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Zeisberger, David
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...David Zeisberger (zīs´bərgər), 1721–1808...with the colony and entered on missionary service. His assistant was J. G. E. Heckewelder...De Schweinitz, The Life and Times of David Zeisberger (1870, repr. 1971)....
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Fairchild, David Grandison
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...David Grandison Fairchild, 1869–1954, American botanist and agricultural explorer, b. East Lansing, Mich. He entered the service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, where he organized (1895) and later......
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Cook, David J.
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...David J. Cook, 1840–1907, American law enforcement officer, b. near La Porte...and returned to enlist (1861) in the Union army in the Civil War. Army service as a sort of military policeman led him to found the volunteer Rocky Mountain......
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Lilienthal, David Eli
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...David Eli Lilienthal (lĬl´yənthôl), 1899–1981, American public official...law, and was appointed by Gov. Philip La Follette to the Wisconsin public service commission. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 made him one of three......
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Casement, Sir Roger David
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...Sir Roger David Casement, 1864–1916, Irish revolutionary. While in British consular service, he exposed (1904) the atrocious exploitation of wild-rubber gatherers in the Congo (thus helping to bring about the extinction......
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Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von
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...Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (gĕr´härt yō´hän dä´vēt...of the war college, he entered Prussian service in 1801. He fought in the disastrous...use of arms; citizens were called to service for a short training period to be then......
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French art
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......control of artistic production in the service of the state and the founding of art institutions...Its principal exponent was J. L. David, at first the king's and later Napoleon's official painter. David wielded authoritarian influence over......
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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
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......defeated by moderates under the leadership of David Dubinsky. Although the struggle seriously...as Workers United, affiliate with the Service Employees International Union.See L...1944); M. D. Danish, The World of David Dubinsky (1957); G. Tyler, Look for......
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Ruthven
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......who settled in Scotland in the reign of David I. The name is derived from lands in Perthshire...leading part in the murder (1566) of David Rizzio and wrote a memoir of the affair, which...1651, who won distinction in the service of Gustavus II of Sweden. Later he supported......
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coronation
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......new king or chief had long existed, a new religious service was added when Europe became Christianized. The service, derived from Old Testament accounts of the anointing of Saul and David by Samuel, helped to alter the concept of kingship......