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Home, Daniel Dunglas
(Encyclopedia)Home, Daniel Dunglas hyo͞om [key], 1833–86, Scottish-American spiritualist medium, b. Edinburgh, Scotland. He was taken to the United States when a small child. At age 13 he claimed to have discove...Bell, Daniel
(Encyclopedia)Bell, Daniel, 1919–2011, American sociologist, b. New York City as Daniel Bolotsky, grad. City College (1939), Columbia (Ph.D., 1960). His immigrant parents changed their surname when he was 13. Bel...Winthrop, Robert Charles
(Encyclopedia)Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809–94, American statesman, b. Boston. He studied law under Daniel Webster, was admitted (1831) to the bar, and was (1835–41) a Whig member of the Massachusetts legislat...Arthur, Chester Alan
(Encyclopedia)Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829–86, 21st President of the United States (1881–85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (1861–63) qu...Hambletonian
(Encyclopedia)Hambletonian hămbəltōˈnēən [key], 1849–76, American trotting horse, foaled at Chester, N.Y. Originally owned by Jonas Seely, Hambletonian was bought for little money by Bill Rysdyk and won few...Phoenixville
(Encyclopedia)Phoenixville fēˈnĭksvĭl [key], borough (1990 pop. 15,066), Chester co., SE Pa., on the Schuylkill River; settled 1720, inc. 1849. Iron deposits in the region led to the early development of an iro...Brandywine, battle of
(Encyclopedia)Brandywine, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought Sept. 11, 1777, along Brandywine Creek. The creek, formed by two small branches in SE Pennsylvania, flows southeast to join, near Wilmington, ...Mason, Daniel Gregory
(Encyclopedia)Mason, Daniel Gregory: see under Mason, Lowell. ...Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur
(Encyclopedia)Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, sieur: see Duluth. ...Oxford Group
(Encyclopedia)Oxford Group: see Buchman, Frank Nathan Daniel. ...Browse by Subject
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