Lesage, LeSage, or Le Sage may refer to: *

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), Fren ...

, including a list of people with the name Lesage, LeSage or Le Sage **

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'' (170 ...

(1668-1747), author of ''Gil Blas'' **

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 w ...

(1724–1803), scientist ***

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 te ...

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) ...

, a French couture embroidery atelier *

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 Nationa ...

, a place in the U.S.

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