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Lesage (other)
Lesage, LeSage, or Le Sage may refer to: * Lesage (surname), including a list of people with the name Lesage, LeSage or Le Sage ** Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747), author of ''Gil Blas'' ** Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724–1803), scientist *** Le Sage's theory of gravitation * Maison Lesage, a French couture embroidery atelier * Lesage, West Virginia, a place in the U.S. See also * * Jean-Lesage, a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada * Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesage (surname)
Lesage, LeSage or Le Sage is a surname. People with the name include: * Adam Lesage (fl. April 1683), born Cœuret, alias Dubuisson, French occultist, a leading figure in the Affair of the Poisons * Alain-René Lesage or Le Sage (1668–1747), French novelist and playwright * Augustin Lesage (1876-1954), French ''Art Brut'' painter * Ben LeSage (born 1995), Canadian rugby union player * Bill Le Sage (1927–2001), British musician * Brigitte Lesage (born 1964), French beach volleyball player * Celine Lesage (born 1971), French murderer * Charles Alexander Lesage (1843–1893), physician and politician in Quebec, Canada * Denis Toussaint Lesage (1758–1796), French politician * Émile Lesage (1904–1963), Canadian politician from Quebec * François Lesage (1929–2011), French embroidery designer of Maison Lesage * Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724–1803), Swiss physicist known for Le Sage's theory of gravitation * Gilbert Lesage (1910–1989), Quaker charity worker and philanthropist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain-René Lesage
Alain-René Lesage (; 6 May 166817 November 1747; older spelling Le Sage) was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel '' The Devil upon Two Sticks'' (1707, ''Le Diable boiteux''), his comedy ''Turcaret'' (1709), and his picaresque novel ''Gil Blas'' (1715–1735). Life Youth and education Claude Lesage, the father of the novelist, held the united positions of advocate, notary and registrar of the royal court in Rhuys. His mother's name was Jeanne Brenugat. Both Lesage's father and mother died when Lesage was very young, and he was left in the care of his uncle who wasted his education and fortune. Père Bochard, of the Order of the Jesuits, Principal of the College in Vannes, became interested in the boy on account of his natural talents. Bochard cultivated Lesage's taste for literature. At age 25, Lesage went to Paris in 1693 "to pursue his philosophical studies". In August 1694, he married the daughter of a joiner, Marie Elizabeth Huyard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges-Louis Le Sage
Georges-Louis Le Sage (; 13 June 1724 – 9 November 1803) was a Genevan physicist and is most known for his theory of gravitation, for his invention of an electric telegraph and his anticipation of the kinetic theory of gases. Furthermore, he was a contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. Life and education Le Sage was born in Geneva, his father, a descendant of Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, was Georges-Louis Le Sage from Couches in Burgundy, and his mother Anne Marie Camp. His father, who was the author of many papers on various subjects, occupied his son of his own studies early, including the works of the Roman poet Lucretius at the age of 13. According to Pierre Prévost and some notices of Le Sage, the education by his parents in his early years was very strict, and Le Sage reacted to this by isolating himself and with meditation on various subjects. Contrary to his father, who allegedly only accepted facts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Sage's Theory Of Gravitation
Le Sage's theory of gravitation is a kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges-Louis Le Sage in 1748. The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton's gravitational force in terms of streams of tiny unseen particles (which Le Sage called ultra-mundane corpuscles) impacting all material objects from all directions. According to this model, any two material bodies partially shield each other from the impinging corpuscles, resulting in a net imbalance in the pressure exerted by the impact of corpuscles on the bodies, tending to drive the bodies together. This mechanical explanation for gravity never gained widespread acceptance. Basic theory The theory posits that the force of gravity is the result of tiny particles (corpuscles) moving at high speed in all directions, throughout the universe. The intensity of the flux of particles is assumed to be the same in all directions, so an isolated object A is struck equa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maison Lesage
Maison (French for "house") may refer to: People * Edna Maison (1892–1946), American silent-film actress * Jérémy Maison (born 1993), French cyclist * Leonard Maison, New York state senator 1834–1837 * Nicolas Joseph Maison (1771–1840), Marshal of France and Minister of War * René Maison (1895–1962), Belgian operatic tenor * Rudolf Maison (1854–1904), German sculptor * Maison-Feyne, a commune in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine * Maison-Maugis, a former commune in the Orne department, Normandy * Maison-Ponthieu * Maison-Roland, a commune in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France * Maison-Rouge, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France Music Songs * "Maison", by Dreamcatcher from '' Apocalypse: Save Us'' See also * Valérie Grand'Maison (born 1988), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Zoé De Grand Maison (born 1995), Canadian actress * Maisons (other) * Mason (other) Mason may refer to: Occupations * Mason, bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesage, West Virginia
Lesage is a census-designated place (CDP) on Ohio River Road in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,358. It is the nearest community to Clover site, a National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed .... Lesage is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000. The community was named after Jules F. M. LeSage, an early settler. References {{authority control Census-designated places in Cabell County, West Virginia West Virginia populated places on the Ohio River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Lesage
Jean-Lesage is a provincial electoral district in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It consists of parts of the Beauport and La Cité-Limoilou boroughs of Quebec City. It was created for the 2003 election from most of the former Limoilou and part of Montmorency electoral districts. Even earlier, before Limoilou, the electoral district of Québec-Est existed in the same general area. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost some territory to Montmorency but gained some territory from Taschereau; it also gained a tiny amount of territory from Charlesbourg. It was named after former Quebec Premier Jean Lesage who orchestrated the Quiet Revolution from 1960 to 1966. Members of the National Assembly Election results ^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ. , - , Liberal , Andre Drolet , align ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
