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David Harrison (poet)
David Harrison may refer to: *David Harrison (artist) (born 1954), English artist * David Harrison (basketball) (born 1982), American *Sir David Harrison (chemist) (1930–2023), chemist and Master of Selwyn College Cambridge (1994–2000) *David Harrison (cricketer) (born 1981), Welsh cricketer *David Harrison (footballer), English football manager active in France * David Harrison (historian), British historian of freemasonry *David Harrison (jockey) (born 1972), Welsh jockey *David Harrison (RAF officer) * David Harrison (zoologist) (1926–2015), English zoologist * David E. Harrison (1933–2019), former American politician, lobbyist and judge *David Howard Harrison David Howard Harrison (June 1, 1843 – September 8, 1905) was a politician, farmer and physician. He was born in the township of London, Canada West, and moved to Manitoba in 1882. He and his family soon established themselves as substanti ... (1843–1905), Premier of Manitoba, Canada * David Kent Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (artist)
David Harrison (born 1954) is an English artist living and working in London. and is represented by Victoria Miro. Biography Harrison received his BA from Saint Martin's School of Art in 1984. Malcolm McLaren invited him to front the music projects The Sex Pistols and Masters of the Backside, with Chrissie Hynde and David Vanian, around this time. His work was shown in the East End Gallery at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2004, and his first one-man exhibition was at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London in 2005. A solo show, ''Green and Pleasant Land'', was held at the Daniel Reich Gallery in New York in 2009. A book, ''David Harrison'', was published in 2009 by Philip Wilson Publishers, with a foreword by Lucinda Lambton, an essay by Alistair Robinson, director of The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, and an interview with Peter Doig. Exhibitions * Victoria Miro Victoria Marion Miro (born 1 July 1945) is a British art dealer, "one of the grandes dames of the Britar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (basketball)
David Joshua Harrison (born August 15, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. A former National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Indiana Pacers, he was a member of the Beijing Ducks for the 2008–09 season and played with the Guangdong Southern Tigers for the next two years. He also played for the Tianjin Ronggang. At Brentwood Academy, Harrison received TSSAA Division 2 Mr. Basketball in 2000 and 2001. He was drafted by the Indiana Pacers out of the University of Colorado at Boulder with the 29th pick of the 2004 NBA Draft. College career In college, he was named First Team All-Big 12 and earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by the Associated Press as a junior. He finished his college career as Colorado's all-time leading shot-blocker with 225 blocks. NBA career Harrison was drafted 29th overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. Harrison was expected to be the #2 or maybe even #3 center in the Pacers' depth chart for his rooki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (chemist)
Sir David Harrison (born 3 May 1930) is a chemist and academic. He was vice chancellor of the University of Keele from 1979 to 1984, vice chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1984 to 1994, master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, from 1994 to 2000, and pro-vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1997. Harrison was educated at Bede School, Sunderland, Clacton County High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, reading natural sciences (chemistry), before receiving a PhD in physical chemistry. He taught at Cambridge University until 1979, becoming a fellow of Selwyn and its senior tutor. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1987. Outside academia, he was chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the safety of nuclear installations. Harrison was knighted in 1997. In 1962 he married Sheila Rachel Debes and they had a son and daughter and one son deceased. Harrison House and Harrison Way in Homerton College, University of Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (cricketer)
David Stuart Harrison (born 30 July 1981) is a Welsh cricketer who has played for the England A team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. David Harrison's father, Stuart and brother Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ... also play cricket. Harrison appeared in 1999/2000 for England in the World Youth Cup and played in Second XI cricket in 2001 and 2002, before being promoted to the county side's first XI in August 2002. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, David 1981 births Living people Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cricketers Wales National County cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Glamorgan cricket coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (footballer)
David William Harrison was an English professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ... manager who coached French team Stade Reims between 1931 and 1934. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English football managers Place of birth missing {{England-footy-manager-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (historian)
