Nicolas Lebel [SEP] place of birth
Nicolas Lebel
Colonel Nicolas Lebel (August 18, 1838 – May 6, 1891), after whom the French military's Lebel rifle was named.
Biography.
Nicolas Lebel was born in Saint-Mihiel (Meuse) near Verdun. Interested by the prospects of a military career he enrolled in the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1855.
In 1857, he joined the 58th Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, he was a captain and company commander. In
Lebel, Belgian chronicler
- Jean-Jacques Lebel, French painter
- Joseph Le Bel, French chemist
- Louis LeBel, Judge of the Canadian Supreme Court
- Maurice Lebel, Canadian academic
- Nicolas Lebel, French military officer and member of the commission that supervised the development of the Lebel Model 1886 rifle
- Robert Lebel, Canadian ice hockey administrator and former Mayor of Chambly, Quebec
Other uses.
- The Lebel Model 1886 rifle
- The 8mm Lebel (8×50mmR French) cartridge