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Dumouriez, Charles François

(Encyclopedia) Dumouriez, Charles FrançoisDumouriez, Charles Françoisshärl fräNswäˈ düm&oomacr;-rēāˈ [key], 1739–1823, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. After fighting in the Seven…

Dana, Charles Anderson

(Encyclopedia) Dana, Charles AndersonDana, Charles Andersondāˈnə [key], 1819–97, American newspaper editor, b. Hinsdale, N.H. He was a member of the Brook Farm community for five years. In 1847 he…

Darwin, Charles Galton

(Encyclopedia) Darwin, Charles Galton, 1887–1962, English physicist and administrator. Educated at Cambridge, he worked under Ernest Rutherford at Manchester, where he collaborated with H. G. J.…

Darwin, Charles Robert

(Encyclopedia) Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809–82, English naturalist, b. Shrewsbury; grandson of Erasmus Darwin and of Josiah Wedgwood. He firmly established the theory of organic evolution known as…

Daubigny, Charles-François

(Encyclopedia) Daubigny, Charles-FrançoisDaubigny, Charles-Françoisshärl-fräNswäˈ dōbēnyēˈ [key], 1817–78, French landscape painter. He went to Italy early in life and later studied in Paris with…

Craddock, Charles Egbert

(Encyclopedia) Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. of Mary Noailles MurfreeCraddock, Charles Egbert,nō-īˈ [key], 1850–1922, American novelist, b. near Murfreesboro, Tenn. She wrote her best works about…

Coughlin, Charles Edward

(Encyclopedia) Coughlin, Charles EdwardCoughlin, Charles Edwardkŏgˈlĭn [key], 1891–1979, Roman Catholic priest in the United States, b. Ontario, Canada, grad. Univ. of Toronto, 1916. After study at…

Davenport, Charles Benedict

(Encyclopedia) Davenport, Charles BenedictDavenport, Charles Benedictdăvˈənpôrtˌ [key], 1866–1944, American zoologist, b. Stamford, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1892. As director (1904–34) of the…

Dawes, Charles Gates

(Encyclopedia) Dawes, Charles GatesDawes, Charles Gatesdôz [key], 1865–1951, American statesman and banker, b. Marietta, Ohio. Admitted (1886) to the bar, Dawes practiced law in Lincoln, Nebr., until…