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Lefebre
Lefebre, Lefèbre, LeFebre, or Le Febre is a common surname, related to the French surname Lefebvre. Notable people with this surname include: * Valentin Lefebre (1637–1677), Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker * Edward A. Lefebre (1834–1911), American virtuosic saxophonist * Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger (1888–1958), Canadian politician and lawyer * Bobby LeFebre (born 1982), American poet See also * Lefèvre Lefèvre is a common family name derived from the original northern French surname Lefebvre. Common variations include Lefevre, LeFevre, Le Fevre, le Fevre, Le Fèvre, le Fèvre, LeFever, Lefevere, Le Fêvre and le Fêvre. Surnames Lefèvre * Lef ... * Lefébure {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Lefebre
Valentin Lefebre (1637–1677) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Life Valentin Lefebre was born in Brussels in 1637, or around 1642.Beyer, et al., eds. 2021. He died in 1677, or between 1680 and 1682: allegedly in Venice, or in England.''Benezit'' 2011. Works He etched the series ''Opera selectiora quae Titianus … et Paulus Calliari Veronensis invenerunt et pinxerunt''. The collection consists of fifty-three etchings after works by Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Jacopo Tintoretto.Peinelt-Schmidt 2019, p. 207. The series was first published in Venice by Jacob van Campen in 1682, and was dedicated to Louis XIV. It was often reprinted: in 1684, 1749, and 1763; and later by Teodoro Viero, who added his address to the plates, in 1786 and 1789. In the church of Santa Giustina in Padua is his painting of Saint Maurus with angels (1688). Notes References Sources * Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021)"Lefebvre, Valentine" '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger
Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger (born November 3, 1888 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada-died July 21, 1958) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1926 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Bellechasse. He was re-elected in 1930 and in 1935. See also *Politics of Canada The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch is head of state. In pr ... External links * 1888 births 1958 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefebvre
Lefebvre () is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and Lefébure (northern France and Normandy). In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette or Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri (cf. Italian ''Fabbri'', ''Fabri''). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff(ic), with the article ''le'' to translate Breton ''ar''. For Anglophone pronunciation purposes, the name has evolved, especially in the United States and Anglophone regions of Canada mainly by Acadians, among whom it is also a common surname, to LaFave, LeFave, Lefever and Lafevre, as well as other variant spellings. The English surname Feaver is also derived from Lefebvre. (See ''Lefèvre'' for more.) The name derives from ''faber'', the Latin word for "craftsman", "worker"; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. Many northern French surnames (especially in Normandy) are used with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefèvre
Lefèvre is a common family name derived from the original northern French surname Lefebvre. Common variations include Lefevre, LeFevre, Le Fevre, le Fevre, Le Fèvre, le Fèvre, LeFever, Lefevere, Le Fêvre and le Fêvre. Surnames Lefèvre * Lefèvre family, French tapestry weavers, or one of its members; Lancelot, Pierre, Philip or Jean * Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (c. 1455 – c. 1536), French theologian and a leading figure in French humanism * Jacob Faber, 16th-century block-cutter, engraver, designer of decorative prints and publisher, in Switzerland and France * Alain Lefèvre (1962–), French Canadian pianist and composer * André Lefevere, Belgian-American translation theorist * André Lefèvre (Scouting) (1887–1946), French Scouting notable * André Joseph Lefèvre (1869–1929), French Minister of Defence * Édouard Lefèvre (1839–1894), French entomologist * Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943), American journalist * Géo Lefèvre (1877–1961), French journalist cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward A
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby LeFebre
Bobby LeFebre (born 1982) is a poet, performer, and cultural worker. He is the current poet laureate for the state of Colorado. He is the state's youngest and first poet laureate of color. Biography LeFebre is a native of Denver and attended North High School. He received his B.S. in psychology from Metropolitan State University in 2004 and M.A. in arts and culture from the University of Denver. Career Bobby LeFebre is an Emmy-nominated, SAG-Eligible writer, performer, and cultural and social worker fusing a non-traditional multi-hyphenated professional identity to imagine new realities, empower communities, advance arts and culture, and serve as an agent of provocation, transformation, equity and social change. LeFebre is the co-founder of Sacred Voices, previously known as Cafe Cultura, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth literacy through poetry. He was a founding team member of Slam Nuba. As an actor, LeFebre is represented by Radical Artists Agency, who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
