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David Newman (other)
David Newman may refer to: Entertainment *David "Fathead" Newman (1933–2009), American jazz saxophonist *David Newman (screenwriter) (1937–2003), American screenwriter *David Newman (composer) (born 1954), American composer * David Newman (singer) (born 1963), aka Durga Das, American singer/songwriter Sports * Dave Newman (footballer) (1923–1995), Australian footballer for Melbourne * Dave Newman (Canadian football) (born 1956), former Canadian Football League wide receiver Other * David Newman (politician) (born 1944), Canadian politician * David Newman (priest) (born 1954), Archdeacon of Loughborough since 2009 * David Newman (political geographer) (born 1956), British/Israeli political geographer *David Newman (physicist) David E. Newman is a professor in the physics department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has a Ph.D. in plasma physics Plasma () is a state of matter characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in an ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles. The AllMusic Guide to Jazz wrote that "there have not been many saxophonists and flutists more naturally soulful than David 'Fathead' Newman." Newman was a leading proponent of the "Texas Tenor" saxophone style, a big-toned, bluesy approach popularized by jazz tenor players from that state. Early life Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas, United States, on February 24, 1933, but grew up in Dallas, where he studied first the piano and then the saxophone. According to one account, he got his nickname "Fathead" in school when "an outraged music instructor used it as an epithet after catching Newman playing a Sousa march from memory rather than from reading the sheet music, which rested upside down on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (screenwriter)
David Newman (February 4, 1937 – June 27, 2003) was an American screenwriter. From the late 1960s through the early 1980s he frequently collaborated with Robert Benton. He was married to fellow writer Leslie Newman, with whom he had two children, until his death in 2003 from a stroke. Career Newman studied at the University of Michigan. He went to work at ''Esquire'' magazine where he met Robert Benton. The two of them wrote ''Bonnie and Clyde'' which made them highly in demand in Hollywood. From the University of Michigan ''GARGAlum Newsletter'', 2002: "David Newman, 1958 University of Michigan humor magazine Gargoyle editor, has been nominated for the Academy Award, won the New York Film Critics Award, the National Society of Film Critics Award, and three Writers Guild of America Awards for various screen plays including '' Bonnie & Clyde'' nd''Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (composer)
David Louis Newman (born March 11, 1954) is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning more than thirty years, he has composed music for nearly 100 feature films, as well as the 1997 and 1998 versions of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. He received an Academy Award nomination for writing the score to the 1997 film ''Anastasia'', contributing to the Newmans being the most nominated Academy Award extended family, with a collective 92 nominations in various music categories. Life and career Newman was born on March 11, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mississippi-born Martha Louis (née Montgomery) and Hollywood composer Alfred Newman. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants.MacDonald, Laurence E. ''The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History'', Scarecrow Press (2013) He is the older brother of Thomas Newman, Maria Newman and the cousin of Randy Newman, all of whom are also composers. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (singer)
David Newman was a sacred chant master, recording artist, singer/songwriter, best-selling author, and inspirational teacher. David, also known as Durga Das, traveled extensively sharing his music and teachings on the path of love as a vehicle for spiritual awakening. Biography Newman's love of music began early when his Uncle bought him a guitar at age 13. He pursued a BA in music, graduating in 1986 from Bowdoin College in Maine. He performed as a singer-songwriter until 1988 and then worked as a music publisher in Los Angeles from 1988 to 1990. Becoming disenchanted with the business side of music,Yoga Magazine UK, May 2006 issue Newman moved to New York City to study law. During his time at Cardozo Law School, Newman began to study yoga and found himself devoting several hours a day to it, a practice that he found improved his focus and ability to respond to the stresses of his classes. In 1992, less than a month after passing the bar exam and obtaining a J.D., Newman opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Newman (footballer)
Dave Newman (28 February 1923 – 4 February 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne 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 *Profileon Collingwood Forever {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Dave 1923 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players 1995 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Newman (Canadian Football)
Dave Newman is a former award winning Canadian Football League (CFL) wide receiver. Newman played his college football at University of Missouri. In his first CFL season, with the Toronto Argonauts, he caught 50 passes for 823 yards and 10 touchdowns, winning him the Frank M. Gibson Trophy as top rookie in the CFL East and an All-Star selection.1980 CFL Record Book He later played with the Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded on September 19, 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup cham .... After 6 seasons he retired having caught 196 passes for 3145 yards and 35 touchdowns (one on a punt return). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Dave Toronto Argonauts players Ottawa Rough Riders players Players of Canadian football from Missouri 1956 births Living people Missouri Tigers football players Canadian F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (politician)
David Gerald Newman, (born August 18, 1944) is a lawyer and former politician in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since December 1999, after service in public office, he returned to private practice at the law firm Pitblado LLP. Newman serves as an advocate, negotiator and dispute resolver. Newman serves as a facilitator of restorative justice processes and as an educator and servant leader in the field of peace, conflict resolution and human rights. Early life and education The son of Walter C. Newman and Jean MacHray, he was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and educated at the University of Manitoba and Dalhousie University, receiving an LL.B. from the latter institution in 1968. He joined the law firm of ''Newman, MacLean'' in 1968, and became a partner in 1973. He was called to the Manitoba bar in 1969. Newman founded the firm of ''Newman & Company'' in 1978, and was a senior partner in ''Pitblado and Hoskin'' (now Pitblado LLP) from 1985 to 1995, serving as its Managing Partner 1987-88 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (priest)
David Maurice Frederick Newman (born 23 August 1954) is a Church of England priest and retired Archdeacon of Loughborough. Biography Newman was born in Woking on 23 August 1954, educated at Hertford College, Oxford (he gained his MA Oxon) and ordained in 1980. After curacies at Christ Church, Orpington and St Mary's, Bushbury he held incumbencies at All Saints, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, Emmanuel, Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a popula ... and St Mary-in- Charnwood.NEWMAN, David Maurice Frederick’, Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010; online edn, Oct 201accessed 24 Nov 2011/ref> He retired effective 27 March 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (political Geographer)
David Newman OBE (Hebrew: דיויד ניומן; born 4 July 1956) is a British-Israeli scholar in political geography and geopolitics. He is a professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Department of Politics and Government and was this department's first chairperson. Newman also served for many years as chief editor of the academic journal ''Geopolitics'' and as dean of BGU's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Childhood and education David Newman was born in London in 1956. He grew up in North London, where both his father and grandfather were Rabbis at various synagogues. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Queen Mary College at the University of London (1978) and a PhD in Geography and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Durham (1981). He completed his PhD (1981) on the topic of Gush Emunim and West Bank Settlement Activity under the tutelage of political geographer Professor Gerald Blake. In 1982 he immigrated to Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Newman (physicist)
David E. Newman is a professor in the physics department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has a Ph.D. in plasma physics Plasma () is a state of matter characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons. It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe, mostly in stars (including th ... and conducts research on transport dynamics in fusion energy using numerical and complex systems models. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American nuclear physicists Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers {{US-physicist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |