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Judah ha-Levi

(Encyclopedia) Judah ha-Levi or Judah HalevyJudah ha-Leviboth: j&oomacr;ˈdə [key]Judah ha-Levihäˌlēˈvī [key], c.1075–1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b. Tudela, Spain. His poems—…

Coffin, Levi

(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Levi, 1798–1877, American abolitionist, b. North Carolina. In 1826 he moved to the Quaker settlement of Newport (now Fountain City), Ind., where he kept a store until 1847. His…

Levi-Civita, Tullio

(Encyclopedia) Levi-Civita, TullioLevi-Civita, Tulliot&oomacr;lˈlyō lāˈvē-chēˈvētä [key], 1873–1942, Italian mathematician. He taught at the universities of Padua (1898–1919) and Rome (1919–38)…

Morton, Levi Parsons

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Levi Parsons, 1824–1920, American banker, Vice President of the United States (1889–93), b. Shoreham, Vt. He engaged in business in Hanover, N.Y., and in Boston before…

Johnston, Richard Malcolm

(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822–98, American author, b. Hancock co., Ga., grad. Mercer Univ., 1841. He is known for his stories and sketches of rural Georgia, of which the collection…

Levi, Edward Hirsch

(Encyclopedia) Levi, Edward HirschLevi, Edward Hirschlĕvˈē, lēˈvē [key], 1911–2000, American lawyer, legal educator, and public official, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago and Yale Univ. law school…

Lévi-Strauss, Claude

(Encyclopedia) Lévi-Strauss, ClaudeLévi-Strauss, Claudeklōd lāˈvē-strous [key], 1908–2009, French anthropologist, b. Brussels, Belgium, Ph.D Univ. of Paris, 1948. He carried out research in Brazil…

Woodbury, Levi

(Encyclopedia) Woodbury, Levi, 1789–1851, American cabinet officer and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1845–51), b. Hillsboro, co., N.H. Important as a politician and jurist in…