Joseph Kremer
Sculptor. Born Tromborn France, studied in Paris.  Possibly of German ancestry. From Mapping Sculpture: Kremer came to England on 25 September 1859. As his first recorded activity is in Penkhull,...
7 memorials
Maurice Lambert
Sculptor. Born Paris. Brother of the musician Constant Lambert. This portrait is by his father. There is photograph of him (older and not so pretty) at the Court Gallery. His other work in London i...
1 memorial
Edouard Lantéri
Sculptor.  Born France but moved to London in 1872 and eventually took British nationality.  Late in life wrote three books which are still standard texts for many students.  Died at home, 50 Perry...
1 memorial
Marquis Pierre Simon de La Place
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace, was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France, the fourth of the five children of Pierre Laplace and Marie-Anne Laplace née Sochon. His father wa...
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Arthur Moore Lascelles, VC
He was an acting captain in the Durham Light Infantry, when on 3rd December 1917, Masnieres, France he was faced with a heavy bombardment. Although wounded he continued to encourage his men until t...
War dead, WW1
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Catherine Laugel
Sculptor. She was born in Paris and moved to London to pursue her career.
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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
Born Paris. Worked with malaria.
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Antoine Lavoisier
Born in Paris to a family of nobility. Â Considered "the father of modern chemistry", by the French anyway, who no doubt would also claim that he discovered oxygen, when we all know that was Priestl...
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D. H. Lawrence
Novelist and poet (also painter). Born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Died Vence, France. Novels include: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, Women in Love.
2 memorials
Charles Auguste Lebourg
Charles-Auguste Lebourg was a French sculptor, best known for the sculptural design of the Wallace fountains, which are found in virtually every quarter of Paris and in various cities throughout th...
1 memorial
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