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David Blair (Paralympian)
David Blair may refer to: *David Blair (dancer) (1932–1975), British ballet dancer *David Blair (director), British movie and TV director *David Blair (encyclopedist) (1820–1899), Irish Australian journalist and encyclopaedist *David Blair (filmmaker), American experimental filmmaker *David Blair (golfer) (1917–1985), Scottish amateur golfer *David Blair (information technologist) (1947–2011), information retrieval scientist *David Blair (journalist) (born 1973), British journalist, working for ''The Daily Telegraph'' *David Blair (mariner) (1874–1955), British second officer, transferred off the ''Titanic'' *David Blair (Paralympian) (born 1975), American Paralympic athlete *David Blair (physicist) (born 1946), Australian physicist *David Blair (rugby union) (born 1985), Scottish rugby player *Blair (poet) (David Blair, 1967–2011), American performance poet *David H. Blair (1868–1945), Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1921–1929 *David Blair Motorsports, a former NASC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (dancer)
David Blair (27 July 1932 – 1 April 1976) was a British ballet dancer and a star of England's Royal Ballet during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life and training Born David Butterfield in Halifax, Yorkshire, he started taking ballet lessons after watching his sister in a class at their local dance school. He won a scholarship to the Sadler's Wells Ballet School in London and began training there in 1946, when he was 14. As he was very short in comparison with many of his classmates, Blair's acceptance into the school was on the understanding that he had to grow significantly during his first term or he would receive injections of growth-inducing hormones. Although he grew enough to satisfy the staff of the school, he was still one of the shortest boys in his class. Consequently, his teachers thought that he would become a character dancer. Professional career In 1947, at the age of 15, Butterfield joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, changing his name to David Blair for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (director)
David Blair is a British film and television director. He has received a BAFTA award for ''The Street.'' Blair directed ''Common'', a 2014 BBC One 90-minute made-for-television drama, written by Jimmy McGovern and starring Michelle Fairley, Nico Mirallegro and Michael Gambon, which sought to question some of the issues and challenges raised by England's common purpose legal doctrine. During 2014 Blair completed the feature film ''The Messenger'' (released 2015), starring Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Tamzin Merchant, Joely Richardson and David O'Hara. His 2016 feature film ''Away'' starred Timothy Spall, Juno Temple, Matt Ryan and Susan Lynch. Blair then went on to complete another Jimmy McGovern film for the BBC, ''Reg'' (2016) starring Tim Roth and Anna Maxwell Martin. Blair worked with Jimmy McGovern in ''The Lakes'' (1997), ''The Street'' (2006–09) and ''Accused'' (2010–12). Filmography * ''Tabloid'' (2001) * ''Mystics'' (2003) * ''The Fattest Man in Britain'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (encyclopedist)
David Blair (4 June 1820 – 19 February 1899) was an Irish Australian politician, journalist and encyclopedist. Background David Blair was born in County Monaghan, Ireland to parents of Scotland, Scottish descent. He studied at the Hibernian Military School, Dublin. He left in 1835, aged 15 years and worked in an uncle's business but did not enjoy it. In 1840 he joined the Ordnance Survey of Ireland as a Human computer, calculator stationed in Limerick and then Cork (city), Cork. He transferred to Southampton in 1841 and for almost nine years he worked on the triangulation of England and the survey of London. Chartism Blair was unsatisfied in his work, even speculating in 1848 on a military career, and found expression in supporting the Chartism, Chartists as a lecturer in Southampton, in reading and in religion, church activities. Australia He later studied for the ministry in Ireland and came to Australia in 1850 at the suggestion of John Dunmore Lang, the intention being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (filmmaker)
David Blair is a motion picture artist, known for his work in video art. Career His first feature, the 1991 cult hit ''Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees'', was funded with public arts grants, and a co-production with ZDF, German Television. After European broadcast, a 16mm print opened theatrically to excellent reviews at the Public Theater in New York, and then copies of that print played cinemas in 26 U.S. cities, further copying themselves for later theatrical play in Japan and Australia. Blair performs in the film. On May 23, 1993, a VHS copy of ''Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees'' was the first film streamed across the Internet, with the ''New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...'' declaring it a “historic event." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (golfer)
David Arthur Blair MBE, MC (25 August 1917 – 10 April 1985) was a Scottish amateur golfer. He finished in the top-10 in the Open Championship in 1960 and played in the Walker Cup in 1955 and 1961. He was a retired major in the Seaforth Highlanders in the British Army. His younger brother Chandos was also in the Seaforth Highlanders. Early life Blair was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career Blair graduated from Sandhurst on 26 August 1937 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. He was captured at El Adem in 1942 but escaped in 1943. He was awarded the Military Cross when his company made an assault crossing over a canal in Holland in late 1944.http://ww2-commando.com/11cdo0x.htm Business career Blair was chairman of the Scotch whisky export committee from 1985 to 1980 and a director of Distillers Company. He was also chairman of United Glass Ltd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (information Technologist)
