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;S()l),(»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
