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| 1. | Alexander Jackson, 1803–92, U.S. architect. |
| 2. | Benjamin Oliver, 1877–1970, U.S. military officer: first black Army brigadier general. |
| 3. | his son, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., 1912–2002, U.S. military officer: first black Air Force lieutenant general. |
| 4. | Bet⋅te [bet-ee] , (Ruth Elizabeth Davis ), 1908–89, U.S. film actress. |
| 5. | Dwight F(il⋅ley) [fil-ee] , 1879–1945, U.S. tennis player and public official: donor of the Davis Cup (1900), an international tennis trophy; Secretary of War 1925–29. |
| 6. | Elmer (Holmes), 1890–1958, U.S. radio commentator and author. |
| 7. | Jefferson, 1808–89, U.S. statesman: president of the Confederate States of America 1861–65. |
| 8. | Also, Davys. John. c1550–1605, English navigator and explorer. |
| 9. | John William, 1873–1955, U.S. lawyer, politician, and diplomat. |
| 10. | Miles (Dewey, Jr.), 1926–91, U.S. jazz trumpeter. |
| 11. | Owen, 1874–1956, U.S. playwright. |
| 12. | Richard Harding, 1864–1916, U.S. journalist, novelist, and playwright. |
| 13. | Stuart, 1894–1964, U.S. painter and illustrator. |
| 14. | a town in central California. 36,640. |
| Da·vis (dā'vĭs) A city of central California west of Sacramento. A branch of the University of California (established 1908) is here. Population: 61,000. |
| Davis, Benjamin Oliver 1877-1970. American cavalry officer who was the first African-American general in the U.S. Army (1940-1948). His son Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. (1912-2002), was the first African-American general in the U.S. Air Force (1954-1970). |
| Davis, Bette Originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis. 1908-1989. American actress who won an Academy Award for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938). |
| Davis, Dwight Filley 1879-1945. American tennis player and donor (1900) of the Davis Cup for the annual international team tennis competition. |
| Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889. American soldier and president of the Confederacy (1861-1865). He was captured by Union soldiers in 1865 and imprisoned for two years, and although he was indicted for treason (1866), he was never prosecuted. |
| Davis, John See John Davys. |
| Davis, Miles Dewey, Jr. 1926-1991. American jazz musician acclaimed for his warm, often muted trumpet style. |
| Davis, Richard Harding 1864-1916. American writer whose vivid coverage of the Spanish-American, Boer, and Russo-Japanese wars established him as the leading correspondent of his day. |
| Davis, Stuart 1894-1964. American artist who often incorporated jazz tempos into his vibrant canvases. In the 1920s he was strongly influenced by cubism. |
| Da·vys also Da·vis (dā'vĭs) English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage and later sailed to the South Seas. He discovered the Falkland Islands in 1592. |
Davis
city, Yolo county, central California, U.S. It lies in the Sacramento River valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of Sacramento. The city, founded in 1868, was named Davisville for Jerome C. Davis, who owned a stock farm on the site. (The city's name was shortened in 1907 by the post office and became the official name in 1917.) Originally an agricultural community, it is now primarily an educational centre with some light industry (e.g., food processing and steel fabrication) and several prominent medical facilities. In 1905 the University of California acquired 778 acres (315 hectares) in the locality for a branch campus (opened 1908) and an experimental farm school (now the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences). Subsequently, schools of veterinary medicine, letters and science, engineering, law, medicine, biological science, management, and education were established. The Davis campus of the University of California now covers more than 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares). The California National Primate Research Center was founded in Davis in 1962, and D-Q (Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl) University, a two-year tribal college emphasizing North American and Latin American Indian cultures, opened in 1971. Pop. (1990) 46,209; (2000) 60,308.
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