Fort Donelson
Donelson, Fort, An Entrenched Camp At Dover, Tenn., U.s.a., Erected By The Confederates In The Civil War To Guard The Lower Cumberland River, And Taken By The Federals On Feb. 16, 1862. It Consisted Of Two Continuous Lines Of Entrenchments On The Land Side, And Water Batteries Commanding The River. ...
Fra Diavolo
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Francis Dana
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Francis Danby
Danby, Francis (1793-1861), English Painter, Was Born In The South Of Ireland On Nov. 16, 1793, And Died At Exmouth On Feb. 9, 1861. He Led A Wandering Life, But Spent His Last 20 Years In England. A Good Example Of His Work Is "fisherman's Home—sunset" In The National Gallery, ...
Francis Dhanis
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Francis Ferencz Deak
Deak, Francis (ferencz) Hungarian Statesman, Was Born At Sojtor In The County Of Zala On October 17, 1803. Of An Ancient And Distinguished Family, He Was Edu Cated For The Law And Practised First As An Advocate And Ultimately As A Notary. His Reputation In His Own County Was Quickly ...
Frank Dobson
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Franz Cornelius Donders
Donders, Franz Cornelius Dutch Ophthalmologist, Was Born On 1viay 27, 1818, In Tilburg, And Studied At Utrecht Where, After Being An Army Surgeon, He Be Came Professor Of Physiology In 1847. From 1852 Onwards He Specialized In Ophthalmology To Which Belong His Studies Of The Muscae Volitantes (1847), The Relation ...
Franz Delitzsch
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Franz Von Defregger
Defregger, Franz Von Austrian Genre Painter, Was Born In Dolsach, In Tirol, On April 3o, 1835, In The Old Farm House Ederhof Zu Stronach. He Spent His Youth Amid The Mountains As A Farm Labourer, And On The Death Of His Father Took Over The Farm, At The Age Of ...
Franz Von Dingelstedt
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Frederick Delius
Delius, Frederick British Musical Com Poser, Was Born At Bradford, Yorks, Jan. 29, 1863, The Son Of Julius Delius, A German, Who, In 186o, Became A Naturalised British Subject. He Was Educated At Bradford Grammar School And The International College, Isleworth, London. Declining The Business Career Offered Him In Bradford ...
Frederick Dielmann
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Free City Of Danzig
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Friedrich Adolf Wilhelm Diesterweg
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Friedrich Christian Diez
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Friedrich Delitzsch
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Friedrich Dieterici
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Gabor Gabriel Dobrentei
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Gabriel I Daniel
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Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus
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Generation Grafting Inani
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Georg Friedrich Daumer
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George Booth Delamere Or
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George Dewey
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George Dixon
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George Geoffrey Dawson
Dawson, George Geoffrey ), Editor Of The Times, 1912-1919, And Again From 1923 To The Present Date (1938). He Was Educated At Eton And Magdalen College, Oxford, And Was Elected A Fellow Of All Souls College In 1900. Pass Ing Into The Civil Service, He Was Appointed To The Colonial ...
George Taylor Denison
Denison, George Taylor Canadian Soldier, And Publicist, Was Born In Toronto On Aug. 31, 1839, And Died There On June 6, 1925. In 186 I He Was Called To The Bar. He Saw Active Service During The Fenian Raid Of 1866, And During The Rebellion Of 1885. In 1877 He ...
Georges Darboy
Darboy, Georges (1813-1871), Archbishop Of Paris, Was Born At Fayl-billot In Haute Marne On Jan. 16, 1813. He Was Appointed Bishop Of Nancy In 1859, And In January 1863 Was Raised To The Archbishopric Of Paris. The Archbishop Was A Strenuous Upholder Of Episcopal Independence In The Gallican Sense, And ...
Georges Jacques I Danton
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Gerald Fitzgerald Desmond
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Gerard Desargues
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Gerard Gheeraert Davit David
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Gerard Paul Deshayes
Deshayes, Gerard Paul French Geologist And Conchologist, Born At Nancy On May Was Professor Of Natural History In The Museum D'histoire Naturelle. Deshayes Examined The Fossil Mollusca Of The Paris Basin And Of Other Tertiary Areas. His Studies On The Relations Of The Fossil To The Recent Species Led Him ...
