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La Farge

American  
[luh fahrzh, fahrj] / lə ˈfɑrʒ, ˈfɑrdʒ /

noun

  1. John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.

  2. Oliver Hazard Perry Oliver II, 1901–63, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.


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Mr. La Farge presented it as his translation of a minor French poet, Paul Poissel, whom he had invented out of whole cloth.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

Based in La Farge, about 90 miles northwest of Madison in Vernon County, Organic Valley includes more than 2,000 farms with annual sales of more than $1 billion.

From Washington Times Feb. 12, 2020

While the elderly mosses discovered by La Farge and Convey are remarkable, the clique of ice age survivors extends well beyond this one group of plants.

From Washington Post Jul. 5, 2019

William Trost Richards is a specialty as is the stained-glass artist and painter John La Farge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2018

Like most old headquarters reporters, La Farge had his deep-seated prejudices.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

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