Lucasian Professor.

A professor of mathematics in the University of Cambridge. This professorship was founded in 1663 by Henry Lucas, Esq., M.P. for the University.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Lowlanders of Attica
Lowndean Professor (Cambridge University)
Loy
Loyal
Loys [lo-is]
Luath
Lubber (A)
Lubber’s Hole
Lubberkin or Lubrican. (Irish, Lobaircin or Leprechaun.)
Lubins
Lucasian Professor
Lucasta
Luce
Luce
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucian
Lucifer
Lucifers (1833)
Lucifera [Pride]
Luciferians
Lucinian