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Le Baron, le Baron, or LeBaron may refer to: * Chrysler LeBaron, a car model produced by Chrysler * Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron order), principal enclave of the LeBaron Mormon fundamentalist group, in Galeana, Chihuahua * LeBarón family massacre * LeBaron Incorporated, a car design and body builder established in 1920 * ''The Phantom Baron'' (''Le baron fantôme''), French drama film * Imperial Le Baron, a model of '' Imperial'' * A lieu-dit in Ledringhem, Nord, France People * Alma Dayer LeBaron Sr. (1886–1951), founder of precursor to Church of the Firstborn * Anne LeBaron (born 1953), harpist * Benjamin LeBarón (1976–2009), anti-crime activist Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico * Eddie LeBaron (1930–2015), professional American NFL football player * Emily LeBaron (1906–1983), an artist, antique dealer, art teacher and community organizer from North Hatley, Quebec, Canada * Ervil LeBaron (1925–1981), leader of a fundamentalist Mormon polygamous cult * Gaye LeBaron, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysler LeBaron
The Chrysler LeBaron, also known as the Imperial LeBaron, is a line of automobiles built by Chrysler from 1931-1941 and from 1955-1995. The model was introduced in 1931, with a body manufactured by LeBaron Incorporated, LeBaron, and competed with other luxury cars of the era such as Lincoln Motor Company, Lincoln and Packard. After purchasing LeBaron with its parent Briggs Manufacturing Company, Chrysler introduced the luxury make Imperial (automobile), Imperial in 1955, and sold automobiles under the name Imperial LeBaron until 1975. Chrysler discontinued the Imperial brand in 1975, and reintroduced the Chrysler LeBaron in 1977 to what was then Chrysler's lowest priced model. The "LeBaron" name has since been applied to five different cars built by the Chrysler Division: * 1977–1981 Chrysler M platform, M-body Mid-size LeBaron sedan, coupe, and wagon * 1982–1988 Chrysler K platform, K-body Mid-size LeBaron sedan, coupe, convertible, and wagon * 1985–1989 Chrysler K platfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaye LeBaron
Gaye Theresa LeBaron (born 1935) is an American newspaper columnist, author, teacher, and local historian of Sonoma County, California. She wrote more than 8,000 columns for ''The Press Democrat'' from 1961 until her semi-retirement in 2001. She also co-authored two books on the history of Santa Rosa, California. Early life and education Gaye Andrews was born in a small town by the Eel River in Humboldt County, California. She was named for her father, Guy Andrews, who died when she was seven. She moved with her mother to her stepfather's home in Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma County, when she was 14. She graduated from Sonoma Valley High School. She then attended Santa Rosa Junior College and transferred to the UC Berkeley, earning her B.A. in English and history. Career During her college years, she interned at ''The Press Democrat'' in Santa Rosa for three summers. She planned to teach high school in Redding after graduation, but when a staff position opened at the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William LeBaron Putnam
William LeBaron Putnam (May 26, 1835 – February 5, 1918) was a lawyer and politician in Maine. Putnam served as mayor of Portland, Maine from 1869–70 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit. Education and career Born in Bath, Maine, Putnam received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Bowdoin College in 1855, where he was a member of the Peucinian Society. He read law in 1858 to be admitted to the Maine Bar. He worked as a lawyer in private practice in Portland, Maine from 1858 to 1891. Putnam served as a city council member in Portland from 1860 to 1861, a member of the board of aldermen in 1862, and as Mayor of Portland from 1869 to 1870. He was a commissioner to negotiate American fishing rights in Canada from 1887 to 1888. Federal judicial service Putnam was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison on December 16, 1891, to the United States Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Le Baron Jenney
William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832 – June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. In 1998, Jenney was ranked number 89 in the book ''1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium''. Life and career Jenney was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on September 25, 1832, son of William Proctor Jenney and Eliza LeBaron Gibbs. Jenney began his formal education at Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1846, and at the Lawrence Scientific school at Harvard in 1853, but transferred to École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (École Centrale Paris) to study engineering and architecture. At École Centrale Paris, he learned the latest iron construction techniques as well as the classical functionalist doctrine of Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1760-1834) - Professor of Architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique. He graduated in 1856, one year after his classmate, Gustave Eiffel, the design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William LeBaron
William LeBaron (February 16, 1883February 9, 1958) was an American film producer. LeBaron's film credits included '' Cimarron'', which won the Academy Award for Outstanding Production at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony for 1930/1931. LeBaron also produced landmark comedy features from W. C. Fields, Mae West and Wheeler and Woolsey. In addition to being a producer, LeBaron served as the last production chief of Film Booking Offices of America and at FBO's successor, RKO Pictures, where he was replaced by David O. Selznick. Biography LeBaron was born in Elgin, Illinois on February 16, 1883. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Chicago and New York University, and then spent a decade writing musical scores and lyrics for Broadway shows. He then wrote for some magazines and publications, before Joseph Kennedy, an investor in several of LeBaron's plays, suggested that LeBaron move to California in 1924. He joined the American Society of Composers, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United States To Kuwait
