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David Carroll (horse Trainer)
David Carroll may refer to: * David Carroll (actor) (1950–1992), American actor * David Carroll (biker) (1952–????), Canadian gangster * David Carroll (musician) (1913–2008), American composer and musical director * Dave Carroll (musician), musician in Sons of Maxwell * David Carroll (naturalist) (born 1942), American naturalist author and illustrator * David Carroll (physicist) (born 1963), American physicist * David Williamson Carroll (1816–1905), colonel in the Confederate Army and member of the Congress of the Confederate States of America * David Carroll, who pleaded guilty to the murder of his foster son Marcus Fiesel * David Carroll, a fictional detective created by Octavus Roy Cohen in the 1920s * David Carroll (whistleblower), American professor and whistleblower; see Emerdata Emerdata Limited is a political consulting company based in London, formed in 2017 after filing for insolvency of Cambridge Analytica. Former employees of Cambridge Analytica and SCL moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carroll (actor)
__NOTOC__ David Carroll (July 30, 1950 – March 11, 1992), sometimes billed as David James Carroll, was an American actor whose last, and best remembered, role was that of Baron Felix von Gaigern in '' Grand Hotel: The Musical''. Carroll was born in Rockville Centre, New York, grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was an active member of the Dartmouth Players. While at Dartmouth Carroll had star roles in several college musicals and in community theater. He was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor in a Musical: in 1988 for ''Chess'' and again in 1990 for ''Grand Hotel''. Carroll also received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor in a Musical: ''La bohème'' (1984) he costarred with Linda Ronstadt, ''Chess'' (1988), and ''Grand Hotel'' (1990). The Original Broadway Cast recording of ''Chess'' received a 1988 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Cast Show album. On the big screen, he had a brief scen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carroll (biker)
David MacDonald Carroll (born 1 April 1952), better known as "Wolf", is a Canadian outlaw biker and reputed gangster who was a member of the elite Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Quebec. He disappeared in March 2001 after being indicted on 13 counts of first-degree murder. Early career Carroll was born and grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He became the leader of a local biker gang called the Thirteenth Tribe in Halifax. The Halifax underworld is very closely linked to the Montreal underworld and Carroll soon had an alliance with the Hells Angels of Montreal. The Thirteenth Tribe won the trust of the Hells Angels by providing in the fall of 1984 bodyguards for Walter Stadnick as he was recovering in a Hamilton hospital from the traffic incident that disfigured his face. A nurse recalled: "It was crazy; most of the day there were these big, burly bikers outside his room. And the rest of the time it was these big, burly cops – it was like he was a rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carroll (musician)
David Carroll (October 15, 1913 – March 22, 2008) was an American studio arranger, conductor, and musical director. Biography Carroll was born in Taylorville, Illinois. He wrote and recorded many songs of his own, played by musicians such as Tiny Hill, Bobby Christian, Earl Backus, Paul Severson, Mike Simpson, Sarah Vaughan, Vic Damone and Patti Page. While Carroll was musical director at Mercury Records (1951 to early 1960s), Quincy Jones composed some songs for him. In his later years, Carroll was associated with the Smothers Brothers. He at first traveled with them as their conductor. Later he became general music director and then general manager of the organization. In the latter post he managed television and movie appearances, recordings, publishing interests and personal appearances. Carroll had two hit versions of "Melody of Love" in 1955, one, an instrumental (peaked at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100), the other featuring a narration by Paul Tremaine. He led m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Carroll (musician)
Sons of Maxwell is a Canadian music duo who perform both traditional Celtic folk music and original compositions with a pop-folk sound. The duo consists of brothers Don Carroll and Dave Carroll, originally from Timmins, Ontario, residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia since 1994. They began singing together while studying at Carleton University in Ottawa under the band name "The Don and Dave Show" in 1989. One recording was released under that name. They re-christened themselves S.O.M. in 1993, in honour of their father (Max Carroll). In July 2009 the band became an international media sensation when they released the protest song and music video, "United Breaks Guitars", explaining how, after United Airlines personnel damaged their musical instruments, the airline refused to take responsibility or give compensation for the loss. As a result, in addition to his musical career, Dave Carroll regularly gives speeches about customer service. Career Brothers Don and Dave Carroll began sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carroll (naturalist)