Gervais Delarue
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Giovanni Battista Della Porta
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Giovanni Della Casa
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Giovanni Della Robbia
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Giovanni Diodati
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Giovanni Eattista Donati
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Girolamo Della Robbia
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Gratet De
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Grein Whirlpool
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Gustav Friedrich Dinter
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Hans Delbruck
Delbruck, Hans (1848-1929), German Historian, Was Born At Bergen On The Island Of Rifigen On Nov. 11, 1848, And Studied At The Universities Of Heidelberg And Bonn. He Saw Active Service In The Franco-german War, And Was Afterward Tutor To Prince Waldemar Of Prussia (1874-79). In 1885 He Became Professor ...
Hans Karl Friedrich Anton
Diebitsch, Hans Karl Friedrich Anton (1785-1831), Count Von Diebitsch And Narden, Called By The Russians Ivan Ivanovich, Count Diebich-zabalkansky, Russian Field-marshal, Was Born At Grossleipe, Silesia, On May 13, 1785. He Was Educated At The Berlin Cadet School, But Passed Into The Service Of Russia In 18o1. He Served In ...
Hartwig Derenbourg
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908), French Orien Talist, Son Of The Following, Was Born In Paris On June 17, He Studied At Gottingen, Leipzig And At The Ecole Des Langues Orientales, Paris. In 1879 He Was Appointed Professor Of Arabic At The Ecole Des Hautes Etudes In Paris. He Collaborated With His ...
Heinrich Seuse Denifle
Denifle, Heinrich Seuse ,i844-19o5), Austrian Historian And Priest, Was Born On Jan. 16, 1844 At Imst. After Becoming A Dominican In 1861, He Studied At Graz, Rome And Marseille, And Then From 1870 To 1880 Taught Philosophy And Theology At Graz. Ten Years After His First Important Work, Das Geistliche ...
Heinrich Von Dechen
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Henri Didon
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Henri Franc Ois Delaborde
Delaborde, Henri Franc Ois, Count (1764 1833), French Soldier, The Son Of A Dijon Baker, Served In The Revolutionary War From The Beginning. He Was Created Count In 1808 When He Was Serving Under Junot In Portugal. He Fought The Skilful Action Of Rollo. In 1812 He Was A Divisional ...
Henry Austin Dobson
Dobson, Henry Austin (1840-1921), English Poet And Man Of Letters, Was Born At Plymouth And Educated At Beau Maris, Coventry, And The Strasbourg Gymnase. In Dec. 1856 He Entered The Board Of Trade, And From 1884 To 19or, When He Re Tired, Was A Principal Clerk In The Marine Department ...
Henry Dearborn
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Henry Hall Dixon
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Henry I Dodwell
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Henry Martyn Dexter
Dexter, Henry Martyn American Clergyman And Author, Was Born In Plympton (mass.), On Aug. 13, 1821. A Graduate Of Yale And Andover Theological Seminary, He Was Pastor Of Congregational Churches In Manchester (n.h.), And Boston, And Edited Various Magazines, Including The Congre Gational Quarterly And Congregationalist. He Died In New ...
Henry Stewart Or Stuart
Darnley, Henry Stewart Or Stuart, Lord Earl Of Ross And Duke Of Albany, Second Husband Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, Was The Eldest Son Of Matthew Stewart, Earl Of Lennox (1516-1571), And Through His Mother Lady Margaret Douglas (1515-1578) Was A Great-grandson Of The English King Henry Vii. Born At ...
Henry William Carless Davis
Davis, Henry William Carless, C.b.e. (1874 1928), British Historian, A Son Of H. F. A. Davis Of Stroud, Gloucestershire, Was Born On Jan. 13, 1874 And Educated At Weymouth College And Balliol College, Oxford. He Was A Fellow Of All Souls (1895-1902), And Of Balliol (1902-21). During The World War ...
Henry Winter Davis
Davis, Henry Winter American Polit Ical Leader, Was Born At Annapolis (md.), U.s.a., On Aug. 16, 1817. He Graduated From The Law Department Of The University Of Virginia In 1841, And Began To Practice Law In Alexandria (va.), But In 185o Removed To Baltimore (md.). Early Imbued With Strong Anti-slavery ...
Hilaire Germain Edgard Degas
Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgard French Painter, Was Born In Paris On July 19, 1834 And Died There On Sept. 27, 1917. He Studied Under Lamothe And Ingres At The Ecole Des Beaux Arts, And First Exhibited In The Salon Of 1865, Contributing A "war In The Middle Ages," A Work ...
