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William Henry Davies William Henry Davies
William Henry Davies , 1871-1940, British poet, b. Wales. Leaving school at a young age, Davies lived for a number of years as a peddler and a beggar in the United States and England. His first attempt at poetry, The Soul's Destroyer (1905), printed at his own expense, won the favorable attention... Read more
William Robertson Davies William Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies Robertson Davies (1913-1995) enjoyed a distinguished career as a journalist, playwright, and novelist, helping to enhance the literary standing of his native Canada. Robertson Davies was a writer of grand ideas and fertile imagination who excelled in a variety of... Read more
Viola Davis Viola Davis
Viola Davis 1965– Actress At a Glance Read more
Rebecca Harding Davis Rebecca Harding Davis
Rebecca Harding Davis 1831-1910, American novelist, b. Washington, Pa.; mother of Richard Harding Davis . Her early nonfiction pieces, particularly those collected under the title Life in the Iron Mills (1861), and her first novel, Margaret Howth (1862), foreshadowed the naturalistic... Read more
Davis-Bacon Act Davis-Bacon Act
DAVIS-BACON ACT The Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C.A. § Read more
Davis Davis
Davis city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. of California at Davis, which has a major agricultural research center as... Read more
Humphry Davy Humphry Davy
DAVY, HUMPHRY(b. Penzance, Cornwall, England, 17 December 1778;d. Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 1829), chemistry. For the original article on Davy see DSB, vol. 3.Since David Knight’s entry on Davy was published, Knight’s biography has appeared, as has the first part of the long-awaited biography by... Read more
Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis 1808-89, American statesman, President of the Southern Confederacy, b. Fairview, near Elkton, Ky. His birthday was June 3. Early Life Davis's parents moved to Mississippi when he was a boy. He was given a classical education at Transylvania Univ. and was appointed to West Point,... Read more
John Chandler Bancroft Davis John Chandler Bancroft Davis
DAVIS, JOHN CHANDLER BANCROFT John Chandler Bancroft Davis enjoyed a long and prolific career as a diplomat, jurist, and legal historian. The son of John Davis, a Massachusetts governor and U.S. senator, Davis was born December 29, 1822, in Worcester, Massachusetts. He entered Harvard College in... Read more
Ray Davies Ray Davies
Ray DaviesSinger, songwriter, guitarist According to People critic Michael Small, "during more than two decades," British rock musician and composer Ray Davies has "written some of the most clever, sexy and thoughtful pop-rock songs ever," and helped make the Kinks "one of the coolest rock bands in... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ...Art exhibition in the Gas Hall are the brother and...invariably of women), still lifes and the corner of her...Art is on display at the Gas Hall gallery, Birmingham...Until February 28; Gas Hall: 20th Century Art...New drawings by Gerald ...

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