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Dave White (motorsport)
David or Dave White may refer to: Entertainment * David White, better known as David Jason (born 1940), English actor and comedian * David White (actor) (1916–1990), American television actor, ''Bewitched'' * David White (musician) (1939–2019), doo-wop singer, Danny and the Juniors * David A. R. White (born 1970), American television actor, ''Evening Shade'' * David C. White, American television writer and producer * Dave White (writer, born 1979), American novelist * Dave White (artist) (born 1971), British artist * David White (artist), British collage painter * David White, American singer for heavy metal band Heathen * David White (make-up artist), British film make-up artist * David White (sound editor), Australian film sound editor * David Patillo White (1828–1903), singing teacher and composer * David R. White, American director of Dance Theater Workshop Politics * David White (U.S. politician) (1785–1834), representative from Kentucky * David Frank White (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jason
Sir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'', Detective Inspector Jack Frost in ''A Touch of Frost,'' Granville in ''Open All Hours'' and ''Still Open All Hours,'' and Pop Larkin in '' The Darling Buds of May'', as well as voicing Mr. Toad in ''The Wind in the Willows'', the BFG in the 1989 film and the title characters of '' Danger Mouse'' and ''Count Duckula''. His most recent appearance in the role of Del Boy was in 2014; he retired his role as Frost in 2010. He voices Captain Skipper, the uncle of Pip in the preschool focused series ''Pip Ahoy!'' In September 2006, Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to acting and comedy. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In Illinois, 2010
Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Illinois's 19 members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. Primary elections were held on February 2, 2010. Of the 19 elections, the 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''CQ Politics'' and ''The Rothenberg Political Report''; while the 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th districts were rated as competitive by ''The Cook Political Report'' and ''Sabato's Crystal Ball''. Of Illinois's nineteen U.S. Representatives, fourteen were re-elected. Republican Mark Kirk of the 10th district did not seek re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Democrats Melissa Bean of the 8th district, Debbie Halvorson of the 11th district, Bill Foster of the 14th district and Phil Hare of the 17th district were defeated in the general election. Joe Walsh, Adam Kinzing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (officer Of Arms)
David Vines White (born 27 October 1961), a member of the Royal Household, has since 2021 served as Garter Principal King of Arms. The senior herald and genealogist at the College of Arms in London, as Garter King of Arms, White is responsible for the governance of the law of arms in England and Wales, the succession of peerage titles, and oversight of royal ceremonial duties. Life Born in Scotland, the younger son of Sheila (''née'' Chatterton) and Peter Vines White (died 1999 at Shilton, Oxfordshire), he was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating as MA. As an undergraduate he was elected President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society. He then pursued postgraduate studies in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, receiving a further MA degree from the University of London. White served as a research assistant to Theobald Mathew, Windsor Herald and contributor to '' Burke's Pee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gordon White
David Gordon White (born September 3, 1953) is an American Indologist. Academic career David Gordon White took his B.A. in South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin in 1975. He obtained an M.A. in Religion at the University of Chicago in 1981 and his Ph.D. in the history of religions there in 1988; his dissertation was titled ''The Other Gives Rise to Self: Dog-Men on the Borders of Medieval Europe, India, and China''. He served as an assistant to Mircea Eliade. He is the J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has been teaching since 1996. He has written numerous academic books and papers on the history of yoga. Honors and distinctions White won the CHOICE book selection in religion, and an honorable mention in the PROSE book awards, both for ''Sinister Yogis''. Reception British indologist James Mallinson, recognising that White's "wide-ranging scholarship on tantra, yoga and alchemy has inspired many s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David E
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 Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, 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 David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), 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 Philistin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (geologist)
