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Dinkins, David Norman

(Encyclopedia)Dinkins, David Norman, 1927–, African-American political leader, b. Trenton, N.J. After graduating (1956) from Brooklyn Law School, he went into private law practice. Active in Democratic politics i...

Cox, David

(Encyclopedia)Cox, David, 1783–1859, English landscape painter, a follower of John Constable. He is best known for his watercolors of Welsh scenery, of which he produced a great number. Cox is well represented in...

Behrman, S. N.

(Encyclopedia)Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel Behrman)bâr´mn [key], 1893–1973, American dramatist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard 1916. His sophisticated comedies often attempt to probe the consciences o...

Wyeth, N. C.

(Encyclopedia)Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers Wyeth), 1882–1945, American painter and illustrator, b. Needham, Mass., studied with Howard Pyle. Among his many well-known murals are those in the Missouri state capito...

N. Scott Momaday

(Encyclopedia)N. Scott Momaday (Navarre Scott Momaday), 1934–, American writer whose works are reflective of his Kiowa culture, b. Lawton, Okla., B.A. Univ. of New Mexico, 1958, Ph.D. Stanford, 1963. The son of a...

Koch, Edward Irving

(Encyclopedia)Koch, Edward Irving kch [key], 1924–2013, U.S. politician, mayor of New York City (1977–89), b. New York City. After receiving his law degree (New York Univ., 1948), he practiced as a lawyer, be...

Hume, David

(Encyclopedia)Hume, David hyoom [key], 1711–76, Scottish philosopher and historian. Educated at Edinburgh, he lived (1734–37) in France, where he finished his first philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nat...

David

(Encyclopedia)David, d. c.970 BC, king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 BC), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, w...

David I

(Encyclopedia)David I, 1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria,...

David

(Encyclopedia)David dävd´ [key], city (1990 pop. 102,678), capital of Chiriquí prov., SW Panama. It is a regional commercial and processing center and is Panama's fourth largest city. Cattle raising is the pri...