Eponyms: D
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| daguerrotype | Louis Jaques Mandé Daguerre (1789-1851), French painter and pioneering photographer |
| dahlia | Anders Dahl (1751-1789), Swedish botanist |
| daltonism/Dalton’s law | John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist |
| Dandie Dinmont terrier | Dandie Dinmont, character in Guy Mannering (1815) by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) |
| Dantean | Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet |
| Darby and Joan | John Darby (d.1730, English printer, and his wife Joan |
| Darwinian | Charles Darwin (1809-82), English naturalist |
| Davis Cup | Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945), American statesman and sportsman |
| Davy lamp | Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist |
| debey | Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debey (1884-1966), German scientist |
| decibel | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American scientist |
| Derby | Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834) |
| derrick | Goodman Derrick, 17th century English hangman |
| derringer | Henry Deringer (1786-1868), American gunsmith |
| deutzia | Jean Deutz (c.1743-c.1784), Dutch patron of botany |
| Dewar flask | Sir James Dewar (1842-1923), Scottish chemist and physicist |
| Dewey Decimal System | Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), American librarian |
| Dickensian | Charles Dickens (1812-70), English novelist |
| diddle | Jeremy Diddler, character in Raising the Wind by dramatist James Kenney (1780-1849) |
| diesel | Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), German mechanical engineer |
| Dionysian | Dionysus, Greek god of wine, fruitfulness and vegetation |
| Dioscorea | Dioscorides Pedanius (c.Ad40-c.90), Greek physician |
| Doberman Pinscher | Ludwig Dobermann, 19th century German dog breeder |
| doggerel | Matthew Doggerel (1330-1405), English poet |
| doily | Mr Doyley (first name unknown), 17th century London draper |
| dolomite | Deodat de Dolomieu (1750-1801), French geologist |
| Doppler effect | Christian Johann Doppler (1803-53), Austrian physicist |
| Douglas fir | David Douglas (1798-1834), Scottish botanist |
| Douglas scale | Sir Henry P. Douglas (1876-1939), English meteorologist |
| Dow-Jones index | Charles Henry Dow (1851-1902) and Edward D. Jones (1856-1920), American financial statisticians |
| Downing Street | Sir George Downing (1623-84), English statesman |
| Down’s syndrome | John Langdon-Down (1828-96), English physician |
| draconian | Draco, 7th century BC Athenian law-giver |
| dunce | John Duns Scotus (c.1265-1308), Scottish theologian |