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DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808-1889) [A], president of the South- 

 ern Confederacy, youngest of ten children of Samuel Davis [A?], who 

 was son of Evan Davis, the youngest of three brothers who came to 

 America early in the i8th century. 



DAVY, SIR HUMPHREY (1778-1829), an English chemist, 

 eldest son of Robert Davy, a wood carver. He was an orphan at 16. 



DAVY, JOHN (1790-1868), an English physiologist and anato- 

 mist, only brother of Sir Humphrey. He was an orphan at 4. 



DECATUR, STEPHEN, JR. (1779-1820) [28], an American 

 naval officer, son of Stephen Decatur (1751-1808), also a naval officer. 



DEFOE, DANIEL (1661-1731), an English novelist and political 

 writer, son of a butcher, James Foe, who was a younger son. 



DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTS JOSEPH (1749-1822), a 

 French astronomer. 



DELAVIGNE, JEAN FRANCOIS CASIMIR (1793-1843), a 

 French lyric and dramatic poet. 



DELUC, JEAN ANDRE (1727-1817), a Swiss physicist, ranked 

 by Cuvier as one of the first geologists of his age. He was son of 

 Francois Deluc, an author. 



DEMBRINSKI, HENRYK (1791-1864), a Polish general. 



DEMOSTHENES (B. C. 385-322), an Athenian statesman, an 

 orphan at 7. 



DEMPSTER, THOMAS (1579-1625) [A 2 ], a Scottish professor, 

 the 24th of 29 children by the same mother. 



DENHAM, SIR JOHN (1615-1668) [56], an English poet, only 

 son of Sir John Denham (1559 ). 



DESAULT, PIERRE JOSEPH (1744-1795), a French surgeon. 



DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650), a French philosopher, young- 

 est son of a councillor of the parliament of Rennes, who belonged to 

 the younger branch of a noble family. 



DESMOULINS, BENOIT CAMILLE (1760-1794), a French 

 revolutionist. 



