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David Townsend (psychologist) (born 1972), Canadian Progressive Metal musician
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David Townsend may refer to: *David Townsend (botanist) (1787–1858), American botanist and banker * David Wood Townsend (1844–1912), American builder *David Townsend (art director) (1891–1935), American art director * David Townsend (cricketer, born 1912) (1912–1997), English cricketer * David R. Townsend Jr. (born 1943), member of the New York State Assembly *David Townsend (musician) (1955–2005), American musician * David Townsend (rower) (born 1955), British rower * David Townsend (Devon cricketer) (born 1965), former English cricketer See also *Dave Townsend, British songwriter, lyricist, and singer *Devin Townsend Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He founded extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad and was its primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist from 1994 to 2007. He has also h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (botanist)
David Townsend (December 13, 1787 – December 6, 1858) was an American banker, botanist, and civic leader from Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a lifelong friend and business associate of noted botanist William Darlington and was a founder and chief cashier of the National Bank of Chester County. The plant genus '' Townsendia'' was named in his honor. Biography Townsend was born in the village of Pughtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Quaker farmers Samuel and Priscilla Yarnell Townsend. He studied elementary math and English at a local country school and became a clerk in the office of the Register and Recorder of Chester County in 1810. He moved to West Chester that year and lived in the borough until his death. He was elected as a commissioner of Chester County in 1813 and became county treasurer in 1816. In 1814, he became a founding director of the National Bank of Chester County, where he held the position of chief cashier from 1817 to 1849. His friend Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wood Townsend
David Wood Townsend (July 18, 1844 – March 8, 1912) was an American builder. Townsend was a business owner and builder in Western Iowa. Starting out representing Knapp, Stout & Co. Lumber, he later owned and operated several Townsend Bros. Lumber Yards both in Iowa and Nebraska. In 1882, he oversaw the building of the Plymouth County Bank building. In 1884, Townsend and J. M. Starbuck contracted to build the Ida County Courthouse. In 1884, Townsend was contracted to build the school house at Cherokee, Iowa. In 1886, Townsend contracted and oversaw the building of the Marshall County Courthouse (Iowa) and the court house at Council Bluffs and built a hotel at Sioux City. That same year he also added another story to the Sioux City Journal building in Sioux City. In 1898, he contracted with Cutting & Willett and K of P Lodge at Oto, Woodbury county, Iowa to build a two story brick building with the lodge taking the top floor. Some of the buildings are listed in the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (art Director)
David Wood Townsend (November 2, 1891 – August 5, 1935) was an American art director. Career 1919 secretary/treasurer of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1920 sales manager of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. 1921 vice president of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company in Denver. From 1919 through 1921, Art-o-Graf produced the following films: " Miss Arizona (1919 Film)", "Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)", " The Desert Scorpion", " Finders Keepers (1921 Film)", and Out of the Depths (1921 Film). 1922 President of the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Film Company" in Denver. There were plans by the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Company" to build "Sunshine Studios" at Tim McCoy's Owl Creek Dude ranch in order to shoot a film titled, "The Dude Wrangler" written by Caroline Lockhart. The project was abandoned. He was also still listed as a scenario writer for Art-O-Graf Film company. His work with MGM: 1927 "Frisco Sally Levy" (art dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (cricketer, Born 1912)
David Charles Humphrey Townsend (20 April 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an English cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1935. Born in Norton, County Durham, David Townsend was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He was a right-handed batsman, sometimes used as an opener, who holds the record of being the last cricketer to have played Test cricket for England without playing for one of the first-class English counties. Townsend's first-class cricket was principally for Oxford University and he won his Blue in the University match in 1933 and 1934. But his other cricket was mainly for Durham, which was at that time one of the Minor Counties. After two good university seasons, Townsend was picked for a rather makeshift Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side that toured the West Indies in 1934-35 under Bob Wyatt. He opened in three of the four Tests but was not a success, and the series as a whole was won by the West Indian cricket team, the side's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David R
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (musician)
David Edward Townsend (May 17, 1955 – October 26, 2005) was an American musician best known as the guitarist for the R&B band Surface. Biography Early years Townsend was born in 1955 in Inglewood, California, the son of Ed Townsend, a singer-songwriter famous for the song "For Your Love" and the co-writer and producer of "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye in 1972.Thedeadrockstarsclub.com – accessed February 2011 The younger Townsend showed an interest in music from an early age and soon learned to play an array of instruments, including the guitar, piano and synthesiser. Early career Grew up in . After graduating f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (rower)
David G. H. Townsend (born 28 August 1955) is a British rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Townsend was part of the eight that at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, the crew finished 9th overall after a third-place finish in the B final. The following year he was a crew member of the British boat which finished twelfth in the coxless four event at the 1976 Olympic Games. In 1978 along with John Beattie, Ian McNuff, and Martin Cross, he was a member of the British coxless four boat, coached by David Tanner which won the bronze medal in the World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro Lake Karapiro () is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River at Karapiro, south-east of Cambridge in New Zealand's North Island. The lake was formed in 1947 by the damming of the Waikato River to store water for the 96-megawatt Karap ..., New Zealand behind Russia and East Germany. The following year in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Townsend (Devon Cricketer)
David Edward John Townsend (born 26 October 1965) is a former English cricketer. Townsend was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Tiverton, Devon. Townsend made his debut for Devon in the 1993 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. From 1993 to 2002, he represented the county in 10 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire. His MCCA Knockout Trophy debut for the county came against Dorset in 1993. He played one further Trophy match for Devon, which came in 2002 against Wiltshire. He also represented Devon in a single List A match against Derbyshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he scored 29 runs before being bowled by Matthew Vandrau. His younger brother, Gareth, played first-class cricket for Somerset. He also played List A cricket for Surrey, Devon and a combined Minor Counties team. References External linksDavid Townsendat Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Townsend
Dave Townsend is a British songwriter, lyricist, and singer, and was born in Somerset, in South West England. Aside from a solo career, he was also a vocalist for The Alan Parsons Project, singing lead vocals on "Don't Let it Show" on the album, '' I Robot'' (1977), and "You Won't Be There" from '' Eve'' (1979). Townsend wrote the song " Miss You Nights" in 1974 while his girlfriend was away on holiday, and recorded it on an album for Island Records, but the label shelved the album and offered the songs to other artists as covers. Cliff Richard recorded it in September 1975, and Townsend (as the composer) was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in 1977 for "Best Middle of the Road Song," although the winner was John Miles for " Music." His debut album, ''Making Up the Numbers'', was produced by Robin Geoffrey Cable and released on the Mercury label in September 1978, under the name ''David'' Townsend. A single, "When I Kiss You," backed with "High Endeavours," was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
