Theodore Daubler
Daubler, Theodore (1876-1934), German Writer, Was Born In Trieste On Aug. 17, 1876, Son Of A Merchant Family. With The Appearance Of Das Nordlicht (191o) Daubler Took His Place At The Head Of The German Expressionist Movement. Das Nordlicht Is A Massive Religious Allegory Showing The Author's Own Path From ...
Theophile Delcasse
Delcasse, Theophile (1852-1923), Was Born At Pamiers (ariege) On March 1, 1852, His Father Being An Huissier Or Bailiff. He Was Educated Locally, Took His Degree Of Licence Es Lettres, And Served As Tutor To The Children Of An Official In The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. The Taste For Politics ...
Thomas Daniell
Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), British Painter, Born At The Chertsey Inn, Surrey, In 1749, And Died At Kensington, London, March 19, 184o. Up To 1784 He Painted Topographical Subjects And Flower Pieces. By This Time His Two Nephews (see Below) Had Come Under His Influence, The Younger, Samuel, Being Apprenticed To ...
Thomas Darcy Darcy
Darcy, Thomas Darcy, Baron Eng Lish Soldier, Was A Son Of Sir William Darcy (d. 1488). In 1505, Having Been Created Baron Darcy, He Was Made Warden Of The East Marches Towards Scotland. In 1511 Darcy Led Some Troops To Spain To Help Ferdinand And Isabella Against The Moors, But ...
Thomas Davidson
Davidson, Thomas (1817-1885), British Palaeontolo Gist, Born In Edinburgh On May 17, 1817, Was Educated Partly In The University Of Edinburgh And Partly In France, Italy And Switz Erland. His Monograph Of British Fossil Brachiopoda Was Pub Lished By The Palaeontographical Society (1850-86. 6 Vols. With 200 Plates). He Also ...
Thomas Day
Day, Thomas (1748-1789), British Author, Was Born In London, And Is Famous As The Writer Of Sandford And Merton (1783-89), A Book For The Young. Day Was Educated At The Charterhouse And At Corpus Christi College, Oxford, And Became A Great Admirer Of J. J. Rousseau And His Doctrine Of ...
Thomas Dempster
Dempster, Thomas (157o-1625), Scottish Scholar And Historian, Was Born At Cliftbog, Aberdeenshire, And Sent, At Ten Years Old, To Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He Then Studied At Louvain, Graduated At The English College At Douai, And In Canon Law In Paris. He Was In Turn Regent Of The College Of Navarre ...
Thomas Denman
Denman, Thomas, 1st Baron English Judge, Was Born In London, The Son Of A Well-known Physician, On July 23, 1779. He Was Educated At Eton And St. John's College, Cambridge, Where He Graduated In 1800. He Then Married, And In 18o6 He Was Called To The Bar At Lincoln's Inn. ...
Thomas Doggett Or Dogget
Doggett Or Dogget, Thomas (d. 1721), English Actor, Was Born In Dublin, And Made His First Appearance In Lon Don In 1691 As Nincompoop In D'urfey's Love For Money. He Followed Betterton To Lincoln's Inn Fields, Creating The Part Of Ben, Especially Written For Him, In Congreve's Love For Love, ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall English Bibliographer, Born At Calcutta, Was The Son Of Thomas Dibdin, The Sailor Brother Of Charles Dibdin. He Was Educated At St. John's College, Oxford, And Was Entered At Lincoln's Inn. After An Unsuccessful Attempt To Obtain Practice As A Provincial Counsel At Worcester, He Was Ordained ...
Thomas John Dibdin
Dibdin, Thomas John English Dramatist And Song-writer, Son Of Charles Dibdin, The Song-writer, The Composer Of "tom Bowling," Was Born On March 21, 1771. He Was Apprenticed To His Maternal Uncle, A London Upholsterer, And Later To William Rawlins, Afterwards Sheriff Of London, From Whose Service He Ran Away To ...
