Dirac, Paul. 1902-84. English quantum physicist.

Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.

Dollfuss, Engelbert. 1892-1934. Fascist Austrian Chancellor 1932-. Attacked Socialist demonstration led to 5 day civil war. Assassinated by Nazis.

Donne, John. 1572-1631. English metaphysicist. Dean of St. Paul’s 1621-31. Elegies, Songs, Sonnets, Devotions. “No man is an island.”

Donnelly, Ignatius. 1831-1901. US author. “Proved” Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s plays. Great Cryptogram 1888.

Doppler, Christian. 1803-53. Austrian physicist. Effect of relative motion on frequency, 1851.

Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.

Dualism, Religious. Belief in 2 opposed deities, usually good and evil. Gnosticism.

Dunbarton Oaks Conference. 1944. UN organizational meeting. Yalta. San Francisco.

Eclecticism. 2C BC. Philosophical doctrine combining elements of various, sometimes contradictory, philosophies. Cicero.

Edmund I. 921-46. King of England 939-. Recaptured north England from Norse. Monastic revival.

Einstein, Albert. 1879-1955. German/Swiss/US physicist. Special Theory of Relativity 1905. Quantum theory 1905. General Theory of Relativity 1916. Pacifist, Zionist.

Elizabeth. 1837-98. Wife of Emperor Francis-Joseph. Assassinated by anarchist.

Empiricism. Philosophy maintaining that all valid human knowledge is gained from experience.

Epictetus. 1 C. Stoic ex-slave, philosopher.

Eugenics. Race improvement by selective mating. Galton.

Fahrenheit, Gabriel. 1686-1736. German physicist, inventor of temperature scale 1712. Alcohol thermometer 1709. Mercury thermometer 1714.

Falange. 1933-37. Spanish Fascist party founded by Primo de Rivera. Merged with Franco 1937. Won civil war.

Faraday, Michael. 1791-1867. English physicist: electromagnetic induction. Ether effect 1818. Electric motor 1821. Dynamo 1831. Electrolysis 1833. Faraday effect 1845.

Fascism. 1919-45. Totalitarian movement combining Socialist theories and Nationalism. State as highest value. Mussolini. Falange. Nazism.

Fermi, Enrico. 1901-54. Italian/US atomic physicist. Transuranic elements.

Feuillants. 1577- Cistercian order.

Fifth Column. 1936. Fascists within besieged Madrid who assisted Franco’s attackers. Term generally applied to subversives since.

Fizeau, Armand. 1819-96. French physicist. Measured speed of light, 1849.

Fontainebleau. 12C castle richly decorated by Francis I.

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