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Daiches, David

(Encyclopedia) Daiches, DavidDaiches, Daviddāˈchēz [key], 1912–2005, British critic, b. Sunderland. A graduate of Edinburgh Univ. and Oxford (M.A., 1934; Ph.D., 1939), Daiches taught at several…

Anderson, Carl David

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Carl DavidAnderson, Carl Davidănˈdərsən [key], 1905–91, American physicist, b. New York City, grad. California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1927; Ph.D., 1930). Associated…

Storey, David

(Encyclopedia) Storey, David (David Malcolm Storey), 1933–, English novelist and playwright, b. Wakefield, Yorkshire. His first novel, This Sporting Life (1960), was a disguised autobiography about…

Amnon

(Encyclopedia) Amnon. In the Bible, David's eldest son. He raped his half-sister Tamar and was killed for it by her brother Absalom.

Menevia

(Encyclopedia) Menevia, Wales: see Saint David's.

milu

(Encyclopedia) milu: see Père David's deer.

elaphure

(Encyclopedia) elaphure: see Père David's deer.

Muldoon, Sir Robert David

(Encyclopedia) Muldoon, Sir Robert David, 1921–92, New Zealand political leader, prime minister (1975–84). Originally a public accountant, he entered parliament in 1960 as a member of the…