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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



DERBY, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 

 Earl of, 1799-1869, Eng. statesman and orator; 

 translated Homer's Iliad. 



DESCARTES, Ren6, 1596-1650, Fr. philos- 

 opher and mathematician ; represented the 

 revolt against scholasticism, re-examining all 

 questions and discarding the authority of 

 great names ; "I think, therefore I am." 



DE Soto, Ferdinand, 1460-1542, Sp. ex- 

 plorer ; discovered the Mississippi. 



DESSALINES, Jean Jacques, 1760-1806, negro 

 emperor of Hayti. 



DICKENS, Charles, 1812-70, Eng. novelist. 



DIDEROT, Denis, 1712-84, Fr. philosopher 

 and novelist ; chief editor of "The Encyclo- 

 paedia," and librarian of Catherine of Russia. 



DIOGENES, died 323 B. C., Gr. cynic philos- 

 opher ; lived in a tub, affecting contempt for 

 the comforts of life. 



DODGE, Mary Abigail (Gail Hamilton), 

 1839-96, Am. authoress ; cousin of James G. 

 Blaine. 



DOELLINGER, John Joseph Ignatius, 1799- 

 1890, Ger. theologian and historian ; leader of 

 the " Old Catholic" movement. 



DOMINIC, Saint, 1170-1221, Sp. preacher ; 

 founder of order of Dominicans. 



DOMITIAN, 51?-96, Rom. emperor. 



DONATES, fl. 300, founder of the Donatists. 



DONIZETTI, Gaetano, 1798-1848, It. com- 

 poser. 



rf, Paul Gustave, 1832-83, Fr. artist. 



DORIA, Andrea, 1468-1560, Genoese patriot 

 and commander. 



DORR, Thomas Wilson, 1805-54, Am. poli- 

 tician. 



DORSET, Charles Sackville, Earl of, 1637- 

 1706, Eng. poet and wit. 



DORSET, Thomas Sackville, Earl of, 1536- 

 1608, Eng. poet and statesman. 



DORSEY, John Syng, 1783-1818, Am. sur- 

 geon. 



DOUGLAS, Archibald (Bell-the-Cat), . . . .- 

 1514?, "the great earl of Angus"; lord 

 chancellor. 



DOUGLAS, James, Earl of, ... .-1330, Scot. 

 patriot. 



DOUGLAS, Stephen Arnold (the Little Giant), 

 1813-1861, Am. statesman ; native of Ver- 

 mont ; admitted to the bar in New York ; re- 

 moved to Illinois and gained distinction as an 

 orator ; judge of Illinois Supreme Court, 1841 ; 

 elected to Congress, 1843; senator, 1847; 

 supported the compromise measures of Henry 

 Clay, and advocated the doctrine known as 

 " squatter sovereignty" ; re-elected to Senate, 

 1853, and reported bill repealing Missouri 

 Compromise ; candidate for Democratic nomi- 

 nation for presidency in 1856 ; defeated Lincoln 

 for U. S. Senate in 1858, they canvassing the 



State together ; candidate of one wing of the 

 Democratic party for president in 1860; sup- 

 ported the Union party in 1861. 



DOUGLASS, Frederick, 1817 V-95, Am. ora- 

 tor ; formerly a slave. 



Dow, Lorenzo, 1777-1834, Am. preacher. 



DRACO (or Dracon), fl. 624 B.C., Athe- 

 nian lawgiver. 



DRAKE, Sir Francis, 1540-95, Eng. naval 

 hero ; first English circumnavigator of the 

 globe. 



DRAKE, Joseph Rodman, 1795-1820,. Am. 

 pet. 



DRAPER, John William, 1811-82, Am. 

 scientist. 



DREYSE, Johann Nikolaus von, 1787-1867, 

 Prussian inventor of the needle gun. 



DRYDEN, John, 1631-1700, Eng. poet, 

 critic, and dramatist. 



DUDEVANT, Mme. Amantine Lucile Aurora 

 (nee Dupin) (George Sand), 1804-76, Fr. 

 novelist. 



DUDLEY, Robert, Earl of Leicester, 1531?- 

 88, favorite of Queen Elizabeth. 



DUFAURE, Jules Armand Stanislas, 1798- 

 1881, Fr. statesman. 



DUMAS, Alexandre, 1802-70, Fr. novelist. 



DUMAS, Alexandre, 1824-1895, son of A. D., 

 Fr. novelist. 



DUMOURIEZ, Charles Francois, 1739-1823, 

 Fr. general. 



DUNCAN I., . . . .- 1040, Scot, king; killed 

 by Macbeth. 



DUNGLISON, Robley, 1798-1869, Am. phy- 

 sician. 



DUNOIS, Jean de (Bastard of Orleans), Fr. 

 national hero ; natural son of the Duke of Or- 

 leans ; defeated the English at Montargis in 

 1427, and assisted at the siege of Orleans 

 in 1429 ; expelled the English from Xor- 

 mandy and Guienne, and was created Count 

 d'Orleans. 



DUNS SCOTUS (the Subtle Doctor), 1265 ?- 

 1308, Scot, theologian. 



DUPONT, Samuel Francis,1803-65, Am. rear- 

 admiral. 



DURER, Albrecht, 1471-1528, Ger. painter 

 and engraver. 



DWIGHT, Timothy, 1752-1817, Am. author 

 and divine. 



DYCK, VAN, Philip, 1680-1752, Dutch 

 painter. 



EADS, James Buchanan, 1820-87. Am. en- 

 gineer. 



EASTLAKE, Sir Charles Lock, 1793-1865, 

 Eng. painter. 



EDWARD I. (Longshanks) , 1239-1307, king 

 of England ; conquered Wales and Scotland ; 

 II., 1284-1327, defeated by Bruce at Bannock- 



