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* LEFEBVRE. i was born at Tournan. Seiue t't-Mame. A pupil of I.eon t'o-mift, lir won the Prix do Home in 1801 with the "Death of Priam." He is a rival of Henner in paintinf; beautiful women; but, however delioiite in finisli. his manner lias an almost classic simplicity. His drawing is cor- rect and his knowledge of form is complete, but his treatment is smooth, and he represents the academic tendencies of to-day. His works con- sist mostly of single figures. He sent from Rome "C'aritas Romami" (1864); ''Sleeping Maiden" (ISO")) ; '■Xyniph with the Infant Bacchus" (1S(0), now in the Luxembourg. He created a great sen- sation with his •■Reclining Woman" (lW68),and with the allegory of "Truth" (1«70), a nude woman holding aloft a mirror, probably the best known of his works, and now in the Luxembourg. His other works include: the "Orasshopper" (1S7S) ; •■f;raziella"( 1878), in the Metropolitan Museum, New York : "Slave Carrying Fruit" (1874), Client Museum; "Chloe" (1875); "Pandora" (1877) ; "La Fiametta" (1881), from Boccaccio; "P.syche" (1883); "Lady CJodiva" (1800); "A I>aiigliter of Eve" (1892). Among his portraits were those of M. L. Raynaud and the Prince Imperial (1874). He obtained medals in 18ti.5, 181)8. and 187(1, and a first-class medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. He was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1870, made an ollicer in 1878. and mendx-r of the Acad<^mie des KeauN-Arts in ISKL LEFEBVBE-DESNOTJETTES, Ic-fe'vr'-da'- nr»V('t', Charles. Count ( I77.'M822). A French general, born in Paris. He entere<l the French army, serving in Belgium in 1702, and after- wards as aide-de-camp to Napoleon at Marengo. He distinguished himself at Austerlitz; was made brigadier, and in 1,S08 general of division. At the siege of Saragossa he was taken prisoner by the English, but escaped from England and took part in the Austrian, Russian, and Prus- sian campaigns, and fought in France against the Allies in 1814. He was made a peer by Na- poleon in 1815, and was at Fleurus and Water- loo. Condemned to death by the Bourbons, he escaped to the United States, and attempted to establish a colony of French refugees in Ala- bama. Despondent and homesick, he obtained permission to return to France, .set out joyfully, and was ilrowned off the coast of Ireland. LEFEVRE, le'fe'vr', FAVRE, fa'vr'. or FA- BER, fa'bar'. Pierre ( l.)0(i-4(i). One of the six coailjutors of Loyola in the establishment of the Order of .Tesuits. He was born at Villaret, in Savoy. He came of a peasant familv, and was educated at the College of Sainte-Barbc in Paris, where he l)ecame Loyola's tutor and closest friend. With five others he laid the foundations of the Order at Montmartre. August 15, 1534. Leffvre received the appointment of professor of theology in the Collegio di Sapienza in Rome in 1537, and the next year was sent to Parma on a special mission for the reformation of the dio- cese. He visited Germany in 1541. when he dis- puted with the Reformers at Katisbon, and again in 1544. when he founded the Jesuit College at Cologne. He established the .Jesuit colleges at Coimbra. Madrid, Valladolid, and Valencia. He died in 1546, when on his way to join the Coun- cil of Trent. After his death he was canonized. Lefevre was a man of great earnestness, learning, and eloquence, kindly in nature and pure in life. 2 LEFTTEL. LE FEVBED'ESTAPLES, da'ta'pr,.J.CQUES. See F.iiKK, .jACgLES Le Fevke u'Estaples. LEF'FERTS, Marshall (1821-76). . American engineer, born at Bedford. Long Island. After a common-school education he became a clerk, then a civil engineer, anrl then went into business. For eleven years ( 1849-00) he was associated with different telegraph companies. He patented an automatic system of telegraphic transmission, became electrical engineer of the American Telegraph Company, ami consulting engineer of the Atlantic Cable Com|>anv. for which he made valuable inventions. In 1861 he went South in' command of the Seventh Regi- ment; was called out again in 1802 and in 1803; and was on duty in New York City during the draft riots of .July. 1863. In 1867 he resigned liis office with the Western L'nion ( formerly the American) Telegraph Company, and became in- terested in its commercial news department. Two years later he became president of the (iold and Stock Telegraph Company, and in 1871 took control of the commercial news de- partment .after its purchase by this company. LEFKOSIA, lef'ko-se'a. See Nicosia. LE FLO, Ic Ho. Adolphe Charles Emmanitel (1804-87). A French soldier and politician. He was born at Lesneven; was educated at the Military School of Saint-Cyr; and in 1830 joined the French army in the Algerian campaign. In 1848 he was promoted to be brigadier-general. In the same year he was sent as Ambassador to Russia, whence he returned in 1849 and became a member of the National Assembly. He was at first an adherent of I.,ouis Napoleon, but finally opposed his designs, ami was among those whom the coup-d'ftat of 1851 drove into exile. Return- ing to France in 1857, he lived in retirement until after the fall of Napoleon. During the German War of 1870-71 he was for a short time Minister of War, and at its close was ajipointed by Thiers to fill the same office. He soon resigned and was Anil)assador to Russia from 1871 to 1879. LEFOBT, k-for', Francois (1653 or 1656- 99 ) . A Russian admiral and statesman, born and e<lucated at Geneva. After serving for some time in the French and Dutch navies, he entered the Russian Army, and distinguished himself against the Turks and Tatars. He took an active part in the intrigues which made Peter the Great the sole ruler of Russia. Peter never forgot Lefort. who became his favorite and devoted servant, and next to the Czar the most important personage in Russia. He was a man of great aciiteness and ability, and with Patrick Gordon became a great force for occiilental civilization in Russia. He remodeled the Russian Army and laid the foundation of the Russian Navy. In 1694 he was made admiral and generalissimo. When Peter the Great visited foreign countries in 1097 J-efort was the chief of the embassy, in the train of which the Czar traveled incognito. LEFUEL, lo-fwSl', Hector JL^btin (1810-81). A French architect, born at Versailles. He re- ceived instruction from his father and Huyot before he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, wlicre he won the Prix de Rome in 1839. His principal works were the buildings connecting the J^ouvre with the Tuileries. He succeeded Vis- conti (1854) as architect for this important structure, and somewhat modified his plans.