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business, also known as Michigan Ross, is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1924, the school is ranked among the best business schools in the world by ''The Economist'', ''Financial Times'', ''QS World University Rankings'', '' U.S. News & World Report'', and ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. The Ross School of Business offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as an executive education program. Its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Executive Education programs have been ranked among the top in the U.S. and the world. Ross also offers dual degrees with other University of Michigan colleges and schools. The Distinguished Leader Certificate is offered by the Executive Education program. History Early history (1900–1923) The first business courses were offered at the University of Michigan in 1900. Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (journalist)
David Blair (born 1973 in Malawi to British parents) is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for ''The Daily Telegraph'', having formerly worked for the ''Financial Times'' as Energy Correspondent, and ''The Daily Telegraph'' as a Foreign Correspondent and then Diplomatic Editor. Early life and education Blair graduated from St Benet's Hall, Oxford, with a First Class degree in PPE. He was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1993. He later attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, taking a M.Phil in International Relations. In 1994, Blair represented Oxford at the grand final of the World Universities Debating Championship with Rufus Black. Although born in Malawi, Blair is a British citizen. He is not related to the former British prime minister, Tony Blair. Career in journalism Blair began working for ''The Daily Telegraph'' in Zimbabwe in 1999. He was forced to leave the country by President Robert Mugabe's regime in June 2001. Blair late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (mariner)
David Blair (or Davy) (11 November 1874 – 10 January 1955) was a British merchant seaman with the White Star Line, which had reassigned him from the RMS ''Titanic'' just before its maiden voyage. Due to his hasty departure, he accidentally kept a key to a storage locker believed to contain the binoculars intended for use by the crow's nest lookout. The absence of any binoculars within the crow's nest is believed to be one of the main contributory factors in the ''Titanic''’s ultimate demise. ''Titanic'' posting and rearrangement Blair, from Broughty Ferry, was originally appointed the second officer of ''Titanic''.Mr. David Blair. ''Encyclopedia Titanica''. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/2245/ He had been with the ship during its trial voyages to test the ship's seaworthiness and the final journey from its place of construction in Belfast. The White Star Line, however, decided that with the ''Titanic'''s sister ship, the RMS ''Olympic'', currently undergo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (Paralympian)
David Blair may refer to: *David Blair (dancer) (1932–1975), British ballet dancer *David Blair (director), British movie and TV director *David Blair (encyclopedist) (1820–1899), Irish Australian journalist and encyclopaedist *David Blair (filmmaker), American experimental filmmaker *David Blair (golfer) (1917–1985), Scottish amateur golfer *David Blair (information technologist) (1947–2011), information retrieval scientist *David Blair (journalist) (born 1973), British journalist, working for ''The Daily Telegraph'' *David Blair (mariner) (1874–1955), British second officer, transferred off the ''Titanic'' *David Blair (Paralympian) (born 1975), American Paralympic athlete *David Blair (physicist) (born 1946), Australian physicist *David Blair (rugby union) (born 1985), Scottish rugby player *Blair (poet) (David Blair, 1967–2011), American performance poet *David H. Blair (1868–1945), Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1921–1929 *David Blair Motorsports, a former NASC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (physicist)
David G. Blair (born 1946) is an Australian physicist and professor at the University of Western Australia and Director of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre. Blair works on methods for the detection of gravitational waves. He developed the niobium bar gravitational wave detector NIOBE, which achieved the lowest observed noise temperature, and participated in a worldwide collaboration that set the best limit on the burst events in 2001. He has been responsible for numerous innovations including the 1984 invention of the first sapphire clock, a super-precise timepiece designed for space, as well as underpinning the research of the Frequency Stability Group at The University of Western Australia. In 2003, together with Prof. John de Laeter, Blair founded the Gravity Discovery Centre, a major centre for the promotion of science in Western Australia. In 2010, Blair and collaborating partners developed an educational research program called the Science Educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Blair (rugby Union)
David William Blair (born 14 July 1985) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played Stand Off and played for Sale Sharks from 2003 to 2007 and then Edinburgh Gunners Edinburgh Rugby (formerly Edinburgh Reivers, Edinburgh Gunners) is one of the two professional rugby union teams from Scotland. The club competes in the United Rugby Championship, along with the Glasgow Warriors, its oldest rival. Edinburgh play ... in the Magners League from 2007 to 2011. Blair was captain and the highest points scorer for Scotland Under 21 in the team's history. He is the younger brother of Scotland captain Mike Blair who also plays for Edinburgh, as did a third brother Alex. David Blair started at Sale Sharks and then moved to Edinburgh to join up with his brother. David has also represented Scotland A team on several occasions. An injury to Phil Godman in September 2010 made him the first choice standoff for Edinburgh. He started with a man of the match performance to beat Leinster. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair (poet)
David Blair (September 19, 1967 – July 23, 2011), known as Blair, was an American musician and poet from Detroit, Michigan who competed in the 2002 National Poetry Slam and was nominated for seven Detroit Music Awards. Blair toured in the United States, South Africa and Germany, performing with various artists, including Stevie Wonder and Wilco Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently d .... References 2011 deaths Musicians from Detroit 1967 births 20th-century American poets {{US-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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