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Dan James
Daniel James or Dan James may refer to: *Dan James (American football) (1937–1987), American football player *Daniel James (boxer), boxer from Trinidad & Tobago known as Gentle Daniel *Daniel James (businessman) (1801–1876), one of the co-founders of Phelps, Dodge & Co. *Daniel James (game developer) (born 1971), British-Canadian video game developer *Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) (1848–1920), Welsh poet and hymn-writer *Daniel James (historian) (born 1948), British historian and expert in Peronism *Daniel James (record producer) (born 1975), Australian music producer and songwriter *Daniel James (singer), a stage name of Colin Heywood *Daniel James (British Army soldier) (born 1962), British Army corporal and interpreter, convicted of espionage *Daniel Willis James (1832–1907), American businessman *Daniel James Jr. (1920–1978), African American USAF general *Daniel Lewis James (1911–1988), American author *Daniel James (footballer) (born 1997), Welsh international footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan James (American Football)
Daniel Anthony James (born August 10, 1937 – July 4, 1987) was a professional American football offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1960 to 1966. He played college football at Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ .... Dan attended Elder High School and the Center was drafted with the eight pick in the first round of the 1959 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He eventually played with the Pittsburgh Steelers and retired in the late 1960s. He then returned home to Cincinnati with his wife and children. References External links * 1937 births 1987 deaths Players of American football from Cincinnati American football offensive linemen Ohio State Buckeyes football players Pittsburgh Steelers players Chicago Bears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (boxer)
Daniel James, also known as Gentle Daniel, (December 26, 1922 – April 8, 2006) was a light-heavyweight boxer from Trinidad & Tobago. He spent time in Belmont Orphanage. He retired in 1953.Daniel “Gentle Daniel” James First Citizens Sports Foundation He was Inducted into WITCO’s Trinidad & Tobago Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. Career James defeated Venezuelan champion Jota Jota Hernandez, American , fellow Trinidadian Ancil “Baba” Adams, and Jamaican champion Syd Brown (boxer), to win the Caribbean ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (businessman)
Daniel James (1801–1876) was one of the three founder partners of Phelps, Dodge & Co., a New York trading organisation established in 1833/4, exporting cotton to England and importing manufactured goods in return such as tin, tin plate, iron and copper. James was born in America but was to live in Liverpool for 47 years running the British side of the business called Phelps, James & Co. The company was to dominate the export market of tinplate from the United Kingdom for three-quarters of a century at a time when Wales was the centre of world production. Early life Daniel James, born in Truxton, New York, was a wholesale grocer who in 1829 married Elizabeth Woodbridge Phelps (born 1807) daughter of merchant Anson Greene Phelps (born 1781). In 1831, Daniel moved to Liverpool with his wife to replace Anson Phelps's existing partner – Elisha Peck – who had spent fifteen years in the job and wanted to return to America. Partnership The Phelps, Peck & Co partnership en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (game Developer)
Daniel James (born 1971, London), is a British-Canadian video game developer based in San Francisco. He is a co-founder and CEO of Three Rings Design, the company behind the MMOGs '' Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates'', ''Bang! Howdy'', '' Whirled'' and '' Spiral Knights''. Biography James was born in 1971 in London, the only child of Allan James, a filmmakewho worked on titles such as '' Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa'' and '' Superman'', and Hope James, an interior designer and art teacher. James attended Holland Park School and Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, and got involved with MUDs early, playing Essex MUD at the age of 12, in 1982. While still at university, he worked as a god on Avalon: The Legend Lives and co-founded the Avalon dial-up service in 1990, moving services to the internet in 1994, the same year that he graduated from the University of Leeds, with a degree in Computer Science and Philosophy. In 1995, he founded another company, Sense Internet. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (Gwyrosydd)
Daniel James (23 January 1848 – 16 March 1920), also known by his bardic name of Gwyrosydd, was a Welsh poet and hymn-writer, best known for writing the words of the popular hymn, "Calon Lân" (published in 1892). Early life Daniel James came from Treboeth in Swansea. His father died when he was young. He became a puddler at Morriston ironworks, and afterwards worked at Landore tinplate works. He began to write verse and assumed the bardic name Gwyrosydd (probably meaning "place of privets" ( & territorial suffix ''-ydd'') or possibly "Gower moorlands" (''Gŵyr'' & ''rhosydd'')). He later found work in Tredegar, Dowlais Ironworks, Blaengarw, and Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff, where he spent 20 years. Later life He returned to Morriston in 1918 to live with his daughter, and died at Tanylan, Morriston on 16 March 1920. He was buried at Mynyddbach Cemetery, and a memorial tablet was placed at Treboeth Public Hall in 1936. Legacy Much of his verse appeared in periodic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (historian)
