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The Seraphic Doctor, St. Bonaventura (1221–1274).

The Singular Doctor, William Occam (1276–1347).

The Solemn Doctor, Henry Goethals (1227–1293).

The Solid Doctor, Richard Middleton (*—1304).

The Subtle Doctor, Duns Scotus (1265–1308), or Most Subtle Doctor.

The Thorough Doctor, William Varro (thirteenth century).

The Universal Doctor, Alain de Lille (1114–1203); and Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274).

The Venerable Doctor, William de Champeaux (*—1126).

The Well-founded Doctor, Ægidius Romanus (1247–1316).

The Wise Doctor, John Herman Wessel (1409–1489).

The Wonderful Doctor, Roger Bacon (1214–1292).

Dr. Slop. (See Slop.)

Dr. Squintum. (See Squintum.)

Doctor’s Tale (The), in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, is the Roman story of Virginius given by Livy. This story is told in French in the Roman de la Rose, ii. 74, and by Gower in his Confessio Amantis, vii. It has furnished the subject of a host of tragedies: for example, in French, Mairét (1628); Leclerc (1645); Campestron (1683); Chabanon (1769); Laharpe (1786); Leblanc de Guillet (1786); Guiraud (1827); Latour St. Ybars (1845). In Italian, Alfieri (1784); in German, Lessing (1775); and in English, Knowles (1829).

Doctor’s Wife (The), a novel by Miss Braddon, adapted from Madame Bovary, a French novel.

Doctors of the Church. The Greek Church recognizes fou r doctors, viz. St. Athanasius, St. Basil, St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. John Chrysostom. The Latin Church recognizes St. Augustin, St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, and St. Gregory the Great.

(For all other doctors, see under the proper name or nickname.)

Dodger (The Artful), the sobriquet of Jack Dawkins, an artful, thievish young scamp, in the boy crew of Fagin the Jew villain.—Dickens: Oliver Twist, viii. (1837).

Dodgson, a voluble and crafty lawyer, who tries to bring up a second candidate in the interest of the “Blue Lambs.” the rival faction of the “Green Lions.”—Tom Taylor: The Contested Election (1860).