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Dave Thomson (hammer Thrower)
David Thomson may refer to: Business * David Couper Thomson (1861–1954), Scottish publisher, founder of D. C. Thomson & Co. * David Kinnear Thomson (1910–1992), Scottish businessman * David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 1957), Canadian businessman Entertainment * David Thomson (film critic) (born 1941), American-based British film critic * David Thomson (writer) (1914–1988), writer and radio producer * Dave Thomson (born 1982/83), Canadian songwriter, record producer and former member of Wave Politics * David Thomson (Labor Party politician) (1856–1926), Australian politician * David Thomson (New Zealand politician) (1915–1999), New Zealand politician * David Thomson (Australian National Party politician) (1924–2013), Australian politician Sports * David Thomson (footballer, born 1847) (1847–1876), Welsh international footballer * David Thomson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–?), Scottish footballer (Dundee FC and Scotland) * Dave Thomson (footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson Deputy lieutenant, DL (6 August 1861 – 12 October 1954) was a newspaper proprietor and founder of the newspaper and publishing company D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd in Dundee, Scotland. Early life Thomson was raised in Newport-on-Tay, Fife by his mother, Margaret Couper, and his father, William Thomson (18 June 1817 – unknown), who was a successful draper and later a shipowner and, in 1884, became the major shareholder of the Dundee Courier & Daily Argus. Thomson was sent to the family shipping business in Glasgow and in 1886, at his father's request, Thomson moved back to Dundee to become the general manager of the paper. The other son, Frederick Thomson (10 April 1864 – 4 September 1917), joined the company in 1888. Career DC Thomson was founded with £60,000 capital. William, David and Frederick had all but four of the company shares which were valued at £10 per share. Each wife had an allocation of one share; the remaining share belonged to Frances Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Thomson (footballer, Born 1943)
Davie Thomson (born 14 February 1942) was a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Youth career Thomson played for the prodigious Drumchapel Amateur F.C. as a youth and was also selected to represent his country at School Boy level in the Victory Shield in 1956 and 1957. Career Thomson began his career at Clyde and won 3 caps for the Scotland Amateur team. With various clubs vying for his signature, he eventually choose to sign for Clyde straight out of school in 1957 at 15 years old. As he was just 15, he was only able to sign on an amateur contract He made his Clyde debut against Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) on 20 February 1960, in a 4-2 win at Broomfield Park. Going on to play a total of 4 times in the League in the 1959–60 Scottish Division One season. His first senior goal came again against Airdrie, scoring in a 2-0 win on 24 December 1960. He played 13 times that season in the 1960–61 Scottish Division One. With the season culminating in him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David K
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an 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 " 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, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 32; Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets (band), Love and Rockets. He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, ''Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick)'', in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, and ''The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse'' in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory. David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Landsborough Thomson
David Landsborough Thomson F.R.S.C., (1901–1964) was a Canadian biochemist, best known for the co-discovery of Adrenocorticotropic hormone (adreno-cortical thyroid hormone or ACTH) and as the vice-principal of McGill University. ACTH was co-discovered by Evelyn M. Anderson, James Collip and Thomson. In a paper published in 1933, they explained its function in the body. Born in Scotland, Thomson earned BSc and MA degrees from the University of Aberdeen, then a PhD in biochemistry from Cambridge University under the eye of Nobel laureate Frederick Gowland Hopkins. After further studies in Europe, he moved to Montreal, joining the McGill faculty in 1928. At McGill, he was Gilman Cheney Professor of Biochemistry from 1937 to 1960, dean of the faculty of graduate studies and research from 1942 to 1963, and the vice-principal from 1955 to 1963. He served on the National Research Council of Canada, the Defence Research Board and the Scientific Research Bureau of Quebec. He received an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cleghorn Thomson
David Cleghorn Thomson (9 October 1900 – 23 April 1980), was a Scottish journalist, author, poet, playwright, and Liberal and Labour Party politician. He was notably Director of the BBC's Scottish Region. Background Thomson was born in Edinburgh, the son of Dr John Thomson FRCPE and his wife, Isobel Macphail. The family lived at 14 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh's fashionable West End. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, the University of Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford. Professional career In 1923 Thomson was the Editor of Oxford Poetry, a literary magazine. From 1926 to 1933 he was Director of the BBC's Scottish Region. In 1931 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Francis Albert Eley Crew, Robert Kerr Hannay, Sir James Walker and John (Ian) Bartholomew. He later resigned from the Society. In 1960 and 1961, Thomson edited ''Saltire Review'', a magazine of Scottish arts, letters and life published by the Saltire Society. Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David And Mary Thomson
