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Alan White (inventor)
Alan White may refer to: Music *Alan White (DJ) (born 1941), American disc jockey * Alan White (Oasis drummer) (born 1972), English drummer in rock group Oasis * Alan White (Yes drummer) (1949–2022), English drummer in rock group Yes Sports * Alan White (Australian footballer) (1933–2018), Australian rules footballer *Alan White (English footballer) (born 1976), English footballer Other *Alan White (American philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher *Alan White (actor) (1924–2013), Australian actor *Alan White (economist), University of Toronto finance professor *Alan White (novelist) (1924–2003), English novelist, author of ''The Long Day's Dying'' *Alan White (RAF officer) (born 1932), British air marshal *Alan David White (1923–2020), American physicist *Alan R. White (1922–1992), Irish philosopher *Alan White, British Committee of 100 (United Kingdom) signatory See also *Allan White (1915–1993), English cricketer * Allan White (footballer) (1915–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (DJ)
Alan R. White (born October 27, 1941), is an American Top 40 disc jockey, pioneering nightclub DJ, booking agent, talent manager, record producer, disco innovator, nightclub operator and promoter, radio and television personality, dance event promoter, an internet broadcasting pioneer, and author. Early life White was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on October 27, 1941. He is the only child of Ray E. & Doris P. White. During his youth, the family would later relocate to Torrington in northwestern Connecticut. As a youngster, White was a student at Rumsey Hall School from 1952 until his graduation in 1956. Musician White dropped out of high school in 1957, and worked various jobs in and around Torrington. In 1958, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he worked during the day in the IBM department of Loyola Federal Savings and Loan, and played drums by night at some of Baltimore's red light district nightclubs, in an area famously known as "The Block." In his late teen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (RAF Officer)
Air Vice-Marshal George Alan White, (born 11 March 1932) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell. RAF career Educated at Wallace High School in Lisburn, Queen's University Belfast and the University of London, White joined the Royal Air Force in 1956.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, After seeing action at Chiang Mai during the Laotian Civil War in the early 1960s and then serving with Middle East Command in the late 1960s, he then became Officer Commanding No. 5 Squadron in 1970, followed by appointments as Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1973, Director of Operations (Air Defence and Overseas) in 1977 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters No. 11 Group in 1979. He went on to be Air Commodore Plans at Strike Command in 1981, Deputy Commander Royal Air Force Germany in 1982 and Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell The RAF Staff College at Bracknell was a Royal Air Force staff colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan White
Allan Frederick Tinsdale White (5 September 1915 – 16 March 1993) was an English amateur first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for both Warwickshire and Worcestershire, captaining the latter county between 1947 and 1949, though sharing the captaincy with Bob Wyatt in the last of those three seasons. He also played for Cambridge University, as well as making a single appearance for Free Foresters. Curiously, he passed fifty 26 times without ever going on to score a century. Early life and education Born in Earlsdon, Coventry, White was educated at Uppingham School before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge. He made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Sussex in May 1936, scoring 93 (which was to remain his highest score for the university) before being out lbw to the bowling of Charles Oakes. He won his blue that season, playing in the Varsity Match at Lord's where he made 19 and 5. He also played six games for Warwickshire in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors From The United Kingdom To Bolivia
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bolivia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in La Paz. Early diplomats * 1837–1842: Belford Hinton Wilson ''Chargé d'Affaires''.J. Haydn, ''Book of Dignities'' (1851), 87. * 1842–1848: William Pitt Adams ''Chargé d'Affaires''. * 1848–1851: Hon. Frederick Bruce ''Chargé d'Affaires'' (Consul-General from 1847). * 1851–1853: John Augustus Lloyd ''Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General''. Diplomatic relations were suspended in October 1853. Bolivia was combined with Peru until 1910. * 1874–1884: Spenser St. John, ''Minister Resident and Consul-General''. ** 1882–1884: Alfred St John, ''Acting Consul-General at Lima''. * 1884–1894: Charles Edward Mansfield, ''Minister Resident at Lima''. * 1894–1898: Henry Michael Jones, ''Minister Resident at Lima''. * 1898–1908: William Nelthorpe Beauclerk, ''Minister Resident and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (diplomat)
Alan White may refer to: Music * Alan White (DJ) (born 1941), American disc jockey *Alan White (Oasis drummer) (born 1972), English drummer in rock group Oasis *Alan White (Yes drummer) (1949–2022), English drummer in rock group Yes Sports * Alan White (Australian footballer) (1933–2018), Australian rules footballer * Alan White (English footballer) (born 1976), English footballer Other * Alan White (American philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher *Alan White (actor) (1924–2013), Australian actor *Alan White (economist), University of Toronto finance professor * Alan White (novelist) (1924–2003), English novelist, author of ''The Long Day's Dying'' *Alan White (RAF officer) (born 1932), British air marshal * Alan David White (1923–2020), American physicist *Alan R. White (1922–1992), Irish philosopher *Alan White, British Committee of 100 (United Kingdom) The Committee of 100 was a British anti-war group. It was set up in 1960 with a hundred public si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee Of 100 (United Kingdom)