David Harrison is a UK-based Masonic historian who has so far written seven books on the history of English Freemasonry, one book related to Freemasonry, and has contributed articles on the subject to various magazines which deal with the topic of Freemasonry around the world, such as the UK based Freemasonry Today, MQ Magazine, the US based Knight Templar Magazine, Philalethes and the Australian-based New Dawn Magazine. Harrison has also appeared on TV and radio discussing his work. Having gained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2008 which focused on the development of English Freemasonry, the thesis was subsequently published in March 2009 entitled The Genesis of Freemasonry by Lewis Masonic, a UK-based publisher who specialise in Masonic works. The work put forward the origins of Freemasonry and discussed its development throughout the eighteenth century, Harrison championing what has been termed the 'river theory'; Freemasonry originating from the Stonemason's Guild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (jockey)
David Paul Harrison (born 8 July 1972 in St Asaph, North Wales) is a former flat racing jockey. Harrison rode his first winner on a horse called Majestic Image at Southwell Racecourse on St David's Day, 1 March 1991. He went on to become the British flat racing Champion Apprentice jockey in 1992, with 56 winners, also winning the Lester Award for 'Apprentice Jockey of the Year'. During his 11 years in racing, his major wins included the Royal Hunt Cup for Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Ascot (Colour Sergeant) along with victories in the Hong Kong Derby (Holy Grail) and Irish St. Leger ( Arctic Owl). Other notable winners include Mongol Warrior, trained by Lord Huntingdon which became the first British trained winner of the Swiss Derby and Single Empire, trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam, winner of the Derby Italiano. He also rode many winners as stable jockey to trainers James Fanshawe and Brian Kan. Harrison's career ended prematurely, after he damaged his spinal cord when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (RAF Officer)
Air Commodore David Harrison, BSc RAF, is a retired RAF Officer and former Commandant of the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO). Early life Air Cdre Harrison was educated at John Port School just outside Derby and went on to complete a BSc (Hons) degree in geography at Liverpool University. Military career He joined the RAF in 1977 having completed 3 years as a VR member of Liverpool University Air Squadron. Following flying training, he was posted to fly the Phantom FGR2, became a Qualified Weapons Instructor and flew over 2,000 hours on the aircraft. On promotion to squadron leader, he was a Flight Commander on 19 (F) Sqn in Germany before serving in the Falkland Islands as Commanding Officer of No. 1435 Flight. In 1990, he completed Staff College with the Royal Navy at Greenwich and was then posted as Personal Staff Officer to the Air Officer Commanding No 11 Group. On promotion to Wing Commander, he completed two short staff tours in the DIS and back at 11 Group befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harrison (zoologist)
David Lakin Harrison (1 October 1926 – 19 March 2015) was an English zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ... who established, with his family, the Harrison Zoological Museum, later known as the Harrison Institute. References People from Sevenoaks English zoologists 1926 births 2015 deaths {{UK-zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David E
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Howard Harrison
David Howard Harrison (June 1, 1843 – September 8, 1905) was a politician, farmer and physician. He was born in the township of London, Canada West, and moved to Manitoba in 1882. He and his family soon established themselves as substantial landowners. Harrison's political fortunes went through a remarkable rise and fall between 1882 and 1888. He forged an alliance with Premier John Norquay soon after moving to Manitoba, and in the election of 1883 was elected for the riding of Minnedosa as a Liberal-Conservative, easily defeating his Liberal opponent David Glass. On August 27, 1886, Harrison was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Statistics and Health, and was touted as a possible successor to Norquay. He was re-elected for the new riding of Minnedosa West later in the year, this time defeating Liberal J.W. Shanks. Norquay was forced to resign in early December 1887, after a financial crisis involving railway transfers cost him the support of his ministers. Harris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kent Harrison
David Kent Harrison (6 April 1931, Massachusetts – 21 December 1999, Barnstable, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician, specializing in algebra, particularly homological algebra and valuation theory. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1957; his dissertation, titled ''On torsion free abelian groups'', was written under the supervision of Emil Artin. Harrison was a faculty member from 1959 to 1963 at the University of Pennsylvania and from 1963 to 1993 at the University of Oregon, retiring there as professor emeritus in 1993. He developed a commutative cohomology theory for commutative algebras. Along with his colleague Marie A. Vitulli, he developed a unified valuation theory for rings with zero divisors that generalized both Krull and Archimedean valuations. He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1963–1964. He supervised 28 doctoral students including Joel Cunningham. Ann Hill Harrison endowed the Harrison Memory Award for outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
