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David Adams (businessman)
David Adams may refer to: Government officials * David S. Adams (State Department) (born 1961), Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs * David Adams (Labour politician) (1871–1943), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1922–1923 and 1935–1943 * David Adams (Australian politician) (1930–2021), Australian Capital Territory politician * David Adams (loyalist) (born c. 1953), Northern Irish loyalist activist and former politician * Dave Adams (naval officer), officer in the US Navy * David Morgan Adams (1875–1942), British Member of Parliament for Poplar South, 1931–1942 Sports * David Adams (dancer) (1928–2007), Canadian ballet dancer * David Adams (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player * Dave Adams (Canadian football) (1920–2011), Canadian football guard * David Adams (gridiron football) (born 1964), gridiron football running back * David Adams (rugby league) (born 1957), Australian rugby league footballer * David Adams (tennis) (born 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Laird Adams
David Laird Adams (1837–1892) was a Scottish academic who was professor of Hebrew and oriental languages at the University of Edinburgh. Life He was born at Woodside in Blairgowrie, Perthshire on 18 February 1837.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; p. 387 Adams studied arts and divinity at the University of Edinburgh, receiving a prize for Biblical criticism. In 1870 he was living in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, and is thought to have been teaching classics at Dollar Academy. He was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister at Monimail, Fife in 1875. In 1880 he replaced Prof David Liston as professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at the University of Edinburgh. Adams introduced Syriac and Arabic to the syllabus. He was replaced by Prof John Dobie. He died at Primrose Villa, Victoria Park, in Trinity, Edinburgh, on 2 August 1892.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; p. 385 He is buried in the south-east section of Grange Cemetery in south Edinburgh. Family He was married to Sarah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (peace Activist)
David Adams (born 1939) is an American peace activist, scientist, scholar, writer and journalist. As a professor at Wesleyan University he ran a brain research laboratory and published many scientific articles. Adams then served at UNESCO, where he worked on the Culture of Peace initiative that eventually led to the International Year for the Culture of Peace. Adams is currently the Coordinator of the Culture of Peace News Network and author of several books on this subject. Biography David Adams went to Columbia University from 1957 to 1962 where he studied literature and wrote novels (''Master of the House'' and ''Peace'') and poetry ("Page Poems"). He obtained his doctorate in psychology at Yale University 1962–1968 with a dissertation later published in ''Science Magazine'' as "Cells Related to Fighting Behavior Recorded from Midbrain Central Gray Neuropil of Cat". Then, as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at Wesleyan University, Adams continued working on the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (Congregationalist Divine)
David Adams (1845–1922) of Cardiganshire, Wales was a Congregationalist minister and schoolmaster. He promoted temperance, and stressed the ethical rather than the controversial aspects of Christianity. His published works include ''Paul yng Ngoleuni'r Iesu'' (1897) and ''Yr Eglwys a Gwareiddiad Diweddar'' (1914). Early life and education David Adams was born at Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire on 28 August 1845. His parents were Margaret and John Adams, who made boots and was a lay preacher. He attended the Llanfihangel grammar school. His education was interrupted when students were required to attend the Church of England. We worked in the lead mines for three years and then returned to school as a pupil teacher at Tal-y-bont. He attended Normal Colleges in Bangor and Swansea in the 1860s. He received a B.A. from University College Wales, Aberystwyth in 1877. Career Adams began teaching at Bryn, Llanelly in 1867 and then was schoolmaster at Ystradgynlais from 1870 to 1872. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adam (priest)
David Adam (1936 – 24 January 2020) was a British Anglican priest and writer. Adam was born in Alnwick, Northumberland. When he left school at 15, he went to work underground in the coal mines for three years before training for ordained ministry at Kelham Theological College. He was vicar of Danby-Castleton-Commondale in North Yorkshire for over 20 years, where he began writing prayers in the Celtic pattern. He later became rector of Holy Island, Lindisfarne, where he ministered to thousands of pilgrims and other visitors. He was made a canon of York Minster in 1989. He lived on the coast near Lindisfarne. Writings Adam's first book in the Celtic vein, ''Edge of Glory'', achieved immediate popularity. He published several collections of art, reflections, prayers and meditations based on the Celtic tradition. His books have been translated into various languages, including Finnish and German, and have appeared in American editions. Adam's books include: *''The Cry of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a great impact on popular music. Bowie studied art, music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963. He released a string of unsuccessful singles with local bands and David Bowie (1967 album), a self-titled solo album (1967) before achieving his first top-five entry on the UK singles chart with "Space Oddity" (1969). After a period of experimentation, he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the alter ego Ziggy Stardust (character), Ziggy Stardust. The success of the single "Starman (song), Starman" and its album ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hempleman-Adams
