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David Burt
David Burt may refer to: * David Raitt Robertson Burt (1899–1983), Scottish zoologist * David Burt (cricketer) (1901–?), New Zealand cricketer * Dave Burt (born 1937), Australian rules footballer * David Burt (actor) (born 1953), British actor * David Burt (filtering advocate) (fl. 1992–2007), American librarian and content-control software advocate * David Burt (politician) (born 1979), Bermudan politician {{hndis, Burt, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Raitt Robertson Burt
David Raitt Robertson Burt (1899–1983) was a Scottish zoologist with strong links to Ceylon. St Andrews University’s Burt Memorial Lecture is named after him. He is also credited with mounting the Bell Pettigrew Museum collection in the Zoology Department. Life He was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 19 June 1899. He attended Kirkcaldy High School. In the First World War he joined the Black Watch and reached the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was not discharged until 1919. In 1924 he moved to Ceylon to lecture in Zoology at University College, Ceylon. He was promoted to Professor of Zoology in 1939. In 1946 he returned to Scotland to lecture at St Andrews University. His students included the marine biologist Norman Tebble FRSE. In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being, amongst others, D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. St Andrews University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate (DSc) in 1976. He died at home in St Andrews on 8 May 1983. Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Burt (cricketer)
David Burt (born 28 November 1901, date of death unknown) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Wellington in 1924/25. See also * List of Wellington representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Wellington cricket team. Wellington played its first first-class match in November 1873 against Auckland at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The team ha ... References External links * 1901 births Year of death missing New Zealand cricketers Wellington cricketers Cricketers from Auckland 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Burt
Dave Burt (born 1937) is an Australian rules footballer who played in 1957 with Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burt, Dave 1937 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Ivanhoe Amateurs Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Burt (actor)
David Burt (born 1953) is a British actor, known primarily for his many and wide-ranging West End performances. David Burt is the son of Pip Hinton, better known for her role in '' Crackerjack'' alongside Eamonn Andrews and later Leslie Crowther. He graduated from RADA. His West End theatre work includes Enjolras and Javert in ''Les Misérables'', Anatoly Sergievsky in ''Chess'', Pontius Pilate in ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', Orin Scrivello in ''Little Shop of Horrors'', Agustín Magaldi in '' Evita'', Munkustrap in ''Cats'', and John Jasper in '' The Mystery of Edwin Drood''. He has also played many leading roles at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television work includes '' The Trojan Horse'', '' Poldark'' and ''The Merchant of Venice''. Burt played the flamboyant Count Fosco opposite Yvette Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's '' The Woman in White'' at the Palace Theatre (2005) and was featured as Captain Andy Hawks in ''Show Boat'' at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Burt (filtering Advocate)
David Burt is a former librarian and a longtime advocate for content-control software. Burt's research on Internet filtering and the problems allegedly associated with unfiltered Internet access have been cited by both the United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States in upholding the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). He is discussed in various sources such as the book '' Pornified''. Early life and career David Burt completed an undergraduate degree in history and a masters of library science from the University of Washington in 1992. He worked for the New York Public Library for three years, then worked at the Lake Oswego, Oregon Public Library as an information technology manager from 1996 to 2000. Since then he has worked with filtering software companies. Filtering Facts In July 1997, his concerns about children potentially being exposed to pornography on the Internet led him to start Filtering Facts, a nonprofit organization that encouraged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |