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Dornoch Cathedral Dornoch Cathedral is a parish church in the Church of Scotland, serving the small Sutherland town of Dornoch, in the Scottish Highlands. It was built in the 13th century, in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-49) and the episcopate of Gilbert de Moravia (d.
Dornoch, Ontario The Village of Dornoch is located less than 11 kilometers north of the Town of Durham on Grey Road 6 in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. The village is primarily a small farming community on the outskirts of Durham, but does have a convenience store that is known for its photography and ice cream and a hall that is used for small events.
Doro (band) Doro Pesch (born 3 June, 1964, DĂĽsseldorf, Germany) is a female vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock and one of the few female singers of the 1980s heavy metal scene, which was primarily a male-dominated genre of music.
Doro Merande Doro Merande (March 31 1892 – November 1 1975) was a comic actress who appeared in Hollywood films, on the Broadway stage, and on television. She frequently portrayed sour, witchy old women with her abundant talent as a character actress.
Dorobo Dorobo (or Ndorobo, Wadorobo, Torobo) is a derogatory cover term for several unrelated hunter-gatherer groups of Kenya and Tanzania. In the past 150 years, many of these peoples have assimilated to the pastoralist economy of neighbouring peoples (mostly Maasai and Samburu) and have in the process abandoned their own language.
Dorota Nieznalska Dorota Nieznalska is an artist in Poland who, in 2003, was convicted and sentenced to six months of unpaid community service by a court for her installation art which included a cross with a penis on it. As of 2005 (May), the appeals process is continuing.
Dorothea Brande Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) was a well respected writer and editor in New York. She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago (later merged with Armour Institute of Technology to become Illinois Institute of Technology), and the University of Michigan.
Dorothea Brooking Dorothea Brooking (born Dorothea Smith Wright on 7 December 1916 – 23 March 1999) was a British television producer and director of children's television programmes for the BBC. She also adapted some works for the small screen which she worked on in her other capacities.
Dorothea Dix Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums.
Dorothea Lange Dorothea Lange (May 26 1895 – October 11 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Lange is best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Dorothea of Montau Saint Dorothea of Montau (; ; 6 February 1347 – 25 June 1394), also known as Dorothy of Montau, was a German visionary and recluse. After centuries of veneration in Central Europe, she was canonized in 1976.
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (9 July 1511 – 7 October 1571), consort of Christian III from 1525 and Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. She was daughter of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Duchess Catherine of Braunschweig.
Dorothea Viehmann Dorothea Viehmann (1755-1815) was born on November 8th, 1755 in Rengershausen, Germany and died on November 17th, 1815. She was a German farmer and storyteller from Kassel, Germany and was one of the most important sources of the fairy tale collection of the Brothers Grimm.
Dorothee Soelle Dorothee Soelle (1930–April 27, 2003) studied philosophy, theology, and literature at the University of Cologne. She was a professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York from 1975 to 1987.
Dorotheus (jurist) Dorotheus was a professor of jurisprudence in the law school of Berytus in Syria, and one of the three commissioners appointed by the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I to draw up a book of Institutes, after the model of the Institutes of Gaius, which should serve as an introduction to the Digest (or Pandects) already completed. His colleagues were Tribonian and Theophilus; and their work was accomplished in 533.
Dorotheus of Athens Dorotheus (Δωρόθεος - secular surname: Κοτταράς Kottaras) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1956 to 1957. He was born in Hydra in 1888 and studied theology at the University of Athens, from where he graduated in 1909.
Dorotheus of Sidon Dorotheus of Sidon was a first-century Hellenistic astrologer, whose "Carmen Astrologicum," a textbook of judicial astrology, has come down to us mainly from an Arabic translation dating from around 800 AD (itself a translation of a third-century Persian translation from the original Greek, which has been lost.) The text, already fragmentary at times, is therefore not entirely reliable, and is further corrupted by interpolations by later translators.
Dorotheus of Tyre Saint Dorotheus bishop of Tyre (ca. 255 – 362) is traditionally credited with an Acts of the Seventy Apostles (which may be the same work as the lost Gospel of the Seventy), who were sent out according to the Gospel of Luke 10:1.
Dorothy Dorothy is a female given name from Greek Δωροθεα ("gift of the gods"). Although less common, there are also male equivalents in English such as "Dorie" from the Greek masculine Δωροθεος.
Dorothy at Forty Dorothy at Forty is the first single off of the album, Happy Hollow by Cursive. It is another typically atypical romp, catapulted by incisive guitars, punctuated by horns and jerking to a stop before mightily spiraling away into the song's rousing coda.
Dorothy Adams Dorothy Adams (born January 8, 1900 in Hannah, North Dakota; died March 16, 1988 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American character actress. She was married to character actor Byron Foulger from 1921-1970.
Dorothy Britton Dorothy Guyver Britton (Lady Bouchier) was born in Yokohama and educated in the United States and England, returning to Japan after the American Occupation. She is best-known as a translator into English of Oku-no-Hosomichi by Basho: A Haiku Journey - Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province.
Dorothy Burr Thompson Dorothy Burr Thompson (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 August, 1900; died Hightstown, New Jersey 10 May, 2001) was a classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines.
Dorothy Butler Gilliam Dorothy Butler Gilliam was the first black woman reporter at The Washington Post and helped organise protests against the New York Daily News after it fired two-thirds of its African-American staff, including all of the black male reporters.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award is an annual award for new American Children's books, given in Vermont and named after Vermont author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. It is unique in that the winning book is chosen by the vote of schoolchildren.
Dorothy Catalonia Dorothy Catalonia is the grandaughter of Duke Dermail of The Romefeller Foundation, and is as a representative of Romefeller sent to the Sanc Kingdom where she meets Relena Peacecraft. Dorothy attends Relena's private school, but unlike Relena, Dorothy does not believe in total pacifism.
Dorothy Clutterbuck Dorothy Clutterbuck (January 19, 1880–January 12, 1951), also known as "Old Dorothy," was a well-to-do woman who lived near Christchurch, England, whom Gerald Gardner claimed had initiated him into witchcraft.
Dorothy Coburn Dorothy Coburn, (June 8, 1904, - May 15, 1978), was a dark haired actress, who appeared in a number of the early Laurel and Hardy silents. She was niece of author Walt Coburn, and granddaughter of Robert Coburn Sr.
Dorothy Comingore Dorothy Comingore born Margaret Louise Comingore (August 24, 1913 - December 30, 1971) was an American film actress, best known for her portrayal of Susan Alexander in Orson Welles's critically acclaimed movie Citizen Kane (1941). From 1934 to 1940, Comingore was billed in her film appearances as Kay Winters and then Linda Winters.
Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress category and the third African American to receive a nomination in any category overall (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters).
Dorothy Day Dorothy Day (November 8, 1897– November 29, 1980) was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known for her social justice campaigns in defense of the poor, forsaken, hungry and homeless.
Dorothy DeLay Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 in Kansas – March 24, 2002 in New York) was an American violin instructor at the Juilliard School. Her pedagogy is considered revolutionary, and she is generally regarded as the most influential American violin teacher of the late 20th century.
Dorothy Dietrich Dorothy Dietrich is a female magician. She is one of very few women who have performed the bullet catch and the first and only woman to escape from a straight jacket suspended 15 stories in the air from a burning rope.
Dorothy Dinnerstein Dorothy Dinnerstein (born April 4, 1923; died December 17, 1992) was an American feminist academic and activist, best known for her book The Mermaid and the Minotaur (1976). Using some elements of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, Dinnerstein argued that sexism and aggression are both inevitable consequences of childrearing's being left more or less exclusively to women; the issues intrinsic to a child's engagement with and separation from its mother, Dinnerstein thought, end up being conflated with gender relations.
Dorothy Donegan Dorothy Donegan (born April 6, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois; died May 19, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was a classically trained jazz pianist primarily known for performing in the boogie woogie style. That said, she also did other bop, swing jazz, and classical music.
Dorothy Draper Dorothy Draper (born 1889 in Tuxedo Park, New York, died 1969) was an influential and innovative American interior decorator of the early to mid 20th century. She was one of the few early women to really delve into the male dominated construction industry.
Dorothy Dunn Dorothy Dunn was a pioneering art instructor with a great deal of influence over the development of Native American art in the 20th century. Schooled in Chicago, Dunn came to New Mexico in the mid-1920s to develop The Art Studio at the Santa Fe Indian School.
Dorothy Dunnett Dorothy Dunnett (August 25, 1923 – November 9, 2001) was a Scottish historical novelist. She is best known for her six-part series about Francis Crawford of Lymond, The Lymond Chronicles, which she followed with the eight-part prequel The House of Niccolò.
Dorothy E. Smith Dorothy Edith Smith (born 1926 in Great Britain) is a Canadian sociologist. She has had immense impacts on sociology and many other disciplines including women's studies, psychology, and educational studies, as well as sub-fields of sociology including feminist theory, family studies, and methodology.
Dorothy Frooks Dorothy Frooks (February 12, 1896 – April 13, 1997) was an American author, publisher, military figure and actress. An intriguing figure for most of her long life, Frooks was active in public affairs and in the military throughout her life.
Dorothy Fuldheim Dorothy Fuldheim (June 26, 1893 - November 3, 1989) (born Dorothy Violet Snell) is considered one of the pioneer women of US television news. She is credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show.
Dorothy Gambrell Dorothy Gambrell is a cartoonist who writes and draws the online comic strips Cat and Girl, The New Adventures of Death, and The Ralph Bunche in addition to the miscellany blog Very Small Array. While not the most well-known of webcomic authors, her work has been regularly referenced by the most successful artists of the genre, including Mitch Clem (Nothing Nice to Say) and Zack Miller (Joe and Monkey).
Dorothy Garrod Professor Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (5 May, 1892–18 December, 1968) was a British archaeologist who was the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair, partly through her pioneering work on the Palaeolithic period. Her father was Sir Archibald Garrod, the physician.
Dorothy Gibson Dorothy Gibson (nee Dorothy Winifred Brown, May 17,1889 – February 17,1946) was a pioneering actress in American silent film and a popular artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She is best remembered as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and for starring in the first film ever made about the disaster.
Dorothy Granger Dorothy Granger (1912-1995) was an American actress best known for her roles in short comedies in Hollywood. She supported such comedians as Charley Chase, WC Fields and Laurel and Hardy, but is best remembered as the screen wife of Leon Errol in his series of short films until his death in 1951.
Dorothy Harrison Eustis Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis (30 May, 1886 – 8 September, 1946) was an American dog breeder and philanthropist, who founded "Seeing Eye", an organization dedicated to training guide dogs to help blind people. For some time she lived in Switzerland, where she bred German Shepherds as police dogs.
Dorothy Hart —Dorothy Hart (April 4 1922 - July 11 2004) was an American screen actress, known mostly for her supporting roles. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she became a model in her late teens, and was signed by Columbia in 1946, having a contract which stipulated "A-movies only".
Dorothy Head Knode Dorothy Head Knode is an American tennis player who reached the women's singles final of the French Championships in 1955 (losing to Angela Mortimer Barrett 2-6, 7-5, 10-8) and 1957 (losing to Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6-1, 6-3). She reached the semifinals of six other Grand Slam singles tournaments from 1952 through 1957.
Dorothy Healey Dorothy Ray Healey (September 22, 1914–August 6, 2006) was a long-time activist in the American Communist Party, from the late 1920s to the 1970s. In the 1930s, she was one of the first union leaders to advocate for the rights of Chicanos and blacks as factory and field workers.
Dorothy Heathcote Dorothy Heathcote (29 August 1926- ) is a self-taught creator of a unique methodology based on the use of drama as a tool to stimulate holistic learning. This method can be used in unlimited applications at all levels from the elementary classroom to the corporate training.
Dorothy Hewett Dorothy Coade Hewett, (May 21 1923 – August 25 2002), was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist, and playwright. She was also a member of the Communist Party of Australia, though she clashed on many occasions with the party's leadership.
Dorothy Hill Dorothy Hill AC CBE FAA FRS (September 10, 1909 – April 23, 1998) was an Australian geologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first and only female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
Dorothy Hyson Dorothy Hyson, Lady Quayle (December 24, 1914 – May 23, 1996) was a popular American film and stage actress, born Dorothy Wardell Heisen in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of actress Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Hyson (né Heisen).
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Disney Concert Hall.
Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca (August 10, 1894 - August 16, 1946) was an American labor activist who particularly represented women workers in the garment industry. She was an early organizer for Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) after its split from the more conservative United Garment Workers of America in 1914.
Dorothy Jordan Lloyd Dorothy Jordan Lloyd ( 1889 - 21 November 1946 ) was an early protein scientist who studied the interactions of water with proteins, particularly gelatin. She was also Director of the British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association.
Dorothy Kazel Dorothy Kazel (June 30,1939 – December 2, 1980) was a American Roman Catholic Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador. On December 2, 1980, she was raped and murdered, along with fellow missionaries Ita Ford, Jean Donovan and Maura Clarke, by members of the Military of El Salvador.
Dorothy Kenyon Dorothy Kenyon (11 February, 1888-11 February, 1972) was a New York lawyer, judge, feminist and political activist in support of civil liberties. During the era of McCarthyite persecution, she was accused of being affiliated with 28 communist front organizations.
Dorothy Kilgallen Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an Irish-American journalist and television game show panelist, perhaps best known nationally for her syndicated newspaper column, The Voice of Broadway, and her role as panelist on the television game show What's My Line?. She was born in Chicago, the daughter of newspaperman James Kilgallen and Mae Kilgallen, a homemaker.
Dorothy Kingsley Dorothy Kingsley (born October 14, 1909 – died September 26, 1997) was an American screenwriter. Kingsley, the daughter of journalist Walter Kingsley and stage actress Alma Hanlon, was born in New York City, NY.
Dorothy Kirsten The American soprano Dorothy Kirsten (July 6, 1910–November 18 1992) was a well-known opera singer whose stage career spanned from the late 1930s to the mid-1970s. She was admired as an attractive, intelligent, musical singer and a fine actress.
Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress. Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton to John Wilson Slaton and Carmen LaPorte;Lamour came from a variation of the name of her step-father, Carlo Lambour.
Dorothy Levitt Dorothy Levitt was a race car driver in the early part of the 20th Century. Levitt was a renowned pioneer of motor racing, the most successful female competitor in Great Britain, victorious speedboat driver, holder of the Ladies World Land speed record, motoring writer, journalist and activist.
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (April 11, 1914 - February 5, 1988) was an American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics, statistics, computer programming, and her research on the Laplace transform. She was born in Chicago, the daughter of Russian immigrants to the US.
Dorothy Loudon Dorothy Loudon (September 17, 1933 - November 15, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice, which she used to deliver a wide range of musical comedy and Roaring Twenties songs.
Dorothy Love Coates Dorothy Love Coates (January 30, 1928 – April 9, 2002) was an influential American gospel singer who rose to stardom in the 1950s as a member of The Original Gospel Harmonettes. With her "raggedy" voice and preacher's fire she could outsing the most powerful hard gospel male singers of the era.
Dorothy Lyman Dorothy Lyman (born April 18, 1947 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an accomplished television actress, director and producer. She is most commonly known for her work on the syndicated television series Mama's Family, as Naomi Harper.
Dorothy Maud Wrinch Dorothy Maud Wrinch (September 12, 1894 - February 11, 1976; married names Nicholson, Glaser) was a mathematician and biochemical theorist best known for her attempt to explain protein structure using mathematical principles.
Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre The Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre (DMCC) is a non-profit making charitable institution, named after Dorothy Miles, poet and pioneer, working with people of all ages. The Centre is committed to enhancing communications and understanding between deaf and hearing people,through social, cultural and educational activities.
Dorothy Napangardi Dorothy Napangardi (b. 1956) is a prolific Australian Aboriginal artist from Mina Mina and one of around 3,000 Warlpiri speakers who live in or are originally from the Tanami Desert region of Central Australia.
Dorothy Phillips Dorothy Phillips (October 30, 1889-March 1, 1980), former stage actress; Dorothy was married to actor/director/producer Allen Holubar. They were known as two of the screen's most prominent players, her the star, he the director/producer.
Dorothy Richardson Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 - 17 June 1957) was the first writer to publish an English-language novel using what was to become known as the stream-of-consciousness technique. Her thirteen novel sequence Pilgrimage is one of the great 20th century works of modernist and feminist literature in English.
Dorothy Ripley Dorothy Ripley (1767-1832Religion and the Federal Government, from the Library of Congress) was an English missionary and writer who spent thirty years in the United States trying to secure better conditions for the slaves. Later in her life she became involved in prison reform.
Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax Dorothy Savile (nee: Spencer), Viscountess Halifax (1640 - December 16, 1670) was the first wife of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and the daughter of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland. Her mother was the former Lady Dorothy Sidney.
Dorothy Seastrom Dorothy Seastrom (March 16, 1903 - January 31, 1930) was a motion picture actress from Dallas, Texas. She won a beauty contest in competition with fourteen other girls who vied to be named the perfect 1925 model.
Dorothy Spencer Dorothy Spencer (born 2 February 1909) in Covington, Kentucky, United States, was the multiple Academy Award-nominated American film editor most recognized for editing several of director John Ford's films such as what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western," Roger Ebert / Roger Ebert.com Great Movies My Darling Clementine October 26, 1997My Darling Clementine, as well as having edited Ford's Stagecoach (1939).
Dorothy Stang Dorothy Stang (June 7, 1931–February 12, 2005) was an American nun of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur congregation and naturalized Brazilian who was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (February 5,1892–June 27, 1989) was a radio and television pioneer who founded King Broadcasting Company, a major owner of broadcast stations in Seattle, Washington. She was the first woman in the United States to buy and manage a television station.
Dorothy Stoneman Dorothy Stoneman is founder and president of YouthBuild USA, the national nonprofit intermediary and support center for over 200 YouthBuild programs, and a leader in advocating for youth engagement in civil society. She is Chairman of the YouthBuild Coalition, with over 1000 member organizations in 43 states, Washington D.