Daniel James (born August 8, 1948) is a British historian educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, where he received his doctorate in 1979. He is a scholar of Peronism and the working class in Argentina, as well as aspects of Latin American women's history. James was born in Shepperton, England, a suburb of London. He is the son of Morgan and Claribel James. His father was a factory worker and World War II veteran who fought for the Allied Forces as a member of the Welsh Guard in the British Army. He was captured by Nazi forces and imprisoned in Poland before being freed by Russian forces toward the end of the conflict. His mother was a long-time operator at Shepperton Studios. He has taught at Cambridge University, Yale and Duke University. Since 1999 he has occupied the Bernardo Mendel Chair in Latin American History at Indiana University. For his lifelong work, James was the recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim fellowship. List of works *''Resistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (record Producer)
Daniel James (born 21 July 1975) is an Australian record producer and songwriter. His genres include pop, dance, electropop, as well as pop rock. Life and career Early life James was born in Sydney, but grew up briefly in New Zealand until the age of five, when he relocated back to Sydney. Around age 12 he began singing and performing in church, which inspired him to begin a career in music. He started writing songs at the age of 17 and became involved with various touring bands, as well as his solo project Eden. Eden received airplay on 2Day FM, Sydney's top pop station as part of a song competition. Career In 2002 James and wife Leah Haywood met and began writing together on a duet electronic project "Dreamlab"; they went on to write "Top of the World" performed by Mandy Moore featured on the '' Stuart Little 2'' soundtrack. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (singer)
Colin Heywood, also known as Daniel James, is a singer, actor and television presenter. He competed in A Song For Europe 1986 with "No Easy Way to Love" to represent the United Kingdom in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest, but lost to Ryder with "Runner in the Night". He appeared in the 1987 horror film ''Bloody New Year'', hosted "But First This" and was, under the alias of "Daniel James", one half of Yell! Yell! was a British pop duo who had a hit single in 1990 with a cover of "Instant Replay". Overview Yell! consisted of singers Daniel James and Paul Varney. In 1989, they both met manager Jeff Chegwin and decided to form the group. They w .... Daniel has recently appeared in an Age U.K. advertisement. Daniel recently released a podcast for the Stock Aitken Waterman Show, where he talks about music and being part of Yell!, his first meeting with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and releasing Safety In Numbers, as well as being signed by Simon Cowell. References {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James (British Army Soldier)
Daniel James (born Esmail Mohammed Beigi Gamasai, in 1962), is a former British Army corporal who was found guilty of a violation of the Official Secrets Act 1911 for attempting to pass information to Iran. James was formerly the interpreter and sometimes driver for British Army Lieutenant-General Sir David Richards, who commanded the NATO forces in Afghanistan. James speaks fluent Pashtun and Persian. He attempted to pass information to Iran about British activities in Helmand Province. Life in Brighton James used to run the Club New York (a salsa and hip-hop club) in Brighton opposite Churchill Square. He would teach salsa at this club. Arrest and Appearance James' charges were read in the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London and was charged under Section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911. Action was taken very quickly, so that the then Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, had not approved the prosecution before James was told of the charge. The full charge rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Willis James
Daniel Willis James (April 15, 1832 – September 13, 1907) was the son of an American merchant who with his cousin, William Earl Dodge Jr., transformed Phelps, Dodge & Co. from a predominantly mercantile business into one of the largest copper producers in the world. Biography James was born in Liverpool, England, the son of American merchant, Daniel James, who was domiciled in England. His mother, Elizabeth Woodbridge (Phelps), died in 1847 and two years later his father remarried. In that same year James moved to New York to further his education and work in the family business of Phelps, Dodge. The company was run by Anson Greene Phelps and three of his sons-in-law: In New York William Earl Dodge Sr. and James Stokes, and in the UK Daniel James. The primary trade was importing metals to America and exporting cotton to the UK. They had subsidiary interests in lumber, property, railroad and manufacturing. By the time Phelps died in 1853 James had a 5% share in the busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel James Jr
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Danièle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. It has been particularly well-used in Ireland. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lewis James
Daniel Lewis James, (January 14, 1911 – May 18, 1988), was an American writer, best known for his novel, ''Famous All Over Town,'' about Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. He published the novel under his pseudonym, Danny Santiago, and during most of his professional career, he kept his identity a secret. James's own agent Carl Brandt did not know his real name until it was revealed by fellow author and friend, John Gregory Dunne. Some critics call this use of a Latino pseudonym a literary fraud, while others appreciate his contributions to literature, regardless of his race. Although he was white, some critics believed he was able to convey an accurate portrait of the Chicano culture. Early life James was born on January 14, 1911, the son of a wealthy Kansas City businessman Daniel Lewis "D.L." James Sr., (1880-1944) and Mother Lillie Hyatt Snider (1883-1968). His father wrote plays, some of which were staged off Broadway in New York. James grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