Hippolyte Delaroche
Delaroche, Hippolyte, Commonly Known As Paul, French Painter, Was Born In Paris On July 17, He Studied Under Gros And Exhibited For The First Time In The Salon Of 1822. He Visited Italy In 1838 And 1843, When His Father-in-law, Horace Vernet, Was Director Of The French Acad Emy. His ...
Historic Dances
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History Of The Dance
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Honore Daumier
Daumier, Honore (1808-18 7 9), French Caricaturist And Painter, Was Born At Marseilles On Feb. 20, 1808, And Died At Valmondois On Feb. I1, 1879. Daumier Started His Artistic Career By Producing Plates For Music Publishers And Illustrations For Advertisements ; These Were Followed By Anonymous Work For Publishers, In ...
Horace Davey Davey Of
Davey Of Fernhurst, Horace Davey, Baron (1833-1907), English Judge, Son Of Peter Davey, Of Horton, Bucks, Was Born On Aug. 3o, 1833, And Educated At Rugby And University College, Oxford. In 1861 He Was Called To The Bar, And In 1875 Became A Q.c. In 188o He Was Returned To ...
Hubert Henry Davies
Davies, Hubert Henry 0869-1917), English Play Wright, Was Born In Cheshire On March 17, 1876. After Some Years Of Journalism In San Francisco, Where He Also Produced A Few Vaudevilles, He Returned To England And Made A Success In London With Cousin Kate And Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace. Among His Other ...
Hugh Lawrence Doherty
Doherty, Hugh Lawrence English Lawn-tennis Player, Was Born At Clapham, London, On Oct. 5, 1875. He Was Educated At Westminster School And Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge He And His Brother, Reginald F. Doherty (1872-1911), Made Their Names As Tennis Players. They Were Undoubtedly Among The Greatest And Most Artistic ...
Hugh Le Despenser
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Hugh Le Despenser_2
Despenser, Hugh Le (1262-1326), English Courtier, Was A Son Of The Justiciar, Fought For Edward I. In Wales, France And Scotland, And In 1295 Was Summoned To Parliament As A Baron. Ten Years Later He Was Sent By The King To Pope Clement V. To Secure Edward's Release From The ...
Hugo Devries
Devries, Hugo Dutch Botanist, Was Born At Haarlem, On Feb. 16, 1848, And Educated At Leyden, Heidelberg And Wurzburg. In 1871 He Became A Lecturer At The University Of Amsterdam And In 1881 A Professor. His Attention Was Drawn To Botany And To Evolution By Discovering On A Field Trip ...
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I Edward Georgevilliers
Edward George Villiers Stanley, I ; Th Earl Of Derby (1865 ), Was Educated At Wellington College, And Served In The Grenadier Guards From 1885 To 1895. During The South African War He Acted First As Press-censor, Then As A.d.c. To Lord Roberts. He Sat In The House Of Commons ...
Immanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch
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Insectivorous Plants
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Isle Of Dogs
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Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev
Dmitriev, Ivan Ivanovich (176o-1837), Russian Statesman And Poet, Was Born At His Father's Estate In The Govern Ment Of Simbirsk On Sept. 2o, I76o. In Consequence Of The Revolt Of Pugachev The Family Was Compelled To Flee To St. Petersburg, And There Ivan Entered The Army. During The Four Years ...
Jacques Delille
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Jacques Louis David
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James Darmesteter
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James Dwight Dana
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James Stanley
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Jan Henryk Dombrowski
Dombrowski, Jan Henryk Polish General, Was Born At Pierszowice In The Palatinate Of Cracow, On Aug. 29, 1755. Under Poniatowski, He Took Part In The Campaign Of 1792 Against The Russians. In 1794 He Distinguished Himself Under Kosciusko In The Defence Of Warsaw. He Then Went To Paris, And In ...
Jan Johannes Longinus Dlugosz
Dlugosz, Jan (johannes Longinus) ( I 4 I 5-14801 Polish Historian, Was The Son Of The Burgrave Of Bozeznica. He Became The Secretary Of Bishop (afterwards Cardinal) Zbygniew Olesnicki (1389-1455), And Was Employed By Him On Many Im Portant Missions. In Spite Of His Connection With Olesnicki He Nevertheless Supported ...
