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S. S. Polar is" (1876). Davidson (da'vid-son), Lucretia Maria. Bornat Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1808: died at Platts- burg, Aug. 27, 1825. An American poet. "Amir Davis, David. Born in Cecil County, Md., March 9, 1815: died at Blooming ton, Ill., June 26, 1886. An American statesman and jurist. He was a ociate justice of the United States Supreme Court 1862-77, United States senator from Illinois 18771883, and acting Vice-President 1881-83. Davis, Edwin Hamilton. Born in Ro County, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1811: died at New York, May 15, 1888. An American physician and archæ senator from Kentucky 1861-72. Davis, Henry. Born at East Hampton, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1771: died at Clinton, N. Y., March 8, 1852. An American clergyman and educator, president of Middle bury College 1809-17, and of Hamilton College 1817-33. Davis, Henry Winter. Born at Anna polis, Md., Aug. 16, 1817: died at Baltimore, Md., Dec. 30, 1865. An American politician. He was a Republican member of Congre from Maryland 18551861 and 1863-65. Author of "The War of Ormuzd and Ahriman in the Nineteenth Century" (1852). Davis, Jefferson. Born in Christian County, Ky., June 3, 1808: died at New Orleans, La., Dec. 6, 1889. An American statesman. He graduated at West Point in 1828; was Democratic member of Congre from Mi i ippi 1845-46; served in the Mexican war 1846-47; was United States senator from Mis si ippi 1847-51; was secretary of war 1853-57; was United States senator 1857-61; resigned his seat Jan. 21, 1861; was inaugurated provisional president of the Confederacy Feb. 18, 1861, and president Feb. 22, 1862; was arrested near Irwinsville, Georgia, May 10, 1865 was imprisoned in Fortre Monroe, Virginia, 1865-67; and was amnestied 1868. He wrote "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government" (1881). Davis, Jefferson C. Born in Clarke County, Ind., March 2, 1828: died Nov. 30, 1879. Union general in the American Civil War. He served in the Mexican war 1846-47; was stationed at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded by the Confederates April 12-13, 1861; commanded a division at Pea Ridge March 7-8, 1862, at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862, Jan. 3, 1863, and at Chick am aug a Sept. 19-20, 1863; and led a corps in Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. Davis, or Davys, John. Born at Sand ridge, Devons hire, England, about 1550: killed in the Strait of Malacca, Dec. 29, 1605. An English navigator. He commanded expeditions in search of the northwest pa age in 1585, 1586, and 1587, on the first of which he discovered Davis Strait. He discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592. He took service in 1604 as pilot in the Tiger, Captain Sir Edward Michel borne, destined for a voyage to the East Indies, on which he was killed by Japanese pirates. Davis, John. Born at Plymouth, Ma ., Jan. 25, 1761: died at Boston, Jan. 14, 1847. An American jurist. He was appointed comptroller of the United States treasury in 1795, and in 1801 became judge of the United States District Court in Ma achu setts. He was the youngest member in the convention of 1789 which adopted the Federal constitution, and survived all the other members. Davis, John Chandler Bancroft. Born at Worcester, Ma ., Dec. 29, 1822. An American jurist and diplomatist. He was agent of the United States at the Geneva tribunal 1871-72, and minister to Germany 1874-77. Davis, Sir John Francis. Born at London, 1795: died near Bristol, Nov. 13, 1890. An English diplomatist, and writer on China, author of "The Chinese" (1836), etc. Davis, Richard Harding. Born at Philadelphia, April 18, 1864. An American journalist and author. He has written "Gallegher, and Other Stories" (1891), "Van Bibber and Others" (1892), "The West from a Car Window" (1892), "Exiles, and Other Stories" (1894), "Our English Cousins" (1894), "Rulers of the Mediterranean" (1894), "Prince Aline" (1895), "Cinder ell a, and Other Stories" (1896), "Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America" (1896), "Soldiers of Fortune" (1897), etc. Davis, Thomas Osborne. Born at Mallow, Oct. 14, 1814: died at Dublin, Sept. 16, 1845. An Irish poet and politician. He graduated at Trinity College in 1836; was admitted to the bar in 1838; became joint editor with John Dillon of the "Dublin Morning Register" in 1841; and founded, with Duffy and Dillon, the "Nation" in 1842. He joined in 1839 the Re peal A ociation, within which organization he founded the party of Young Ireland in opposition to O'Connell's leadership. His poems, collected after his death, form a volume of Duffy's "Library of Ireland" for 1846. Davis on (da'vi-son), William. Died about 1608. A British diplomatist. As a secretary of state he procured Elizabeth's signature to the death-warrant of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Davis Strait (da'vis str at). An arm of the Atlantic, separating Green land from Cumber land Peninsula, and connecting Baffin Bay with the Atlantic. Width in the narrowest part, about 200 miles. Named for its discoverer, John Davis. D'Avolos (dav'o-los). In Ford's "Love's Sacrifice," the duke's secretary (modeled on Shakspere's Iago), a spy and "pander to the bad pa ions of others." Davos (da'vos). An Alpine valley in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, 15 miles southeast of Coire. Its chief place is Davos-Platz, a noted health-resort having an elevation of 5,000 feet. Davout (da-vö') (often erroneously written The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Daw (da), Sir David. A foolish baronet in Cumber land's "Wheel of Fortune." Daw, Sir John. In Ben Jonson's comedy "Epicene, or The Silent Woman," a cowardly, foolish coxcomb. Dawes, William Rutter. Born at London, March 19, 1799: died at Hadden ham, Bucks, Feb. 15, 1868. An English astronomer. He was educated at the Charter House school 1811-13; settled as a surgeon at Liverpool in 1826; was for a time pastor of an independent congregation at Ormskirk, Lancashire; had charge (1839-44) of the observatory at South Villa, Regent's Park, London, belonging to George fitted sacred rhetoric in Western Reserve College in 1840, and president of the Ohio Female College in 1854, and re- moved to New Haven in 1864. He was a nephew of Jere- miah Day. His works include "Logic" (1867), "Ethics" (1876), "Ontology" (1878), etc. Day, Jeremiah. Born at New Preston, Conn., Aug. 3, 1773: died at New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 1867. An American mathematician, presi- dent of Yale College 1817-46. He published an "Algebra" (1814), "Navigation and Sur- veying" (1817), etc. Day, John. Lived about 1600. An English dramatist and poet. He was educated at Cambridge, and from 1598 collaborated with Haught on, Chettle, Dekker, and others in numerous plays, all of which re- mained unprinted except "The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green." His chief work is "The Parliament of Bees" (1607). Day, Mr. In Sir R. Howard's play "The Com- mittee," the chairman of the committee, a kind of Tartufe, under the thumb of his wife. Day, or Daye, Stephen. Born at London about peoplerende cas 1610: died at Cambridge, Ma ., Dec. 22, 1668. A pioneer of printing in New England. He was one of three pre men engaged in 1638 by the Rev. Joseph Glover to operate a printing pre which he was about to introduce into the colony of Ma achusetts, Glover died on the voyage. The pre was set up in the house of Rev. Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard College. The first book printed in the British-American colonies was i ued from it in 1640: "The whole Booke of Psalmes, faith- fully translated into English metre." See Bay Psalm Book . Day, Thomas. Born at London, June 22, 1748: died Sept. 28, 1789. An English author. He was educated at Oxford and the Middle Temple, and in 1775 was admitted to the bar. Having inherited a competent fortune, he did not seek practice, but devoted himself to literature and to the study of philosophy. He married Mi Esther Milnes in 1778, and in 1781 settled on a farm at Anningsley, Surrey, where he wrote his chief work, “His- Dayr-el-Bahari. See Der - el - Bahri . Dayton (da'ton). 1. A city and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, situated on the Great Miami River 48 miles northeast of Cincinnati. It has manufactures of railway- 61,220.-2. A town in Rhea County, East Ten island, the deities of the auxiliary races who formed so ne ee. Population (1890), 2,719. Dayton, Elias. Born at Elizabeth town, N. J., July, 1737: died at Elizabeth town, wn, July 17, 1807. An American revolutionary officer. He served throughout the War of the Revolution, and partici- pated in the battles of Springfield, Mon mouth, Brandy wine, and York town. After the war he was made major- general of militia in New Jersey, and was a member of the Continental Congre 1787-88. Dayton, Jonathan. Born at Elizabeth town, N. J., Oct. 16, 1760: died at Elizabeth town, Oct. 9, 1824. An American politician, son of Elias Dayton. He was speaker of the national House of Representatives 1795-99, and United States senator from important an element of its population. Among these we must place, first, a cla of deities commonly known by the title of the deæ matres. Altars and inscriptions to these deities are very numerous in Belgic Gaul and Ger- many, and more especially along the banks of the Rhine, where they are often called matronæ instead of matres, and they seem to have belonged to the Teutonic race. Not more than one altar to these deities has, I believe, been found in Italy, and we do not trace them in the cla ic writers. When the deæ matres are figured on the altars or other monuments, they are always represented as three females, seated, with baskets or bowls of fruit on their knees, which were probably emblematical of the plenty which they were believed to distribute to mankind. Wright , Celt, p. 281. Deák (dā'äk), Ferencz. Born at Söjtör, Zala, Hungary, Oct. 17, 1803: died at Budapest, Jan. Dayton, William Lewis. Born at Basking- ridge, N. J., Feb. 17, 1807: died at Paris, France, 29, 1876. A Hungarian statesman. He entered Dec. 1, 1864. An American jurist and states- man, nephew of Jonathan Dayton. He was as so- ciate judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey 1838-42, United States senator from New Jersey 1842-51, Republican candidate for Vice-President 1856, and minister to France 1861-64. Daza (dä'thä), Hilar i on. Born at Sucre about 1838. A Bolivian general and politician. His father's name, which he dropped, was Gro oli. From 1858 he 1876, when he was