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- English pioneer in the movement to secure university education for women and chief founder of Girton College, Cambridge. She was responsible for University College, London, admitting women to classes in 1870 for the first time.
- Davies, John
- English poet and writing master whose chief work was Microcosmos (1603), a didactic religious treatise.
- Davies, John Paton, Jr.
- American diplomat who suffered an undeserved dismissal from the foreign service in 1954 following accusations by Sen. Joseph McCarthy that Davies had "lost China" to the communists in 1949. Davies, a decorated World War II hero, was one of several ... [1 Related Articles]
- Davies, Marion
- American actor, renowned more for her 34-year relationship with publishing giant William Randolph Hearst than for her performance career.
- Davies, Paul Charles William
- On May 3 the mathematical physicist Paul Davies was awarded the 1995 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Professor of natural philosophy at the University of Adelaide, Australia, Davies received the honour, which carried a monetary award of $1 million, ...
- Davies, Ray
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...Joss Stone topped the album charts with Mind Body and Soul, but at the prestigious Mercury Music Prize awards, she was beaten by Glaswegian guitar band Franz Ferdinand. The Kinks' songwriter Ray Davies was shot by a mugger in New ...
- Davies, Richard
- (from the article "Celtic literature") ...Testament of 1567. Despite some eccentricities, it was a fine piece of translation. In the same year was published the Welsh Prayer Book, also translated mainly by Salesbury in collaboration with Richard Davies, bishop of St. David's. The Welsh Bible ...
- Davies, Robertson
- novelist and playwright whose works offer penetrating observations on Canadian provincialism and prudery. [3 Related Articles]
- Davies, Samuel
- Presbyterian preacher in colonial British America who defended religious dissent and helped lead the Southern phase of the religious revival known as the Great Awakening.
- Davies, Siobhan
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...by choreographer Jonathan Burrows. With only himself and longtime colleague composer Matteo Fargion, Burrows made a series of minimalist works that won a quite unexpected popularity. Choreographer Siobhan Davies celebrated her company's move into its own-beautifully designed-premises with a new ...
- Davies, Sir John
- English poet and lawyer whose Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing reveals a typically Elizabethan pleasure in the contemplation of the correspondence between the natural order and human activity.
- Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell
- English composer, conductor, and teacher whose powerfully innovative music made him one of the most influential British composers of the 20th century. [1 Related Articles]
- Davies, Valentine
- (from the article "1947: Other Winners") Screenplay: George Seaton for Miracle on 34th StreetOriginal Story: Valentine Davies for Miracle on 34th StreetOriginal Screenplay: Sidney Sheldon for The Bachelor and the BobbysoxerCinematography, Black-and-White: Guy Green for Great ExpectationsCinematography, Color: Jack Cardiff for Black...
- Davies, William Henry
- English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his Georgian contemporaries.
- Davila, Arrigo Caterino
- Italian historian who was the author of a widely read history of the Wars of Religion in France.
- Davila, Miguel
- (from the article "Honduras") In the first decade of the 20th century, Nicaraguan strongman Jose Santos Zelaya put Miguel Davila into the Honduran presidency. This led in 1911 and 1912 to something more serious than periodic revolutions. The U.S. president, William Howard Taft, sent ...
- Davis
- city, Yolo county, central California, U.S. It lies in the Sacramento River valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of Sacramento. The city, founded in 1868, was named Davisville for Jerome C. Davis, who owned a stock farm on the site. ...
- Davis Cup
- trophy awarded to the winner of an annual international lawn-tennis tournament originally for amateur men's teams. The official name is the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy. The trophy was donated in 1900 by American Dwight F. Davis for a competition ... [8 Related Articles]
- Davis Islands
- (from the article "Tampa") ...Petersburg, was inaugurated in 1914, and the Gandy Bridge between the two cities opened 10 years later. In 1928 Tampa was connected by road to Miami via the Tamiami Trail. In the 1920s the man-made Davis Islands were created offshore ...
- Davis Mountains
- segment of the southern Rocky Mountains, mainly in Jeff Davis county, western Texas, U.S., extending northward for 45 miles (72 km) above the town of Marfa. Locally called the Texas Alps, the range has many peaks that exceed 7,000 feet ...
- Davis Strait
- bay of the northern Atlantic Ocean, lying between southeastern Baffin Island (Canada) and southwestern Greenland. It separates the depths of Baffin Bay (north) from those of the Labrador Sea (south) and forms part of the Northwest Passage, a route through ... [2 Related Articles]
- Davis, Alexander Jackson
- American architect, designer, draftsman, and illustrator who was best known for his innovative, picturesque country houses. He helped establish the familiar type of American rural house in the "carpenter Gothic" style of the mid-19th century. [2 Related Articles]
- Davis, Angela
- militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970-72.
- Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.
- pilot, officer, and administrator who became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. His father, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was the first African American to become a general in any branch of the U.S. military. [2 Related Articles]
- Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Sr.
- soldier who became the first black general in the U.S. Army.