David and Mary Thomson were Scottish immigrants from Westerkirk, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and they were the first official European settlers in what later became Scarborough, Ontario. David Thomson (1760–1834) and Mary Glendenning Thomson (1767–1847) arrived in Upper Canada in 1796, landing in Newark, Upper Canada, then went to York, Upper Canada. David Thomson worked as a stonemason, but they moved to Scarborough in 1799 by acquiring farmland. He and his brother Archibald (who arrived in Canada in 1773) expanded their land holdings in Scarborough, becoming one of the most important families in the area. The Thomsons are buried at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church near their Thomson Settlement, in what is now known as Thomson Memorial Park. Descendants of Archibald Thomson include the late Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, his son Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and grandson David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet. See also * David and Mary Thomson Collegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thomson (historian)
David Thomson (13 January 1912 – 24 February 1970) Beales, Derek"Thomson, David (1912–1970)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2024. was an English historian who wrote several books about British and European history. Education Thomson was born in Edinburgh, the son of a printer. He was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow, and was then a Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, from 1931 to 1934. where he took first-class honours with distinction in both parts of the Historical Tripos. He had a long association with the college and was subsequently a Research Fellow, a Fellow and finally Master. Career He worked as a university lecturer in history and was a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York. His works included ''Europe Since Napoleon'' (Longmans, 1957); ''World History from 1914 to 1961'' (1963); ''Democracy in France since 1870'' (1964) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thomson (bishop)
David Thomson (born 2 February 1952) is a British retired Church of England bishop. From 2008 to 2013, he was the Bishop of Huntingdon, sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Ely. Early life Thomson was born in Sunderland, County Durham, where his father, Ronald, was assistant curate; the family moved to the Sheffield area two years later (Ronald was curate of Attercliffe until 1957, and then Vicar of Shiregreen; he has since become an honorary canon of Sheffield). David was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, followed by Keble College, Oxford, where he was awarded his Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degrees in 1978. He trained for the ministry at Westcott House (1978–1981) and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he studied theology (Selwyn awarded his Bachelor of Arts in 1980 and his Cambridge MA in 1984). Ordained ministry Thomson was made a deacon at Petertide 1981 (28 June) and ordained a priest the Petertide following (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford Cardinal Track And Field
The Stanford Cardinal track and field team is the track and field program that represents Stanford University. The Cardinal compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team is based in Stanford, California at the Cobb Track and Angell Field. The program is coached by J. J. Clark. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports. The men's team most recently won the 2000 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in large part due to their distance runners. Postseason AIAW The Panthers have had 4 AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships. NCAA , a total of 198 men and 81 women have achieved individual first-team All-America The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed on outstanding athletes in the United States who are considered to be amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Thomson (hammer Thrower)
David Thomson may refer to: Business * David Couper Thomson (1861–1954), Scottish publisher, founder of D. C. Thomson & Co. * David Kinnear Thomson (1910–1992), Scottish businessman * David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 1957), Canadian businessman Entertainment * David Thomson (film critic) (born 1941), American-based British film critic * David Thomson (writer) (1914–1988), writer and radio producer * Dave Thomson (born 1982/83), Canadian songwriter, record producer and former member of Wave Politics * David Thomson (Labor Party politician) (1856–1926), Australian politician * David Thomson (New Zealand politician) (1915–1999), New Zealand politician * David Thomson (Australian National Party politician) (1924–2013), Australian politician Sports * David Thomson (footballer, born 1847) (1847–1876), Welsh international footballer * David Thomson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–?), Scottish footballer (Dundee FC and Scotland) * Dave Thomson (footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Thomson (footballer, Born 1938)
Dave Thomson (2 February 1938 – 28 January 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer. Thomson was part of the Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently compete in the after winning the 2022–23 Scottish League One title. Dunfermline play at ... team that won the 1960–61 Scottish Cup, scoring the opening goal with a header in the 67th minute. Thomson died on 28 January 2016 at the age of 77. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Dave 1938 births 2016 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Scottish Football League players English Football League players Bo'ness United F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Linlithgow Rose F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players People from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
