria prospered under a liberal government and Munich became a cultural centre of Europe. The third son of King Louis (Ludwig) I, Luitpold chose a military career and fought on Austria’s side against Prussia in the Seven
- Luitpoldinger (German history)
Germany: Rise of the duchies: Similarly, the Luitpoldings, originally named as Carolingian commanders, became dukes of Bavaria. Thuringia fell increasingly under the protection and lordship of the Liudolfings. In Swabia (Alemannia) several clans disputed control with one another and with regional ecclesiastical lords. Throughout the kingdom the only force for preserving unity…
- Lujack, Larry (American disc jockey)
Larry Lujack: “I’m just plain fantastic—the best damn rock-and-roll DJ of our time or any other time!” wrote Larry Lujack, a Chicago radio kingpin in the 1960s and ’70s, in his autobiography, Super Jock (1975). Lujack had the ratings to back up his braggadocio. Sweeping in from…
- Luján (Argentina)
Luján, city and national pilgrimage site on the Luján River, in the Pampa of northern Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina. The city was named for the conquistador Pedro Luján, who died there (1536) in a battle with Indians. According to tradition, in 1630 a statue of the Virgin
- Luján, Micaela de (Spanish actress)
Lope de Vega: Life: …illiterate and singularly beautiful actress Micaela de Luján, who was to be for nearly 20 years the poet’s most peaceful love; she was the “Camila Lucinda” of numerous magnificent verses composed for her by Vega. He took a second wife, Juana de Guardo, the daughter of a wealthy pork butcher,…
- Lujiang (Taiwan)
Lu-kang, town and port in Chang-hua (Zhanghua) county, western coastal Taiwan. It is situated on the Taiwan Strait west of the city of Chang-hua, with which its fortunes have been closely linked. Lu-kang was formerly one of the chief ports of Taiwan, and it absorbed many immigrants from the Chinese
- Luka (people)
Sea People: Identification of the Sea Peoples: Anatolia, ancestors of the Etruscans; Luka, identified as a coastal people of western Anatolia, also known from Hittite sources (their name survives in classical Lycia on the southwest coast of Anatolia); Sherden, probably Sardinians (the Sherden acted as mercenaries of the Egyptians in the Battle of Kadesh, 1275 bce); Shekelesh,…
- Luka and the Fire of Life (novel by Rushdie)
Salman Rushdie: Post-fatwa writings: The children’s book Luka and the Fire of Life (2010) centers on the efforts of Luka—younger brother to the protagonist of Haroun and the Sea of Stories—to locate the titular fire and revive his ailing father. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (2015) depicts the chaos ensuing…
- Luka Chuppi (film by Utekar [2019])
Kriti Sanon: Rise to stardom: …string of releases in 2019: Luka Chuppi (“Hide and Seek”), costarring Kartik Aaryan; Arjun Patiala, costarring Diljit Dosanjh; Housefull 4, featuring an ensemble cast including Akshay Kumar and Bobby Deol; Pati Patni Aur Woh (“Husband, Wife, and Her”), costarring Aaryan and Ananya Panday; and
- Lukács, György (Hungarian philosopher)
György Lukács was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, writer, and literary critic who influenced the mainstream of European communist thought during the first half of the 20th century. His major contributions include the formulation of a Marxist system of aesthetics that opposed political control of
- Lukács, Pál (Hungarian actor)
- Lukas, D. Wayne (American horse trainer)
D. Wayne Lukas was an American Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse trainer whose horses won 15 Triple Crown races and 20 Breeders’ Cup events. In 1999 Lukas became the first trainer whose horses exceeded $200 million in winnings. Lukas was raised on a farm in Wisconsin. He raced his pony at the local
- Lukas, Darrell Wayne (American horse trainer)
D. Wayne Lukas was an American Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse trainer whose horses won 15 Triple Crown races and 20 Breeders’ Cup events. In 1999 Lukas became the first trainer whose horses exceeded $200 million in winnings. Lukas was raised on a farm in Wisconsin. He raced his pony at the local
- Lukas, Paul (Hungarian actor)
- Lukasbund (German art society)
Nazarene, one of an association formed by a number of young German painters in 1809 to return to the medieval spirit in art. Reacting particularly against 18th-century Neoclassicism, the brotherhood was the first effective antiacademic movement in European painting. The Nazarenes believed that all
- Lukashenka, Alexander (president of Belarus)
Alexander Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. Lukashenko graduated from the Mogilyov Teaching Institute and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. In the mid-1970s he was an instructor in political affairs, and he
- Lukashenka, Alyaksandr Hrygorevich (president of Belarus)
Alexander Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. Lukashenko graduated from the Mogilyov Teaching Institute and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. In the mid-1970s he was an instructor in political affairs, and he
- Lukashenko, Alexander (president of Belarus)
Alexander Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. Lukashenko graduated from the Mogilyov Teaching Institute and the Belarusian Agricultural Academy. In the mid-1970s he was an instructor in political affairs, and he
- Łukasiewicz, Jan (Polish philosopher)
Stanisław Leśniewski: Life: …vocation to the influence of Jan Łukasiewicz, also a pupil of Twardowski and then a privat dozent at the University of Lwów. Already learned in the history of logic, to which he was to make outstanding contributions, Łukasiewicz was at the time studying the work of the German logicians Gottlob…
- Łukasiński, Walerian (Polish rebel)
Poland: Early Russian rule: Nevertheless, its leader, Major Walerian Łukasiński, became a national martyr when he was thrown into prison, where he languished half-forgotten for more than 40 years until his death. Other conspiracies of more radical character began to spread. The economy of the kingdom, however, developed, and its finances were put…
- Lukasz, Paul (Hungarian actor)
- Luke the Evangelist, Saint (biblical author)
St. Luke ; feast day October 18) was, in Christian tradition, the author of the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, a companion of St. Paul the Apostle, and the most literary of the New Testament writers. Information about his life is scanty. Tradition based on references in the
- Luke, Gospel According to (biblical literature)
Gospel According to Luke, third of the four New Testament Gospels (narratives recounting the life and death of Jesus Christ) and, with The Gospels According to Mark and Matthew, one of the three Synoptic Gospels (i.e., those presenting a common view). It is traditionally credited to St. Luke, “the
- Luke, Sir Samuel (English military officer)
Samuel Butler: …passed into the service of Sir Samuel Luke, a rigid Presbyterian, a colonel in the Parliamentary army, and scoutmaster general for Bedfordshire. In his service Butler undoubtedly had firsthand opportunity to study some of the fanatics who attached themselves to the Puritan army and whose antics were to form the…
- Luke, St (biblical author)
St. Luke ; feast day October 18) was, in Christian tradition, the author of the Gospel According to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, a companion of St. Paul the Apostle, and the most literary of the New Testament writers. Information about his life is scanty. Tradition based on references in the
- Lukens, Mount (mountain, Los Angeles, California, United States)
Los Angeles: City site: …beach community of Venice to Mount Lukens, which rises above 5,100 feet (1,550 metres). The city started in 1781 as a tiny village of 28 square miles (73 square km) but expanded greatly through a series of annexations when it first established an ironclad legal monopoly over the Los Angeles…
- Lukin, Lionel (British engineer)
Lionel Lukin was a pioneer in the construction of the modern “unsinkable” lifeboat. While he was working as a London coachbuilder, Lukin began experimenting with a Norwegian yawl in 1784, testing his alterations in the River Thames. In 1785 he patented his method of constructing small boats that
- Luks, George (American artist)
George Luks was one of a group of American painters popularly known as the Ashcan school because of their realistic treatment of urban scenes. Born in a coal-mining region of north-central Pennsylvania, Luks studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and later in
- Luks, George Benjamin (American artist)
George Luks was one of a group of American painters popularly known as the Ashcan school because of their realistic treatment of urban scenes. Born in a coal-mining region of north-central Pennsylvania, Luks studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and later in
- Luksic, Igor (prime minister of Montenegro)
Montenegro: Independence of Montenegro: Ðjukanović’s finance minister, Igor Luksic, succeeded him as prime minister, and Luksic continued his predecessor’s efforts to achieve greater integration with the rest of Europe and with the West.
- Lukuas-Andreas (Cyrenian king-messiah)
Judaism: Judaism under Roman rule: …revolt under a Cyrenian king-messiah, Lukuas-Andreas, aimed at freeing Palestine from Roman rule. In 132–135 the same spirit of freedom inspired another uprising, the Second Jewish Revolt, led by Bar Kokhba, who may have had the support of the greatest rabbi of the time, Akiba ben Joseph (40–c. 135). The…
- Lukuga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Kalemie, town, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. It is a port on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika where the Lukuga River exits, and it has an airport and rail links to Lubumbashi and Kananga. It is also the capital of Tanganyika province. In 1915 Kalemie, then the site
- Lukuga River (river, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lukuga River, tributary of the Lualaba River in eastern Congo (Kinshasa). It issues from the western shore of Lake Tanganyika at Kalemie, Congo, and flows 200 miles (320 km) west to the Lualaba River 25 miles (40 km) north of Kabalo. There are low-grade coal deposits along its tributaries, north of
- Lukyanenko, Levko (Ukrainian statesman)
Ukraine: Ukraine on the path to independence: Headed by Levko Lukyanenko, with Vyacheslav Chornovil as an important leader, the Ukrainian Helsinki Union had branches in all regions of Ukraine by 1989.
