Paul Deussen
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Paul Eugene Louis Deschanel
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Pauline Virginie Dejazet
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Pedanios Dioscorides
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Petter Dass
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Philip Doddridge
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Philippe Desportes
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Philippe Destouches
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Pierre Antoine Daru
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Pierre Claude Daunou
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Pierre Jean Baptiste Chou
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Pierre Jean David
David, Pierre Jean (1789-1856), Usually Called David D'angers, French Sculptor, Was Born At Angers On March 12, 1789, And Died In Paris On Jan. 4, 1856. The Son Of A Carver, He Went To Paris At 17 With Ii Francs In His Pocket To Study Under Roland. After A Year ...
Pierre Jerome Honore Daumet
Daumet, Pierre Jerome Honore French Architect, Member Of The Academie Des Beaux-arts, Was Born On Oct. 23, 1826, In Paris. He Entered The Ecole Des Beaux Arts In 1846, And In 1855 Was Awarded The Prix De Rome. In 186 I He Was Sent On An Archaeological Expedition To Macedonia, ...
Pierre Joseph Desault
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Pietro Damiani
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Post Palaeolithic
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Princess Ontsov
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Publius Cornelius Dolabella
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Publius Herennius Dexippus
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Raffaellino Della Colle
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Ralph De Diceto
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Randall Thomas Davidson Davidson
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Raoul Dandurand
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Rene Descartes
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Richard Davies
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Richard Dawes
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Richard Deane
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Richard Dehmel
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Richard Harding Davis
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Richard Henry Dana I
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Richard Watson Dixon
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Robert Damiens
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Robert Davenport
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Robert Dinwiddie
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Robert Dodsley
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Robert Waring Darwin
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Roger Dodsworth
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Ruben Dario
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Rudolf Diesel
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Rudolf Von Delbruck
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Saint Dominic
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Samuel Daniel
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Samuel Daniell
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Samuel Davidson
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Sanford Ballard Dole
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Sarah Emily Davies
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Sari Bair And Suvla
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Sensible Discrimination
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Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev
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Silas Deane
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Sir Alexander Dickson
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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
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Sir Everard Digby
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Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee
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Sir George Howard Darwin
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Sir George Webbe Dasent
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Sir Henry Walford Davies
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Sir Humphry Davy
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Sir Jacob Louis Van
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Sir James Dewar
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Sir James Donaldson
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Sir James Johnstone Dobbie
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Sir James Robert Dickson
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Sir John Davies
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Sir John Denham
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Sir John William Dawson
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Sir Kenelm Digby
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Sir Louis Henry Davies
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Sir Matthew Decker
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Spencer Compton Caven Dish
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Stefano Della Bella
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Stephen Dame
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Stephen Decatur
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Suzanne Despres
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Devonian System, The. The Devonian Rocks Re Ceive Their Name From The Locality Where The Stratigraphical And Historical Position Of Those Of Marine Origin—between The Silurian Below And The Carboniferous Above—was First Recognized. In Some Areas They Consist Of Sediments Laid Down In Fresh Water Or On Land, And As ...
The Didache
Didache, The, Or Teaching Of The (twelve) Apostles. This Early Christian Document Is One Of The Most Important Dis Coveries Of The Second Half Of The I9th Century. There Are Several References To It In Eusebius And Elsewhere, And By Applying To These The Methods Of Comparative Criticism A Rough ...
The Distribution Of Animals
The Distribution Of Animals In Inland Waters While In Many Respects Conditions Of Life In The Ocean Are Equa Ble, Owing To The General Intermingling Of The Waters, Those In Inland Waters Show Great Differences In The Various Regions. This Is Due To The Splitting Up Of These Waters Into ...
The Distribution Of Terrestrial
The Distribution Of Terrestrial Animals The Environmental Conditions Which Influence The Distribution Of Terrestrial Animals Are Much More Complicated Than Those Brought To Bear On Aquatic Animals. The Chemical Composition Of The Air Is Not Important, As Complete Intermixture Can Take Place Very Quickly. Only In A Few Places Where ...
The Dolomites
Dolomites, The, A Mountain District In The South Tirolese Alps, And A Subdivision Of The Alps. The Mountains Are Formed Of Dolomite (magnesian Limestone), Which Rises In Peaks Of A Singular Degree Of Sharpness And Streaked By Veins Of Start Ling Colours. It Is Well Known To Tourists. Most Of ...
The Equipment Of Docks
The Equipment Of Docks Railways And Roads.—in Order To Deal Expeditiously With The Cargoes And Goods Brought Into And Despatched From Docks, Numerous Sidings Communicating With The Railways Of The District Are Arranged Along The Quays. In Ports Where A Large Railway Traffic Is Dealt With It Is Necessary To ...
The Lower Course
The Lower Course The Lower Course Of The Danube Stretches From The Iron Gates To The Black Sea. From Bazias To The Junction With The Small Right Bank Tributary, The Timok, The Danube Forms The Boundary Between Yugoslavia And Rumania. From The Timok To A Point 27 M. East Of ...
The Philosophy Of Descartes
The Philosophy Of Descartes Methodology.—like Bacon, His Older Contemporary, And Spinoza, His Younger Contemporary, Descartes Was Deeply Inter Ested In The Problem Of Method—the Determination Of The Right Method For Obtaining Real Knowledge By The Natural Light Of Rea Son. Like Numerous Thinkers Before Him Descartes Was Thoroughly Dissatisfied With ...
The Unanimous Declaration
The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America. When In The Course Of Human Events It Becomes Necessary Whenin The Course Of Human Events It Becomes Necessary For One People To Dissolve The Political Bands Which Have Con Nected Them With Another, And To Assume Among The Powers ...