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Danks is a surname. People with this surname include: * Aaron Danks (born 1985), English football coach * Clayton Danks (1879–1970), Wyoming rodeo champion *Dale Danks (1939–2021), American politician and lawyer * David Miles Danks (1931–2003), Australian medical geneticist * John Danks (born 1985), American baseball pitcher *John Danks & Son, manufacturer and hardware merchant family of Melbourne, Australia *Joseph Danks (born 1962), American spree killer * Mark Danks (born 1984), English football striker *Sharon Gamson Danks Sharon Gamson Danks is an American environmental planner and landscape designer known for her advocacy of environmentally friendly schoolyards.October 13, 2010, Amanda Marrazzo, Chicago TribuneNature's classroom: Eco-friendly schoolyards a space fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Danks
Joseph Martin Danks (born June 17, 1962), known as The Koreatown Slasher, is an American spree killer and serial killer who killed six homeless men in January 1987 in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood. Convicted of the six killings and sent to serve his life sentence at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, he was sentenced to death in 1990 for the murder of his cellmate, 67-year-old Walter Holt. Biography Danks was born on June 17, 1962, in Bay City, Michigan. His birth resulted from an intimate relationship between 42-year-old Edward White, the son of a successful entrepreneur, and his 17-year-old nanny Karen. Despite the White family being well-off financially and living in a prestigious area of the city, Edward's older children - Joseph's half-brothers, one of whom, Earl, was a schizophrenic - grew up impoverished since their father was drug-addicted alcoholic suffering from memory loss. Joseph's mother also drank alcohol while pregnant, resulting in his pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Danks
John William Danks (born April 15, 1985) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. Personal life Danks graduated from Round Rock High School in Texas in 2003 and was named the co-central Texas player of the year that season. Danks was drafted in the first round, ninth overall in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. His brother, Jordan Danks, was his teammate on the White Sox from 2012 to 2014. Danks proposed to girlfriend, country artist Ashley Monroe of the Pistol Annies, on September 14, 2012, after Monroe finished the Annies' first show of their headlining tour. They were married on October 24, 2013. Professional career Minor Leagues Danks, along with pitchers Nick Masset and Jacob Rasner, was traded by the Rangers to the White Sox for pitcher Brandon McCarthy and outfielder David Paisano on December 23, . Chicago White Sox As a top prospect for the Chicago White Sox in , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Danks
Mark James Danks (born 8 February 1984) is an English footballer currently with Telford Town He had previous professional experience with Bradford City in the 2002–03 season and won the FA Trophy with Hednesford Town in the 2003–04 season and also won the Conference League Cup with A.F.C. Telford United in the 2008–09 season. Career Football League Danks began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he played for England U15 and U16, before joining Bradford City for a season in August 2002. Although restricted to four substitute appearances he scored his first goal in senior football in an FA Cup match against West Bromwich Albion, which Bradford lost 3–1. Non-League career He went to Halesowen Town of the Southern League Premier Division on a month loan in March 2003 where he scored on his debut at Ilkeston Town. He was released by Bradford City at the end of the 2002–03 season. Danks joined Hednesford Town in July 2003 and went on to win the FA Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Danks & Son
John Danks & Son was a major manufacturing company in Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales. History John Danks (January 1828 – 28 February 1902) was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England. He served an apprenticeship with his father, also named John Danks, a manufacturer of wrought iron tubing, then joined his brothers Samuel and Thomas, who were setting up a similar factory. In 1857 the brothers emigrated to Melbourne in the ''Shaftesbury'', and started manufacturing iron pipes and plumbing fittings; one of their first major contracts was to manufacture connectors for Melbourne's pioneering Yan Yean Reservoir. Thomas and Samuel Danks retired from business in 1860 and 1871 respectively; under John's management the company steadily grew; he brought in as a partner his son Aaron Turner Danks, who made a speciality of brass casting, and opened a subsidiary business in Staffordshire. The payroll grew from 35 to 150, aided by import tariffs of from 12½% to 20%. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Danks
Clarence Clayton Danks (July 21, 1879 – June 23, 1970) was a three-time winner of Cheyenne Frontier Days, an outdoor rodeo and western celebration held each July in the Wyoming capital city of Cheyenne. He is believed to be the cowboy of the widely-recognized Wyoming state trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider. Background The son of John Danks (1844–1922) and the former Sarah Gregg (1845–1921), Danks was born in O'Neill in Holt County in northern Nebraska, His ancestry is of English, Welsh, Scottish, German and Spanish. Clayton and his brother, James T. "Jimmie" Danks, were reared in Long Pine Canyon in Cherry County, also in northern Nebraska, where their father operated a stagecoach station. Clayton and Jimmie subsequently worked on the Two Bar Ranch in Chugwater in Platte County, Wyoming, near Cheyenne. Clayton worked on the Iron Mountain Ranch, the Dumbell, the Chapman Ranch on the Sweetwater and the Reverse 4 Cattle Company before homesteading in Vale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Danks
Aaron Danks (born 15 June 1983) is an English professional football manager who currently works as an assistant coach for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Danks was assistant manager to Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht, before leaving to be assistant to Dean Smith and Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa. He later joined Michael Carrick's staff at Middlesbrough. He has also coached at Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and England U21. Career Youth coaching Danks' first role in football was as a Community Football Development Officer at Birmingham City, joining in 1999 and later coaching in their academy. In 2005, Danks was hired as a youth coach at the West Bromwich Albion Academy, working for the club for over a decade between 2005 and 2016, before leaving after being selected by The Football Association to become Head of Specialist Coaching and Lead Offensive Specialist Coach for various levels of the England national team. Danks was part of the coaching staff for the England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Danks
Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American attorney who served as the List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989. Biography Alney Dale Danks Jr. was born on August 27, 1939, in Miami, Florida, to Alney Dale Danks Sr. and Elizabeth Ross. When Danks was 3, his family moved to Alabama. In 1954, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Murrah High School and enrolled in Millsaps College in 1957. In June 1959, he dropped out of Millsaps College and married Carolyn Carl. In 1963, he graduated law school at the Jackson School of Law and was admitted to the bar. Political career In 1965, Danks first ran for city commissioner as a Republican Party (United States), Republican and lost. He ran for becoming the Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County prosecutor in 1968 and lost. However, he won the election to become the Hinds County prosecutor in 1972. In 1977, he ran for the mayor office of Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
