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Lewanika
Lewanika, born Robosi or Lubosi, was king (Litunga) of the Lozi kingdom of Barotseland, in the upper Zambezi basin of what is now Zambia, ruling from 1878 until his death in 1916.
Lewei Pharmaceutical (乐威医药)
Lewei Pharmaceutical (乐威医药), also known as Laviana, is a Chinese small-molecule contract development and manufacturing organization founded in October 2005 in Jiangsu by Chen Wenting and Yang Guang.
Lewes
Lewes: historic market town and former inland port on the tidal River Ouse in East Sussex, England; county town in a South Downs gap; site of the 1264 Battle of Lewes and the October 2000 flood that damaged 613 homes.
Lewes derailment
The Lewes derailment was a 2026 railway accident near Lewes, East Sussex, in which the rear three carriages of a Southern passenger train overturned, injuring 30.
Lewes Priory
Lewes Priory, the Priory of St Pancras, was a Cluniac monastery in Lewes, Sussex, founded by William de Warenne and Gundrada between 1078 and 1082.
Lewes Street Surf Beach
Lewes Street Surf Beach is a mapped surfing spot on Lewes Street in Fenwick Island, Sussex County, Delaware (OSM node 3373999536), a beginner-friendly beach break in Fenwick Island State Park with year-round waves, water 2–24 °C.
Lewie Coyle
Lewie Coyle, born 1995 in Hull, is an English right-back and Hull City captain. Leeds United youth, Fleetwood Town loans, joined Hull 2020; League One 2020/21 winner, captained 2025/26 play-off promotion to the Premier League.
Lewin's change management model
Lewin's change management model is a three-stage account of planned change, Unfreeze, Change, and Refreeze, drawn from psychologist Kurt Lewin's 1947 article "Frontiers in Group Dynamics".
Lewis (TV series)
Lewis (Inspector Lewis) is an ITV British crime drama, 2006–2015, a spin-off sequel to Inspector Morse: DI Robert Lewis (Kevin Whately) and DS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) solve Oxford murders across 9 seasons and 33 episodes.
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College, a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, founded 1867 as Albany Collegiate Institute; three schools including a law school; 137-acre Fir Acres campus; about 1,989 undergraduates; NWCCU-accredited.
Lewis A. Chodosh
Lewis A. Chodosh is an American physician-scientist and breast cancer researcher who chairs the Department of Cancer Biology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
Lewis A. Kaplan
Lewis A. Kaplan, born 1944, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and on senior status since 2011.
Lewis acid catalysis
Lewis acid catalysis is the acceleration of organic reactions by an electron-pair-accepting species, such as AlCl3 or BF3, that binds a basic site of a substrate.
Lewis acid-base adduct engineering in perovskites
Lewis acid-base adduct engineering in perovskites is a materials-design strategy for perovskite solar cells in which Lewis bases or acids form coordination adducts that passivate defects and control crystallization.
Lewis acid–photoredox cooperative catalysis
Lewis acid–photoredox cooperative catalysis is a dual-catalysis strategy in organic synthesis in which a photoredox catalyst generates radical intermediates under visible light while a Lewis acid, often chiral, controls stereochemistry.
Lewis acids and bases
Lewis acids and bases, defined by Gilbert N. Lewis in 1923, are chemical species classified by electron pairs: a Lewis acid accepts a pair, a Lewis base donates one.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803-1806), the Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for Jefferson, traveled over 8,000 miles from Pittsburgh to the Pacific and back after the Louisiana Purchase, mapping the West and documenting 122 animal and 178 plant species.
Lewis Arquette
Lewis Arquette (1935–2001) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian, father of Rosanna, Patricia, David, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette and son of Cliff Arquette; known as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons and for Waiting for Guffman, Scream 2, and Little Nicky.
Lewis B. Holmes
Lewis B. Holmes is an American pediatrician and dysmorphologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, known for birth-defects surveillance and directing the North American AED Pregnancy Registry.
Lewis B. Stillwell
Lewis B. Stillwell (1863–1941) was an American electrical engineer who designed the Niagara Falls AC generating plant and directed the electrification of New York's elevated railways and first subway.
Lewis Baker (footballer)
Lewis Renard Baker (born 1995, Luton), English midfielder; Chelsea academy player with two senior appearances, KNVB Cup with Vitesse, Stoke City 2022-26, now Bursaspor.
Lewis Baltz
Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) was an American photographer whose austere pictures of tract houses and industrial parks made him a central figure of the New Topographics movement.
Lewis base passivation of perovskite solar cells
Lewis base passivation of perovskite solar cells is a defect-control strategy in which electron-pair-donating molecules with nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur donors coordinate undercoordinated Pb2+ defects, reducing recombination and improving efficiency and stability.
Lewis Berkley Davis Jr.
Lewis Berkley Davis Jr. is an American mechanical engineer whose combustion innovations led to low-nitrogen-oxides gas turbines for electric power generation; he holds over 100 patents.
Lewis Binford
Lewis Binford (1931–2011) was an American archaeologist who launched the New Archaeology with his 1962 article "Archaeology as Anthropology" and built the field of ethnoarchaeology.
Lewis Black
Lewis Black is an American stand-up comedian and actor born in 1948, known for angry rants on The Daily Show and for voicing Anger in Pixar's Inside Out.
Lewis Bond
Lewis Bond (born 2003) is an NFL wide receiver for the Houston Texans, drafted 204th overall in 2026 out of Boston College, where he set school records with 213 career and 88 single-season receptions.
Lewis Boss
Lewis Boss (1846–1912) was an American astronomer who directed the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York, from 1876, and compiled the Preliminary General Catalogue of 6188 stars in 1910.
Lewis Bridgeman
Lewis Bridgeman (born 2006) is an English actor, best known as Barney Mitchell in BBC One's EastEnders since June 2024; a National Youth Theatre member from Maldon, Essex, with no other verified screen roles.
Lewis Burton
Lewis Burton (born 1992), British former pro tennis player, model, entrepreneur; Wimbledon 2010 boys' doubles finalist with George Morgan; career-high ATP rankings 626 singles, 218 doubles.