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Day, Doris
(Encyclopedia) Day, Doris, 1922–2019, American film actress, b. Cincinnati as Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff. Day is best known for her wholesome, girl-next-door roles. She began her career as a 1940s…Doris
(Encyclopedia) Doris, small mountainous district, central Greece, inland between the Gulf of Corinth and the Malian Gulf. It was the traditional homeland of the Dorians, who may, in fact, have paused…Duke, James Buchanan
(Encyclopedia) Duke, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, American industrialist, processor of tobacco products, b. near Durham, N.C. The Civil War left the Duke family poor, but James and his brother,…Duke, Doris
(Encyclopedia) Duke, Doris: see under Duke, James Buchanan.Previn, Dory
singerBirthplace: Rahway, N.J.Born: 10/22/29?Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of KandaharRoberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandaharkăndəhärˈ [key], 1832–1914, British field marshal. He joined the Bengal…Roberts, Richard John
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Richard John, 1943–, British biochemist, Ph.D., Univ. of Sheffield, 1968. Roberts joined James D. Watson's Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York in 1972, becoming…Brennus, d. 279 b.c., Gallic leader
(Encyclopedia) Brennus, d. 279 b.c., Gallic leader. He was in command of the band of Gauls (or Galatians) who invaded Greece in 279 b.c. At first halted at Thermopylae, he later turned and took the…Roberts, Lawrence Gilman
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, Lawrence Gilman, 1937–2018, American computer scientist, b. Westport, Conn., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963. He worked at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, a…Doris Okada MATSUI, Congress, CA (1944)
MATSUI Doris , a Representative from California; born in Poston, La Paz County, Arizona, September 25, 1944; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1966; staff, transition team for…