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David Evans (British Politician)
David, Dave, or Dai Evans may refer to: Academics * Sir David Emrys Evans (1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal * David Evans (microbiologist) (1909–1984), British microbiologist * David Stanley Evans (1916–2004), British astronomer * David C. Evans (computer scientist) (1924–1998), American computer graphics pioneer * David C. Evans (paleontologist) (born 1980), Canadian paleontologist * David Evans (mathematician) (born 1940), professor of applied mathematics at University of Bristol * David A. Evans (1941–2022), organic chemist at Harvard University * David Andreoff Evans (born 1948), American computational linguist, entrepreneur * David S. Evans (born 1954), economist and lecturer at University College London and the University of Chicago Law School * David Evans (geologist) (born 1970), professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University * David E. Evans (born 1950), professor of mathematics at Cardiff University * David Evans (musicologis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emrys Evans
Sir David Emrys Evans (29 March 1891 – 20 February 1966) was a Wales, Welsh classicist and university principal. Life Evans, from Clydach, Swansea, Clydach, Glamorgan, was educated at Ystalyfera County School, before going on to University College, Bangor, and then Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a Degrees of the University of Oxford#Bachelors' degrees, B. Litt. degree. He taught at the secondary school in Pentre from 1918, before becoming assistant lecturer in classics at Bangor. In 1921, he was appointed as the first professor of classics at Swansea University, and later succeeded Henry Reichel, Sir Henry Reichel as Principal of Bangor. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales and as deputy chairman of the Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom), Boundary Commission for Wales. In the latter years of the Second World War he served as Chair of the Central Advisory Council for Education (Wales), and also chaired the Schools Broadcasting Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (writer)
David Evans (August 7, 1893 – May 20, 1966) was a British screenwriter and novelist. He entered the British film industry during the 1930s where he worked on a number of quota quickies. During the 1940s he was employed on several more prestigious films such as Terence Fisher's '' Portrait from Life'' (1948).Nelmes p.88 From the mid-1950s he switched to the United States working on a final screenplay '' Strange Intruder'' (1956) before switching to television. Selected filmography * ''Boomerang'' (1934) * ''You Must Get Married'' (1936) * ''Landslide'' (1937) * '' Against the Tide'' (1937) * ''Macushla'' (1937) * '' Wise Guys'' (1937) * '' Passenger to London'' (1937) * ''Member of the Jury'' (1937) * '' There Was a Young Man'' (1937) * '' The Five Pound Man'' (1937) * ''Murder in the Family'' (1938) * '' The Londonderry Air'' (1938) * '' Second Thoughts'' (1938) * '' Irish and Proud of It'' (1938) * ''The Villiers Diamond'' (1938) * ''Who Goes Next?'' (1938) * '' What Would You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (MP For Welwyn Hatfield)
David John Evans (23 April 1935 – 22 October 2008) was an English businessman, football club chairman and Conservative politician. Biography Born in Edmonton in London, Evans came from a working-class background and attended Tottenham Technical College. He failed his eleven-plus and as a youngster he showed promise as a footballer and cricketer and played for Aston Villa, although without making any first-team appearances, between 1950 and 1954. An opening batsman, he also played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and Warwickshire County Cricket Club at cricket, although, again, without making any first-team appearances. Luton Town Evans served on the Luton Town Football Club's board of directors from 1977 to 22 May 1990 when he resigned. From November 1984 to 15 June 1989, Evans was the chairman of the club. In 1978, Evans appointed David Pleat as Luton manager, and they won promotion to the Football League First Division in 1982. Later in the 1980s, he presided over a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (Victorian Politician)
David Mylor Evans (born 20 June 1934) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Richmond in Melbourne to grazier Evan Mylor Evans and Constance Muriel, ''née'' Burton-Bradley. He graduated from Melbourne Grammar School and farmed on the family property from 1951. Evans is a former President, Secretary, Treasurer and player of the Moyhu Football Club in the Ovens & King Football League and was awarded Life Membership in 1976. Evans was also President of the Ovens & King Football League from 1975 to 1982 and was awarded life membership in 2014. A member of the National Party, he served as a central party councillor from 1966 to 1980 and state president in 1976, as well as a member of Oxley Shire Council from 1967 to 1976. In 1976 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Eastern. He was parliamentary spokesman on lands from 1976 to 1982, on forests and conservation from 1976 to 1992, on environment from 1983 to 1992 and on economic development fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (Western Australian Politician)
