[Dumbiedikes], a Scotch laird who figures in the "Heart of Midlothian," in love with Jeanie Deans.
[Dumesnil, Marie Françoise], a celebrated French tragédienne, born near Alençon; like Mrs. Siddons, surpassed all others at the time in the representation of dignity, pathos, and strong emotion; made her first appearance in 1737, retired in 1775 (1711-1803).
[Dumfries] (18), an agricultural market-town, county town of Dumfriesshire and a seaport, stands on the left bank of the Nith, with Maxwelltown as suburb on the right, 90 m. SW. of Edinburgh; manufactures tweeds and hosiery, and trades in cattle; here Robert Burns spent the last five years of his life, and his remains lie buried.
[Dumfriesshire] (74), a south-western Border county of Scotland; an agricultural district, which slopes from a northern pastoral region to the Solway, and is traversed by the fertile valleys of Nithsdale and Annandale.
[Dumnorix], a chief of the Æduan nation in Gaul, who gave some trouble to Cæsar in his conquest of Gaul.
[Dumont, Augustin-Alexandre], a sculptor, born in Paris (1801-1884).
[Dumont, Jean], an eminent French publicist, who settled in Austria and served the emperor; wrote on international law (1660-1726).
[Dumont, Louis], a French publicist, born at Geneva, a friend of Mirabeau, memoirs of whom he wrote, and who, coming to England, formed a close intimacy with Jeremy Bentham, and became his disciple and expounder (1759-1829).
[Dumont d'Urville, Jules], a celebrated French navigator, born at Condé-sur-Noireau; made a three years' voyage round the world, and visited the Antarctic regions, of which he made a survey; he was distinguished as a scientist no less than a sea-captain; lost his life in a railway accident at Versailles (1790-1842).
[Dumoulin], a celebrated French jurist, born at Paris; did for French law what [Cujas] (q. v.) did for Roman (1500-1560).