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DAUTZENBEBG. duction of foreign lueties into Dutch poetry, a task in which lie succeedccl despite the luunerous <lilliciilties presented. His valuable poetic worU^, which include a translation of the Udts of Hor- ace, were published at Brussels in 18.50, under the title of (Jedichten. Those written after 1850 were collected by Frans de C'ort in the vol- ume entitled Vcis/trcide en nagelatene (jedichten (2d ed. 1875). Uautzenberg exercised a most favorable intiuenee upon the development of Flemish poetr}', and at the same time advocat^-d a closer union with the other branches of Teu- tonic literature, and more particularly with the German. DATJW, dii. A local name in South Africa for Burchell's zebra, also called by the Dutch there "bonle quagga,' and by the Bcchuanas ■peetis.' See Zeisr.v. DAVALOS, da-vii'lus, Gil Ramieez (c.1505- 01). A Spanish soldier, born at Baeza, in Cas- tile. He accompanied Antonio de ilendoza to Peru, and after the revolt of Giron succeeded his brother, Egidio Eamirez Davalos, as Governor of Quijos. He founded Cuenca (1557) and sev- eral other towns, which are now abandoned. DAVENANT, dav'e-nant. Sir Willi.m ( lOOO-lliliS) . An English poet and playwright. He was born at O.xford, where his father kept the Crown Inn. When only ten years old, the jirecocious boy composed, on the occasion of }!>hakespeare's death, an ode to the memory of the great dramatist; and afterwards was accus- tomed to claim that he vas, in fact, Shake- speare's son. In 1682 he began to write for the stage, and ten years after, on the death of Ben .lonson, he was appointed poet laureate. The next year he became manager of the Cockpit, a theatre in Drury Lane ; but, entering into the intrigues of the Civil War, he ^^■as apprehended. He finally escaped, liowever, to France, and, re- turning, distinguished himself so much in the ■cause of the Royalists that he was knighted by Charles after the battle of Gloucester. Davenant a second time got into ditficultics, and was con- fined in the Tower for two vears, when he was released, as is said, on the intercession of Mil- ton. There he continued his epic poem (loiidi- hert, begun in France. Once more set free, he set about establishing a theatre. Obtaining at first permission to give dramatic performances at private houses, he reopened the Cockpit in 1058. After the Restoration he was favored bv royal patronage, and continued to write and superintend the performance of plays until his death. Daven.int was one of the most popular playwrights of his time. Though none of his plays rank high as literature, they seem to have t)een suitable to the stage. He made some curi- ous adaptations of Shakespeare's plays; for example, of Measure for Measure, and, aided by Dr.yden, of The Tempest. He introduced opera on the English stage, and women to play the female roles. The date of these innovations is 1056. His epic has some interest in that it was Axritten in a stanza afterwards employed by Gray in his famous Elrriii. Consult Davenant's plays. Avith memoir, edited by Laing and Maid- ment (5 vols., Edinburgh, 1872-74). DA"V'ENPORT. A city and county-seat of Scott County. la., on the west bank of the Mis- sissippi River, 330 miles above St. Louis, Mo., and opposite Rock Island, 111., with which it is connected by two bridges; an iron railway and carriage bridge, built at a cost ol $1,200,000. and an iron railway bridge, which cost .i;Sl),(»00 (.lai): Iowa, g" :i). 11 is 183 miles west by south of Cliicago, and is on the Chicago, Kock Island and Pacific; the Chicago, .Milwaukee and Saint Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and (^uinc-y; the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and .Northern; aiid other railroads. River packets from Saint Louis to Saint I'aul ali'ord additional transportation facilities. Davenport is situated on the slope of a steep blulf, and commands an extensive view. On Rock Island, which is crossed by the great bridge, are the Inited Slates .Vrsenal and military head(iuarlers, and other Govern- ment buildings. The city has a public library, Academy of Natural Sciences, Saint Luke's, !Mercy, and other hospitals, numerous pvdilic and parocliial .schools, two opera houses, and nian,v other notable buildings; and is the seat of the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, Saint -Vmhrose College, Saint Kathcrine's Hall, and the State Orphan Home. It is an e]jiscopal see of the Protestant Episcopal Cliurch and of the Roman Catholic Church. The city is in a rich agricul- tural and coal-mining region; it ships large amounts of farm produce, and has extensive manufactures of carriages, farming tools, ma- chinery, lumber, fiour, woolen goods, cordage, glucose and its products, pottery, cigars, beer, soap, etc. Founded in 1835 by a company headed by Col. George Daven])ort, Davenport was incor- porated as a town in 1838, and as a cil.v in 1851. The Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was com- pleted in 1854. The government is conducted by a mayor, elected every two ,vears, and a citv council, composed of the executive and alder- men, chosen bv wards and on a general ticket. The cit,v officials are appointed as follows: B.v the mayor, all police ollicers; liy the mayor and council, city electrician, library trustees, chief of fire department, and cit.v scavenger; by the council, street commissioner, citv engineer, at- torney, and sexton ; all others are elected by the people. The annual income of the citv amounts to about .$540,000; expenditure to .$500,000; the ]irincipal items of expense being: Police depart- ment. $24,000; fire department. $30,000: schools, $125,000. Population, in 1890, 20,872; in 1000, 35,254. DAVENPORT, CirARLES Be.xkdict (ISfiO— ). .• .American zoiilogist, born at Stamford, Conn., .June 1, IStifl. He graduated at the Brooklyn Pohieehnic Institute in 1880. and at Harvard in iS8!l, taking the degree of Ph.D. at the latter place in 1892. In 1888 he began to teach at Har- vard, where he was instructor in zoiilogy until 1900. In 1898 he became director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., and in 1900 assistant professor of zoiilogA- at the University of Chicago. Ho has written Observations on ISuddinii in PaUidieeVa and Home Other liriio'on (1S9I); On Irmitrlhi flra- cilis (1893); Experimental Morphnlorji/ (1807- 99) ; HIatistiea! Methods, icith Kpecitil Refer- cnecs to ISiolofiieal Variation (1899) ; Introdue- Hon to Zoolorii/ (with Gertrude Crotty Daven- port, 1900). DAVENPORT, Eowaeo Loomis (1816-77). An American actor. He was born in Boston, Mass., and made his first appearance in Provi- dence, R. I., playing a minor part in Sir Oiles