Hywel David Evans AM (20 December 1924 – 3 September 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989, representing the seat of Warren. He was a deputy leader of the party on two occasions, and was a minister in the governments of John Tonkin and Brian Burke. Early life Evans was born in Penygraig, Glamorgan, Wales, and came to Australia as a child. His family settled in Pemberton, a small town in the South West, and he went on to attend Bunbury High School. Evans enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1943, and saw service as a warrant officer in New Guinea and the South-West Pacific. After the war's end, he studied teaching at Claremont Teachers College and the University of Western Australia, and returned to the South West to work. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arthur Evans
David Arthur Evans (February 10, 1915 - December 14, 1989) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Simcoe Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1960 to 1977 as a Conservative member. Background Evans was a salesman who owned a restaurant, a bakery, a clothing store and an apartment building. He was married to Audrey Myrtle Kerr (Died April 29, 1981), they had 4 children. Later to Eileen Alfreda Dixon, daughter of Roy Alfred Dixon and Beatrice Louisa Crumbie. Politics Evans was Mayor of Bradford, Ontario and Warden of Simcoe County. In 1960 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA; ) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal as ... in a by-election. He was re-elected in the elections in 1963, 1967, 1971 and 1975. He served as ... [...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 Ellicott Evans
David Ellicott Evans (March 19, 1788 – May 17, 1850) briefly served as a United States representative from New York (state), New York in 1827. Biography Evans was born in Ellicott City, Maryland, Ellicotts Upper Mills, Maryland. He attended the common schools, moved to New York in 1803 and settled in Batavia, New York, Batavia. He was employed as a clerk and afterward as an accounting clerk with the Holland Land Company. Political career He served as a member of the New York State Senate, and was a member of the council of appointment. Evans was elected as a Jacksonian Party (United States), Jacksonian candidate to the 20th United States Congress, Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation May 2, 1827, before the assembling of Congress. Later career and death He was appointed resident agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827 and served until his resignation in 1837. Evans also engaged in banking, was a delegate to the convention hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (Lord Mayor)
David Treharne Evans (21 April 1849 – August 1907) was a Welsh businessman and politician that served as Lord Mayor of London in 1891. Life Evans was born on 21 April, 1849 at Llantrisant, Glamorganshire to Thomas and Anne Evans. He was senior sheriff of London and Middlesex in 1885-6. On 30 July, 1892, he was made a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George under Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year .... References {{Reflist People from Llantrisant 1849 births 1907 deaths Order of St Michael and St George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David R
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 Evans (MP For Cardiff)
David Evans or Yeuans (by 1523 – 1568), of The Great House, Neath, Glamorgan, was a Welsh politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the Great Council of England, great council of Lords Spi ... for Cardiff Boroughs in March 1553, October 1553, April 1554 and 1559. References 1568 deaths 16th-century Welsh politicians People from Neath Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554 English MPs 1559 Year of birth uncertain {{Wales-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Evans (comedian)
Fayne and Evans were an English comedy duo who were popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. They were Tony Fayne (born Anthony Terence Alfred Senington; 18 January 1924–30 November 2009) and David Evans (David Frank Evans; 10 March 1922–14 February 1980). History They were both born in Bristol, and studied together at Bristol Cathedral School. Together, they devised a routine of impersonations, and won a talent contest in 1940, after which they appeared on Jack Payne's BBC radio show, ''Your Company is Requested''. They were called up for military service, and both served in the Fleet Air Arm, but did not meet up again until they were both working as insurance clerks in 1948, and decided to revive their act. They appeared on ''Variety Bandbox'' in 1949, and frequently on the BBC Light Programme from then on. As well as performing their own routines, they acted as comperes on other shows. According to entertainment historian Richard Anthony Baker, "They were fast, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
