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Michael Davidson (other)
Michael Davidson may refer to: * Michael Davidson (poet) (born 1944), American poet * Michael Davidson (singer) (born 1963), singer and songwriter * Michael Davidson (journalist) Michael Childers Davidson (24 February 1897 – 19 November 1975) was a British journalist and memoirist. Life and work Davidson was born in Paddington, on 24 February 1897, into an upper-middle-class family but he was brought up in Guerns ... (1897–1976), English journalist, memoirist and pederast * Michael Davidson (cricketer, born 1970), former English cricketer * Michael Davidson (cricketer, born 1981), New Zealand cricketer * Michael Davidson (cricketer, born 1992), New Zealand cricketer * Michael W. Davidson (1950–2015), American microscopist * Mike Davidson (born 1963), former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand * Michael C. Davidson (died 2015), captain of the SS ''El Faro'' See also * Michael Davison (other) {{hndis, Davidson, Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (poet)
Michael Davidson (born December 18, 1944, in Oakland, California) is an American poet. Life and work Davidson has written eight books of poetry as well as numerous historical, cultural and critical works. He has been affiliated with the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) since 1974 and as a professor of American literature since 1988 with areas of study and research in Modern Poetry, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Disability Studies. Davidson served as the first curator of the Mandeville Department of Special Collections (UCSD) where the George Oppen papers are stored. The Archive for New Poetry is now a major campus, community and international resource for studying post-1945 English-language poetry, and is one of the four largest American poetry collections in the U.S. The archive contains holdings that emphasize the ongoing “countertradition” in recent American writing – particularly the Objectivist poets, the Black Mountain poets, the San Francisco Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (singer)
Michael Davidson (born July 20, 1963 as Michael Jay Davidson in New Jersey) is a singer and songwriter. Career American-born Michael Davidson was signed to Sire Records on the recommendation of Andy Warhol, after the pair became acquainted during a mutual visit to France. Davidson won the record deal after presenting a number of songs he'd cowritten, including his most well known track, "Turn It Up". "Turn It Up" was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and Phil Harding and became a dance hit in 1987. The song was featured in the Madonna movie ''Who's That Girl''. Unlike the movie, the soundtrack to ''Who's That Girl'' became a big international success, spending many weeks in the Top Ten Album Chart in the United States, Europe and Asia. Released on July 21, 1987 the album sold almost 5 million copies worldwide, of which 1 million in the US (Platinum). ''The Washington Post'' described the song as "gratingly banal" and its singer as "one of Madonna's photogenic protegés" J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (journalist)
Michael Childers Davidson (24 February 1897 – 19 November 1975) was a British journalist and memoirist. Life and work Davidson was born in Paddington, on 24 February 1897, into an upper-middle-class family but he was brought up in Guernsey from the ages of one to eleven when the family moved to Bitterne in Hampshire. He was educated at Lancing. Davidson joined the army in 1914 and was wounded at Paschendaele in 1916. After the war, he made an unsuccessful attempt to set himself up as a farmer in South Africa. In 1922, he became a newspaper reporter, initially in Norwich. In 1928, he moved to Berlin where, apart from a stint as a proof-reader in the International Labour Office in Geneva, he was to remain until 1933, supporting himself as a translator of leftist books and articles. He also joined the Communist Party of Germany out of a belief that only it could seriously counter the rise of the Nazis. When Hitler came to power, at great danger to himself, he wrote newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (cricketer, Born 1970)
Michael Joseph Davidson (born 18 October 1970) is a former English cricketer. Davidson was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Penrith, Cumberland. Davidson made his debut for Shropshire in the 1989 Minor Counties Championship against Wales Minor Counties. Davidson played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1989 to 1995, which included 28 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Middlesex in the 1992 NatWest Trophy. In this match, he scored 42 runs before being dismissed by John Emburey. He made a further List A appearance against Somerset in the 1993 NatWest Trophy. He was dismissed for a duck by Keith Parsons in this match. During the same period he played club cricket for Newport in that county.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Davidson was also a professional footballer who has played for Hereford United and Telford United.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (cricketer, Born 1981)
Michael Philip Forbes Davidson (born 24 September 1981 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards in the State Championship New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octo .... References External links * * 1981 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Cricketers from Christchurch 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Davidson (cricketer, Born 1992)
Michael Davidson (born 3 September 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury. He made his first-class debut on 13 February 2016 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield. He made his List A debut on 27 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Ford Trophy The 2015–16 Ford Trophy was the 45th season of the official List A cricket tournament in New Zealand, and the fifth in a sponsorship deal between New Zealand Cricket and Ford Motor Company. The competition ran from 27 December 2015 to 30 Janu .... References External links * 1992 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers Cricketers from Christchurch 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael W
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (fashion designer), Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers Byzantine emperors *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I *Michael II (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian" *Michael III ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Davidson
Michael James Davidson (born 20 July 1963 in Whangārei) is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who swam for the University of Alabama and won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented his native country in three swimming events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 1984 Olympics Before joining the University of Alabama, Davidson swam for his native New Zealand at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where he posted top-16 finishes in the 400 and 1500-metre freestyles. He finished 14th in the 1500 meters, 16th in the 400 meters and 35th in the 200 meters. University of Alabama A distance ace and team captain for the University of Alabama during the late 1980s, Davidson earned All-American honors in the mile and helped lead Alabama to the 1987 Southeastern Conference team title under the direction of legendary UA coach Don Gambril."UA Lists 20 Atletes in Games", ''The Selma Times-Journal'', Selma, Alabama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS El Faro
SS ''El Faro'' was a United States- flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as ''Puerto Rico'', the vessel was renamed ''Northern Lights'' in 1991 and, finally, ''El Faro'' in 2006. She was lost at sea with her entire crew of 33 on October 1, 2015, after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.Slade, Rachel. ''Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of the El Faro''. HarperCollins, New York, 2018. ''El Faro'' departed Jacksonville, Florida, under the command of Captain Michael Davidson, bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 8:10 p.m. EST on September 29, 2015, when then-Tropical Storm Joaquin was several hundred miles to the east. Two days later, after Joaquin had become a Category 4 hurricane, the vessel likely encountered swells of and winds over as she sailed near the storm's eye. Around 7:30 a.m. on October 1, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