Dorothy Tennov Dorothy Tennov (born 1928) is an American psychologist who, in her 1979 book Love and Limerence – the Experience of Being in Love introduced the term "limerence". During her years of research into romantic love experiences, she obtained thousands of personal testimonies from questionnaires, interviews, and letters from readers of her writing, in an attempt to support her hypothesis that a distinct and involuntary psychological state occurs identically among otherwise normal persons across cultures, educational level, sex, and other traits.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall is a 1902 historical novel written by Charles Major. Following the life and romances of Dorothy Vernon in Elizabethan England, the novel became the year's third most successful novel according to the New York Times annual list of bestselling novels.
Dorothy Walker (critic) Dorothy Walker (January 16, 1929 - December 8, 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland. She was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Dorothy Wall Dorothy Wall (12 January, 1894 - 21 January, 1942) was a New Zealand born author and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian (1933), Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and Blinky Bill and Nutsy (1937).
Dorothy Walton Dorothy Louise Walton, née McKenzie (7 August 1909 – 17 October 1981) was a Canadian badminton player who is the only Canadian ever to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, winning the Women Singles in 1939.
Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington Dorothy Violet Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (21 August 1885–11 July 1956), styled Lady Gerald Wellesley between 1914 and 1943, was an English socialite, author, poet and literary editor. She was born Dorothy Violet Ashton at Maidenhead.
Dorothy West Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 - August 16, 1998) was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family.
Dorothy Wilding Dorothy Wilding (10 January, 1893 - 9 February, 1976) was a noted British society photographer from Gloucester. She wanted to become an actress or artist but this career was disallowed by her uncle, in whose family she lived, so she chose the art of photography which she started to learn from the age of sixteen.
Dorothy Woolfolk Dorothy Woolfolk née Dorothy Roubicek (died November 27, 2000, Norfolk, Virginia, United States), was a pioneering woman in the American comic book industry. The first female editor at DC Comics, one of the two largest companies in the field, she helped create the fictional metal kryptonite in the Superman mythos.
Dorowa Dorowa is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 3 km south of the Save River in the Upper Save valley about 90 km west of Mutare. The village grew up around the Dorowa Mine where phosphate was discovered in 1945.
Dorpat Voivodeship The Dorpat Voivodeship ( or wojewĂłdztwo derpskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1598 till the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s.
Dorper The Dorper is a cross of the Dorset Horn and the Blackhead Persian breeds of sheep, by the South African Department of Agriculture to breed a mutton sheep suitable to the more arid regions of the country. It is now farmed in other areas as well, and is the second most common sheep breed in South Africa (second to the Merino.
Dorr Felt Dorr Eugene Felt (1862–1930) was an American machinist who was known for having invented the comptometer, an early computing device. He was born in Rock County, Wisconsin and grew up on the family farm there.
Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant Dorrian's Red Hand is an Irish/American bar located at 1616 Second Avenue on East 84th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Started by Irish immigrant Jackie Dorrian in 1960, the popular hangout became a pillar of a social institution for preppy Upper East Side teenagers, college students, and young urban professionals.
Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum The Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia has the largest privately owned collection of preserved railway vehicles and equipment from the railways of New South Wales. Covering both Government and private railways its exhibits range from 1855 to the present day.
Dorris Bowdon Dorris Estelle Bowdon (December 27 1914 – August 9 2005) was an American actress, best known for her role as Rose of Sharon in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda.
Dorrit Moussaieff Dorrit Moussaieff (Hebrew: דורית מוסאיוף), (born 12 January 1950 in Jerusalem) is a jewellery designer and businesswoman and the second and current wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland. She is the daughter of Shlomo Moussaieff and Aliza Moussaieff and is Iceland's second foreign-born first lady, as the first president, Sveinn Björnsson, had a Danish wife.
Dors Venabili In Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series, Dors Venabili is a good friend, protector and later wife of Hari Seldon, the primary character of Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. At face value, Dors is an attractive woman, two years younger than Seldon.
Dors, Mon Amour Dors, Mon Amour (English translation: "Sleep, My Love") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, performed in French by André Claveau representing France. The song is the first entry sung by a male soloist to win the Contest.
Dorsal Atlântica Dorsal Atlântica was a thrash metal band from Brazil. Always leaded by the guitarrist/vocalist Carlos 'Vândalo' Lopes, they released a lot of albuns from 1983 to 1996, the most sung in their home language portuguese, and some with two versions (english/portuguese) or only in english.

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