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Alexander Jackson Davis Alexander Jackson Davis
Alexander Jackson Davis 1803-92, American architect, b. New York City. He was the partner of Ithiel Town of New Haven, with whom he designed many important buildings in both the Greek and Gothic revival styles. Works by him include the New York Customs House (1832), now the Subtreasury; the state... Read more
Chip Davis Chip Davis
Chip Davis Composer, keyboardist, drummer The only child of Louis and Betty Davis, Louis Davis Jr.—or Chip, as his mother called him—grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where his father taught high school music and his mother played the trombone. At age five, Chip took piano lessons from his... Read more
Andrew Jackson Davis Andrew Jackson Davis
Davis, Andrew Jackson (1826-1910) Medium, channel, and one of the founders of modern Spiritualism. He was born August 11, 1826, at Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York. Young Davis had gifts of clairvoyance and heard voices at an early age. On advice so obtained he pursuaded his father in... Read more
Alan Davie Alan Davie
Davie, Alan (1920– ). British painter, graphic artist, poet, musician, silversmith, and jeweller, born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, son of a painter and etcher. Davie studied at Edinburgh College of Art, 1937–40, and after serving in the Royal Artillery, 1941–6, had his first... Read more
George Davis Snell George Davis Snell
George Davis Snell 1903-96, American immunologist, b. Bradford, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1930. He was associated with the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine from 1935 to 1973. His identification of the H-2 gene complex in mice helped make future organ transplants possible. Snell, Jean Dausset ,... Read more
Davy Crockett Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett (David Crockett) , 1786-1836, American frontiersman, b. Limestone, near Greeneville, Tenn. After serving (1813-14) under Andrew Jackson against the Creek in the War of 1812, he settled in Giles co., Tenn., and in 1821 was elected to the state legislature. In 1823, Crockett, having... Read more
Channeling Channeling
Channeling A contemporary term for the earlier Spiritualist idea of mediumship, spirit entities conveying philosophical or spiritual advice or healing through mediums. Mediumship is generally thought of as the special activity of a few people who operate primarily to put people in contact with... Read more
John Davis John Davis
John Davis 1550?-1605, English navigator. He made his first voyage in search of the Northwest Passage in 1585, continuing the work of Martin Frobisher . On this voyage he discovered Cumberland Sound of Baffin Island and made explorations that prepared the way for his later voyages in 1586 and... Read more
Anthony Davis Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis 1951— Composer, pianist, educator At a Glance… An Early Interest in Jazz and Classical Music Created His Own Jazz Ensemble Created Opera About Malcolm X Selected works Sources In the 1980s and early 1990s Anthony Davis, an award-winning composer and jazz pianist, became... Read more
Angela Davis Angela Davis
Angela Davis 1944 Read more

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Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852
Magazine article from: Journal of American Culture (Malden, MA) ...Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 18151852. David Schuyler...by the time Andrew Jackson Downing perished in...of the degree of his influence and reputation when...with the architects Alexander ...
HUDSON RIVER MANORS HOUSE REGION'S HISTORY.(Living Today)
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