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Coppard, Alfred Edgar

(Encyclopedia) Coppard, Alfred EdgarCoppard, Alfred Edgarkŏpˈärd [key], 1878–1957, English author. Almost entirely self-educated, he worked at several clerical positions. His tales, written in a…

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

(Encyclopedia) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836–1907, American author and editor, b. Portsmouth, N.H. His most widely read work was The Story of a Bad Boy (1870), a vigorous narrative based on his own…

Diop, Birago

(Encyclopedia) Diop, BiragoDiop, Biragobērägōˈ dyōp [key] (Birago Ishmael Diop), 1906–89, Senegalese author who wrote in French. He was best known for his collections of aphoristic stories based on…

Dehn, Adolf Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Dehn, Adolf ArthurDehn, Adolf Arthurdān [key], 1895–1968, American painter and illustrator, b. Waterville, Minn. During the 1920s, Dehn became known as a forceful satiric illustrator.…

Dufour, Guillaume Henri

(Encyclopedia) Dufour, Guillaume HenriDufour, Guillaume Henrigēyōmˈ äNrēˈ düf&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1787–1875, Swiss general. He served in the French army under Napoleon I, and in 1847 he led the…

Dodsley, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Dodsley, Robert, 1703–64, English publisher and author. He wrote occasional verses, and also several plays, including The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737); a ballad opera, The…

Dooley, Thomas Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Dooley, Thomas Anthony, 1927–61, American physician and author, b. St. Louis, Mo., grad. Univ. of Notre Dame, M.D. St. Louis Univ., 1953. In 1954, Dooley supervised the care and…

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

(Encyclopedia) Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852–1930, American author, b. Randolph, Mass. Her stories and novels paint a picture of Massachusetts and Vermont still under the influence of…

Gladkov, Feodor Vasilyevich

(Encyclopedia) Gladkov, Feodor VasilyevichGladkov, Feodor Vasilyevichfyôˈdər vəsēˈlyəvĭch glətkôfˈ [key], 1883–1958, Russian author. Born into poverty, Gladkov spent his youth wandering along the…