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Dexter (name)
Dexter is a surname and masculine given name of English origin. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Al Dexter (1905–1984), American country musician and songwriter * Andrew Dexter Jr. (1779–1837), American financier and speculator * Barrie Dexter (born 1921), Australian former senior diplomat and public servant * Brad Dexter (1917–2002), Serbian-American actor * Brad Dexter (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey defenceman *Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian writer and feminist * Charles O. Dexter (1862–1943), American rhododendron hybridizer *Colin Dexter, OBE (1930–2017), English crime writer *Darrell Dexter (born 1957), Canadian politician *Elliott Dexter (1870–1941), American film and stage actor *Felix Dexter (1961–2013), British actor, comedian, and writer *Glen Dexter (born 1952), Canadian sailor * Gregory Dexter, Baptist minister and colonial president of the colony of Rhode Island (Providence and Warwick only) * Harry Dexter (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dexter
James Roland Dexter (born March 3, 1973) is a former professional American football player who played offensive tackle for five seasons for the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. T .... Born to Richard P. Dexter. References 1973 births Living people People from Fort Ord, California Players of American football from California American football offensive tackles American football offensive guards South Carolina Gamecocks football players Arizona Cardinals players Carolina Panthers players {{offensive-lineman-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Newton Dexter
Simon Newton Dexter (May 11, 1785 Providence, Rhode Island - November 18, 1862 Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York) was an American merchant and a New York politician. Life He was the son of Andrew Dexter, the first American manufacturer of cotton goods. He matriculated at Brown University, but soon left that institution to engage in business in Boston. In 1815, he removed to Whitesboro, and in 1817 took part in the construction of a section of the Erie Canal. From 1824 to 1829, he was engaged in the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. On returning to Whitesboro he became agent of the Oriskany Manufacturing Company, and in 1832 assumed charge of the Dexter Company. He was also largely interested in manufactures elsewhere in the State of New York and in Elgin, Illinois. In 1840, he was elected by the New York State Legislature one of the canal commissioners, and remained in office until 1842 when the new Democratic majority removed the Whig commissioners. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Dexter
Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Dexter was an 1881 graduate of Harvard College. After receiving his degree he studied law, attained admission to the bar in 1784, and began to practice in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. A Federalist, Dexter served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1788 to 1790. In 1792 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and he served in the 3rd United States Congress. The state legislature subsequently elected Dexter to the United States Senate, and he served from March 1799 to May 1800. Dexter resigned his senate seat to accept appointment as United States Secretary of War, and he served from 1800 to 1801. In January 1801, Dexter was appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury, and he served until resigning in May. After leaving office, Dexter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Dexter
Sally Julia Dexter is an English actress of stage and screen. She won the 1987 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for ''Dalliance''. Her other West End stage credits include the musicals ''Oliver!'' (1994), ''Sister Act'' (2010) and ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' (2013). Her television credits include the ITV soap operas '' Night and Day'' (2001–2003) and ''Emmerdale'' (2017–2019, 2021–2022). Career Dexter was educated at Chiltern Edge School, King James's College (now Henley College) at Henley-on-Thames, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her many onscreen appearances have included ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', and ''Family'', as well as the long-running '' Night and Day''. As a stage actress, Dexter has appeared in both straight plays and musicals in London's West End. In 1987, she won the Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Theatre, for her performance in the 1986 production of ''Dalliance''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Dexter
Pete Dexter (born July 22, 1943) is an American novelist. He won the U.S. National Book Award in 1988 for his novel '' Paris Trout''. Early life and education Dexter was born in Pontiac, Michigan. His father died when Dexter was four and he and his mother moved to Milledgeville, Georgia, where she married a college physics professor.Rosenberg, Amy S. (April 10, 2007). - "Journey BACK". - ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1969 from the University of South Dakota, which awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters and Literature in 2010. Career He worked for what is now ''The Palm Beach Post'' in West Palm Beach, Florida, but quit in 1972 because the paper's owners forced the editorial page editor to endorse Richard Nixon over George McGovern.Eyman, Scott (November 23, 2003). - "The Return of the No-Nonsense Writer". - ''The Palm Beach Post''. He was a columnist for the '' Philadelphia Daily News'', '' The Sacramento Bee,'' *a "How does a Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Dexter
