(Encyclopedia) Vries, David Pietersen deVries, David Pietersen dedäˈvēt pēˈtərsən [key]Vries, David Pietersen de də vrēs [key], b. c.1593, Dutch merchant captain and colonizer. An experienced mariner…
(Encyclopedia) Casement, Sir Roger David, 1864–1916, Irish revolutionary. While in British consular service, he exposed (1904) the atrocious exploitation of wild-rubber gatherers in the Congo (thus…
(Encyclopedia) Bohr, Niels Henrik DavidBohr, Niels Henrik Davidnēls hănˈ rēk dāˈvēᵺ [key]Bohr, Niels Henrik David bōr [key], 1885–1962, Danish physicist, one of the foremost scientists of modern…
(Encyclopedia) Shalikashvili, John Malchase DavidShalikashvili, John Malchase Davidshälēˌkäshvēˈlē [key], 1936–2011, U.S. army general, b. Poland. Drafted into the army, he became a commissioned…
CLENDENIN, David, a Representative from Ohio; moved from Harford County, Md., to near Struthers in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, about 1806; was a pioneer in the iron and steel industry; lived in…
McINTOSH, David Martin, a Representative from Indiana; born in Oakland, Calif., June 8, 1958; B.A., Yale University, 1980; J.D., University of Chicago, 1983; admitted to the Indiana bar;…
McKINLEY, David, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.; March 28, 1947; B.S.C.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., 1969; civil engineer; business…
CORNWELL, David Lance, a Representative from Indiana; born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind., June 14, 1945; attended Paoli public schools, Culver (Ind.) Military Academy, Phillips Andover (Mass…
KILGORE, David, a Representative from Indiana; born in Harrison County, Ky., April 3, 1804; moved with his father to Franklin County, Ind., in 1819; attended the common schools; studied law;…
DAVIS, David, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn., November 6, 1959; A.S., California College for Health Sciences, National City, Calif., 1983; B.S.,…