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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the most-read adventure novelists of the late 1800s and the author of Kidnapped (1886), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Treasure Island (1883…

Louis Pasteur Biography

Louis Pasteur Born: 1822Birthplace: Dôle, France Brewing beer and ale—Pasteur formulated the fundamental tenets of the germ theory of fermentation and of diseases which led to his…

Louis Marius Moyroud

Louis Marius MoyroudBorn: 1914Birthplace: Moirans, France Photo composing machine—Moyroud and Higonnet developed the first practical phototypesetting machine, the Lumitype—later known as the…

Louis W. Parker

Louis W. Parker Born: 1906 Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Television receiver—Parker is best known for the “…

Louis Jourdan Biography

Louis JourdanLouis Gendre (or Gendice)actorBorn: 6/19/1919Birthplace: Marseilles, France This prolific French actor played urbane, charming screen heroes in his native France until his refusal to…