Charles David White (July 1, 1862 – February 7, 1935), who normally went by his middle name, was an American geologist, born in Palmyra, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1886, and in 1889 became a member of the United States Geological Survey. Eventually, he rose to be chief geologist. In 1903 he became an associate curator of paleobotany at the Smithsonian Institution. He wrote numerous papers on geological and paleontological subjects. The David White House, his home for 15 years, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. He made one of the most comprehensive studies on the Glossopteris Flora, the main component of the fossil deposits of mineral coal in Brazil.White, D. (1908) ''Fossil Flora of the Coal Measures of Brazil'', pp. 337-617 + 14 plates IN: White, I.C. (1908) ''"Commissão de Estudos das Minas de Carvão de Pedra do Brazil”'', Final Report, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Part I, p. 1-300 ; Part II, p. 301-617 ilingual report, Portuguese & English ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Renfrew White
David Renfrew White (1847–1937) was a New Zealand teacher, educationalist and university professor, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... References 1847 births 1937 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers Academic staff of the University of Otago Academics from Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to New Zealand {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dunnels White
David Dunnels White (April 14, 1844 – February 9, 1924) was an American farmer who served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War. His "single-handed capture of Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee" in 1865 became widely publicized in 2011 as an act that possibly ended the war early, saving many lives. , his nomination for a Medal of Honor was being reviewed by the United States Army. Biography David Dunnels White was born in Cheshire, Massachusetts, the son of Stewart and Elizabeth White née Ames. A farmer, White enlisted in the Union Army on August 21, 1862, as a private soldier within the 37th Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers of the VI Corps. On April 6, 1865, Private White spotted a Confederate general officer during hand-to-hand combat in the Battle of Sailor's Creek, Virginia. Private White broke through the Union/Confederate battle line and confronted the officer, halted him at gunpoint, and demanded his surrender. The Confederate officer wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (rugby League)
David White is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played at club level for Stanley Rangers, in 2000's Super League V for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ( Heritage № 1168), and Oulton Raiders Oulton Raiders are an amateur rugby league football club from Oulton in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club's open age team currently compete in the top division of the National Conference League The National Conference League (known as the King ... of the National Conference League. References {{DEFAULTSORT:White, David Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English rugby league players Wakefield Trinity players Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (South African Cricketer)
David White (born 22 May 1991) is a South African cricketer who played for the Warriors cricket team. In early 2021, White moved to San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ... with the aim of playing cricket in the United States. In June 2021, White was selected in the players' draft ahead of the Minor League Cricket tournament. References External links * 1991 births Living people South African cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Warriors cricketers Cricketers from Durban {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (Scottish Footballer)
David White (23 August 1933 – 17 July 2013) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a wing half for Clyde for his whole career, before managing Clyde, Rangers and Dundee. Playing career White was 23 years of age when he joined Clyde from the Junior side Royal Albert. While also working as an engineer, he played more than 300 games for the Bully Wee and became club captain and acted as player-coach. Managerial career He was promoted to Clyde manager after the Scottish Football Association appointed his predecessor John Prentice as the Scotland national team manager. After a year managing the ''Bully Wee'' (which ended in their highest-ever finish of 3rd place in 1966–67), he was appointed as assistant to Scot Symon at Rangers in summer 1967. When Symon left the club just five months later, White was promoted to manager on 1 November. His reign was generally unsuccessful and he became the first Rangers manager not to win any major honours whilst in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David White (English Footballer)
David White (born 30 October 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1985 to 1998. He is best remembered for his eight-year spell at Manchester City, where he played in the inaugural Premier League season. He switched to Leeds United in 1993 before finishing his career in the Football League with a three-year spell at Sheffield United. He was capped once by England and had previously appeared at England U21 and England B team level. Playing career Manchester City In his childhood White played for Salford Boys, before joining the youth system at Manchester City. He signed as an apprentice on his eighteenth birthday, and was a member of City's "golden generation" that won the FA Youth Cup in 1986. White made his debut for Manchester City's first-team in September 1986, in a 1–0 defeat to Luton Town. He soon became a regular in the side, alternating between the right-wing and striker positions, and missed just one game in the next two seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
