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Dunash ibn Tamim Dunash ibn Tamim (Hebrew: ×“×•× ×© ×בן תמים) was a Jewish tenth century scholar, and a pioneer of scientific study among Arabic-speaking Jews. His Arabic name was أب٠سهل Abu Sahl; his surname, according to an isolated statement of Moses ibn Ezra, was "Al-Shafalgi," perhaps after his (unknown) birthplace.
Dunaverty Massacre In Kintyre, Scotland, at Dunaverty Castle in 1647, after the Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, the remaining men of MacDonald's army surrendered at Dunaverty after a siege and were killed, nearly to the man, by the Covenanters under General David Leslie. Though this site had been a fortification for nearly 1000 years, the castle was destroyed after the battle and little remains at the site.
Dunback and Makareao Branches The Dunback and Makareao Branches were two connected branch line railways that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. Located in the Otago region of the South Island, both lines were 15km in length and shared the first 11km.
Dunbar Baronets There have been five Dunbar Baronetcies; the first, second, third and fourth in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, and the last in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. There is also a Hope-Dunbar Baronetcy of Baldoon.
Dunbar Davis Dunbar John Davis (June 30, 1843 - March 30, 1923) was a Keeper in the United States Life-Saving Service. During his service he was the Keeper at the Cape Fear Station and was later transferred to the Oak Island Station in 1892.
Dunbar Magnet Middle School Dunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas and administered by the Little Rock School District. Dunbar opened in 1929 and was named for Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the first African-American poet to gain worldwide recognition.
Dunbar Village Housing Projects Dunbar Village Housing Projects is a public housing apartment complex in the North Tamarind area of West Palm Beach, Florida Which is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Pleasant City and Northwest and is the northern part of the city. The complex is often called Dunbar.
Dunbar's number Dunbar's number is a value significant in sociology and anthropology. Proposed by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it measures the "cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships".
Dunbar-Southlands Dunbar-Southlands is a neighbourhood in the City of Vancouver that stretches north from the Fraser River across much of the peninsula between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay. It encompasses a collection of commercial and residential areas mostly made up of single-family residences, as well as the unique community of Southlands, populated by upscale mansions and horse farms and known as a pocket of country living within a few minutes of downtown Vancouver.
Dunbar, Georgia Dunbar, Georgia is an unincorporated community located in Houston County, Georgia. It is located in the extreme northwestern corner of Houston County, one mile east of US Highway 41 at the intersection of Dunbar Road and Houston Lake Road.
Dunbarton High School Dunbarton High School " D-Block " is located in Pickering, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. The school has students in grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extra-curricular activities.
Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute is an administrative division of Scotland, used for electoral registration and property valuation; and for the administration of criminal justice social work services. It consists of Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, and West Dunbartonshire.
Dunbeg Dunbeg, formerly known as Dunstaffnage, a village about two and a half miles outside of Oban has a population of just under 1000. It is home to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), one of the primary marine science centres in the UK.
Dunblane Cathedral Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving the small town of Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland. It was once the home of the bishops of Dunblane, until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation.
Dunblane massacre The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at the primary school in the town of Dunblane, Scotland on 13 March 1996. It remains the deadliest attack on children in United Kingdom history.
Dunboy Castle Dunboy Castle (Caisleán Dhún Baoi) was a stronghold of the O'Sullivan Bere, a Gaelic clan leader and 'Chief of Dunboy'. The castle is located on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere and was built to guard and defend the harbour of Berehaven.
Dunc Gray Edgar L. ("Dunc") Gray (July 17, 1906 – 30 August, 1996) was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam: a bronze medal for the 1000m Time Trial.
Dunc MacIntyre Dunc MacIntyre (born March 7, 1964 in Cornwall, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He spent the majority of his career playing as a center for the Belleville Bulls, and he is the only player in franchise history to have his number retired.
Duncan Archibald Graham Duncan Archibald Graham CC (1882 – February 18, 1974) was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919. He held this position and was Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the Toronto General Hospital, until 1947.
Duncan Arsenault Duncan Charles Arsenault (born August 28, 1974 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) is the drummer for the American rock band The Curtain Society. He is also the drummer in the soul/funk group Collapsible Three, formed in 2005.
Duncan Ball Duncan Ball is an Australian author who has written the children's series Selby (which is about a talking dog named Selby who tries to keep his secret away from his owners) and Emily Eyefinger (about a girl who has an eye on her finger). He is also under the name of John St Claire.
Duncan Barkes Duncan Barkes is one of the UK's youngest national talk radio hosts. Duncan Barkes first started appearing on talkSPORT in 2002 - since then he has hosted shows whilst regular presenters Mike Dickin, Mike Mendoza, Charlie Wolf, Ian Collins and George Galloway have been on leave.
Duncan BĂ n MacIntyre Donnchadh BĂ n Mac an t-Saoir (usually Duncan Ban MacIntyre in English, 1724-1812) is one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets and formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic poetry in Scotland during the 18th Century. He is best known for his poem about Ben Doran ; "Moladh Beinn Dobhrainn" (English: "Praise of Ben Doran").
Duncan Bell Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell (born October 1, 1974) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Bath Rugby in the Guinness Premiership at the position of prop. He has previously played for NEC Harlequins, Sale Sharks, Ebbw Vale and Pontypridd.
Duncan Black Duncan Black (May 23, 1908 - January 14, 1991) was responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson, and was responsible for the Black electoral system, a variant upon the Condorcet method whereby, in the absence of a Condorcet winner (e.g.
Duncan Brennan Duncan Brannan is a professional voice actor with a colorful resume, including such highlights as Chuck E. Cheese (1993-Present), Barney the Dinosaur (1997-2000), and numerous other voices in hit Japanimation cartoons such as the Dragon Ball spinoffs (Z and GT), Samurai 7, Fullmetal Alchemist, Kiddy Grade, Meitantei Conan, "Yu-Yu Hakoshu", "Baki the Grappler", and Blue Gender.
Duncan Browne Duncan Browne (born March 25, 1947 in England) was a singer-songwriter. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, studying both music theory and drama, but choose to become a musician when he in 1967 met Andrew Loog Oldham and signed with his Immediate Records label.
Duncan class battleship The Duncan class battleships were pre-Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy. They had a higher speed, but the same armament and a smaller displacement compared to their similar predecessor, the Majestic class.
Duncan Cameron (general) General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB was the Commander of the British Imperial Forces stationed in New Zealand during the middle phase of the MÄori Wars. Cameron also commanded the New Zealand militia, those troops recruited directly by the New Zealand Government, although this was subject to the whims of the Government.
Duncan Campbell (investigative journalist) Duncan Campbell is a freelance investigative journalist and television producer who has specialised in intelligence issues, was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act in the 'ABC Trial' in 1978 and made the controversial series Secret Society for the BBC in 1987 (see Zircon affair). He was a staff writer and assistant editor of the New Statesman from 1978-91.
Duncan Campbell (soldier) Duncan Campbell was a Scots nobleman who died on July 18, 1758, as a result of wounds received in an unsuccessful frontal attack against French forces at Fort Carillon (renamed Fort Ticonderoga when the British took the fort a year later). The legend associated with Campbell is that three years previously, Campbell gave shelter to a stranger who turned out to have killed Duncan's brother.
Duncan Catterall Duncan Neil Catterall (born 19 September, 1978) is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and currently plays at minor counties level for Shropshire. He was born in Preston, Lancashire.
Duncan Dhu Duncan Dhu is a Spanish group created in San Sebastián in 1984. Their original members were Mikel Erentxun (former singer in "Aristogatos"), Diego Vasallo and Juan Ramón Viles (former members of "Los Dalton").
Duncan Fletcher Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948 in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and coach of the English cricket team since June 1999. Fletcher is largely credited with rejuvinating the fortunes of the then flagging English team, achieving famous series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa between 2000-2004.
Duncan Gay The Australian parliamentarian Duncan John Gay (born Goulburn 2 May, 1950) has been a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 1988. He was Deputy President of the Legislative Council from May 1991 until March 1999 and is presently NSW Leader of the National Party of Australia & Deputy Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council.
Duncan Glen Professor Duncan Munro Glen (born 1933) is a Scottish poet, literary editor and Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. He became known to the literary world through his first full-length book, "Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance".
Duncan Gordon Boyes Duncan Gordon Boyes VC (November 5, 1846–January 26, 1869) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He won the award at Shimonoseki, Japan in 1864.
Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 - 9 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group. He is a cousin of John Grant, Lord Huntingtower, being a grandson of the second Sir John Peter Grant was born in Rothiemurchus near Inverness], Scotland and studied art at the [[Slade School and in Italy and Paris.
Duncan Hunter Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948), American politician, has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from California's 52nd congressional district in northern and eastern San Diego. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993.
Duncan Charles Home Duncan Charles Home (10 June 1828-1 October 1857) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Duncan Idaho Duncan Idaho is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is the only character to feature in all six of the original Dune novels, and is arguably the main character in the Dune series.
Duncan John Glasfurd Brigadier-General Duncan John Glasfurd (23 November 1873 – 12 November 1916) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in World War I. He was mentioned in dispatches for his role in evacuating Anzac.
Duncan Kenworthy Duncan Kenworthy OBE is a British film and television producer, and co-founder of the production company DNA Films. His films as producer include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Lawn Dogs (1995) and Love Actually (2003).
Duncan Kerr The Hon. Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC (born 26 February 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since July 1987, representing the Division of Denison, Tasmania.
Duncan Lamont Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (June 17 1918 - December 19 1978) was a British actor. Born in Lisbon, Portugal but raised in Scotland, he had a long and successful career in film and television, appearing in a variety of high-profile productions.
Duncan Lloyd McLeod Duncan Lloyd McLeod (May 26, 1874—May 10, 1935) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1935 as a member of the Progressive Party, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.
Duncan MacGregor Crerar Duncan MacGregor Crerar (born 4 December 1836 or 1837 Amulree, Glenquaich, Perthshire, Scotland - died 11 March 1916 Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland at age 78 years) was a Scottish poet who spent much of his adult life in Western Ontario and New York City, writing sentimental poetry commemorating places and friends in Scotland. A native Gaelic speaker, he wrote primarily in English, with Gaelic phrases and diction.
Duncan Mackenzie Duncan Mackenzie (1861–1934) was a Scottish archaeologist, whose work focused on one of the more spectacular 20th century archaeological finds, Crete's palace of Knossos, the supposed centre of Minoan civilisation.
Duncan MacLeod Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a fictional character from the Highlander (series) universe. A successor to Connor MacLeod, the main character of the Highlander movies, Duncan MacLeod serves as the protagonist for Highlander: The Series and its spinoff movies, Highlander: Endgame and Highlander: The Source.
Duncan Macpherson Duncan Ian Macpherson (Born September 20, 1924 in Toronto - Died May 3, 1993 in Toronto) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard (starting 1948) and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen.
Duncan MacPherson Duncan MacPherson (born February 3, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, presumed death August 1989 in Austria) was a professional ice hockey player who died under mysterious circumstances. A standout defensive defenseman for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League, MacPherson was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.
Duncan McGillivray Duncan McGillivray (1770-April 9, 1808), born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, was an explorer and fur trader who accompanied David Thompson on explorations of the North-West Territory and the Canadian Rockies. In 1800, they reached what is now Banff National Park.
Duncan McIntyre Duncan McIntyre (23 December 1834 – 13 June 1894) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman noted for his participation in the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate of 1880 and as a founder of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
Duncan McLain In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, Duncan McLain is a priest of the Holy Church of Gwynedd, one of the first Deryni to be ordained in over two centuries. Additionally, he is the maternal cousin of Duke Alaric Morgan of Corwyn, and one of the closest advisors and friends of King Kelson Haldane.
Duncan Millar Duncan Millar, also known as Duncan Miller,(19 June 1824 -7 July 1881) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Duncan Norvelle Duncan Norvelle (born 1958, at Hoton, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK) is a comedian in the variety tradition who appeared on television from the early 1980s.He went to local schools where his favourite subjects were football
Duncan Phillips Duncan Arthur Phillips, (born March 3 1964 in Nambour, Queensland), is an Australian pop/rock drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, and composer. He is best known for his career with the Newsboys as their drummer and percussionist.
Duncan Preston Duncan Preston (born in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood. His best remembered roles are Clifford in Acorn Antiques and Stan in dinnerladies.
Duncan Riley Duncan Riley (born September 4, 1975) is a blogger and former Vice President of b5media which he founded along with Darren Rowse, Jeremy Wright and was later joined by Shai Coggins. He lives in Australind, Western Australia, Australia.
Duncan spackworth Duncan Spackworth (born January 17, 1991 in suburban Warsaw, Poland) is a fictional character from the unpopular and as-yet-unreleased fictional documentary Red Ants, The Worst Kind of Ants. He is known for his unrivaled ability to say the most ridiculous quotes at the most ridiculous times, here is a list of his most notable sayings:
Duncan Sandys Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, CH PC The name Sandys is pronounced sands (like the plural of sand). (January 24, 1908 – November 26, 1987) was a British politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments.
Duncan Sharpe Duncan Albert Sharpe (born August 3, 1937, Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in three Tests in 1959. Sharpe was unusual in that he was Anglo-Pakistani, he was therefore one of the few white/Christian players to play for Pakistan.
Duncan Sheik (album) Duncan Sheik is the self-titled debut album by Duncan Sheik. It was released in 1996 by Atlantic Records, and is best known for the single "Barely Breathing," which was a major radio hit, staying on the Billboard singles chart in the United States for 55 weeks.
Duncan White Duncan White (March 1, 1918, Lathpandura – Jul 3 1998, Warwickshire) was the first Sri Lankan athlete to win a medal for his country in an Olympic event. He won a silver in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.
Duncan Wood (journalist) Duncan Wood is a British television presenter currently working for Yorkshire Television on its flagship news programme Calendar. He previously worked as a reporter for GMTV and as a sports presenter and reporter for Tyne Tees.
Duncan's Cove, Nova Scotia Duncan's Cove is a rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the Ketch Harbour Road (Nova Scotia Route 349 ), 19 kilometers from of Halifax. The community is located at Chebucto Head.
Duncan's new multiple range test In statistics, Duncan's new multiple range test (MRT) is a multiple comparison procedure developed by David B Duncan in 1955. Duncan's MRT belongs to the general class of multiple comparison procedures that use the studentized range statistic qr to compare sets of means.
Duncannon Duncannon (Dún Canann in Irish, meaning the Fort of Conán, possibly Conán mac Morna of the Fianna) is a village in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. Bordered to the west by Waterford harbour and sitting on a rocky promontory jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent Duncannon Fort which dominates the village.
Duncansby Head Duncansby Head (, grid reference ) is one of the most northerly parts of the Scottish mainland, and is near John O Groats, Caithness, Highland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south,
Duncanville High School Band The Duncanville Independent School District is proud to offer one of the most progressive band programs in the United States. The Duncanville High School Marching Band was awarded the "Sudler Shield of Honor" in 1997 as one of the outstanding marching bands in the U.
Dunce A dunce or Eoin, is a person incapable of learning. The word is derived from the name of the great schoolman, John Duns Scotus, whose works on logic, theology and philosophy were accepted textbooks in the universities from the 14th century.
Dunce cap A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap, or dunce's hat, is a pointy hat. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with a D or the word "dunce", and given to schoolchildren to wear as punishment by public humiliation for stupid or lazy behavior.
Dunce hat (topology) In topology, the dunce hat is a compact topological space formed by taking a solid triangle and gluing all three sides together, with the orientation of one side reversed. Simply gluing two sides oriented in the same direction would yield a cone much like the layman's dunce cap, but the gluing of the third side results in identifying the base of the cap with a line joining the base to the point.
Duncombe Park Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family whose senior member takes the title Baron or Earl Feversham. It is near Helmsley, North Yorkshire and stands in a commanding location above deeply incised meanders of the River Rye.
Duncott, Pennsylvania Duncott is a remaining anthacite coal company patch town located outside Minersville, Pennsylvania census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Coal Region. The population was 76 at the 2000 census.
Duncraig, Western Australia Duncraig (; post code: 6023) is a large suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 16 km north of Perth's central business district to the west of Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
Dundalk Dundalk (Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth in Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It takes its name from Dún Dealgan, Dalga’s fort home closely associated with the famous mythical warrior Cúchulainn and was granted its charter in 1189.
Dundalk (UK Parliament constituency) Dundalk was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January, 1801.
Dundalk F.C. Dundalk FC is an Irish football club from Dundalk, County Louth, that play in the Football League of Ireland. Club colours are black shorts and white jerseys, from which the club gets its nickname the Lilywhites.
Dundalk, Ontario The community of Dundalk, Ontario, Canada, has a population of 2,000 (2006). Originally called McDowell's Corners, it was incorporated as a village in 1887, and on January 1, 2000, was amalgamated with the Township of Proton and the Township of Egremont to form the Township of Southgate, located in the southeast corner of Grey County.
Dundas Square Yonge Dundas Squareis a public square in downtown Toronto, Ontario], [[Canada, on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. It was opened to the public in November of 2002, and a "grand opening" concert was held on May 30, 2003.
Dundas Street, Toronto Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also known interchangeably as Highway 5 west of Toronto, is a major arterial street which forms a major intersection with Yonge Street where Dundas Square and the Toronto Eaton Centre are found. A second major intersection occurs at Spadina Avenue, where Toronto's downtown Chinatown is located.
Dundee (UK Parliament constituency) Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West. From 1868 until 1950 it was a two-member constituency.
Dundee and Newtyle Railway The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1832 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. The railway was built to transfer goods from Strathmore to the port of Dundee and was chartered with an act of parliament that received royal assent in May 26 1826 and opened in 1831.
Dundee College Dundee College is a further education and higher education college in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The college was established in 1985 by the merger of Dundee College of Commerce and Kingsway Technical College.
Dundee Contemporary Arts Dundee Contemporary Arts (or DCA as it is often called for short) is an arts complex in the city of Dundee, Scotland which houses a contemporary art gallery, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a visual arts research facility and a café bar.
Dundee Dell The Dundee Dell is a locally and nationally famous bar and restaurant in the Dundee area of Omaha, Nebraska. It is perhaps best known for its collection of single-malt Scotch whisky, which is the largest in the United States It also carries an extensive beer] selection, including some fourteen varieties on tap and several hundred in bottles.
Dundee Fortnight The Dundee Fortnight is a holiday during the last week in July and first week in August in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The holiday is similar to the Glasgow Fair in that, until as recently as the 1960s, most local businesses and factories would close for these two weeks and workers and their families would crowd bus and railway stations and Fifies to go for holidays in destinations such as Fife, Angus and Broughty Ferry.
Dundee International Book Prize The Dundee International Book Prize is a biennial competition open to new authors, offering a prize of ÂŁ10,000 and publication by Polygon Books. Past winners have included Andrew Murray Scott, Claire-Marie Watson and Malcolm Archibald.
Dundee North End F.C. Dundee North End Football Club are a football (soccer) club based in the city of Dundee in Scotland. Formed in 1895 and nicknamed "the Dockens", they play their home games at North End Park which has room for around 2,000 spectators and is within the vicinity of the grounds of both Dundee F.
Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's) Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) is located in the east section of Dundee's "City Churches", the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, although with differing styles of worship.
Dundee Repertory Theatre Dundee Repertory Theatre or Dundee Rep is a theatre and arts company in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It operates as both a producing house - staging at least six of its own productions each year, and a receiving house - hosting work from visiting companies throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom including drama, musicals, contemporary & classical dance, children’s theatre, comedy, jazz and opera.
Dundee United FC Season 1995-96 United finished the Scottish First Division 1995-96 season in 2nd place, after being relegated from the Premier Division the previous season. Although missing out on the automatic promotion slot through winning the league, United won promotion through the play-off system, beating Partick Thistle 3-2 over two legs.
Dundee United FC Season 1997-98 United finished the Scottish Premier Division 1997-98 season in 7th place with 37 points, in the final season before the revamped SPL. Despite finishing 3rd in the previous season, 7th would be the club's best finish for the next six years.
Dundee United FC Season 2001-02 United finished the 2001-02 SPL season in 8th place with 46 points, in a season where United finished the final five games unbeaten. In September, United suffered the league's heaviest home defeat of the season, 6-1 to Rangers.
Dundee United FC Season 2002-03 United finished the 2002-03 SPL season in 11th place with 32 points, in a season where United won just one league match in the opening three months. In December, United lost 3-0 in three consecutive games, to Rangers, Hearts and Livingston.
Dundee United FC Season 2003-04 United finished the 2003-04 SPL season in 5th place with 49 points, despite losing the opening four league matches. Between late-February and March, United were unbeaten in five consecutive games, picking up four wins, including a memorable 2-1 win over Rangers live on television.
Dundee United FC Season 2004-05 United finished the 2004-05 SPL season in 9th place with 36 points, in which an eventful final day could have relegated Livingston or Dunfermline, before consigning Dundee to the drop. United managed only eight wins, with twelve draws and eighteen defeats.
Dundee United FC Season 2005-06 United finished the 2005/06 SPL season in 9th place with 33 points, narrowly beating Falkirk (10th) and Dunfermline Athletic (11th) on goal difference. United exited all three cup competitions at the first stage.
Dundee Whaling Expedition Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892 - 1893) On September 6, 1892 a Dundee, Scotland whaling company decided to gamble and sent four steam-powered whaling ships the Balaena, Active, Diana and Polar Star to Weddell Sea in search of Right Whales. On January 8, 1893, Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active discovered Dundee Island () .
Dunaverty Massacre In Kintyre, Scotland, at Dunaverty Castle in 1647, after the Battle of Rhunahaorine Moss, the remaining men of MacDonald's army surrendered at Dunaverty after a siege and were killed, nearly to the man, by the Covenanters under General David Leslie. Though this site had been a fortification for nearly 1000 years, the castle was destroyed after the battle and little remains at the site.
Dunback and Makareao Branches The Dunback and Makareao Branches were two connected branch line railways that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. Located in the Otago region of the South Island, both lines were 15km in length and shared the first 11km.
Dunbar Baronets There have been five Dunbar Baronetcies; the first, second, third and fourth in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, and the last in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. There is also a Hope-Dunbar Baronetcy of Baldoon.
Dunbar Davis Dunbar John Davis (June 30, 1843 - March 30, 1923) was a Keeper in the United States Life-Saving Service. During his service he was the Keeper at the Cape Fear Station and was later transferred to the Oak Island Station in 1892.
Dunbar Magnet Middle School Dunbar Gifted & Talented Education International Studies Magnet Middle School is a magnet middle school in Little Rock, Arkansas and administered by the Little Rock School District. Dunbar opened in 1929 and was named for Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the first African-American poet to gain worldwide recognition.
Dunbar Village Housing Projects Dunbar Village Housing Projects is a public housing apartment complex in the North Tamarind area of West Palm Beach, Florida Which is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Pleasant City and Northwest and is the northern part of the city. The complex is often called Dunbar.
Dunbar's number Dunbar's number is a value significant in sociology and anthropology. Proposed by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it measures the "cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable relationships".
Dunbar-Southlands Dunbar-Southlands is a neighbourhood in the City of Vancouver that stretches north from the Fraser River across much of the peninsula between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay. It encompasses a collection of commercial and residential areas mostly made up of single-family residences, as well as the unique community of Southlands, populated by upscale mansions and horse farms and known as a pocket of country living within a few minutes of downtown Vancouver.
Dunbar, Georgia Dunbar, Georgia is an unincorporated community located in Houston County, Georgia. It is located in the extreme northwestern corner of Houston County, one mile east of US Highway 41 at the intersection of Dunbar Road and Houston Lake Road.
Dunbarton High School Dunbarton High School " D-Block " is located in Pickering, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. The school has students in grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extra-curricular activities.
Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute is an administrative division of Scotland, used for electoral registration and property valuation; and for the administration of criminal justice social work services. It consists of Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, and West Dunbartonshire.
Dunbeg Dunbeg, formerly known as Dunstaffnage, a village about two and a half miles outside of Oban has a population of just under 1000. It is home to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), one of the primary marine science centres in the UK.
Dunblane Cathedral Dunblane Cathedral is the larger of the two Church of Scotland parish churches serving the small town of Dunblane, near the city of Stirling, in central Scotland. It was once the home of the bishops of Dunblane, until the abolition of bishops after the Scottish Reformation.
Dunblane massacre The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at the primary school in the town of Dunblane, Scotland on 13 March 1996. It remains the deadliest attack on children in United Kingdom history.
Dunboy Castle Dunboy Castle (Caisleán Dhún Baoi) was a stronghold of the O'Sullivan Bere, a Gaelic clan leader and 'Chief of Dunboy'. The castle is located on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere and was built to guard and defend the harbour of Berehaven.
Dunc Gray Edgar L. ("Dunc") Gray (July 17, 1906 – 30 August, 1996) was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam: a bronze medal for the 1000m Time Trial.
Dunc MacIntyre Dunc MacIntyre (born March 7, 1964 in Cornwall, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He spent the majority of his career playing as a center for the Belleville Bulls, and he is the only player in franchise history to have his number retired.
Duncan Archibald Graham Duncan Archibald Graham CC (1882 – February 18, 1974) was a Canadian physician and academic who held the first position in the British Empire of chair of clinical medicine, established by John Craig Eaton at the University of Toronto in 1919. He held this position and was Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at the Toronto General Hospital, until 1947.
Duncan Arsenault Duncan Charles Arsenault (born August 28, 1974 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) is the drummer for the American rock band The Curtain Society. He is also the drummer in the soul/funk group Collapsible Three, formed in 2005.
Duncan Ball Duncan Ball is an Australian author who has written the children's series Selby (which is about a talking dog named Selby who tries to keep his secret away from his owners) and Emily Eyefinger (about a girl who has an eye on her finger). He is also under the name of John St Claire.
Duncan Barkes Duncan Barkes is one of the UK's youngest national talk radio hosts. Duncan Barkes first started appearing on talkSPORT in 2002 - since then he has hosted shows whilst regular presenters Mike Dickin, Mike Mendoza, Charlie Wolf, Ian Collins and George Galloway have been on leave.
Duncan BĂ n MacIntyre Donnchadh BĂ n Mac an t-Saoir (usually Duncan Ban MacIntyre in English, 1724-1812) is one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets and formed an integral part of one of the golden ages of Gaelic poetry in Scotland during the 18th Century. He is best known for his poem about Ben Doran ; "Moladh Beinn Dobhrainn" (English: "Praise of Ben Doran").
Duncan Bell Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell (born October 1, 1974) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Bath Rugby in the Guinness Premiership at the position of prop. He has previously played for NEC Harlequins, Sale Sharks, Ebbw Vale and Pontypridd.
Duncan Black Duncan Black (May 23, 1908 - January 14, 1991) was responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson, and was responsible for the Black electoral system, a variant upon the Condorcet method whereby, in the absence of a Condorcet winner (e.g.
Duncan Brennan Duncan Brannan is a professional voice actor with a colorful resume, including such highlights as Chuck E. Cheese (1993-Present), Barney the Dinosaur (1997-2000), and numerous other voices in hit Japanimation cartoons such as the Dragon Ball spinoffs (Z and GT), Samurai 7, Fullmetal Alchemist, Kiddy Grade, Meitantei Conan, "Yu-Yu Hakoshu", "Baki the Grappler", and Blue Gender.
Duncan Browne Duncan Browne (born March 25, 1947 in England) was a singer-songwriter. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, studying both music theory and drama, but choose to become a musician when he in 1967 met Andrew Loog Oldham and signed with his Immediate Records label.
Duncan class battleship The Duncan class battleships were pre-Dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy. They had a higher speed, but the same armament and a smaller displacement compared to their similar predecessor, the Majestic class.
Duncan Cameron (general) General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB was the Commander of the British Imperial Forces stationed in New Zealand during the middle phase of the MÄori Wars. Cameron also commanded the New Zealand militia, those troops recruited directly by the New Zealand Government, although this was subject to the whims of the Government.
Duncan Campbell (investigative journalist) Duncan Campbell is a freelance investigative journalist and television producer who has specialised in intelligence issues, was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act in the 'ABC Trial' in 1978 and made the controversial series Secret Society for the BBC in 1987 (see Zircon affair). He was a staff writer and assistant editor of the New Statesman from 1978-91.
Duncan Campbell (soldier) Duncan Campbell was a Scots nobleman who died on July 18, 1758, as a result of wounds received in an unsuccessful frontal attack against French forces at Fort Carillon (renamed Fort Ticonderoga when the British took the fort a year later). The legend associated with Campbell is that three years previously, Campbell gave shelter to a stranger who turned out to have killed Duncan's brother.
Duncan Catterall Duncan Neil Catterall (born 19 September, 1978) is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and currently plays at minor counties level for Shropshire. He was born in Preston, Lancashire.
Duncan Dhu Duncan Dhu is a Spanish group created in San Sebastián in 1984. Their original members were Mikel Erentxun (former singer in "Aristogatos"), Diego Vasallo and Juan Ramón Viles (former members of "Los Dalton").
Duncan Fletcher Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948 in Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and coach of the English cricket team since June 1999. Fletcher is largely credited with rejuvinating the fortunes of the then flagging English team, achieving famous series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa between 2000-2004.
Duncan Gay The Australian parliamentarian Duncan John Gay (born Goulburn 2 May, 1950) has been a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 1988. He was Deputy President of the Legislative Council from May 1991 until March 1999 and is presently NSW Leader of the National Party of Australia & Deputy Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council.
Duncan Glen Professor Duncan Munro Glen (born 1933) is a Scottish poet, literary editor and Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. He became known to the literary world through his first full-length book, "Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance".
Duncan Gordon Boyes Duncan Gordon Boyes VC (November 5, 1846–January 26, 1869) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He won the award at Shimonoseki, Japan in 1864.
Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 - 9 May 1978) was a Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group. He is a cousin of John Grant, Lord Huntingtower, being a grandson of the second Sir John Peter Grant was born in Rothiemurchus near Inverness], Scotland and studied art at the [[Slade School and in Italy and Paris.
Duncan Hunter Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948), American politician, has been a Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1981 from California's 52nd congressional district in northern and eastern San Diego. It was previously numbered the 42nd District from 1981 to 1983 and then the 45th District from 1983 to 1993.
Duncan Charles Home Duncan Charles Home (10 June 1828-1 October 1857) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Duncan Idaho Duncan Idaho is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is the only character to feature in all six of the original Dune novels, and is arguably the main character in the Dune series.
Duncan John Glasfurd Brigadier-General Duncan John Glasfurd (23 November 1873 – 12 November 1916) was an Australian Army colonel and temporary Brigadier General in World War I. He was mentioned in dispatches for his role in evacuating Anzac.
Duncan Kenworthy Duncan Kenworthy OBE is a British film and television producer, and co-founder of the production company DNA Films. His films as producer include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Lawn Dogs (1995) and Love Actually (2003).
Duncan Kerr The Hon. Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC (born 26 February 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since July 1987, representing the Division of Denison, Tasmania.
Duncan Lamont Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (June 17 1918 - December 19 1978) was a British actor. Born in Lisbon, Portugal but raised in Scotland, he had a long and successful career in film and television, appearing in a variety of high-profile productions.
Duncan Lloyd McLeod Duncan Lloyd McLeod (May 26, 1874—May 10, 1935) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1935 as a member of the Progressive Party, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.
Duncan MacGregor Crerar Duncan MacGregor Crerar (born 4 December 1836 or 1837 Amulree, Glenquaich, Perthshire, Scotland - died 11 March 1916 Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland at age 78 years) was a Scottish poet who spent much of his adult life in Western Ontario and New York City, writing sentimental poetry commemorating places and friends in Scotland. A native Gaelic speaker, he wrote primarily in English, with Gaelic phrases and diction.
Duncan Mackenzie Duncan Mackenzie (1861–1934) was a Scottish archaeologist, whose work focused on one of the more spectacular 20th century archaeological finds, Crete's palace of Knossos, the supposed centre of Minoan civilisation.
Duncan MacLeod Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a fictional character from the Highlander (series) universe. A successor to Connor MacLeod, the main character of the Highlander movies, Duncan MacLeod serves as the protagonist for Highlander: The Series and its spinoff movies, Highlander: Endgame and Highlander: The Source.
Duncan Macpherson Duncan Ian Macpherson (Born September 20, 1924 in Toronto - Died May 3, 1993 in Toronto) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard (starting 1948) and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen.
Duncan MacPherson Duncan MacPherson (born February 3, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, presumed death August 1989 in Austria) was a professional ice hockey player who died under mysterious circumstances. A standout defensive defenseman for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League, MacPherson was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.
Duncan McGillivray Duncan McGillivray (1770-April 9, 1808), born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, was an explorer and fur trader who accompanied David Thompson on explorations of the North-West Territory and the Canadian Rockies. In 1800, they reached what is now Banff National Park.
Duncan McIntyre Duncan McIntyre (23 December 1834 – 13 June 1894) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman noted for his participation in the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate of 1880 and as a founder of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
Duncan McLain In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, Duncan McLain is a priest of the Holy Church of Gwynedd, one of the first Deryni to be ordained in over two centuries. Additionally, he is the maternal cousin of Duke Alaric Morgan of Corwyn, and one of the closest advisors and friends of King Kelson Haldane.
Duncan Millar Duncan Millar, also known as Duncan Miller,(19 June 1824 -7 July 1881) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Duncan Norvelle Duncan Norvelle (born 1958, at Hoton, near Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK) is a comedian in the variety tradition who appeared on television from the early 1980s.He went to local schools where his favourite subjects were football
Duncan Phillips Duncan Arthur Phillips, (born March 3 1964 in Nambour, Queensland), is an Australian pop/rock drummer, percussionist, keyboardist, and composer. He is best known for his career with the Newsboys as their drummer and percussionist.
Duncan Preston Duncan Preston (born in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his appearances in television productions written by Victoria Wood. His best remembered roles are Clifford in Acorn Antiques and Stan in dinnerladies.
Duncan Riley Duncan Riley (born September 4, 1975) is a blogger and former Vice President of b5media which he founded along with Darren Rowse, Jeremy Wright and was later joined by Shai Coggins. He lives in Australind, Western Australia, Australia.
Duncan spackworth Duncan Spackworth (born January 17, 1991 in suburban Warsaw, Poland) is a fictional character from the unpopular and as-yet-unreleased fictional documentary Red Ants, The Worst Kind of Ants. He is known for his unrivaled ability to say the most ridiculous quotes at the most ridiculous times, here is a list of his most notable sayings:
Duncan Sandys Duncan Edwin Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, CH PC The name Sandys is pronounced sands (like the plural of sand). (January 24, 1908 – November 26, 1987) was a British politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments.
Duncan Sharpe Duncan Albert Sharpe (born August 3, 1937, Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in three Tests in 1959. Sharpe was unusual in that he was Anglo-Pakistani, he was therefore one of the few white/Christian players to play for Pakistan.
Duncan Sheik (album) Duncan Sheik is the self-titled debut album by Duncan Sheik. It was released in 1996 by Atlantic Records, and is best known for the single "Barely Breathing," which was a major radio hit, staying on the Billboard singles chart in the United States for 55 weeks.
Duncan White Duncan White (March 1, 1918, Lathpandura – Jul 3 1998, Warwickshire) was the first Sri Lankan athlete to win a medal for his country in an Olympic event. He won a silver in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.
Duncan Wood (journalist) Duncan Wood is a British television presenter currently working for Yorkshire Television on its flagship news programme Calendar. He previously worked as a reporter for GMTV and as a sports presenter and reporter for Tyne Tees.
Duncan's Cove, Nova Scotia Duncan's Cove is a rural fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean on the Ketch Harbour Road (Nova Scotia Route 349 ), 19 kilometers from of Halifax. The community is located at Chebucto Head.
Duncan's new multiple range test In statistics, Duncan's new multiple range test (MRT) is a multiple comparison procedure developed by David B Duncan in 1955. Duncan's MRT belongs to the general class of multiple comparison procedures that use the studentized range statistic qr to compare sets of means.
Duncannon Duncannon (Dún Canann in Irish, meaning the Fort of Conán, possibly Conán mac Morna of the Fianna) is a village in southwest County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. Bordered to the west by Waterford harbour and sitting on a rocky promontory jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent Duncannon Fort which dominates the village.
Duncansby Head Duncansby Head (, grid reference ) is one of the most northerly parts of the Scottish mainland, and is near John O Groats, Caithness, Highland. The headland juts into the North Sea, with the Pentland Firth to its north and west and the Moray Firth to its south,
Duncanville High School Band The Duncanville Independent School District is proud to offer one of the most progressive band programs in the United States. The Duncanville High School Marching Band was awarded the "Sudler Shield of Honor" in 1997 as one of the outstanding marching bands in the U.
Dunce A dunce or Eoin, is a person incapable of learning. The word is derived from the name of the great schoolman, John Duns Scotus, whose works on logic, theology and philosophy were accepted textbooks in the universities from the 14th century.
Dunce cap A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap, or dunce's hat, is a pointy hat. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with a D or the word "dunce", and given to schoolchildren to wear as punishment by public humiliation for stupid or lazy behavior.
Dunce hat (topology) In topology, the dunce hat is a compact topological space formed by taking a solid triangle and gluing all three sides together, with the orientation of one side reversed. Simply gluing two sides oriented in the same direction would yield a cone much like the layman's dunce cap, but the gluing of the third side results in identifying the base of the cap with a line joining the base to the point.
Duncombe Park Duncombe Park is the seat of the Duncombe family whose senior member takes the title Baron or Earl Feversham. It is near Helmsley, North Yorkshire and stands in a commanding location above deeply incised meanders of the River Rye.
Duncott, Pennsylvania Duncott is a remaining anthacite coal company patch town located outside Minersville, Pennsylvania census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Coal Region. The population was 76 at the 2000 census.
Duncraig, Western Australia Duncraig (; post code: 6023) is a large suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 16 km north of Perth's central business district to the west of Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
Dundalk Dundalk (Irish: Dún Dealgan) is the county town of County Louth in Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. It takes its name from Dún Dealgan, Dalga’s fort home closely associated with the famous mythical warrior Cúchulainn and was granted its charter in 1189.