David M. Carroll (born 5 January 1942) is an American naturalist, author and illustrator. He has investigated for the endangered species programs of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Park Service. He lives in Warner, New Hampshire. Awards * 2009 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction * 2006 MacArthur Fellows Program * 2001 John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing Nature writing is nonfiction or fiction prose or poetry about the natural environment. Nature writing encompasses a wide variety of works, ranging from those that place primary emphasis on natural history facts (such as field guides) to those in w ... * Environmental Merit Award from the EPA * Tudor Richards Award, from NH Audubon Society Works * ''The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History'', DIANE Publishing Company, 1999, * ''Trout reflections: a natural history of the trout and its world'', St. Martin's Press, 1993, ''Swampwalker's Journal: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carroll (physicist)
David Carroll (born January 13, 1963) is a U.S. physicist, materials scientist and nanotechnologist, Fellow of the American Physical Society, and director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University. He has contributed to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology through his work in nanoengineered cancer therapeutics, nanocomposite-based display and lighting technologies, high efficiency nanocomposite photovoltaics and thermo/piezo-electric generators. Education Carroll earned his BS (1985) in physics from NC State University (Raleigh, NC) and his PhD (1993) in physics from Wesleyan University in (Middletown, CT) with Dr. Dale Doering (thesis advisor). Carroll's thesis examined the thermodynamics of charged defects in complex oxide materials. As a postdoctoral associate for Professor Dawn Bonnell at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Carroll worked on the application of scanning probes to size and dimension related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williamson Carroll
David Williamson Carroll (March 11, 1816 – June 24, 1905) was an American politician who served in the Confederate army and congress during the American Civil War. Biography Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a lineal descendant of Daniel Carroll and studied at St. Mary's College of Baltimore. He moved to Arkansas in 1836 and established a legal practice. He married Melanie Scull on February 11, 1838. In 1850, he was elected to the Arkansas state legislature. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in Company K, 18th Arkansas Infantry with the rank of captain. He rose to become the colonel of the regiment. Later, he represented Arkansas in the Confederate congress. After the war, he served a state court judge from 1866 to 1868. He died at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was buried in that city's Calvary Cemetery. References 1816 births 1905 deaths Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Arkansas 19th-century Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Fiesel
Marcus Fiesel was an American 3-year-old child who was murdered in Clermont County, Ohio, in August 2006. Fiesel had recently been removed from his mother's care by child protective services, and placed into foster care with David and Liz Carroll in Union Township, where he died from hyperthermia after being restrained and neglected in a closet for a two-day period. On February 21, 2007, Liz Carroll was convicted of murdering him. On February 26, 2007, it was announced attorneys for David Carroll had reached a plea agreement. Background Marcus Fiesel was born on June 24, 2003, and spent the first three years of his life in Middletown, Ohio, with his mother Donna Trevino (née Fiesel) and his two siblings, Michael and Peaches. He was described by a neighbor as "an awesome little guy" who loved flowers, '' Bob the Builder'', and bubbles. According to friends, Fiesel was autistic and attended a school for special needs children. Fiesel was a very active child, and his mother fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavus Roy Cohen
Octavus Roy Cohen (1891–1959) was an early 20th century American writer specializing in ethnic comedies. His dialect comedy stories about African Americans gained popularity after being published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' and were adapted into a series of short films by Al Christie featuring actors Charles Olden, Spencer Williams Jr., Evelyn Preer, and Edward Thompson. Biography Early life Cohen was born on June 26, 1891 in Charleston, South Carolina, to Octavus and Rebecca Cohen (née Ottolengui). He pronounced his first name ''oc-tav'us, a'' as in ''have''. He received his secondary education at the Porter Military Academy, now the Porter-Gaud School, and graduated in 1908. He went on to Clemson College (later renamed Clemson University) and graduated in 1911 with a degree in engineering. Career Between 1910 and 1912, he worked in the editorial departments of the '' Birmingham Ledger'', the ''Charleston News and Courier'', the ''Bayonne Times'', and the '' Newark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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