Lekain

(1728-1778)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lekain, Henri Louis Cain, 1728-1778 LBT ID: HeLekai1778 VIAF ID: 44405971 LOC ID: n86857500	B/BAP: 1728-04-14 DIED: 1778-02-08
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French actor who corresponded with Voltaire and David Garrick; he was born Henri Louis Cain.
REFERENCES TO Lekain: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 63 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter V. 1814-1815. Found 1: ¶ 22