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Tompkins, Daniel D.
(Encyclopedia)Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774–1825, American political figure, Vice President of the United States (1817–25), b. Scarsdale, N.Y. A leader of the Jeffersonian group in New York state, he was elected to...Tompkins, Kristine McDivitt
(Encyclopedia)Tompkins, Kristine McDivitt: see under Tompkins, Douglas Rainsford. ...Tompkins, Douglas Rainsford
(Encyclopedia)Tompkins, Douglas Rainsford, 1943–2015, American business executive, conservationist, and philanthropist, b. Conneaut, Ohio. In 1964, he and his first wife, Susie Tompkins Buell, founded The North F...Matteson, Tompkins Harrison
(Encyclopedia)Matteson, Tompkins Harrison mătˈəsən [key], 1813–84, American genre and portrait painter, b. Peterboro, N.Y. His subjects were taken from American history and rural life, and he is famous chiefl...Comstock, Henry Tompkins Paige
(Encyclopedia)Comstock, Henry Tompkins Paige: see Comstock Lode. ...Appleton, Daniel
(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 publishing houses i...Bliss, Daniel
(Encyclopedia)Bliss, Daniel, 1823–1916, American missionary, b. Franklin co., Vt., founder of Syrian Protestant College (now the American Univ. of Beirut) in Lebanon. He went to Syria in 1855, returning in 1862 t...Conway, Moncure Daniel
(Encyclopedia)Conway, Moncure Daniel mŏnkyo͝orˈ, mŏnˈkyo͝or [key], 1832–1907, American author and preacher, b. Stafford co., Va. An ardent abolitionist, Conway lectured in England during the Civil War in th...Morgan, Daniel
(Encyclopedia)Morgan, Daniel, 1736–1802, American Revolutionary general, b. probably in Hunterdon co., N.J. He moved (c.1753) to Virginia and later served in the French and Indian Wars and several campaigns again...Daniel, Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Daniel, Antoine (Saint Antony Daniel) äNtwänˈ dänyĕlˈ [key], 1600–1648, French missionary in the New World, a Jesuit priest. He came in 1632 to Canada and in 1634 went with Father Jean Brébeu...Browse by Subject
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