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David Dickson (journalist)
David Dickson may refer to: * David Dickson (minister) (1583?–1663), Scottish theologian * David Dickson the Elder (1754–1820), Church of Scotland minister * David Dickson (surgeon) (1780–1850), Scottish naval surgeon * David Dickson the Younger (1780–1842), Scottish minister * David C. Dickson (Mississippi politician) (1794–1836), American politician in the state of Mississippi * David Catchings Dickson (1818–1880), American politician in the state of Texas * David Dickson (swimmer) (born 1941), Australian swimmer * David Dickson (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballer at Carlton See also *David Dickinson (born 1941), English antiques expert and television presenter *David Dickson Rogers David Dickson Rogers (June 10, 1845 – January 28, 1915) was a Canadian politician in the province of Ontario. Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, his parents emigrated to Canada when he was an infant and settled in Prince Edward County, Up ... (1845–1915), Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson (minister)
David Dickson (1583–1663) was a Church of Scotland minister and theologian. Life David Dickson of Busby was born in Glasgow in 1583. He was the son of John Dickson, a wealthy local merchant with premises on the Trongate. He was at first intended for the mercantile profession, but instead studied for the Church. After studying at Glasgow University he gained an M.A. around 1601. He was then appointed Regent of Philosophy in the University. On 31 March 1618. he was ordained as minister of Irvine. He declared against the Perth Articles, and was summoned before the Court of High Commission. Declining its authority, he was deprived of office. In 1622 he was allowed to return to his parish. During the visitation of religious zeal in 1630, known as "the Stewarton Sickness," his prudence was notable, and the interests of practical religion were maintained. For employing in 1637 two of his countrymen, who were under the ban of Episcopal authority in Ireland, he was again calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson The Elder
David Dickson of Persilands or David Dickson the Elder (1754–1820) was a Church of Scotland minister and father of David Dickson the Younger. Life He was born on 30 March 1754 the third son of Rev David Dickson of Kilbucho, minister of Newlands. He was educated at West Linton parish school, then in Peebles, He studied at Glasgow University and finished his theological training at Divinity Hall in Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach in August 1775 by the Presbytery of Biggar.''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''; by Hew Scott His first role was as assistant minister in Libberton in Lanarkshire, and in May 1777 he was ordained minister there in place of the previous minister. In July 1783 he translated to Bothkennar north of Falkirk. In 1792 he began assisting Rev Thomas Snell Jones at Lady Glenorchy's Church in Edinburgh but when no senior position arose he moved in October 1795 to the adjacent Canongate Chapel of Ease on New Street, an "overflow" church for Canongate Kirk re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson (surgeon)
Sir David James Hamilton Dickson OSV FRSE FRCSE FRCPE FLS (1780–1850) was a Scottish naval surgeon, medical author and amateur botanist, serving during the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 between Britain and the United States. He was present as senior Physician looking after the British naval forces under Sir Alexander Cochrane at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Life He was born in the manse Bedrule in the Scottish Borders in 1780, being the son of the local minister, Rev George Dickson. He was educated locally then studied Medicine at Aberdeen University. He received a licence to practice medicine from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1798. He joined the Royal Navy in 1799 as Britain's war with France began to escalate. Initially he served in Holland and in 1801 was posted to Egypt. He was later present at the capture of the French and Dutch islands in the West Indies. In 1806 he was formally accepted as a full doctor (MD) and became Physician and Inspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson The Younger
David Dickson (1780–28 July 1842) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and writer. Life He was born in 1780 at Libberton, Lanarkshire, the parish where his father David Dickson the Elder, Rev David Dickson (1753-1820) was minister. He was educated at the parish school of Bothkennar. In 1792 the family moved to Edinburgh and after several assistant minister positions his father got a post as minister of the New North Church (contained within St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and the family relocated, allowing Dickson greater ease to study at the University of Edinburgh. In December 1801 he was licensed to preach in the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, and appointed early in 1802 to the Chapel of Ease at Kilmarnock. In December 1802 King George III presented him to the town council of Edinburgh and consequently, in May 1803, he was chosen collegiate minister of St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh in place of William Paul (minister), Rev William Paul. Until the death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David C
