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(Encyclopedia) Douglas, James, 1662–1711: see Queensberry, James Douglas, 2d duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, James, 1658–1712: see Hamilton, James Douglas, 4th duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845–1934, English explorer and mountaineer. A prominent member of the Royal Geographical Society, he did pioneer climbing in the Caucasus, the Himalayas, and the mounta...

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, James, d. 1581: see Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bethune, David: see Beaton, David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Riccio, David: see Rizzio, David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Trimble, David: see Trimble of Lisnagarvey, William David Trimble, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint David's, Welsh Tyddewi, small town, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales. The renowned town cathedral is mainly Transitional Norman in style, built of red-violet stone. Among its features is the late 13th-ce...

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Clifford Hugh, 1879–1952, English engineer and social economist, educated at Cambridge. Author of the economic theory of Social Credit, he became (1935) chief reconstruction adviser to the ...

(Encyclopedia) Merrick, David, 1912–2000, American theatrical producer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as David Margulois. Merrick began his remarkably successful series of theatrical productions in 1954 with Fanny, his first...