Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Leacock, William T., D.D a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born on the island of Barbadoes in 1796, ordained in 1824, was rector of Christ Church, New Orleans, from 1852 to 1878, and died at Beauvoir, Mississippi, December 28, 1884. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Leacock Hamble James a missionary of the Church of England, was born at Cluff’s Bay, Barbadoes, Feb. 14.1795. His family was descended from a noble English ancestry. Slaves were an element of respectability in Barbadoes, and his father had many. Young Leacock received his early education at Codrington College, Barbadoes. Through Dr. Coleridge, bishop of … Continue reading “Leacock Hamble James”

Leach, James a Presbyterian minister, was born in Stafford County, Va., July 15, 1791. He was educated in Hampden Sidney College, Va., studied divinity in the Union Theological Seminary, Va., and was licensed by the Winchester Presbytery Oct. 10, 1818. He was a predestinarian of the order of Augustine and Calvin. His ordination and installation … Continue reading “Leach, James”

Leach, Beriah N., D.D a Baptist minister, was born at Middletown, Vermont, April 28, 1801. He joined the Church in 1815, and was ordained in October 1826, over the Church at Cornwall. His subsequent pastorates were in Middlebury, Fredonia, Wyoming, Hamilton, and Brooklyn, N.Y., and in Middletown, Conn. His useful life closed January 23, 1869. … Continue reading “Leach, Beriah N., D.D”

Leach SEE HORSE-LEECH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Leach lech. See HORSELEACH. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph Astronomer , born Saint-L, France, 1811 ; died Paris, France, 1877 . He was successively professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, the College Stanislas, and the University of Paris. In 1839 he published a calculation of the planetary orbits from 100,000 B.C. to A.D. 100,000, proving the stability of the solar … Continue reading “Le Verrier, Urbain-Jean-Joseph”

Le Tellier, Michel Jesuit, born Vast, France, 1643; died La Fleche, 1719. He was one of the founders of the “Journal de Trevoux,” and wrote against Jansenism in addition to participating in the discussion on the Chinese Rites. In 1709 he became confessor to Louis XIV. Scientific history is now revising the calumnious portrait of … Continue reading “Le Tellier, Michel”

Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice Archbishop of Reims, b. at Turin, 1642; d. at Reims, 1710. The son of Michel Le Tellier and brother of Louvois (both ministers of Louis XIV), he studied for the Church, won the doctorate of theology at the Sorbonne, and was ordained priest in 1666. Provided, even before his ordination, with several … Continue reading “Le Tellier, Charles-Maurice”

Le Sage, Alain-Ren Writer, b. at Sarzeau (Morbihan), 1668; d. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747. The son of a notary who died early in the youth’s career, he left the Jesuit college of Vannes after the completion of his studies, and found himself penniless, his guardian having squandered his fortune. He married at the age of twenty-six … Continue reading “Le Sage, Alain-René”

Le Quien, Michel French historian and theologian, b. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, department of Pas-de-Calais, 8 Oct., 1661; d. at Paris, 12 March, 1733. He studied at Plessis College, Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent of St-Germain, where he made his profession in 1682. Excepting occasional short absences he never left Paris. At the time … Continue reading “Le Quien, Michel”