- Lukyanenko, Sergey (Russian author)
Sergey Lukyanenko is a Russian author of science fiction and fantasy, best known for his six-volume Night Watch series, a seminal body of work in the genre of urban fantasy. Lukyanenko was the son of a Russian Ukrainian father and a Tatar mother. He completed his secondary education in the town of
- Lukyanenko, Sergey Vasilyevich (Russian author)
Sergey Lukyanenko is a Russian author of science fiction and fantasy, best known for his six-volume Night Watch series, a seminal body of work in the genre of urban fantasy. Lukyanenko was the son of a Russian Ukrainian father and a Tatar mother. He completed his secondary education in the town of
- Lukyanov, Anatoly (Soviet political leader)
Soviet Union: Political restructuring: …group under the chairmanship of Anatoly Lukyanov. The latter proposed a two-stage approach to the election of a Supreme Soviet. Legal authority was to be vested in local soviets, but the relationship between the party and the soviets was left vague. Burlatsky proposed direct elections of the Supreme Soviet, president,…
- Lula (president of Brazil)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who served as president of Brazil (2003–11; 2023– ). Born in Pernambuco state to sharecropping parents, Luiz Inácio da Silva (“Lula” was a nickname that he later added to his legal name) worked as a shoe-shine boy, street vendor, and factory
- Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio (president of Brazil)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who served as president of Brazil (2003–11; 2023– ). Born in Pernambuco state to sharecropping parents, Luiz Inácio da Silva (“Lula” was a nickname that he later added to his legal name) worked as a shoe-shine boy, street vendor, and factory
- LULAC (American organization)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), one of the oldest and largest Latino organizations in the United States. Since its founding in 1929, it has focused on education, employment, and civil rights for Hispanics. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) was formally
- Lulach (king of Scotland)
Macbeth: His followers installed his stepson, Lulach, as king; when Lulach was killed on March 17, 1058, Malcolm III was left supreme in Scotland.
- Lule River (river, Sweden)
Lule River, river in the län (county) of Norrbotten, northern Sweden. It flows southeast from the Norwegian border for 280 miles (450 km) to the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå. Between the river’s two main headstreams, the Stora (Big) Lule and the Lilla (Little) Lule, is Mount Sarek National Park, rising
- Lule, Yusufu (president of Uganda)
Yoweri Museveni: Early life and resistance activity: …Obote, Museveni and former president Yusufu Lule formed the National Resistance Movement (NRM); Museveni led the NRM’s armed group, the National Resistance Army, which waged a guerrilla war against Obote’s regime. The resistance eventually prevailed, and on January 26, 1986, Museveni declared himself president of Uganda.
- Luleå (Sweden)
Luleå, city and seaport, seat of Norrbotten län (county), northern Sweden. The city lies at the mouth of the Lule River, where it enters the Gulf of Bothnia. Gustavus II Adolphus founded the town in 1621, 7 miles (11 km) farther up the river; it was moved to its present site in 1649. In 1887 it was
- Luleälv (river, Sweden)
Lule River, river in the län (county) of Norrbotten, northern Sweden. It flows southeast from the Norwegian border for 280 miles (450 km) to the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå. Between the river’s two main headstreams, the Stora (Big) Lule and the Lilla (Little) Lule, is Mount Sarek National Park, rising
- Luli (king of Phoenicia)
Luli was a Phoenician king of the cities of Tyre and Sidon who rebelled against Assyrian rule following the death of the Assyrian king Sargon II. Concurrent with the insurrection of Babylon under Merodach-Baladan, Luli joined with Shabaka of Egypt and Hezekiah of Judah in a revolt against
- Lüli yuanyuan (Chinese compendium)
Mei Juecheng: …of the chief editors of Lüli yuanyuan (c. 1723; “Source of Mathematical Harmonics and Astronomy”), a compendium on music, mathematics, and astronomy. Unlike earlier such endeavours, this was purely a work of Chinese authorship; Jesuits were not involved in the compilation. The Lüli yuanyuan reapportioned credit to Chinese scholars for…
- Lüliang Mountains (mountains, China)
Lüliang Mountains, range in Shanxi province, China. The name Lüliang Mountains generally refers to the whole system of ranges in the west and southwest of Shanxi, separating the north-south section of the Huang He (Yellow River) to the west from the valley of its tributary, the Fen River to the
- Lüliang Shan (mountains, China)
