(Encyclopedia) Berrigan brothersBerrigan brothersbĕrˈĭgən [key], American Catholic priests, writers, and social activists. Daniel Berrigan, 1921–2016, b. Syracuse, N.Y., was ordained in the Society…
(Encyclopedia) Daniel, Antoine (Saint Antony Daniel)Daniel, AntoineäNtwänˈ dänyĕlˈ [key], 1600–1648, French missionary in the New World, a Jesuit priest. He came in 1632 to Canada and in 1634 went…
(Encyclopedia) Heinsius, DanielHeinsius, Danieldäˈnēĕl hīnˈsēəs [key], 1580–1655, Dutch classicist. One of the most famous Renaissance scholars, he edited many Latin works, composed fine Latin poetry…
(Encyclopedia) Shays, DanielShays, Danielshāz [key], c.1747–1825, American soldier and insurrectionist, b. probably in Hopkinton, Mass. A farmer from W Massachusetts, he fought the British in the…
(Encyclopedia) Maclise, DanielMaclise, Danielməklēsˈ [key], 1811–70, British painter and illustrator, b. Ireland. His character sketches contributed (1830–38) to Fraser's Magazine under the pseudonym…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Daniel, 1919–2011, American sociologist, b. New York City as Daniel Bolotsky, grad. City College (1939), Columbia (Ph.D., 1960). His immigrant parents changed their surname when…
(Encyclopedia) Dulany, DanielDulany, Danieldy&oomacr;lāˈnē [key], 1685–1753, political leader of colonial Maryland, b. Ireland. He emigrated to Maryland c.1703, studied law, and was admitted to…
(Encyclopedia) Daniel, Samuel, 1562?–1619, English poet and historian. He was tutor to William Herbert, 3d earl of Pembroke, and later to Lady Anne Clifford. Eventually he found favor with James I,…
(Encyclopedia) Appleton, Daniel, 1785–1849, American publisher, b. Haverhill, Mass. The owner of a general store in Boston, he moved to New York in 1826, where he established one of the largest…