This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking diplomatic heads, to Kuwait. Ambassadors * Dayton S. Mak (1961–1962) – ''Chargé d'Affaires'' * Parker T. Hart (1962–1963) – ''First ambassador'' * Howard Rex Cottam (1963–1969) * John Patrick Walsh (1969–1971) * William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. (1972–1976) * Frank E. Maestrone (1976–1979) * Francois M. Dickman (1979–1983) * Philip J. Griffin (1983–1984) – ''Chargé d'Affaires'' * Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton (1984–1987) * W. Nathaniel Howell (1987–1991) – ''left occupied Kuwait in December during'' DESERT SHIELD ''before the start of the First Gulf War'' * Edward William Gnehm, Jr. (1991–1994) – ''reopened the embassy following the liberation of Kuwait, February 1991'' * Ryan Clark Crocker (1994–1997) * James A. Larocco (1997–2001) * Richard Jones (2001–2004) * Richard LeBaron (2004–2007) * Deborah K. Jones (2008–2011) * Matthew H. Tueller (2011–2014) * Michael J. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard LeBaron
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy LeBaron Spencer
Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Early life Spencer was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer's father died, and his mother soon left him in the care of his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when Spencer was just seven years old. Spencer subsequently left grammar school to earn money to support himself and his aunt. From the ages of twelve to sixteen, he worked from sunrise to sunset at a spool mill. At the later age, he discovered that a local paper mill was soon to begin using electricity, a concept little known in his rural home region, and he began learning as much as possible about the phenomenon. When he applied to work at the mill, he was one of three people hired to install electricity in the plant, despite never having received any formal training in electrical engineering or even finishing grammar school. At the age of 18, Spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Le Baron
Louise Le Baron (1874–1918) was an American contralto singer who performed in opera and musical theatre during the early years of the twentieth century. Biography Louise Le Baron (née Shepherd) was born in Winchester, Massachusetts in 1874, and at around the age of sixteen began singing with a church choir at Boston area engagements. She received her early training at the Boston Conservatory and under various private instructors including Madame Etta Edwards, then in Boston. Le Baron first sang with the Bostonian Opera Company before joining Fritzi Scheff and her famous company. During this time she played Lady Jane in ''The Two Roses'' by Ludwig Engländer and Stanislaus Stange, with a libretto adapted from Goldsmith's ''She Stoops to Conquer'', and as Marie Louise de Bouvray in ''Mlle. Modiste'' by Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom. Over the following seasons she would perform with the Castle Square Opera Company, San Carlo Company and on two separate occasions the Aborn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis LeBaron
Louis LeBaron (1898 – March 30, 1989) was a justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii from 1942 to 1955."Louis LeBaron, former jurist, is dead at 91", ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' (April 3, 1989), p. D-16."Louis LeBaron, 91, territorial justice", ''The Honolulu Advertiser'' (April 3, 1989), p. 20. Born in San Jose, California, LeBaron received a B.A. from the University of California and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Hawaii for eleven years before turning to judicial service, first serving as a District Court magistrate from 1935 to 1937. On June 10, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated LeBaron to a seat on the newly established first circuit court of Hawaii. On March 2, 1942, Roosevelt elevated LeBaron to the Territorial Supreme Court, to the seat vacated by the elevation of Samuel B. Kemp to the position of chief justice. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declined to renominate LeBaron, a Democrat, to another term on the court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel LeBaron
Joel Franklin LeBaron (June 9, 1923 – August 20, 1972) was a Mormon fundamentalist leader in northern Mexico. He was murdered by a member or members of a rival church which was headed by his brother Ervil LeBaron. Early life LeBaron was born in La Verkin, Utah, the eighth of 13 children born to Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr. and Maude Lucinda McDonald. At the time of Joel's birth, the LeBaron family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Joel was baptized into the LDS Church in 1931 in Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, where the LeBarons had moved when Joel was an infant. Beginning in 1936, the LeBaron family became close to Joseph White Musser, a leader of the young Mormon fundamentalist movement in Mexico. In 1944, the family was excommunicated from the LDS Church for teaching and practicing plural marriage. For the next 11 years, the family were members of Rulon C. Allred's Apostolic United Brethren. Church leadership In 1955, Joel Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heber LeBaron
William Heber LeBaron is a convicted murderer who once led the cult Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God. Early years William Heber LeBaron was one of 54 children sired by Ervil LeBaron, a member of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group. The LeBarons were descendants of Benjamin F. Johnson, one of the earliest followers of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith. When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy, Johnson and his family became Mormon fundamentalists and continued the practice. Johnson's grandson, Alma Dayer LeBaron Sr., believed that Johnson was the rightful successor to Smith, and that Johnson had appointed Alma to follow him. Alma LeBaron moved his family to Mexico, where the government showed no interest in prosecuting polygamists. After Alma's death, his son Joel founded The Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times and named himself the One Mighty and Strong. Ervil LeBaron served as his brother's second-in-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
