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Kevin Ford (director)
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Kevin Ford may refer to: * Kevin A. Ford (born 1960), U.S. astronaut * Kevin Ford (boxer) (born 1962), retired American heavyweight boxer * Kevin Ford (mathematician) (born 1967), American mathematician * Kevin Ford, a fictional character, codename Wither, appearing in Marvel Comics * Kevin Ford, real name of drum and bass producer DJ Hype Kevin Ford (born May 1968), better known as DJ Hype, is a British jungle and drum and bass producer and DJ. Biography Hype first became involved in music as a teenager in 1982, assisting PJ and Smiley with their sound system Heatwave in Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin A
Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the late nineteenth century, with Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Ford (boxer)
Kevin Ford (born August 3, 1962) is an American former heavyweight professional boxer. Amateur career Ford is a native of Sacramento, California, graduating from Rio Linda High School, but he moved to Houston in 1987 to further his boxing career. He had a stellar amateur career, becoming the 1988 National Golden Gloves super heavyweight champion. Prior to the win, he lost to Riddick Bowe in 1988 Olympic Trials. Professional career Ford turned pro in 1989 and was undefeated in his first 9 bouts before losing to Tony Willis by TKO in 1990. He then lost a decision to Joe Hipp in 1992 and again in 1993. He retired later that year after a TKO loss to James Smith. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 14 Wins (10 knockouts, 4 decisions), 4 Losses (2 knockouts, 2 decision, - , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Result , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record , align= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Ford (mathematician)
Kevin B. Ford (born 22 December 1967) is an American mathematician working in analytic number theory. Education and career Early life Ford received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1990 from the California State University, Chico. He then attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where he completed his doctoral studies in 1994 under the supervision of Heini Halberstam. His dissertation was titled ''The representation of numbers as sums of unlike powers''. Early career (1994–2001) From September 1994 to June 1995 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was then a postdoc at UT Austin until 1998, while also doing software development at the NASA Ames Research Center during the summers of 1997 and 1998. From 1998 to 2001, Ford was an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Professorship (2001–present) He has been a professor in the department of mathematics of UIUC since 2001. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wither (comics)
Dorothy Walker Dorothy Walker is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. She was created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson and first appeared in '' Miss America Magazine'' #2 (November 1944). She was reintroduced in '' The Defenders'' #89 (November 1980) by David Michelinie and Mike Harris as a radical departure from her conception. Dorothy Walker is introduced as Betty Walker, the doting mother of Patsy Walker. This existence is revealed to have been a comic book written by Dorothy and loosely inspired by the teenage Patsy's life. Because of this Patsy was cared for by their housekeeper Dolly Donahue. While Dorothy bathes in the success of her comic, Patsy loathes it and their relationship is heavily strained. When she divorces her husband, Joshua, she gets custody of Patsy and her brother Mickey due to her wealth. Dorothy does not approve of Patsy's marriage to Buzz Baxter and when the two end up divorcing, Dorothy loses contact with her daughter. Years later, Dorothy is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |