Katherine Dreier was an American art collector, artist, and writer who took it as her mission to promote the understanding and appreciation of modern art and the work of living artists, including Paul Klee, Jacques Villon, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Naum Gabo, and many more.

Katherine Dreier was an American art collector, artist, and writer who took it as her mission to promote the understanding and appreciation of modern art and the work of living artists, including Paul Klee, Jacques Villon, Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Naum Gabo, and many more.

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach: Early career in Italy and Austria.: …elegant concave facade of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Church of the Holy Trinity), for example, contrasts to and heightens the effect of the sober front of the adjoining seminary buildings. The almost geometric forms of the Kollegienkirche (University Church) surmounted by the undulating forms of its towers crown the university complex, providing…

Social Democratic Party of Switzerland: In 1999 Ruth Dreifuss, who was first elected as a Social Democratic Party representative to the Federal Council in 1993, became the country’s first woman president. In the October 2011 general election, support declined for all four members of the ruling coalition, with minor parties posting impressive…

The Threepenny Opera, musical drama in three acts written by Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with composer Kurt Weill, produced in German as Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928 and published the following year. The play was adapted by Elisabeth Hauptmann from John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera (1728). Antihero

Dreikaiserbund, an alliance in the latter part of the 19th century of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia, devised by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. It aimed at neutralizing the rivalry between Germany’s two neighbours by an agreement over their respective spheres of influence in the Balkans

ventifact: …curved facets is called a dreikanter. Ventifacts are produced under arid conditions and are generally formed from hard, fine-grained rocks such as obsidian, chert, or quartzite.

Rudolf Dreikurs was an Austrian-born American psychiatrist and educator who developed the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler’s system of individual psychology into a pragmatic method for understanding the purposes of reprehensible behaviour in children and for stimulating cooperative behaviour

hall church, church in which the aisles are approximately equal in height to the nave. The interior is typically lit by large aisle windows, instead of a clerestory, and has an open and spacious feeling, as of a columned hall. Hall churches are characteristic of the German Gothic period. There are

Theodore Dreiser was a novelist who was the outstanding American practitioner of naturalism. He was the leading figure in a national literary movement that replaced the observance of Victorian notions of propriety with the unflinching presentation of real-life subject matter. Among other themes,

zebra mussel, a species of tiny mussels (genus Dreissena) that are prominent freshwater pests. They proliferate quickly and adhere in great numbers to virtually any surface. The voracious mussels disrupt food webs by wiping out phytoplankton, and their massive clustering on water-intake valves and

zebra mussel: The quagga mussel (D. rostriformis burgensis), a similar species in both form and habit, was first discovered in the Great Lakes in 1989.

Everlasting League, (Aug. 1, 1291), the inaugural confederation from which, through a long series of accessions, Switzerland grew to statehood. The league was concluded by the representatives of three districts, Uri, Schwyz, and Nidwalden, for self-defense against all who might attack or trouble

the Yardbirds: …30, 1945, Ripley, Surrey), bassist Chris Dreja (b. November 11, 1946, London), drummer Jim McCarty (b. July 25, 1943, Liverpool, Merseyside), bassist Paul Samwell-Smith (b. May 8, 1943, London), and guitarist Anthony (“Top”) Topham (b. July 3, 1947, Southall, Middlesex). Later members were Jeff Beck (b. June 24, 1944, Wallington,…

Sir David Lyndsay: The Dreme (completed 1528), Lyndsay’s earliest surviving work in verse, is an allegory of the contemporary condition of Scotland, with a delightfully personal epistle to the king. The Testament and Complaynt of Our Soverane Lordis Papyngo (completed 1530), written to celebrate the king’s escape from…

ground squirrel: Tropical ground squirrels: …fruit, roots, and insects; plain long-nosed ground squirrels (genus Dremomys) eat fruit, insects, and earthworms. The two species of Sulawesi ground squirrel (genus Hyosciurus) have elongated snouts and use their long, strong claws to dig for beetle larvae in rotting wood; they also eat acorns.

Newtown, new town, Powys county, historic county of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), central Wales. It is located on the River Severn, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Welshpool, and includes the small community of Llanllwchaiarn just to the northeast. In 1967 Newtown was designated the second new

Albanian literature: …period are Asdren (acronym of Aleks Stavre Drenova), a poet; Çajupi (in full Andon Zako Çajupi), a poet and playwright; Ernest Koliqi, a short-story writer, poet, and novelist; Ndre Mjeda, a poet and linguist; and Migjeni (acronym of Milosh Gjergj Nikolla), a poet and novelist.

Drenthe, provincie (province), northeastern Netherlands. It extends westward from the German border, between the provinces of Groningen and Friesland (north and northwest) and Overijssel (south). Its capital is Assen. More than 50 megalithic funerary monuments (hunebedden, “huns’ graves”) attest to

Saale Glacial Stage: These are the Drente, Treene, and Warthe substages. The Drente and Warthe represent periods of glacial advance, or maxima, whereas the Treene represents an interstadial period of glacial retreat between the early Drente and the late Warthe. In the region of central Europe, the Saale is represented by…

Drenthe, provincie (province), northeastern Netherlands. It extends westward from the German border, between the provinces of Groningen and Friesland (north and northwest) and Overijssel (south). Its capital is Assen. More than 50 megalithic funerary monuments (hunebedden, “huns’ graves”) attest to

lepidopteran: Annotated classification: Family Drepanidae (hooktip moths) Approximately 650 species worldwide, chiefly Indo-Australian; many of the adults have the forewing apexes strongly hooked; larvae usually lack last pair of prolegs; subfamilies Thyatirinae and Epibleminae sometimes classified as families. Family Epicopeiidae (epicopeiid moths) 25 species in Arctic and

Hawaiian honeycreeper, any member of a group of related birds, many of them nectar-eating, that evolved in the forests of the Hawaiian Islands and are found only there. Recent evidence from osteology, behaviour, plumage, breeding biology, and genetics has led to a consensus that the Hawaiian

Hawaiian honeycreeper, any member of a group of related birds, many of them nectar-eating, that evolved in the forests of the Hawaiian Islands and are found only there. Recent evidence from osteology, behaviour, plumage, breeding biology, and genetics has led to a consensus that the Hawaiian

mamo, (species Drepanis pacifica), Hawaiian songbird of the family Drepanididae (order Passeriformes), which became extinct in about 1898. About 20 cm (8 inches) long, it was black with yellow touches and had a long, decurved bill for nectar-feeding. The native Hawaiian nobility killed mamos for

Latinius Pacatus Drepanius was a Gallo-Roman orator and poet, the author of an extant panegyric addressed to Theodosius I at Rome in 389 after the defeat of the usurper Maximus. He was a friend of Symmachus, the champion of paganism, and of the Christian poet Ausonius. It is uncertain whether

bryophyte: Ecology and habitats: …including species of the genera Drepanocladus and Calliergon. These mosses also build up a moss mat that, through organic accumulation of its own partially decomposed remains, alters the acidity of the site and makes it attractive to the formation of Sphagnum peatland.

lepidopteran: Annotated classification: Superfamily Drepanoidea Approximately 700 species worldwide in 2 families. Family Drepanidae (hooktip moths) Approximately 650 species worldwide, chiefly Indo-Australian; many of the adults have the forewing apexes strongly hooked; larvae usually lack last pair of prolegs; subfamilies Thyatirinae and Epibleminae sometimes classified as

Trapani, city, northwestern Sicily, Italy. It is situated on a promontory overlooked by the town of Erice (Monte San Giuliano), west of Palermo. The ancient Drepana, it was the port for the Elymian settlement of Eryx until it was captured and made a naval base by the Carthaginians in 260 bce. It

Dge-lugs-pa: …at Dga’ldan (Ganden) in 1409, ’Bras-spungs (Drepung) in 1416, and Se-ra in 1419. The abbots of the ’Bras-spungs monastery first received the title Dalai Lama in 1578, and a period of struggle for the leadership of Tibet followed, principally with the Karma-pa sect. The Dge-lugs-pa eventually appealed to the Mongol…

This Is Spinal Tap: Anjelica Huston, Fran Drescher, and Fred Willard.

Dresden, city, capital of Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. Dresden is the traditional capital of Saxony and the third largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin and Leipzig. It lies in the broad basin of the Elbe River between Meissen and Pirna, 19 miles (30 km) north of the Czech border and

Albrecht Dürer: First journey to Italy: The centre panel from the Dresden Altarpiece, which Dürer painted in about 1498, is stylistically similar to Hercules and betrays influences of Mantegna. In most of Dürer’s free adaptations the additional influence of the more lyrical, older painter Giovanni Bellini, with whom Dürer had become acquainted in Venice, can be…

Dresden Codex, one of the few collections of pre-Columbian Mayan hieroglyphic texts known to have survived the book burnings by the Spanish clergy during the 16th century (others include the Madrid, Paris, and Grolier codices). It contains astronomical calculations—eclipse-prediction tables, the

Affenkapelle ware: …be a parody of the Dresden Court Orchestra, the set was modeled by the German sculptors Johann Joachim Kändler and Peter Reinicke after fanciful singerie (monkeys in human costume) engravings by the French artists Jean-Antoine Watteau and Christophe Huet. Each musician, dressed in delicately coloured formal 18th-century costume, stands on…

William Forsythe: Forsythe’s new company, the Forsythe Company, was about half the size of the Frankfurt Ballet, but nearly all of its dancers were from that company. Forsythe continued to present his vision to a wide audience. With bases in Frankfurt and Dresden and supported by both state and private funding,…

Oskar Kokoschka: Maturity of Oskar Kokoschka: …1920 he wrote the “Dresden Manifesto,” which denounced all militancy in politics for its lack of human concern. Political and humanitarian themes disappeared for several years from his writing and art.

Meissen porcelain, German hard-paste, or true, porcelain produced at the Meissen factory, near Dresden in Saxony (now Germany), from 1710 until the present day. It was the first successfully produced true porcelain in Europe and dominated the style of European porcelain manufactured until about

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, state-owned art collection in Dresden, Germany, housed in 15 museums throughout the city. Locations include the Zwinger, which exhibits such collections as the Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery); the Albertinum, home to the Galerie Neue

Battle of Dresden, (Aug. 26–27, 1813), Napoleon’s last major victory in Germany. It was fought on the outskirts of the Saxon capital of Dresden, between Napoleon’s 120,000 troops and 170,000 Austrians, Prussians, and Russians under Prince Karl Philipp Schwarzenberg. (See “Napoleon’s Major Battles”

bombing of Dresden, during World War II, Allied bombing raids on February 13–15, 1945, that almost completely destroyed the German city of Dresden. The raids became a symbol of the “terror bombing” campaign against Germany, which was one of the most controversial Allied actions of the war.

Dresden: History: The Treaty of Dresden (1745), between Prussia, Saxony, and Austria, ended the second Silesian War and confirmed Silesia as Prussian. Two-thirds destroyed in the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), Dresden’s fortifications were later dismantled. In 1813 Napoleon I made the town a centre of military operations and…

Dresdner Bank AG, commercial bank based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with operations in more than 70 countries. It was established in 1872 in Dresden as Dresdner Bank, and in 1884 its main office was relocated to Berlin. In 1952 the bank was split into three: Rhein-Main Bank AG, Hamburger

dress, clothing and accessories for the human body. The variety of dress is immense. The style that a particular individual selects is often linked to that person’s sex, age, socioeconomic status, culture, geographic area, and historical era. This article considers the chronological development of

Vanity Fair, American magazine that covers culture, fashion, and politics. The first version of the magazine appeared in Manhattan in 1859. It was reintroduced by Condé Nast Publications in 1914. Three different versions of Vanity Fair magazine existed during the 1800s: a humorous Manhattan-based

David Sedaris: In his next book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), Sedaris, by elucidating with a surgeon’s skill the countless gaps and crossed wires in each interaction he described, demonstrated once again the hilarious absurdity lurking beneath the veneer of ordinariness. His recording of pieces from the book…

dressage, systematic and progressive training of riding horses to execute precisely any of a wide range of maneuvers, from the simplest riding gaits to the most intricate and difficult airs and figures of haute école (“high school”). Dressage achieves balance, suppleness, and obedience with the

horsemanship: Dressage seat: In the show and dressage seat the rider sinks deep into the saddle, in a supple, relaxed but erect position above it. The saddle flaps are practically straight so as to show as much expanse of the horse’s front as possible. The stirrup…

Basil Rathbone: …making his final Holmes film, Dressed to Kill (1946), Rathbone moved to New York to work onstage and later in television. As he feared, his close association with the Holmes character damaged his chances of receiving choice movie roles, and he spent most of the rest of his film career…

Brian De Palma: The 1980s and ’90s: …wrote and directed the controversial Dressed to Kill (1980). Angie Dickinson starred as a sexually frustrated Manhattan housewife who, after sleeping with a stranger, is brutally murdered—in a chilling elevator sequence that recalls the famous shower scene from Psycho—and the search begins to find her killer. Nancy Allen, De Palma’s…

Kiss: Breakthrough: …Hotter than Hell (1974) and Dressed to Kill (1975), neither of which sold well, continuing the group’s disappointing run of studio album sales and furthering a financial crisis for Casablanca Records. Instead of paying for another studio album, the label decided to release a live record, hoping to capture the…

Caeleb Dressel is one of the world’s elite swimmers, known as a sprint specialist for his performances in the 50 meters and 100 meters. He has seven Olympic gold medals, five of which were won at the 2020 Tokyo Games (delayed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic). With his numerous tattoos,

Caeleb Dressel is one of the world’s elite swimmers, known as a sprint specialist for his performances in the 50 meters and 100 meters. He has seven Olympic gold medals, five of which were won at the 2020 Tokyo Games (delayed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic). With his numerous tattoos,

dresser, a cupboard used for the display of fine tableware, such as silver, pewter, or earthenware. Dressers were widely used in England beginning in Tudor times, when they were no more than a side table occasionally fitted with a row of drawers. The front stood on three or five turned (shaped on a

Christopher Dresser was an English designer whose knowledge of past styles and experience with modern manufacturing processes made him a pioneer in professional design. Dresser studied at the School of Design in London (1847–54), where in 1855 he was appointed professor of artistic botany. In 1858

New Thought: Origins of New Thought: …of Quimbian New Thought were Julius Dresser (1838–93), a popular lecturer, and his son Horatio (1866–1954), who spread the elder Dresser’s teachings and later edited The Quimby Manuscripts (1921). The extent of Quimby’s influence on Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, was a matter of controversy in the…

Terre Haute: …and his brother, the composer Paul Dresser (“On the Banks of the Wabash”), were born in Terre Haute; the latter’s birthplace is preserved as a state shrine and memorial, and a pair of bridges over the Wabash are named for the brothers. The Sheldon Swope Art Museum exhibits American works…

Albert Finney: …an aging Shakespearean actor in The Dresser (1983), an alcoholic in Under the Volcano (1984), and a gruff attorney in Erin Brockovich (2000).

history of Europe: Control over resources: …mining techniques and needed initial roasting before smelting. At the same time, they were more widely available than surface deposits, and there were sources in both central and western Europe—ores in Germany, Austria, and the Czech and Slovak Republics were exploited from the early 3rd millennium bce. This long initial…

fur: …in processing raw pelts is dressing. The dressing of furs involves several steps, the exact number of which is determined by the particular fur being dressed. Generally speaking, a fur is cleaned, softened, fleshed (extraneous flesh is removed), and stretched. The skin is tanned by a process called leathering. Many…

therapeutics: Wound treatment: Dressings protect the wound from external contamination and facilitate absorption of drainage. Because a surgical wound is most susceptible to surface contamination during the first 24 hours, an occlusive dressing is applied, consisting of gauze held in place by tape. Materials such as transparent semipermeable…

dressing table, a table used for the toilet. The term originally was applied in the 17th century to small tables with two or three drawers. It soon became common practice to conceal the fittings of the dressing table when they were not in use, and great ingenuity was exercised by 18th-century

Marie Dressler was a Canadian-born comedian and singer who achieved her greatest success toward the end of her life. Dressler was the daughter of a piano teacher and early in life discovered her ability to make audiences laugh. She made her stage debut in Michigan in 1886 and then performed for

Joan Plowright: …as Brimstone and Treacle (1982), The Dressmaker (1988), and Jane Eyre (1996). For her role as a haughty know-it-all in Enchanted April (1991), Plowright was nominated for a best supporting actress Academy Award. In 2005 she starred as a lonely widow who befriends a young writer in Mrs. Palfrey at…

dress, clothing and accessories for the human body. The variety of dress is immense. The style that a particular individual selects is often linked to that person’s sex, age, socioeconomic status, culture, geographic area, and historical era. This article considers the chronological development of

dresser, a cupboard used for the display of fine tableware, such as silver, pewter, or earthenware. Dressers were widely used in England beginning in Tudor times, when they were no more than a side table occasionally fitted with a row of drawers. The front stood on three or five turned (shaped on a

Dreux, town, Eure-et-Loir département, Centre région, north-central France. It lies along the Blaise River, northwest of Chartres. Known to the Romans as Drocae, it was held by the Durocasses, a Gallic tribe. It gave its name to a medieval family of counts. François, duc de Guise, defeated the

France: The Wars of Religion: After the Battle of Dreux (December 1562) the war drew to a close, despite the assassination of the duc de Guise by a Protestant fanatic. A compromise was reached at the Peace of Amboise in March 1563: liberty of conscience was granted to the Huguenots, but the…

Capetian dynasty: …(1032–1361 and 1363–1477); the Capetian house of Dreux, a line of dukes of Brittany (1213–1488); three Capetian emperors of Constantinople (1216–61), of the house of Courtenay; various counts of Artois (from 1237), with controversial succession; the first Capetian house of Anjou, with kings and queens of Naples (1266–1435) and kings…

Kip Thorne: …in 1979 recruited Scottish physicist Ronald Drever to Caltech. Drever had been working on laser interferometers to detect gravity waves. The interferometer is shaped like an L. Laser beams are sent down each arm of the L to mirrors at the end. Usually, when the light returns to the corner,…

Nadezhda Andreyevna Udaltsova: …with her husband, the painter Aleksandr Drevin, in 1929–32. These landscapes, which she painted in an Expressionistic style clearly influenced by Drevin, were Udaltsova’s last major success. In January 1938 Drevin was arrested on political charges and was executed shortly after. (Her father, a retired general, had been executed by…

Moorish Science Temple of America: …(1886–1929), known to followers as Noble Drew Ali and also as the Prophet. Drew Ali taught that all blacks were of Moorish origins but had their Muslim identity taken away from them through slavery and racial segregation. He advocated that they should “return” to the Islam of their Moorish forefathers,…

Drew Barrymore: …following year she began hosting The Drew Barrymore Show, a daytime talk show that aired on CBS.

Shirley Jones: …The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–88), The Drew Carey Show (1995–2004), and Raising Hope (2010–14), and in 2008 she appeared in a story arc on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. In addition, she performed in the film Grandma’s Boy (2006) as well as the TV movie The Irresistible Blueberry…

Drew family, American theatre family. Louisa Lane (later Louisa Lane Drew; 1820–97) began her stage career at age eight in Philadelphia, where her widowed mother had brought her from England. Her many successful parts included Lady Teazle, Mrs. Malaprop, and such “breeches” roles as Shakespeare’s

Drew University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Madison, New Jersey, U.S., affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The school was founded in 1867 as Drew Theological Seminary. A College of Liberal Arts was added in 1928, and the name was changed to Drew University.

Drew University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Madison, New Jersey, U.S., affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The school was founded in 1867 as Drew Theological Seminary. A College of Liberal Arts was added in 1928, and the name was changed to Drew University.

Charles Richard Drew was an African American physician and surgeon who was an authority on the preservation of human blood for transfusion. Drew was educated at Amherst College (graduated 1926), McGill University, Montreal (1933), and Columbia University (1940). While earning his doctorate at

Jane Drew was a British architect who, with her husband, Maxwell Fry, was a forerunner in the field of modern tropical building and town planning. She paid great attention to the harmony of design with the environment, a characteristic that made her one of Great Britain’s best-loved architects.

Daniel Drew was an American railway financier of the 19th-century “robber baron” era. After a successful career as a cattle trader, Drew bought an interest in a New York-to-Peekskill steamboat in 1834 and six years later established the People’s Line. He also bought control of the Stonington Line

Georgiana Barrymore was an actress and, with Maurice Barrymore, founder of the famous stage and screen family Barrymore, which occupied a preeminent position in American theatre in the first half of the 20th century. Georgiana Drew was the daughter of John Drew and Louisa Lane Drew, both

Jane Drew was a British architect who, with her husband, Maxwell Fry, was a forerunner in the field of modern tropical building and town planning. She paid great attention to the harmony of design with the environment, a characteristic that made her one of Great Britain’s best-loved architects.

John Drew, Jr. was an American actor noted for his roles in Shakespearean comedy, society drama, and light comedies. Drew was the eldest son of John and Louisa Lane Drew, who were actors and managers. He first appeared on the stage in 1873 under his mother’s management. In 1875 Drew made his New

John Drew, Sr. was a theatrical manager and leading American actor of Irish romantic comedy. One of his best roles was as Gerald Pepper in Samuel Lover’s White House of the Peppers. After a brief career as a seaman, Drew turned to the stage, making his New York debut sometime between 1842 and 1846.

Louisa Lane Drew was a noted American actress and manager of Mrs. John Drew’s Arch Street Theatre company in Philadelphia, which was one of the finest in American theatre history. Louisa Lane was the daughter of actors and at an early age began playing child parts. In June 1827 she arrived in New

Nancy Drew, fictional teenage amateur detective in an extended series of mystery books written by Carolyn Keene (a collective pseudonym, used by Edward Stratemeyer and, among many others, by his daughter Harriet S. Adams). Nancy Drew’s intelligence, courage, and independence made her a popular role

Moorish Science Temple of America: …(1886–1929), known to followers as Noble Drew Ali and also as the Prophet. Drew Ali taught that all blacks were of Moorish origins but had their Muslim identity taken away from them through slavery and racial segregation. He advocated that they should “return” to the Islam of their Moorish forefathers,…

Eugen Drewermann is a German theologian, psychotherapist, and Roman Catholic priest whose innovations in points of Catholic dogma led to his suspension from the priesthood and his eventual withdrawal from the church. Drewermann studied philosophy at the University of Münster, theology in Paderborn,

Anthony Joseph Drexel: …their father’s banking house of Drexel and Company in Philadelphia, Anthony and his brothers transformed it into an investment-banking concern. In 1871 they organized Drexel, Morgan and Company of New York City and Drexel, Harjes and Company in Paris. Anthony specialized in flotation of government bonds, railroad organization, mining development,…

Ivan Boesky: …of Milken and his firm, Drexel Burnham Lambert. Both Drexel and Milken later entered guilty pleas to securities-law violations.

Drexel University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Administration, Engineering, and Information Science and Technology, as well as the Nesbitt College of Design Arts. In addition

Drexel University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Administration, Engineering, and Information Science and Technology, as well as the Nesbitt College of Design Arts. In addition

Drexel University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Administration, Engineering, and Information Science and Technology, as well as the Nesbitt College of Design Arts. In addition

Anthony Joseph Drexel was an American banker and philanthropist who founded the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia. Upon inheriting their father’s banking house of Drexel and Company in Philadelphia, Anthony and his brothers transformed it into an investment-banking concern. In 1871

St. Katharine Drexel: …the American financier and philanthropist Francis Anthony Drexel. Her mother, Hannah Langstroth, died five weeks after Katharine was born, and Katharine and her sister were cared for by their aunt and uncle until their father remarried in 1860. The family was active in charitable works and distributed food, clothing, and…

St. Katharine Drexel ; feast day [U.S.] March 3) was the American founder of the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People (now Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament), a congregation of missionary nuns dedicated to the welfare of American Indians and African Americans. She is the patron

Nazi Party: Founding of the Nazi Party and the Beer Hall Putsch: …the German Workers’ Party by Anton Drexler, a Munich locksmith, in 1919. Hitler attended one of its meetings that year, and before long his energy and oratorical skills would enable him to take over the party, which was renamed National Socialist German Workers’ Party in 1920. That year Hitler also…

Houston Rockets: …(for the 1994–95 season) forward Clyde Drexler (yet another former University of Houston star).

grey goo: …was coined by American engineer Eric Drexler in his book Engines of Creation (1986). Molecular electronics—a subfield of nanotechnology where individual molecules can become circuit elements—would make it possible to manipulate matter at the molecular and atomic level, and this, combined with advances in the physical sciences and gene technology,…

Carl Theodor Dreyer was a motion-picture director whose most famous films were explorations of religious experience, executed in the Danish “static” style. Dreyer was a pianist, a clerk, a journalist, and a theatre critic before entering the cinema in 1913 as a writer of subtitles. He eventually