Thomas Osborne Davis
Davis, Thomas Osborne ( T ,1_14-1-45 Poe., And Politician, Was Born At Mallow, Co. Cork. He Graduated At Trinity College, Dublin, In 1836, And Was Called To The Bar In 1838. Adopting Nationalist Views He Joined John Blake Dillon In Editing The Dublin Morning Register (1841), And Worked, As A ...
Thomas West
Thomas West, 3rd Or 12th Baron De La Warr (1577-1618), British Soldier And Colonial Governor In America, Was Born On July 9, 1577, And Succeeded To The Title In 1602. He Fought In Holland And In Ireland Under The Earl Of Essex. He Was Impris Oned For Complicity In Essex's ...
Vassili Lukich Dolgorijki
Dolgorijki, Vassili Lukich, Count I39), Russian Diplomatist And Minister, Was One Of The First Group Of Young Russians Whom Peter The Great Sent Abroad To Be Educated. On His Return Home He Entered The Diplomatic Service, And Served On A Series Of Important Missions. During The Reign Of Peter Ii. ...
Vikings
Vikings.) Mediaeval.the Consecutive History Of Denmark Begins Early In The Loth Century With The Reign Of Gorm, "the Old." He, Like His Predecessors, Is A Shadowy Figure. But He Certainly Founded A Permanent Dynasty, And The Name Of His Wife, Thyra, Is Asso Ciated With One Of The Greatest Public ...
Viktor Dankl
Dankl, Viktor, Freiherr Von (1854 ), Austro-hungarian General, Was Born In Udine On Sept. 18, 1854. In The World War He Commanded At The Outset The I. Army And Defeated The Russians In The Battle Of Krasnik (aug. 23-25,1914) After The Italian Declaration Of War He Became In May 1915 ...
Vincenzo Dandolo
Dandolo, Vincenzo, Count 0758-1819), Italian Agricultural Chemist, A Native Of Venice, Welcomed The Advent Of Napoleon In Italy 0796), And Was A Member Of The Grand Council Of The Isalpine Republic At Milan. From 18o5o9 He Was Gov Ernor Of Dalmatia, Where He Sought To Improve Agriculture. He Died At ...
War Of Devolution
Devolution, War Of (1667-68), The Name Applied To The War Which Arose Out Of Louis Xiv.'s Claims To Certain Spanish Territories In Right Of His Wife Maria Theresa, Upon Whom The Ownership Was Alleged To Have "devolved." (see, For The Military Operations, Dutch Wars.) The War Was Ended By The ...
Wars Of Diadochi
Diadochi, Wars Of (323-281 B.c.). The Wars Of The Diadochi, Or Successors, Though Outwardly Civil Wars Ending In The Disruption Of The Alexandrine Empire, Were Inwardly The Birth Pangs Of A New Civilization Begotten By Persian Gold Set Into Cir Culation Through Strife. Few Periods In History Have Produced So ...
West Digges
Digges, West English Actor, Made His First Stage Appearance In Dublin In 1749 As Jaffier In Venice Preserved, And Both There And In Edinburgh Until 1764 He Acted In Many Tragic Roles With Success. He Was The Original "young Norval" In Home's Douglas (1756). His First London Appearance Was As ...
Wilhelm Dilthey
Dilthey, Wilhelm ) , German Philosopher, Was Born On Nov. 19, 1833, At Biebrich And Died On Oct. 1, 1911, At Seis, Near Bolzano. He Was Successively Professor In Basle (1866), In Kiel (1868), In Bresiau (1871), And In 1882 Succeeded Lotze In Berlin. As A Supporter Of Positive Idealism, ...
William Cavendish
William Cavendish, 1st Duke Of Devonshire (i 640-1707 ), English Statesman, Eldest Son Of The Earl Of Devonshire Last Men Tioned, Was Born On Jan. 25, 164o. In 1661 He Entered Parliament, And Soon Showed Himself A Determined And Daring Opponent Of The General Policy Of The Court. In 1678 ...
