David Pritchard (chess Player), David Pritchard
David Pritchard may refer to: * David Pritchard (chess player) (1919–2005), British chess writer * David Pritchard (cricketer) (1893–1983), Australian cricketer * David Pritchard (footballer) (born 1972), English former footballer * David Pritchard (musician) (born 1949), American guitarist * David E. Pritchard David Edward Pritchard (born October 15, 1941 in New York City) is physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Pritchard carried out pioneering experiments on the interaction of atoms with light that led to t ...

David Pritchard (chess Player)
David Brine Pritchard (19 October 1919 – 12 December 2005)''David Pritchard.'' The Times (London). Features; p. 66. 17 January 2006. was a British chess player, chess writer and indoor games consultant. He gained pre-eminence as an indoor games and mind sports consultant, a role that he in effect created. A natural games player, it was to him that inventors or publishers would turn to organise a championship of a new game, write about it or generally promote it. Though nearly a million copies of his chess books have been sold, Pritchard is best known for authoring ''The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants'', in which he describes more than 1400 different variants. In addition to authoring books on games, Pritchard was editor of ''Games & Puzzles'' magazine from 1972 to 1981. He was also a games director for the Mind Sports Organisation, and president of the British Chess Variants Society. Biography During and after the Second World War Pritchard was an RAF pilot who served mainly ...
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David Pritchard (cricketer)
David Edward Pritchard (5 January 1893 – 4 July 1983) was an Australian cricketer. He played forty-nine first-class matches for South Australia between 1918/19 and 1931/32, captaining the state in two of them. He played for Port Adelaide Cricket Club in district cricket from 1910 to 1935/36 and captained them from 1922 to 1927. His batting was noted for being unorthodox, as it was cross-bat, and aggressive. He was also notable for his quality as a slips fielder, only fielding in that position. Cricket career Pritchard began playing cricket while attending Largs Bay College and scored the first century made by a member of his College team. When he was seventeen he joined the Port Adelaide B team and in 1911 he debuted for the senior side in district cricket. A 1912 match report noted that Pritchard showed potential. When the district competition was suspended during WWI he played for the Foresters in the Adelaide and Suburban Cricket Association competition. When district ...
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David Pritchard (footballer)
David Pritchard (born 27 May 1972) is an English former professional footballer, who played for West Bromwich Albion, Telford United and Bristol Rovers. Pritchard began his career at West Brom, before moving on to Telford United. He moved to Bristol Rovers in 1994, making 163 appearances for the club and scoring just one goal. He was forced to retire from the game due to a knee In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the hu ... injury in 2002. He now lives in Spain, where he works for Currencies Direct. External links * * 1972 births Living people Footballers from Wolverhampton English men's footballers West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks ...
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David Pritchard (musician)
David Pritchard (born March 3, 1949) is an American acoustic, classical, and jazz guitarist. Biography Pritchard began studying classical guitar at the age of 12 but as a teenager his interest turned to jazz. As a high school student, he founded the jazz-rock group Quintet de Sade and at the age of 20 he joined the Gary Burton Quartet, replacing guitarist Jerry Hahn. In 1970, he co-founded, along with pianist/composer Pete Robinson, the jazz-fusion group Contraband. Several years followed where he freelanced in the Los Angeles area while also teaching at the Dick Grove School of Music. In 1978 he recorded his first album as a leader, ''Lightyear'', followed a year later by ''City Dreams'', featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Patrice Rushen, drummer Chester Thompson, and bassist/producer Larry Klein. In the late eighties, he changed his writing and playing style away from jazz and into a more classical and minimalist style, playing mainly acoustic and classical guit ...
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