Dundalk (UK Parliament constituency) Dundalk was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January, 1801.
Dundalk F.C. Dundalk FC is an Irish football club from Dundalk, County Louth, that play in the Football League of Ireland. Club colours are black shorts and white jerseys, from which the club gets its nickname the Lilywhites.
Dundalk, Ontario The community of Dundalk, Ontario, Canada, has a population of 2,000 (2006). Originally called McDowell's Corners, it was incorporated as a village in 1887, and on January 1, 2000, was amalgamated with the Township of Proton and the Township of Egremont to form the Township of Southgate, located in the southeast corner of Grey County.
Dundas Square Yonge Dundas Squareis a public square in downtown Toronto, Ontario], [[Canada, on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. It was opened to the public in November of 2002, and a "grand opening" concert was held on May 30, 2003.
Dundas Street, Toronto Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also known interchangeably as Highway 5 west of Toronto, is a major arterial street which forms a major intersection with Yonge Street where Dundas Square and the Toronto Eaton Centre are found. A second major intersection occurs at Spadina Avenue, where Toronto's downtown Chinatown is located.
Dundee (UK Parliament constituency) Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West. From 1868 until 1950 it was a two-member constituency.
Dundee and Newtyle Railway The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1832 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. The railway was built to transfer goods from Strathmore to the port of Dundee and was chartered with an act of parliament that received royal assent in May 26 1826 and opened in 1831.
Dundee College Dundee College is a further education and higher education college in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The college was established in 1985 by the merger of Dundee College of Commerce and Kingsway Technical College.
Dundee Contemporary Arts Dundee Contemporary Arts (or DCA as it is often called for short) is an arts complex in the city of Dundee, Scotland which houses a contemporary art gallery, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a visual arts research facility and a café bar.
Dundee Dell The Dundee Dell is a locally and nationally famous bar and restaurant in the Dundee area of Omaha, Nebraska. It is perhaps best known for its collection of single-malt Scotch whisky, which is the largest in the United States It also carries an extensive beer] selection, including some fourteen varieties on tap and several hundred in bottles.
Dundee Fortnight The Dundee Fortnight is a holiday during the last week in July and first week in August in the city of Dundee, Scotland. The holiday is similar to the Glasgow Fair in that, until as recently as the 1960s, most local businesses and factories would close for these two weeks and workers and their families would crowd bus and railway stations and Fifies to go for holidays in destinations such as Fife, Angus and Broughty Ferry.
Dundee International Book Prize The Dundee International Book Prize is a biennial competition open to new authors, offering a prize of ÂŁ10,000 and publication by Polygon Books. Past winners have included Andrew Murray Scott, Claire-Marie Watson and Malcolm Archibald.
Dundee North End F.C. Dundee North End Football Club are a football (soccer) club based in the city of Dundee in Scotland. Formed in 1895 and nicknamed "the Dockens", they play their home games at North End Park which has room for around 2,000 spectators and is within the vicinity of the grounds of both Dundee F.
Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's) Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) is located in the east section of Dundee's "City Churches", the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, although with differing styles of worship.
Dundee Repertory Theatre Dundee Repertory Theatre or Dundee Rep is a theatre and arts company in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It operates as both a producing house - staging at least six of its own productions each year, and a receiving house - hosting work from visiting companies throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom including drama, musicals, contemporary & classical dance, children’s theatre, comedy, jazz and opera.
Dundee United FC Season 1995-96 United finished the Scottish First Division 1995-96 season in 2nd place, after being relegated from the Premier Division the previous season. Although missing out on the automatic promotion slot through winning the league, United won promotion through the play-off system, beating Partick Thistle 3-2 over two legs.
Dundee United FC Season 1997-98 United finished the Scottish Premier Division 1997-98 season in 7th place with 37 points, in the final season before the revamped SPL. Despite finishing 3rd in the previous season, 7th would be the club's best finish for the next six years.
Dundee United FC Season 2001-02 United finished the 2001-02 SPL season in 8th place with 46 points, in a season where United finished the final five games unbeaten. In September, United suffered the league's heaviest home defeat of the season, 6-1 to Rangers.
Dundee United FC Season 2002-03 United finished the 2002-03 SPL season in 11th place with 32 points, in a season where United won just one league match in the opening three months. In December, United lost 3-0 in three consecutive games, to Rangers, Hearts and Livingston.
Dundee United FC Season 2003-04 United finished the 2003-04 SPL season in 5th place with 49 points, despite losing the opening four league matches. Between late-February and March, United were unbeaten in five consecutive games, picking up four wins, including a memorable 2-1 win over Rangers live on television.
Dundee United FC Season 2004-05 United finished the 2004-05 SPL season in 9th place with 36 points, in which an eventful final day could have relegated Livingston or Dunfermline, before consigning Dundee to the drop. United managed only eight wins, with twelve draws and eighteen defeats.
Dundee United FC Season 2005-06 United finished the 2005/06 SPL season in 9th place with 33 points, narrowly beating Falkirk (10th) and Dunfermline Athletic (11th) on goal difference. United exited all three cup competitions at the first stage.
Dundee Whaling Expedition Dundee Whaling Expedition (1892 - 1893) On September 6, 1892 a Dundee, Scotland whaling company decided to gamble and sent four steam-powered whaling ships the Balaena, Active, Diana and Polar Star to Weddell Sea in search of Right Whales. On January 8, 1893, Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active discovered Dundee Island () .
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