De Giosa
NICOLA (de jē-ō'sa), an Italian musician; born in Bari, May 5, 1820. His opera, "Don Checco," is very popular in Italy. His 400 songs were widely sung. He died in Bari, July 7, 1885.
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Single-source entries: D (20)
These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as De Giosa, De Gogorza, De Kalb.
De Gogorza
EMILIO EDOUARDO, an American singer, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1874. He was educated in Paris and in England. His musical career was begun as a boy soprano in England and in 1897 he appeared in New York City with Mme. Sembrich's Company at the Metropolitan Opera House. He appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras and at musical festivals, and made many tours throughout the United States as a concert singer. He married in 1911 Mme. Emma Eames, the operatic soprano. peasant DEGRADED, furnished with steps; an epithet in blazoning for a cross that has steps at each end, diminishing as they ascend toward the center.
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De Kalb
a city of Illinois in De Kalb co. It is on the Chicago, Aurora and De Kalb, the Chicago Great Western, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary railroads. The city has manufactures of barbed wire, agricultural implements, pianos, shoes, etc. It is the seat of the Northern Illinois State Normal School. Pop. (1910) 8,102; (1920) 7,871.
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De Kalb
JOHN, BARON, a French officer; born in Bavaria, about 1732. He accompanied Lafayette to America in 1777; was appointed the same year Major-General in the American army; and joined the main force under Washington. In the battle of Camden, Aug. 16, 1780, he was at the head of the Maryland and Delaware troops, who maincontained their ground till Cornwallis centrated his whole force upon them. He fell, pierced with 11 wounds, in the charge upon his regiment before they gave way. He died three days after at Camden, where a monument, of which Lafayette placed the corner-stone, was erected to his memory in 1825.
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De Kay
CHARLES, an American poet, grandson of Joseph Rodman Drake; born in Washington, D. C., July 25, 1848. His poems are mostly founded on themes from Oriental, classical, and literary hisstory. Among his works are: "Hesperus Vision and Other Poems" (1880); "The of Nimrod" (1881); "The Vision of Esther" (1882); "The Love Poems of Louis Barnaval, Edited (and written) by Charles De Kay" (1883). His prose includes: "Life and Works of Antoine Louis Barye, Sculptor" (1889); and "The Family Life of Heinrich Heine" (1892), a translation. He was literary and art editor of New York "Times," 1876-1906; art editor "Evening Post," 1907. From 1915 he was associate editor of the "American Art World." He was a mem ber of the American Institute of Arts and Letters.
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De La Ramee, Louise
de la ra-me', Louise (1840-), an English novelist of French extraction. She is known commonly by her pen name of Ouida (oo-e'da). She adopted this name when she began writing for periodicals, taking it from the pronunciation of her own name by a baby sister. Her novels include Held in Bondage, Under Two Flags, Two Little Wooden Shoes, The Waters of Edera, Street Dust, and Strathmore. Ouida's novels contain an excess of sentiment. They are dramatic, however, and not without literary qualities. A Dog of Flanders and The Nuremberg Stove are short stories of child life which are classic.
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De Lesseps
. See Lesseps
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De Long, George Washington
George Washington (1844-1881), an American explorer. He was born at New York , August 22, 1844, and died in Siberia, October 30, 1881. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy , and had experience in Arctic navigation. In 1879 James Gordon Bennett, Jr., proprietor of the New York Herald, fitted out the Jeanette for a three years' voyage of Arctic exploration. By permission of the government, De Long took command. He sailed from San Francisco , passed through Bering Strait, and cruised along the north coast of Asia. The vessel was caught in an ice pack and crushed June 13, 1881. With fourteen companions De Long reached the delta of the Lena in Siberia. Two men were sent forward to obtain relief. The rest of the party perished of cold and starvation. Their bodies were discovered and interred by another party of the crew who had found shelter in a small village on the Lena. See Franklin ; Nansen ; Arctic Regions
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De Mille
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, an American playwright, born in Wash- N. C., in 1878. He soldiers, he surrendered himself at length ingtomerican Academy of Drastudied at and in 1900 became a writer of plays. Among those successfully produced were "Strongheart," "The Warrens of Virginia," "The Land of the Free," and "The Woman." He also prepared and directed many successful moving picture plays.
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De Pauw University
a coeducational institution in Greencastle, Ind.; founded in 1837, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the end of 1899: Professors and instructors, 53; students, 853; volumes in the library, 48,000; productive funds, $2,115,794; income, $161,379; president, George Richmond Grose, D.D., LL.D.
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De Pere
a city of Wisconsin, in Brown co. It is on the Fox river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroads, and is a port of call of lake steamers. Its industries include the manufacture of bricks, pottery, writing paper, boilers, gasoline engines, yachts, woolen goods, etc. It is the seat of St. Norbert's College. In the neighborhood are important limestone quarries. There is a considerable trade in cattle, grain, and hay. The river is spanned by a bridge 1,600 feet long. Pop. (1910) 4,447; (1920) 5,165.
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De Peyster
JOHANNES, a New York merchant; born in Haarlem, Holland, in 1600; was one of the early settlers of New York; and became prominent in public affairs during the Dutch possession; was one of the last to swear allegiance to the crown after the English succeeded to the government; served several times as alderman and deputy mayor. One son, Abraham, became chiefjustice, president of the king's council, and acting governor; another, Johannes, mayor; a third, Isaac, member of the Legislature; and a fourth, Cornelius, first chamberlain of New York. He died in New York about 1685.
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De Profundis
in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, one of the seven penitential psalms, the 130th of the Psalms of David, which in the Vulgate begins with these words, signifying, "Out of the depths." It is sung when the bodies of the dead are committed to the grave.
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