Jane Delano
Delano, Jane American Nurse, Was Born At Townsend, N.y., On March 12, 1862. She Graduated From The Bellevue Hospital School Of Nursing In 1886. In 1888 She Was Asked To Take Charge Of A Temporary Hospital During The Yellow Fever Epidemic In Jacksonville, Florida. After An Experience As Visiting Nurse ...
Janos Damjanich
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Jean Andre Deluc
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Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
Detaille, Jean Baptiste Edouard (1848 1912), French Painter Of Military Subjects, Was Born In Paris On Oct. 5, 1848, And Died There On Dec. 23, 1912. Af Ter Working As A Pupil Of Meissonier's, He First Exhibited, In The Salon Of 1867, A Picture Representing "a Corner Of Meissonier's Studio." ...
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph French Astronomer, Was Born At Amiens On Sept. 19, 1749. In 1771 He Became Tutor To The Son Of M. D'assy, Receiver-general Of Finances. He Attended The Lectures Of J. J. Lalande, Who Induced D'assy In 1788 To Install An Observatory For His Benefit At His ...
Jean Daurat Or Dorat
Daurat Or Dorat, Jean (in Lat. Auratus) (1508 French Poet And Scholar, And Member Of The Pleiade, Was Born At Limoges. His Name Was Originally Dinemand. He Be Longed To A Noble Family, And, After Studying At The College Of Limoges, Came Up To Paris To Be Presented To Francis ...
Jean Desmarets Or Desmaretz
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Jean Domat Or Daumat
Domat Or Daumat, Jean (1625-1696), French Jurisconsult, Was Born At Clermont In Auvergne. He Was Closely In Sympathy With The Port-royalists, And Was Intimate With Pas Cal, At Whose Death He Was Entrusted With His Private Papers. He Is Principally Known From His Legal Digest Entitled Lois Civiles Dans Leer ...
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Delavigne, Jean Francois Casimir '843), French Poet And Dramatist, Was Born On April 4, 1793, At Havre, And Was Educated In Paris At The Lycee Napoleon. His Dithyrambe Sur La Naissance Du Roi De Rome (1811) Secured For Him A Sinecure In The Revenue Office. Inspired By The Catastrophe Of ...
Jean Gaston Darboux
Darboux, Jean Gaston (1842-1917), French Mathe Matician, Was Born At Nimes On Aug. 13, 1842. His Father Died In 1849, And Under The Guidance Of His Mother, And With Her Encouragement, He Was Educated At The Ecole Normale, Paris. Pasteur Became Interested In Darboux, And Created A Teaching Post For ...
Jean Louis I Delolme
Delolme, Jean Louis (i Swiss Jurist And Constitutional Writer, Was Born In Geneva In 174o, And Died At Sewen, July 16, 1806. Having Given Offence To The Authorities By A Pamphlet Entitled Examen De Trois Parts De Droit, He Was Forced To Take Refuge In England, Where He Stayed Until ...
Jean Pierre Dantan
Dantan, Jean Pierre (1800-1869), French Sculptor, Born In Paris On Dec. 28,1800. His Father Was A Carver In Wood, And Jean In Company With His Brother Antoine Laurent Were Trained In His Studio. The Two Brothers Then Studied Under Bosio And In 1828 Went To Rome. On His Return To ...
Jefferson Davis
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889), American Statesman, President Of The Confederate States Of America, Was Born On June 3, 18o8 On A Farm On The Present Site Of Fairview, Todd County, Ky. He Was The Tenth And Youngest Child Of Samuel Davis (1755-1824), A Descendant Of A Welsh Family That Had Settled ...
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Joao De Deus
Deus, Joao De (183o-1896), The Greatest Portuguese Poet Of His Generation, Was Born At Messines In Algarve On March 8, 183o. Matriculating In The Faculty Of Law At The University Of Coimbra, He Settled In The City, Dedicating Himself Wholly To The Composition Of Verses. In 1862 He Left Coimbra ...
Johann Heinrich Von Dannecker
Dannecker, Johann Heinrich Von 1841), German Sculptor, Was Born At Stuttgart, On Oct. 15,1758, And Died There On Dec. 8,184i. His Father Was Employed In The Stables Of The Duke Of Wurttemberg. The Boy Was Entered In The Military School At The Age Of 13, But After Two Years He ...