proclaimed president of Bolivia. Owing took part in various revolutionary disturbances until May, to the seizure of Atacama he declared war on Chile, March 1, 1879, and in April joined the Peruvian forces at Tacna; but his incompetence and cowardice led to a mutiny of the troops (Dec. 27, 1879), and this was quickly followed by a revolution at La Paz, by which Campero was declared presi- dent. He was killed by a Bolivian mob March 1, 1894. Dazzle (daz'l). In Dion Boucicault's comedy London A urance, a man who lives is wits, and cleverly contrives to be an invited Dawson, Sir John William. Born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, Oct., 1820. A Canadian geologist and naturalist. He became principal of McGill College (Montreal) in 1855. His works include "Acadian Geology" (1855), etc. Dax (däks). A town in the department of Landes, France, situated on the Adour in lat. at Manchester, Feb. 10, 1753. An English phy- sician and nonjuring bishop. He became a priest in 1716, settled Manchester as a physician in 1719 or 1720, and about 1733 was consecrated a nonjuring bishop by Bishop Archibald Campbell. He published "The Doctrine of the Church of Rome concerning Purgatory proved to be Day (da), Henry Noble. Born at Washington, Conn., Aug. 4, 1808: died at New Haven, Conn., Jan. 12, 1890. An American educator and philosophical writer. He became profe or of Dead Heart, The. A play by Watts Phillips, produced in 1859. It was revised by Walter Dead Sea (ded se). [LL. Mare Mortuum, Ar. Bahr - Lût , F. Mer Morte, G. Todtes - Meer .] A salt lake in Palestine, situated 16 miles south- east of Jerusalem in the ancient "Vale of Sid- dim": the Lacus Asphaltites of the ancients, and the Sea of the Plain or of the Arabah, Salt Sea, or East Sea of the Scriptures. Its waters are intensely salt, and of great specific gravity. Its prin- cipal tributary is the Jordan, but it has no outlet, and its Dean, Julia. Born July 22, 1830: died at New York, March 6, 1868. An American actre . She fiat appeared at the Bowery Theater as Julia in "The Hunchback." She was the original Norma in Epes Sar- gent's "Prieste ," and also the original Leonor in Boker's tragedy "Leonor de Guzman." She married Dr. Hayne in 1855, from whom she was divorced. Deane (den), Charles. Born at Biddeford, Maine, Nov. 10, 1813: died at Cambridge, Ma ., Nov. 13, 1889. An American historical student. Deane, Charles After having been a merchant in Boston for many years, he retired from busine in 1864, and settled at Cambridge, Ma . He collected a valuable library of books relating to early New England history, and edited "Bradford's His tory of Plymouth Plantation" (1856), "Wing field's Discourse of Virginia" (1860), and other historical documents. Deane, Henry. Died at Lambeth, Feb. 15, 1503. Archbishop of Canterbury. He was chief of the English commi ioners who concluded the marriage treaty between Margaret, daughter of Henry VII. of England, and James IV. of Scotland, in 1502. Deane, Lucy. In George Eliot's novel "The Mill on the Flo ," a pretty, amiable girl, the cousin and rival of Maggie Tulliver. Deane, Richard. Born in 1610: died June 3, 1653. An English admiral, and one of the reg i cides. of Jabin, prophesied for him succe , and sang a famous song of triumph after the victory (Judges v.). This song is considered by critics to be one of the most ancient pieces in the Old Testament. But the prieste of Artemis still continued to be called "a bee," reminding us that Deborah or "Bee" was the name of one of the greatest of the prophete es of ancient Israel; and the godde herself continued to be depicted under the same form as that which had belonged to her in Hittite days. Sayce, Hittites, p. 79. Deborah. A German drama by S. H. Mosenthal, the original of "Leah." De Bow (de bo), James Dunwoody Browns on. Born at Charleston, S. C., July 10, 1820: died at Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 27, 1867. An American journalist and statistician. He es Decius 22, 1820. An American naval officer, son of Stephen Decatur. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1798, and became a lieutenant in 1799. He gained distinction in the Tripoli tan war by surprising and burning in the harbor of Tripoli, Feb. 16, 1804, the frigate Philadelphia, which had been captured by the enemy. For this exploit he was promoted captain, his commi ion being made to date from Feb. 15, 1804. At the beginning of the war of 1812 he commanded the frigate United States, which captured the British frigate Maced on i an Oct. 25, 1812. Attempting, Jan. 15, 1815, to leave the port of New York, which was blockaded by the British, his ve el, the President, was pursued by four British ve els, and after a sharp engagement with the Endymion compelled to surrender. He commanded in 1815 the expedition against the Dey of Algiers, who was forced to renounce all claims to tribute from the United States. He was killed in a duel with James Barron. 1737: died at Deal, England, Aug. 23, 1789. An American statesman and diplomatist. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the Continental Congre 1774-76, and was sent to France as a secret financial and political agent in 1776. Having made unauthorized promises to induce French officers to join the American service, he was recalled by Congre in 1777. Dean of St. Patrick's (Dublin). Specifically,