Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Lowfounder of the Girl Scouts of AmericaBorn: Oct. 31, 1860Birthplace: Savannah, Ga. Low came from a prominent Savannah, Georgia, family. After being educated at…
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(Strand), so named from George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Duke and DuchessDuke Humphrey A B C D E F G H I J K L…
by Robert Burns Song, Composed In SpringTo RuinTo A Mountain Daisy, On turning down with the Plough, in April, 1786. Wee, modest crimson-tipped flow'r,
Thou's met me in an…
(See Ernest.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Duke HumphreyDuke Coombe A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
(See Humphrey.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Duke StreetDuke Ernest A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
William Coombe, author of Dr. Syntax, The Devil upon Two Sticks, etc., who in the days of his prosperity was noted for the splendour of his dress, the profusion of his table, and the…
in Don Quixote, who play so many tricks on the Knight of the Woeful Countenance, were Don Carlos de Borja, Count of Ficallo, who married Donnia Maria of Aragon, Duchess of Villahermosa, in…
(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,…
(Encyclopedia) Ellington, Duke (Edward Kennedy Ellington), 1899–1974, American jazz musician and composer, b. Washington, D.C. Ellington made his first professional appearance as a jazz pianist in…
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