Lüliang Mountains, range in Shanxi province, China. The name Lüliang Mountains generally refers to the whole system of ranges in the west and southwest of Shanxi, separating the north-south section of the Huang He (Yellow River) to the west from the valley of its tributary, the Fen River to the
- Luling (China)
Ji’an, city, west-central Jiangxi sheng (province), southeastern China. Ji’an is situated on the west bank of the Gan River, at the head of navigation for small steamboats from Nanchang. The city is a highway centre located on the north-south route up the Gan valley at the point where it is joined
- Lull, Ramón (Catalan mystic)
Ramon Llull was a Catalan mystic and poet whose writings helped to develop the Romance Catalan language and widely influenced Neoplatonic mysticism throughout medieval and 17th-century Europe. He is best known in the history of ideas as the inventor of an “art of finding truth” (ars inveniendi
- Lullaby (novel by Palahniuk)
Chuck Palahniuk: Other novels: His next three books—Lullaby (2002), Diary (2003), and Haunted (2005)—were horror novels. In an interview with El País in 2022, Palahniuk described this shift as a response to the
- Lullaby (work by Gershwin)
George Gershwin: Early career and influences: …his first “serious” work, the Lullaby for string quartet. A study in harmony that Gershwin composed as an exercise for Kilenyi, Lullaby’s delicate beauty transcends its academic origins. Ira Gershwin published the work several years after George’s death, and it has gone on to become a favourite with string quartets…
- Lulli, Folco (Italian actor)
The Wages of Fear: Cast:
- Lulli, Giovanni Battista (French composer)
Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-born French court and operatic composer who from 1662 completely controlled French court music and whose style of composition was imitated throughout Europe. Born of Italian parents, Lully gallicized his name when he became a naturalized Frenchman. His early
- Lullubi (people)
Lullubi, ancient group of tribes that inhabited the Sherizor plain in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. A warlike people, they were especially active during the reign of the Akkadian king Naram-Sin (reigned c. 2254–c. 2218 bc) and at the end of the dynasty of Akkad (2334–2154 bc). The Lullubi
- Lully, Jean-Baptiste (French composer)
Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-born French court and operatic composer who from 1662 completely controlled French court music and whose style of composition was imitated throughout Europe. Born of Italian parents, Lully gallicized his name when he became a naturalized Frenchman. His early
- Lully, Raymond (Catalan mystic)
Ramon Llull was a Catalan mystic and poet whose writings helped to develop the Romance Catalan language and widely influenced Neoplatonic mysticism throughout medieval and 17th-century Europe. He is best known in the history of ideas as the inventor of an “art of finding truth” (ars inveniendi
- Lulonga River (river, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lulonga River, stream formed by the union of the Lopori and the Maringa rivers near Basankusu in north-central Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa. It flows 125 miles (200 km) west and southwest to its confluence with the Congo River north of Lulonga. It is navigable for steamboats along its entire
- Lulu (opera by Berg)
Lulu: …Wedekind’s plays in his opera Lulu (1937).
- Lulu (fictional character)
Lulu, fictional character, an amoral femme fatale who is the protagonist of German dramatist Frank Wedekind’s plays Der Erdgeist (1895; Earth Spirit) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904; Pandora’s Box). German director G.W. Pabst’s silent film of Die Büchse der Pandora (1929), starring the American
- Lulu (album by Reed and Metallica)
Metallica: …the audacious but critically reviled Lulu (2011), a two-disc collection inspired by the plays of German dramatist Frank Wedekind. Hardwired…to Self-Destruct (2016), another two-disc release, was a return to form that won over many critics. Metallica reunited with the San Francisco Symphony in 2019 for two concerts, recorded as S&M2…
- Lulu (Scottish singer and actress)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: …Bang-a-Bang,” Peter Warne, Alan Moorhouse Lulu United Kingdom “De troubadour,” Lenny Kuhr, David Hartsena Lenny Kuhr Netherlands “Un Jour, un enfant,” Eddy Marnay, Emile Stern Frida Boccara France 1970 “All Kinds of Everything,” Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith Dana Ireland 1971 “Un Banc, un arbre, une rue,” Yves Dessca, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre…
- Lulu in Hollywood (essays by Brooks)
Louise Brooks: …intelligent collection of autobiographical essays, Lulu in Hollywood, was published in 1982.