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Charles Davidson (other)
Charles or Charlie or Charley Davidson may refer to: * Sir Charles Davidson (politician) (1897–1985), Australian politician * Sir Charles Peers Davidson (1841–1929), Canadian lawyer and judge * Charles Davidson (aviator) (1896–1936), British World War I flying ace * Charles Davidson (watercolour painter) (1824–1902), British watercolour painter * Charles Findlay Davidson (1911–1967), Scottish geologist * Charles Davidson (bishop), Bishop of Guyana since 2015 * Charlie Davidson Charlie Davidson (born January 19, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver/defensive back who played eleven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Orlando Predators, Albany Firebirds, Nashville Kats, New York CityHawks, N ... (born 1972), American football player * Charley Davidson (fl. 1940s), American baseball player {{hndis, Davidson, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Davidson (politician)
Sir Charles William Davidson KBE (14 September 1897 – 29 November 1985) was an Australian politician. He was deputy leader of the Country Party from 1956 to 1963 and represented the party in federal parliament from 1946 to 1963. He served as Postmaster-General of Australia (1956–1963) and Minister for the Navy (1956–1958) in the Menzies Government. Early life Davidson was born on 14 September 1897 in Toowong, Queensland. He was the third child of Marion (née Perry) and Alexander Black Davidson. His mother born in England and his father in Scotland. Davidson attended Townsville Grammar School until 1914 and then found work as a stockman in North Queensland. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1916 and served on the Western Front with the 42nd Battalion. He was wounded in action in September 1918 and returned to Australia. Military service He served in World War I. During World War II, he served in the 42nd Battalion of the Australian Army in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Peers Davidson
Sir Charles Peers Davidson (January 1841 – January 29, 1929) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Born in Huntingdon, Lower Canada to Capt. Alexander Davidson and Marion Peers, Davidson was educated at McGill University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1863, a Master of Arts degree in 1867, a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1873, and a D.C.L. in 1875. He was awarded an honorary LL.D. from McGill in 1912. He was appointed to the Quebec Bar in 1864 and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1876. Charles fathered seven children by his wife, Alice Harriet Mattice (aunt to the namer of Mattice-Val Côté), including Cam and Shirley Davidson (who both won the Stanley Cup) and Thornton Davidson. Tragically both Shirley and Thornton would die by drowning, in 1907 and 1912, respectively — the latter in the RMS ''Titanic'' disaster, drowning with his father-in-law, Charles Melville Hays. Thornton's wife, Orion Hays (later Hickson) (1884 - 1979), survived the 1912 shipwreck, lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Davidson (aviator)
Squadron Leader Charles Robert Davidson MC (1896 – 21 May 1936) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Biography World War I Having served as a cadet in the Officers Training Corps Davidson was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on 17 October 1914. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1916, initially as an observer, before being appointed a flying officer on 5 June 1917. Davidson was posted to No. 14 Squadron in the Middle East, scoring his first victory with them, by driving down an enemy observation plane out of control at Beit Hanun on 23 September 1917, while flying a Vickers Bullet. He then transferred to No. 111 Squadron when it was founded as the fighter unit for the Middle East, and scored his second win on 4 October in a two-seater Bristol F.2 Fighter, which he also used for four more wins, between 17 and 29 December 1917. For one of these triumphs, fellow ace Frederick John K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Davidson (watercolour Painter)
Charles Grant Davidson (30 July 1824 – 19 April 1902)Charles Grant Davidson Cornwall Artists Index, accessed 29 August 2017. was a British watercolour painter. Life Davidson was born in , of Scottish parents, on 30 July 1824, and was left an orphan at an early age. After education at a school in Chelsea, he apprenticed himself to a seedsman and market-gardener in Brompton. At the end of a year he left in order to study music, but finally decided on painting, and worked for some years under , a member of the New Water Co ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Findlay Davidson
Charles Findlay Davidson OBE FRSE FGS MIMM (16 July 1911 - 1 November 1967) was a Scottish geologist. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was Assistant Curator to the Museum of Practical Geology in London and Chief Geologist of the British Geological Survey. Life He was born in Monifieth in northern Scotland on 16 July 1911, the son of John Davidson. His early education was at Morgan Academy in Dundee. He studied Geology and Mineralogy at the University of St Andrews, graduating with a first-class honours BSc in 1933. The university later awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1942. In 1934 he got a post as Assistant Curator within the Geology Section of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. In 1935 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Sir John S Flett, A.D.Peacock, John Pringle, James Alexander Richey and Douglas Alexander Allan. He served as their vice president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Davidson (bishop)
Charles Davidson has been the Bishop of Guyana since 2016. Davidson was born in Mackenzie, Linden, educated at Mackenzie High School, Government Technical Institute in Electrical Craft Practice and at Codrington College, Barbados and University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He was ordained a deacon in 1977 and a priest in 1978. He did post grad work at Princeton Theological Seminary, General Theological Seminary and University of the South, Sewanee. He is a trained mentor and consultant in Congregational Development specializing in church wellness. His previous post was as a parish priest in Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc .... References Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of Guyana Alumni of Codringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Davidson
Charlie Davidson (born January 19, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver/defensive back who played eleven seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Orlando Predators, Albany Firebirds, Nashville Kats, New York CityHawks, New England Sea Wolves, Toronto Phantoms, Colorado Crush and Austin Wranglers. He played college football at Mississippi State University. Professional career Davidson played for the AFL's Orlando Predators in 1996. He played for the Albany Firebirds of the AFL from 1996 to 1997. He played for the Nashville Kats of the AFL in 1997. Davidson played for the AFL's New York CityHawks in 1998. He played for the New England Sea Wolves of the AFL from 1999 to 2000. He played for the AFL's Toronto Phantoms from 2001 to 2002, earning Second Team All-Arena honors in 2001. Davidson signed with the Colorado Crush of the AFL on November 20, 2002 and played for the team during the 2003 season. He played for the Austin Wranglers The Austin Wrangler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