William Dampier
Dampier, William English Buccaneer, Navigator And Hydrographer, Was Born At East Coker, Somerset Shire, In 1652. Having Early Become An Orphan, He Was Placed With The Master Of A Ship At Weymouth, In Which He Made A Voyage To Newfoundland. On His Return He Sailed To Bantam In The East ...
William Daniell
William Daniell (1769-1837), His Nephew, Was 14 When He Accompanied His Uncle To India. He Executed Engravings In Aqua Tint, And Was Elected R.a. In 1822. ...
William Davison
Davison, William (c. 1541-1608), Secretary To Queen Elizabeth, Was Of Scottish Descent. In 1566 He Acted As Secretary To Henry Killegrew (d. 1603), When He Was Sent Into Scotland By Elizabeth On A Mission To Mary, Queen Of Scots. Remaining In That Country For About Io Years, Davison Then Went ...
William Dobson
Dobson, William (1610-1646), English Portrait And Historical Painter, Was Born In London. Excellent Examples Of Dobson's Portraits Are To Be Seen At Blenheim, Chatsworth, And Other Country Seats Throughout England, And There Are Several Examples At Hampton Court And In The National Portrait Gallery, London, Including A Very Fine Portrait ...
William Dodd
Dodd, William 2 7 7) , English Divine, Was Born At Bourne, Lincs., In May 1729. He Was Admitted A Sizar Of Clare Hall, Cambridge, In 1745, And Took The Degree Of B.a. In 175o, Being 15th Wrangler. He Entered The Church, Received Rapid Pre Ferment, And Was Also Tutor ...
William Feilding Denbigh
Denbigh, William Feilding, I St Earl Of (d. 1643), British Naval And Military Officer, Son Of Basil Feilding And Of Elizabeth Aston, Was Educated At Emmanuel College, Cambridge, And Knighted In 1603. He Married Susan Villiers, Sister Of The Future Duke Of Buckingham, And On The Rise Of The Favourite ...
William Henry Davies
Davies, William Henry (1871 ), British Poet, Born At Newport, Monmouth, April 20, 1871. After Serving As Apprentice To A Picture-frame Maker He Tramped Through America, Crossed The Atlantic Many Times On Cattle Boats, Became A Pedlar And Street Singer In England, And After Eight Years Of This Life Published ...
William Legge
William Legge (c. 1609-167o), The Eldest Son Of Edward Legge (d. 1616), Vice-president Of Munster, Assisted Charles I. In His War Against The Scots In 1638. He Was Also Very Useful To The King During The Months Which Preceded The Outbreak Of The Civil War, Although His Attempt To Seize ...
William Morris Davis
Davis, William Morris American Geographer And Geologist, Was Born In Philadelphia, Pa., On Feb. 12, 185o. After Graduating From The Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University In 1870, He Was Assistant Astronomer At The Argentine National Observatory, Cordoba, Argentina, In In 1877 He Made A Tour Of The World. He Was ...
William T Dannat
Dannat, William T. (1853-1929), American Artist, Was Born In New York City In 1853. He Was A Pupil Of The Royal Academy Of Munich And Of Munkacsy, And Became An Accom Plished Draughtsman And A Distinguished Figure And Portrait Paint Er. He Early Attracted Attention With Sketches And Pictures Made ...
William
William, 2nd Earl Of Dartmouth (1731-1801), Grandson Of The 1st Earl, Was Lord Privy Seal At The Beginning Of The Dispute With The American Colonies. He Advised Them In 1777 To Accept The Conciliatory Proposals Put Forward By Lord North, But In 1776 He Opposed Similar Proposals And Advocated The ...
Yves Delage
Delage, Yves (1854-192o), French Zoologist, Was Born On May 13, 1854, At Avignon. He Became Zoology Professor At The Sorbonne In 1886. In 19o1 He Was Made Director Of The Laboratory Of Marine Biology At Roscoff, Finistere. Delage Was One Of The First Authorities On Animal Reproduction, Hybridism And Hereditary ...