- Davis, Bette
- versatile, volatile American actress, whose raw, unbridled intensity kept her at the top of her profession for 50 years. [4 Related Articles]
- Davis, Billy
- American songwriter and advertising executive (b. July 11, 1932, Detroit, Mich.-d. Sept. 2, 2004, New Rochelle, N.Y.), collaborated with Gwen Gordy and her brother Berry Gordy, Jr., in the 1950s on Jackie Wilson's hits "Reet Petite" and "Lonely Teardrops." In ... [1 Related Articles]
- Davis, Carl
- (from the article "Chicago soul") ...Gordy, Jr., and his Motown Records, based in Detroit, Michigan, overshadowed the Windy City during the 1960s. But several black music producers-including Roquel ("Billy") Davis and Carl Davis (who were not related), Johnny Pate (who also was an arranger), and ...
- Davis, Charles Harold
- American painter, whose romantic interpretations of the landscape excelled in their cloud effects.
- Davis, Charles Henry
- U.S. naval officer and scientist.
- Davis, Cleland
- (from the article "artillery") ...were long attracted by the prospect of abolishing recoil, since achieving this meant doing away with the gun's heavy recoil system and lightening the carriage. The first to succeed was Commander Cleland Davis of the U.S. Navy, who in 1912 ...
- Davis, Clive
- (from the article "Columbia Records") ...of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." The song launched the West Coast's version of folk rock, which culminated in the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, where Columbia's new managing director, Clive Davis, proved willing to pay more than anyone else for ...
- Davis, David
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...In early October a two-month contest was started under the old rules. After two ballots by party MPs, the names of the top two candidates were submitted to the wider party membership. One was David Davis, a 56-year-old right-winger who ...
- Davis, David
- American politician, a close associate of Abraham Lincoln. He was a Supreme Court justice and senator during the antebellum, American Civil War, and postwar eras. [1 Related Articles]
- Davis, David Brion
- (from the article "animal rights") ...rights and remedies. Parallels have frequently been drawn between the legal status of animals and that of human slaves. "The truly striking fact about slavery," the American historian David Brion Davis has written, is theantiquity and almost universal acceptance of ...
- Davis, Donald
- Canadian actor who was adept in both classical and modern roles and was admired as one of the most outstanding interpreters of Samuel Beckett's works; his signature role was the title character in Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, for which he ...
- Davis, Dwight F.
- tennis player best known as the donor of the Davis Cup (properly the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy) for competition among teams representing various nations. He later became a United States cabinet member. [1 Related Articles]
- Davis, Elmer
- news broadcaster and writer, director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War II.
- Davis, Ernie
- American collegiate gridiron football player who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
- Davis, Fred
- British snooker and billiards player who was world professional snooker champion eight times (1948-49, 1951-56) and world billiards champion twice (1980-81); Davis carried on the tradition of his renowned older brother, Joe, who held the snooker title for 20 years ...
- Davis, Gary
- (from the article "gospel music") ...the American Civil Rights Movement, "We Shall Overcome"; the Reverend C.L. Franklin of Detroit, who issued more than 70 albums of his sermons and choir after World War II; blind Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), a wandering preacher and guitar soloist; ...
- Davis, Geena
- (from the article "1988: Best Supporting Actress") Other Nominees
- Davis, George E.
- (from the article "chemical engineering") A landmark in the development of chemical engineering was the publication in 1901 of the first textbook on the subject, by George E. Davis, a British chemical consultant. This concentrated on the design of plant items for specific operations. The ...
- Davis, George W.
- (from the article "1953: Other Winners") ...for From Here to EternityCinematography, Color: Loyal Griggs for ShaneArt Direction, Black-and-White: Edward Carfagno and Cedric Gibbons for Julius CaesarArt Direction, Color: George W. Davis and Lyle Wheeler for The RobeMusic Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Bronislau Kaper ...
- Davis, Glenn
- American world-record holder in the 400-metre hurdles (1956-62) who was the first man to win the Olympic gold medal twice in that event. [1 Related Articles]
- Davis, Glenn Woodward
- American football player (b. Dec. 26, 1924, Claremont, Calif.-d. March 9, 2005, La Quinta, Calif.), teamed with Doc Blanchard to form arguably the greatest rushing tandem in the history of American collegiate football. The speedy and elusive Davis was "Mr. ...
- Davis, H.L.
- American novelist and poet who wrote realistically about the West, rejecting the stereotype of the cowboy as hero.
- Davis, Henry Winter
- Maryland unionist during the secession crisis, harsh critic of Abraham Lincoln, and coauthor of the congressional plan for Reconstruction during the American Civil War.
- Davis, James Bodie
- American gospel singer was a founding member (as an 11-year-old boy) of the Dixie Hummingbirds (briefly known as the Sterling High School Quartet), an a cappella group that pioneered a style called "trickeration," in which one vocalist would pick up ...
- Davis, Jefferson
- president of the Confederate States of America throughout its existence during the American Civil War (1861-65). After the war, he was imprisoned for two years and indicted for treason but never tried. [11 Related Articles]
- Davis, Joe
- English billiards and snooker player who was the world snooker champion from 1927 until his retirement in 1946.
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