Derby, Earl of. 1799-1869. English Prime Minister 1852, 58, 66. Abolition of slavery.

Dettingen, Battle. 1743. English defeat French in War of Austrian Succession.

Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. English popular humanitarian writer and social critic. Created original, colorful memorable characters. Pickwick Papers 1837. Oliver Twist 1838. Christmas Carol 1843. David Copperfield 1850. Great Expectations 1861.

Dictionary. 150BC Chinese. 1612 Italian. 1933 OED.

Diggers. 1649-50. English communal Puritan farmers. “True Levellers”.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Dobson, Frank. 1888-1963. English modernist sculptor.

Dodgson, Charles. (Lewis Carroll). 1832-98. English author: Alice in Wonderland 1865.

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

Douglas, Clifford. 1879-1952. English. Conceived Social Credit theory. Economic Democracy 1920.

Douglas, Gawin. c1474-1522. Scottish poet. First English translation of Aeneid.

Doulton, John. 1563-1626. English song composer.

Dowson, Ernest. 1867-1900. English Decadent poet. -“I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion”.

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

Draper, John. 1811-82. English/US chemist: first photographic portrait 1840. 1st photo of moon 1840.

Drinkwater, John. 1882-1937. English dramatist: Abraham Lincoln 1918.

Du Maurier, Daphne. 1907-89. English author. Rebecca 1938.

Dunkirk, Treaty. 1947. 50 yr. English-French alliance.

Dunstable, John. c1380-1453. Early English polyphonic choral composer.

Duval, Claude. 1643-70. French/English gallant highwayman.

Eben, Abba. 1915-. English/Israeli statesman, diplomat.

Ederle, Gertrude. 1906-. US. First woman to swim the English Channel, 1926.

Edgar. 943-975. English King, 959-. First coronation (Bath) of a king of all England.

Edgehill, Battle. 1642. First battle of English Civil War.

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