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Genn, Leo

actorBirthplace: LondonBorn: 1905Died: 1978

George and Leo

George and LeoCBSCBSMonday 9:30–10:00 p.m.Cast: Bob Newhart and Judd Hirsch Conservative bookstore owner George (Newhart) is not sure what to make of his son's father-in-law, Leo (Hirsch).…

Leo Szilard

Leo Szilard Born: 1898Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Nuclear reactor—Szilard was awarded a patent for the nuclear fission reactor along with Enrico Fermi. Throughout his life, Szilard made…

Leo Sternbach

Leo SternbachBorn: 1908 Benzodiazepines. With the assistance of Lowell Randall and Earl Reeder, he discovered a new class of drugs, called benzodiazepines. Librium (1960) and Valium (1963), the first…

Leo Durocher

Leo DurocherBorn: July 27, 1905Baseball managed in NL 24 years; won 2,015 games, including postseason; 3 pennants with Brooklyn (1941) and NY Giants (1951,54); won World Series in 1954.Died:…

Zao Wou-Ki

(Encyclopedia) Zao Wou-Ki or Chao Wu-chi, 1920–2013, Chinese-French painter who combined a traditional Asian sensibility with Western abstraction. He studied ink painting and calligraphy as well as…

Best Supporting Actress Nominees, 2011

The 83rd Academy Award Best Supporting Actress Nominees Read biographies of the Best Supporting Actress nominees. Find out about all the nominees, from newcomer Hailee Steinfeld to past nominee Amy…

Leo III, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia) Leo III, Saint, pope (795–816), a Roman; successor of Adrian I. He was attacked about the face and eyes by members of Adrian's family, who hoped to render him unfit for the papacy. Leo…

Leo IV, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) Leo IV (Leo the Khazar), d. 780, Byzantine emperor (775–80), son and successor of Constantine V. He owed his nickname to his mother, a Khazar princess. Leo tempered the iconoclastic…

Leo I, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) Leo I, d. 474, Byzantine or East Roman emperor (457–74). Chosen by the senate to succeed Marcian, he sought to counteract the preponderance of Germans in the Roman army by enlisting…