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David Whittaker (other)
David Whittaker may refer to: * David Whittaker (cricketer) (1857–1901), English cricketer *David Whittaker (video game composer) David Whittaker (born 24 April 1957 in Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury, England) is an English Video game music, video game composer. He is known for writing video game music in most of the 1980s and early 1990s for different formats. Career Wh ... (born 1957), British video game composer * David A. Whittaker (born 1952), American sound editor See also * David Whitaker (other) {{hndis, Whittaker, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Whittaker (cricketer)
David Whittaker (25 October 1857 – 17 December 1901) was an English cricketer active from 1884 to 1888 who played for Lancashire. He was born in Church, Lancashire and died in Rishton. He appeared in nine first-class matches as a lefthanded batsman who bowled left arm medium pace. He scored 128 runs with a highest score of 26 and held four catches. He took one wicket with a best analysis of one for 26. In 1901, Whittaker drowned himself in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branc .... Notes 1857 births 1901 deaths Sportspeople from Church, Lancashire English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Suicides by drowning in England {{england-cricket-bio-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Whittaker (video Game Composer)
David Whittaker (born 24 April 1957 in Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury, England) is an English Video game music, video game composer. He is known for writing video game music in most of the 1980s and early 1990s for different formats. Career Whittaker cited David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Yazoo (band), Yazoo among his influences. Before his video game career, he was in a new romantic band called "Beu Leisure". While composing music, Whittaker directly programmed music; instead of using music composition tools, he used a machine code monitor—then an assembler system or program—while including tools from Supersoft and Commodore International, Commodore. He frequently composed for the format on the Commodore 64 and was impressed with the Amiga's sound capabilities, later using sound effects in his compositions for Amiga. On the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, his most popular compositions are in ''Lazy Jones'', ''Glider Rider (video game), Glider Rider'', ''Global Commander, Armageddo ... [...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 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 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
