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Dobb (surname)
Dobb is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * James Dobb (born 1972), English motocross racer * John Dobb (1901–1991), American baseball player * Maurice Dobb Maurice Herbert Dobb (24 July 1900 – 17 August 1976) was an English economist at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is remembered as one of the pre-eminent Marxist economists of the 20th century. Dobb was bo ... (1900–1976), English economist References {{surname, Dobb English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dobb
James "Dobby" Dobb (born 1972 in Derby) is an English former professional motocross racer. Amongst his achievements, he was crowned amca 125 world champion Motocross World Champion in 2001, and was a top rider in the AMA motocross and supercross series during the mid-1990s. Biography Born into a motocross family, Dobb excelled at youth level, winning a host of domestic and European youth motocross titles. He turned professional in 1987, aged 15, signing a contract with the factory Cagiva team, widely acclaimed as a future world champion. In 1989, he won his first major adult title, the British 125cc Motocross championship, winning the 250cc category in 1990. In 1992, he was offered the chance to race in America, for the Pro-Circuit Kawasaki team, headed by Mitch Payton. During his five-year stint in America, Dobb would race for Pro-Circuit Kawasaki, Suzuki America and the Honda of Troy team. Whilst not winning any major titles, he was one of the series' top riders, winning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dobb
John Kenneth Dobb (November 15, 1901 – July 31, 1991), nicknamed "Lefty", was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ... in 1924."John Dobb Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-1-10. References External links 1901 births 1991 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Dobb
Maurice Herbert Dobb (24 July 1900 – 17 August 1976) was an English economist at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is remembered as one of the pre-eminent Marxist economists of the 20th century. Dobb was born on 24 July 1900 in London, the son of Walter Herbert Dobb and the former Elsie Annie Moir. He and his family lived in the London suburb of Willesden. He was educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey, an elite public school in the British sense. Dobb began writing after the death of his mother in his early teens. His introversion hindered him from building a network of friends. His earliest novels were fictional fantasies. Much like his father, Dobb initiated practice in Christian Science after his mother's death; the family had previously belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Saved from military conscription by the Armistice of November 1918, Dobb was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1919 as an exhibitioner to read economics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |