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David Baker (aerospace Engineer)
David Baker may refer to: Arts and entertainment * David Baker (composer) (1931–2016), American symphonic jazz composer * David Baker (singer), former lead singer for Mercury Rev * David Baker (poet) (born 1954), American poet * David Erskine Baker (1730–1767), English drama critic * David Aaron Baker (born 1963), American actor and audiobook narrator * David Baker (born 1931), Australian film director and writer of '' Libido'' * David James Baker, American filmmaker Law and politics * David Gordon Baker (1884–1958), justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court * David J. Baker (1792–1869), US Senator from Illinois *David Hume Baker (1841–1916), state legislator in Kentucky and then Florida * David J. Baker Jr. (1834–1899), American judge, son of David J. Baker * David L. Baker, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court * David Martin Baker (1923–2010), Republican member of West Virginia State House of Delegates * Dave Baker (Minnesota politician) (born 1962), Minnesota po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (composer)
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best known as an educator and founder of the jazz studies program. From 1991 to 2012, he was conductor and musical and artistic director for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. He has more than 65 recordings, 70 books, and 400 articles to his credit. He received the James Smithson Medal from the Smithsonian Institution, an American Jazz Masters Award, a National Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame Award, a Sagamore of the Wabash award, and a Governor's Arts Award from the State of Indiana. Baker also held leadership positions in several arts and music associations. The Indiana Historical Society named Baker an Indiana Living Legend in 2001. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts named him a Living Jazz Legend in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (biochemist)
__NOTOC__ David Baker (born October 6, 1962, in Seattle, Washington) is an American biochemist and computational biologist who has pioneered methods to predict and design the three-dimensional structures of proteins. He is the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in Biochemistry and an adjunct professor of Genome Sciences, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics at the University of Washington. He serves as the Director of the Rosetta Commons, a consortium of labs and researchers that develop biomolecular structure prediction and design software. The problem of protein structure prediction to which Baker has contributed significantly has now been solved completely by DeepMind using artificial intelligence. Baker is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is also the director of the University of Washington's Institute for Protein Design. Life Baker did his graduate work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (architect)
David Baker, FAIA LEED AP (born December 20, 1949), is an American architect based in San Francisco, California. He and his firm, David Baker Architects (with principals Daniel Simons and Amanda Loper), are known primarily for designing affordable housing projects, hotels, and condominium lofts, often in converted old industrial buildings. The 62-employee firm, formerly known as David Baker & Associates, was formed in 1982 and is based in San Francisco's Clocktower Building, a condominium conversion Baker designed in the former factory of the Schmidt Lithography Co., at one time the largest printing company on the West Coast. Early life Baker was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 20, 1949. He grew up in Michigan and in Tucson, Arizona, in a house designed by his self-educated father, Bernard Baker. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Thomas Jefferson College, University of Michigan, and University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a master's degree in archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Baker (footballer)
David Paul Baker (born 5 January 1963 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is an English former professional footballer. Playing career A centre-forward, Baker was a member of the famous Wallsend Boys Club as a youngster, and was subsequently spotted playing for Bishop Auckland, turning professional with Southampton in June 1984 at a cost of £4,000 to the south coast side. He failed to break into the first-team at Southampton, moving on a free transfer to Carlisle United on 2 July 1985. On 31 July 1987, after 71 league appearances (11 goals) for Carlisle, Baker moved to Hartlepool United, again on a free transfer, where he played 197 games (scoring 67 goals) and was a vital part of the squad that achieved promotion in 1990–91, forming a partnership with Joe Allon. Baker moved north of the border to join Motherwell in August 1992 for £77,500. After only 9 games at Motherwell, he moved on to Gillingham on 7 January 1993 for a fee of £40,000. During his time at Priestfield he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (track Cyclist)
David Baker (born 1965), is a male retired track cyclist who competed for England. He is not to be confused with the Cyclo-cross and mountain bike rider David Baker. Cycling career Baker was a National track champion over 1Km and 5Km in 1988. He represented England in the 1 km time trial and points race, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References 1965 births English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (cyclist)
David Baker (born 30 December 1965) is an English former professional cyclist, who competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing. Biography Baker, from Dronfield, Derbyshire, began riding cyclo-cross with Norton Wheelers. He moved to Ace Racing Team where he and teammate Tim Gould dominated cyclo-cross for years. In the late 1980s, Baker and Gould tried small mountain bike races, progressing to Mountain Bike Club events which were then a national series. The British Mountain Bike Federation began in the early 1990s; Baker won the national series on numerous occasions, along with national championships. In 1993, he won the UK round of the Grundig Mountain Bike World Cup at Newnham Park, near Plymouth. He came 15th for Britain at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Two years later he retired with heart problems. In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame. Major results ;1992 : 1st National XC Championships : 1st Overall National Points Series : 3rd UCI Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (cricketer, Born 1945)
David Henry John Baker (born 2 February 1945) is a former English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled off break. He was born in Histon, Cambridgeshire. Baker made his debut for Cambridgeshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Baker played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1970 to 1985, including 77 Minor Counties Championship matches and 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. In 1972, he made his List A debut against Buckinghamshire in the Gillette Cup. He played two further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, against Northamptonshire in 1975 and Warwickshire in 1982. In his three List A matches, he scored 30 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 23. He continues to play cricket at over-50s level for Cambridgeshire and in his youth he played field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (cricketer, Born 1935)
David William Baker (26 July 1935 – 26 December 2021) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1961 and 1965 for Kent and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Clubs. Baker was born at Kingston upon Hull in 1935 but was educated at Bermondsey in London.David Baker CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-20.David Baker Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2022-03-30. He was a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Baker (baseball)
David Glenn Baker (born November 25, 1956) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. Baker appeared in nine games with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1982. He is an alumnus of UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California .... Baker is the older brother of Doug Baker who also played in the major leagues. References External links 1956 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Iowa Dunedin Blue Jays players Knoxville Blue Jays players Major League Baseball third basemen People from Warren County, Iowa Syracuse Chiefs players Toronto Blue Jays players Toledo Mud Hens players UCLA Bruins baseball players Anchorage Glacier Pilots players Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Baker (American Football)
Dave Baker (July 30, 1937 – September 4, 2002) was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the San Francisco 49ers for three years. David Baker grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, earning All-State honors in football, basketball and baseball. He enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in 1955 under legendary coach Bud Wilkinson. During his three years of eligibility (freshmen were not eligible in 1955), the Sooners went 30-2, were in the midst of their 47-game win streak (still an NCAA record), and won the Big 7 conference title all three years. Players played both ways at the time, Baker playing defensive back, quarterback and running back. In 1959, he was drafted into the NFL as the fifth pick of the 1st round by the San Francisco 49ers. In the last 40 years of Sooner football (226 NFL draft picks), only Lee Roy Selmon, Billy Sims and Tony Casillas have been drafted higher. Baker played Safety for the 49ers for three seasons (1959–1961) and still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker (author)
David Baker (born 1944) is a prolific British space author and self-described space scientist. His description of his career is that he first visited the US in 1962 and returned to work for NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs between 1965 and 1984 as a Mission Planning and Analysis Department. He reports that he was present at NASA during Apollo 13 in 1970. He returned to the UK in 1984 and set up an independent consultancy helping countries around the world including India to develop and integrate commercial space technologies for their national space programmes. He now works as a journalist, writer and an author. He has published thousands of articles, more than 100 books and contributed to many radio and TV documentaries about space missions in the US and Europe. In the past, he has edited the Aerospace Review, Jane's Aircraft Upgrades and Jane's Space Directory. He is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society The British Interplanetary Society (BIS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Baker-Gabb
David John Baker-Gabb is a New Zealand and Australian ornithologist. He is best known for his work on Australian birds of prey and the birds of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. He also served from 1993 to 1997 as director of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. Career Baker-Gabb studied agriculture and then biology at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, graduating in 1978 with a master's degree in science for his work on the swamp harrier. He then went to Monash University in Melbourne, where he studied the swamp harrier, the spotted harrier and other Australian birds of prey to earn his PhD. He devoted himself from 1984 to 1987 to the study and conservation of the plains-wanderer. Between 1988 and 1989 he studied the habits of the red goshawk in the Northern Territory until 1990 when he joined the Department of Conservation and Environment in Victoria as a manager of threatened fauna, a role he carried out until 1992. From 1993, Baker-Gabb serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