Sir David Kim Hempleman-Adams, (born 10 October 1956) is a British industrialist and adventurer. He is the first person to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles, as well as climbing the highest peaks in all seven continents, the first person to fly to the North Pole in a balloon, and the first person to make a balloon crossing of the Atlantic in an open basket. Early life David Hempleman was born in Moredon, Swindon on 10 October 1956. Following his parents' divorce, he moved with his mother to Stoney Littleton near Bath, and, when she remarried, took his stepfather's surname, Adams. He took part in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme at school, then pursued business studies at college in Manchester and at Bristol Polytechnic. At the same time, he started climbing with fellow student Steven Vincent. Expeditions In January 2007, Hempleman-Adams broke the quarter-century old world small sized hot air balloon alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American Rock music, rock and Country music, country singer-songwriter. He has released 30 studio albums and three as a former member of Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams left Whiskeytown and released his debut solo album, ''Heartbreaker (Ryan Adams album), Heartbreaker'', to critical acclaim. The album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. The following year, his profile increased with the release of the UK certified-gold ''Gold (Ryan Adams album), Gold'', which included the single "New York, New York (Ryan Adams song), New York, New York". During this time, Adams worked on several unreleased albums, which were consolidated into a third solo release, ''Demolition (Ryan Adams album), Demolition'' (2002). Working at a prolific rate, Adams released the rock (album), classic rock-influenced ''Rock n Roll (Ryan Adams album), Rock N Roll'' (2003), after a planned album, ''Love Is Hell (Ryan Adams album), Love Is Hell'', was rejected by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (photojournalist)
David Alexander Ian Adams (born 26 June 1963) is an Australian photojournalist and documentary film maker. Career In 1999, the Discovery Channel commissioned the travel adventure series '' Journeys to the Ends of the Earth'', a thirteen-part documentary series which Adams co-produced and presented. Since 2002 he has produced and directed a series of documentaries through David Adams Films including ''White Lions – King of Kings'', ''Flight of the Elephants'', ''The Last Mahout'', ''Land of Fear'' (in the series ''Journeys to the Ends of the Earth'') and ''Burma's Open Road''. In 2013, David Adams's six-part series ''Alexander's Lost World'' premiered around the world. In the series, Adams journeys to Central Asia to investigate possible sites of cities which historians say were founded by Alexander the Great, including the fabled Alexandria on the Oxus. The series also explores the pre-existing Oxus civilization which existed by the Amu Darya since the Bronze Age. In 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Adams (musician)
David Malcolm Adams (27 November 193819 March 2016) was a British singer, keyboard player and songwriter. Born in Jersey, Adams began working with Joe Meek in 1958 and continued to work with him until Meek's death in 1967.Chusid, Irwin (2000) ''Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music'', A Capella Books, , pp. 29–33 In the early 1960s, he helped build up Meek's studio. Adams recorded singles with Meek under various pseudonyms and wrote songs for him. Adams was part of the production of the hit single "Telstar" by The Tornados; a "second stage demo" of him playing the tune exists. He was also a member of Heinz Burt's backing band, The Wild Boys, along with Ritchie Blackmore.''Record Collector'', #453, May 2016, p. 145 Adams later lived in Buffalo, New York. His daughter, Dee Adams writes and performs music as a solo artist, with a country-rock band, Dee and the Housecats, and with a jazz band, The Funny Valentines. Discography *Sep 1958: Joy and David: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Adams (video Game Designer)
David Adams is an American video game designer best known for his work on ''Darksiders'' and ''Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium''. In 2014, Adams founded Gunfire Games. Biography David Adams co-founded Realm Interactive to create ''Trade Wars: Dark Millennium'', a sequel of the classic BBS game Trade Wars, Trade Wars 2002. Realm Interactive generated interest in the industry around the nostalgia of the old game. NCSoft initially decided to publish ''Trade Wars'', but later decided that since the game had changed significantly it should be renamed as ''Exarch''. In 2005, Adams founded Vigil Games with Joe Madureira. In 2006, Vigil Games was acquired by THQ. As a part of THQ's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Vigil Games was closed on January 23, 2013. Just days later, Adams became the CEO of a new Austin-based branch of Crytek, known as Crytek USA. The studio hired many of Vigil Games' former employees, based purely off their work under his leadership. Adams later left Crytek. In July 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