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and Lyre, harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges David and Jonathan, a notably close friendship with Jonathan (1 Samuel), Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Catchings Dickson
David Catchings Dickson (February 25, 1818 – June 5, 1880) was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as the ninth Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Texas. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas. Dickson was born in Pike County, Mississippi. In 1830, Dickson’s family moved to Georgetown, Copiah County, Mississippi, where he married Sophronia L. Magee. Dickson attended medical school in Lexington, Kentucky, and after graduating in 1841, moved, as part of a large group, to the Montgomery County, Texas, community of Anderson (present-day Grimes County). Dickson served as a surgeon for the Army of the Republic of Texas. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County beginning in 1845. Sometime before 1850, Dickson had remarried, to the former Nancy Ann E. Magee. Dickson served in the House of Representatives in the First, Third, and Fourth Texas Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson (swimmer)
David Gavin Dickson (born 20 February 1941) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won three bronze medals in freestyle and medley relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome and Tokyo respectively. Swimming career Dickson was born in Malaya, where his father was stationed during World War II. He was three months old when he arrived in Perth, Western Australia. His schooling years was spent Malaya, Geelong and Bunbury. Dickson was a member of the Bunbury Swimming Club. Australian Championships * 110 yd freestyle - first in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 * 220 yd freestyle - first in 1965 Summer Olympics Dickson was selected to make his international debut at 1960 Rome Olympics in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. With John Konrads, Jon Henricks and Murray Rose, Dickson broke the world record on 6 August 1960, at the Tobruk Pool in Townsville, Queensland. However, in the Olympic final, swimming alongside individual gold medallists John Devitt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson (footballer)
David Dickson (born 12 May 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the VFL during the 1970s. Dickson, who went to school in Coburg, played his early football in the VFA with Preston. He made his Carlton debut in 1972, the same game that Alex Jesaulenko celebrated his 100th, and finished the year playing on the wing in their premiership side. Another Grand Final appearance followed in 1973 and Dickson, again playing as a wingman, finished on the losing team. In 1977 he was part of the trade which saw Peter McKenna Peter McKenna (born 27 August 1946 in Brunswick West, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He also represented Devonport ... come to Carlton but Dickson couldn't make it into the Collingwood seniors and played reserves football for the club instead. After retiring as a player, Dickson moved into coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickinson
David Dickinson MBE (born David Gulesserian; 16 August 1941) is an English antiques dealer and television presenter. Between 2000 and 2004, Dickinson hosted the BBC One antiques show ''Bargain Hunt'', where he was succeeded by Tim Wonnacott. Dickinson left the BBC in 2005, and since 2006 he has been hosting the ITV daytime show ''Dickinson's Real Deal''. The show sees members of the public bringing antiques and collectables to sell to a dealer or take to the auction. In April 2003, he hosted his own daytime chat show series ''The David Dickinson Show'' and in 2017, he presented ''David Dickinson's Name Your Price'' for ITV. Origins David Dickinson was born in Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire, the son of Eugenie Gulesserian (born 1919 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire), a daughter of Hrant Gulesserian, an Armenian textile merchant who had moved from Constantinople to Manchester in 1904. Dickinson was given up for adoption as an infant and never again met his biological mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Dickson Rogers
David Dickson Rogers (June 10, 1845 – January 28, 1915) was a Canadian politician in the province of Ontario. Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, his parents emigrated to Canada when he was an infant and settled in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada. Rogers was educated at the Kingston Collegiate Institute. A farmer, he settled in Frontenac County, Ontario. He was a Director and President of the Farmers' Institute and Agricultural Association. A member of the popular farmer-based Patrons of Industry The Patrons of Industry in Canada were based on the Patrons of Industry of Michigan that had formed in 1889. It was dedicated to upholding and encouraging the moral, social, intellectual, political and financial situation of farmers and to preserve ..., he faced no opposition and was acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Frontenac in the 1896 federal election. He ran in the 1900 election as an independent candidate and was defeated. Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