The Committee of 100 was a British anti-war group. It was set up in 1960 with a hundred public signatories by Bertrand Russell, Ralph Schoenman, Michael Scott, and others. Its supporters used mass nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to achieve their aims. History The idea of a mass civil disobedience campaign against nuclear weapons emerged early in 1960 in discussions between Ralph Schoenman (an activist in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)), and Hugh Brock, April Carter (both of the Direct Action Committee against nuclear war), Ralph Miliband, Alan Lovell and Stuart Hall. Schoenman approached Bertrand Russell, the president of CND, with the idea. Russell resigned from the presidency of CND in order to form the Committee of 100, which was launched at a meeting in London on 22 October 1960 with a hundred signatures. Russell was elected as president and Michael Randle of the Direct Action Committee was appointed secretary. Russell explained his reasons f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan R
Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan *Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor * Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración *Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer *Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" *Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) * Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) *Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) *Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott *Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan David White
Alan David White (1923 — 9 May 2020) was an American physicist, known primarily as one of the inventors of the visible helium-neon laser. Biography After completing his military service during World War II, White graduated due to the G.I. Bill. He earned degrees in physics and mathematics from Rutgers University and Syracuse University. From 1953 to 1983 he worked at Bell Laboratories. Then he was a scientific consultant for Tropel Corp. He was fond of art, in particular, sculpture. For his achievements he was awarded the 1984 IEEE David Sarnoff Award, and in 2000 he was elected to the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Scientific achievements The first gas laser, using a mixture of helium and neon, was demonstrated in 1960 and emitted radiation at a wavelength of 1.15 μm (infrared range). Two years later, White, together with Dane Rigden, showed that a helium-neon laser can emit radiation at a wavelength of 632.8 nm, i.e., in the visible range of the spectrum. In subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (novelist)
Alan White (23 February 1924 – February 2003) was an English novelist and journalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "Alec Haig", "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney". Under the pseudonym "Joe Balham" he wrote seven novels based on ''The Sweeney'' television series. His novel ''The Long Day's Dying '' was made into a 1968 film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', as well as two highly successful musical films, '' Funny Girl'' and ''Oliver!'', the former earning Barbra Streisand the Ac ... directed by Peter Collinson. White wrote mysteries, as well as war and adventure novels. White died in Salisbury, Wiltshire in February 2003. Bibliography Novels Written as Alan White * ''The Long Day's Dying'' (1962) (American title: ''Death Finds the Day'') * ''The Wheel'' (1966) * ''The Long Night's Walk'' (1968) * ''Long Dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (Oasis Drummer)
Alan Victor "Whitey" White (born 26 May 1972) is an English drummer, best known as the drummer of the rock band Oasis from 1995 to 2004. Before Oasis, he was the drummer of Starclub from 1991 to 1994. He is the longest-serving drummer in Oasis's history, performing on four studio albums and one song on ''Don't Believe the Truth'', two compilation albums, and one live album during his tenure. He joined the band in April 1995 after the band's original drummer Tony McCarroll was removed. He was recommended to Noel Gallagher by Gallagher's friend Paul Weller. Notably, Alan's brother, Steve, had been a longtime drummer for Weller. White left Oasis in early 2004 and was replaced by Zak Starkey, drummer of The Who and son of The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr. Career Idha, Starclub and Dr Robert (1987–1995) In 1988, White auditioned to join future Oasis member Gem Archer's band Whirlpool. "He came down and just blew us all away," remembers Archer. "I thought he was mega but the othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (economist)
__NOTOC__ Alan D. White is a University of Toronto finance professor, a specialist in financial engineering, best known for the Hull–White model, Hull-White interest rate model and associated numerical methods, numerical procedures, authored with John C. Hull (economist), John Hull. He is the Peter L. Mitchelson/SIT Investment Associates Foundation Chair in Investment Strategy and Professor of Finance at the Rotman School of Management. He is the associate editor of ''Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis'' and the ''Journal of Derivatives''. Previously, he was assistant professor at York University. His highest cited paper is ''The pricing of options on assets with stochastic volatilities'' at 4900 citations, according to Google Scholar. His research is in the areas of Employee stock option, executive stock options, the rating of structured finance products and in best practice risk management approaches. With John Hull, he has made "seminal contributionto the literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan White (actor)
Alan White (3 January 1925 – 4 October 2013) was an Australian actor who worked extensively in radio and on stage. He later moved to England and had a successful career there. He was mentored by Peter Finch. His television credits included '' Ghost Squad'', ''Danger Man'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', ''The Prisoner'' (in the episode '' Dance of the Dead''), ''The Champions'', ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Tenth Planet''. He also appeared in a number of British films, including '' No Time for Tears'' (1957) and '' Seven Keys'' (1961). References External links *Alan White's Australian theatre creditsat AusStageAlan Whiteat National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ... Australian male stage actors 1925 births 2013 deaths Australian male v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
