Maurice Levy (musician)
Maurice Levy may refer to: *Maurice Lévy (1838–1910), French engineer *Maurice Lévy (1922–2022), French physicist * Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet (1859–1933), British Member of Parliament for Loughborough *Maurice Lévy (Publicis) (born 1942), French advertising magnate * Maurice Levy (''The Wire''), TV character on HBO's ''The Wire'' See also *Morris Levy Morris Levy (born Moishe Levy; August 27, 1927 – May 21, 1990) was an American entrepreneur in the fields of jazz clubs, music publishing, and the independent record industry. Levy was cofounder and owner of Roulette Records, founding partner ...

Maurice Lévy
Maurice Lévy (February 28, 1838, Ribeauvillé – September 30, 1910, Paris) was a French engineer and member of the Institut de France. Lévy was born in Ribeauvillé in Alsace. Educated at the École Polytechnique, where he was a student of Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant,Osakada K., p.24 and the École des Ponts et Chaussées, he became an engineer in 1863. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), he was entrusted by the Government of National Defense with the control of part of the artillery. During the next decade he held several educational positions, becoming professor at the École Centrale in 1875, member of the commission of the geodetic survey of France in 1879, and professor at the Collège de France in 1885. Total strain theory Lévy changed the assumption, "the directions of principal strains coincide with those of the principal stresses", stated by Saint-Venant, to "the directions of increments of principal strains coincide with those of th ...
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Maurice Lévy (physicist)
Maurice Marc Lévy (7 September 1922 – 13 April 2022) was a French physicist and teacher. He was president of the CNES from 1973 to 1976. Education Maurice Lévy obtained his Baccalauréat at the Lycée Bugeaud in Algiers, and then graduated in mathematics and physics from the University of Algiers. He then obtained a graduate degree in optics and entered the CNRS in 1945. He left Algeria for France and joined the Physical Research Laboratory of the Sorbonne ( LRPS), directed by Jean Cabannes. After a brief stay at the University of Leiden, he defended his thesis in 1949 under the supervision of Jean Cabannes. Louis de Broglie participated in his thesis examination. Career In 1949, he visited the University of Manchester to work under the direction of Léon Rosenfeld. In 1950, he joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, directed by J. Robert Oppenheimer. He returned to France in 1952, became senior researcher at the CNRS and worked in the physics departmen ...
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Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet
Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (9 June 1859 – 26 August 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician. Early life Levy was born in 1859 in Leicester. He was the second son of Joseph Levy of Leicester and elder brother of Arthur Lever, who was also a Liberal MP.The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History and educated at London University. Career He was Managing Director of Hart and Levy (Limited), wholesale merchants and manufacturers, of Leicester and London. He was Liberal MP for the Loughborough Division of Leicestershire from 1900–18, first contesting the seat as the Liberal candidate at the 1900 General Election when he narrowly held the seat for the Liberals. He was active in parliament opposing the Aliens Act 1905 which sought to restrict Jewish immigration from eastern Europe. He was re-elected at the following three general elections.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S. He was knighted in 1907 and created first Levy Baronet ...
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Maurice Lévy (Publicis)
Maurice Lévy is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe, the world's third largest advertising and communications group. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe counts today over 80,000 employees and is present in over 100 countries around the world. Career Maurice Lévy joined Publicis in 1971, as the Director of IT. He very quickly moved into the heart of the agency's business: advertising and marketing. Recognizing that top clients require a full range of communications services, he began to build up a comprehensive group of specialized and general service agencies and subsidiaries in France and throughout Europe. Mr Lévy took personal responsibility for the international development of the Groupe and successfully managed a program of sustained international expansion that today offers Publicis Groupe's clients in 108 countries a complete range of integrated communication, advertising marketing and media services. He became Chairman of Publicis Conseil, the fou ...
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Maurice Levy (The Wire)
Maurice "Maury" Levy is a fictional character in the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by Michael Kostroff. He is a skilled defense attorney and was kept on retainer by the Barksdale Organization, later by Proposition Joe and ultimately by the Stanfield Organization. He represented members of his clients' organizations at various criminal trials, advising them on defense strategy on charges ranging from drug trafficking, murder, and criminal possession of a weapon to parole negotiation. He also acted and advised for Barksdale Organization's front organizations and Stringer Bell's real estate business. Levy is corrupt and unscrupulous, willing to aid his clients in furtherance of their criminal activity. Biography Levy is the managing partner of Levy and Weinstein, Attorneys at Law, with office located on Lombard Street in Downtown Baltimore. They act as the resident agent for Barksdale Organization's front organizations' corporate charters,The Wire, Episode 9, Season 1, 11 mins s ...
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