Neil John Dexter (born 21 August 1984) is a South African-born English cricketer. Early life Dexter was born in Johannesburg and attended Northwood School in Durban North and Downside School in Somerset in England. He went on to study at the University of South Africa. Career He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He made his debut for Kent against Nottinghamshire at Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 79 in his first innings. He then dismissed David Hussey with the first ball in the Notts second innings, although it was declaration bowling to try to force a result, having had no luck in 10 1st innings overs. Having played two games in the Championship and two games in the totesport League he was contracted for 2006 and found particular success in the Twenty20 Cup competition opening the batting with Darren Stevens. He was loaned to Essex County Cricket Club for a month and made his debut against Middlesex County Cricket Club in the Twenty20 Cup on 12 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Dexter
Nancy Nugent Dexter (; 16 February 1923 – 21 April 1983) was an Australian journalist. Dexter was born Nancy Hanks in Coburg, Victoria, Coburg in Melbourne, but moved with her family to Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Wagga Wagga in New South Wales during the Great Depression. She was educated at Wagga Wagga High School until the age of 15, when although wanting to continue her education, she left school due to an unsympathetic father. She then studied shorthand and typing at a local commercial college with the support of her mother. Dexter got her first job at ''The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga), The Daily Advertiser'', which involved "taking dictaphone copy from the Australian United Press service". She moved to Sydney two years later, working as a copy-typist in the newspaper's radio room, but lost her job when men returned from World War II. She moved to Melbourne and was hired as a typist but hated the work, and in 1946 was hired as a copy-typist for ''The Herald (Melbourne) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dexter
(Thomas) Michael Dexter FRS (born 15 May 1945) is a British haematologist and director of the Wellcome Trust, from 1998 to 2003. Education Dexter was inspired to take A levels at night school and went on study physiology and zoology at the University of Salford. After graduating, he continued in academia and received a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1974 for research into Leukemia. Dexter also received a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Salford in 1982. Career Dexter was visiting fellow at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center and a professor of haematology at the University of Manchester from 1985 to 1998. He was director of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research and the Wellcome Trust. He has authored over 360 articles in scientific journals including ''Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physics, physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomenon, phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Dexter
Maxine Dexter (born December 5, 1972) is an American physician and politician serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She was appointed in June 2020 after the death of Mitch Greenlick. She represents the 33rd district, which covers the Northwest District and Northwest Heights of Portland, as well as Cedar Mill, Oak Hills, and most of Bethany. Early life and education Dexter grew up in Bothell, Washington. She received her bachelor's degree in political science and communication from the University of Washington, and her MD from that university's School of Medicine. Career Dexter served her medical residency in Aurora, Colorado, and moved to Portland with her husband in 2008. She works as a pulmonologist with Kaiser Permanente in Hillsboro. Dexter said she was inspired to run for office following the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearing, during which Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault. She won the Democratic prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maury Dexter
Maury Dexter (born Morris Gene Poindexter; June 12, 1927 – May 28, 2017) was an American producer and director of film and TV. He worked several times for Robert Lippert and American International Pictures. Life and career Dexter was born in Paris, Arkansas, to William Henry and Emma (née Foster) Poindexter. He has three brothers, Foster, William Jr., and James. Dexter first entered show business as a teenaged actor in The Three Stooges short, '' Uncivil War Birds'' (1946). After a few additional movie roles, he busied himself with stage and television work until the Korean War and military service intervened; following his discharge, he landed an acting job on ''The Hank McCune Show'' (1950) and was soon working there behind the scenes. A clerical job at filmmaker Robert L. Lippert's Regal Films eventually led to Dexter producing and directing gigs at that independent production company, where many of the movies were shot in seven days on $100,000 budgets. A member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dexter
Mark Lee Dexter (born 21 April 1973) is an English actor who trained at RADA. Life and career Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. As a teenager, he was an early member of the Central Junior Television Workshop which led to various TV roles before he moved from Nottingham to London to attend RADA. After graduating in 1995, Dexter's early successes were on stage, in particular with two high-profile productions of Tennessee Williams plays, beginning with Sam Mendes's 1995 Olivier Award-winning production of ''The Glass Menagerie'' at the Donmar Warehouse, in which he played Jim O'Connor. This was soon followed by Trevor Nunn's Tony Award-winning production of Williams's never-before-seen ''Not About Nightingales'', which transferred from London's National Theatre to the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway in 1999. Since then, Dexter has moved primarily into film and television. Among an extensive list of credits, he is probably best known for his portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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