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| Bev Doolittle |
Bev Doolittle (b. 1947) is an American artist working mainly in watercolor paints. She paints scenes of the American West that feature themes of Native American life , wild animals, horses, and landscapes. Doolittle's technical mastery of photorealism in watercolor has brought her notice since her early work as a graphic artist and illustrator. She attended college at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where she met her husband, Jay Doolittle. The Doolittles, after a brief career as graphic artists, becoming "traveling artists" and drove in a motorhome around the American southwest, painting scenes of the landscape as they went. It was during this period that Bev's expansive paintings of the American Western landscape and its wildlife began to develop and soon after, she began to portray Native Americans—often via including them alongside animal themes. (references) |
| Charles Doolittle Walcott |
Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850 - February 9, 1927) was an eminent American invertebrate paleontologist. He has become well-known for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils in the Burgess shale formation of British Columbia, Canada. (references) |
| Doolittle (album) |
Doolittle is the Pixies' second LP album, released in April 1989 through the 4AD label (green-brown cover). The album was re-released in May 2003 (blue-brown cover). The album title comes from the "Mr. Grieves" lyric "Pray for a man in the middle / One that talks like Doolittle". The album cover takes its image from the song Monkey Gone to Heaven with its image of a monkey angel and the numbers 5, 6, and 7, whose symbolic value in Christianity is played upon in the final verse. (references) |
| Eliza Doolittle |
Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character who appears in the play Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw, 1912) and, by extension, the musical version of that play My Fair Lady. (references) |
| Ford Doolittle |
Dr. W. Ford Doolittle (born 1942 in Urbana, Illinois) is a biochemist. (references) |
| Harvey Doolittle Colvin |
Harvey Doolittle Colvin (born: December 18, 1815; died: April 16, 1892; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1873-1875) for the People's Party. (references) |
| James Harold Doolittle |
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| James Rood Doolittle |
James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815 - July 23, 1897) was an American politician who served as a senator from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869. He died in Providence, Rhode Island. (references) |
| Jimmy Doolittle |
United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| John Doolittle |
John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30 1950), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the 4th District of California ([http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ca04_109.gif map]). He was born in Glendale, California, grew up in Cupertino, California, was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of the Pacific, and was a lawyer and member of the California State Senate before entering the House. (references) |
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