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David Hunt (folklorist)
David or Dave Hunt may refer to: Sports * David Hunt (footballer, born 1982), English football defender (Oxford United) * David Hunt (footballer, born 1959), English football midfielder (Notts County) * David Hunt (footballer, born 1980), English football defender (Darlington) * David Hunt (racing driver) (1960–2015), English racing driver * David Hunt (sailor) (born 1934), English sailor * David Hunt (rower) (born 1991), South African rower * David Hunt (badminton) (born 1945), English badminton player Others * David Hunt (actor) (born 1953), English actor * David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral (born 1942), British Conservative politician * David Hunt (botanist) (1938–2019), English botanist and taxonomist * David Hunt (diplomat) (1913–1998), ''Mastermind'' winner and former British ambassador to Brazil * David Hunt (gangster) (born 1961), English organised crime boss * David Hunt (judge) (1935–2019), Australian judge * David Hunt (ornithologist) (1934–1985), English o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (footballer, Born 1982)
David John Hunt (born 10 September 1982) is an English football midfielder who is unattached. Playing career Born in London, Hunt began as a trainee with Crystal Palace, but made only a few appearances after turning professional. He moved to Leyton Orient in 2003, playing 74 times in all competitions in two seasons. He then moved to Northampton Town, where he was a key player in the club's successful promotion season of 2005–06, with his long throw-in being a prominent weapon in the team's tactical arsenal that year. Hunt signed for Shrewsbury Town on 15 May 2007, on a two-year deal after rejecting an offer of a contract extension at Northampton. In January 2009, he came to an agreement with Paul Simpson, the Shrewsbury Town boss, on the remainder of his contract and consequently left the club as he attempted to move back down south as his family failed to settle in the area. His spell at the club was littered by injuries, resulting in few appearances over the one-and-a-hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (diplomat)
Sir David Hunt (25 September 1913 – 30 July 1998) was a British diplomat, perhaps best remembered as winner of the BBC's ''Mastermind'' television quiz in 1977. Life and career Hunt was born in Durham, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford. He served with distinction in World War II, and entered the diplomatic service in 1947. He served as Private Secretary to prime ministers Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, and was knighted in 1963. From 1965 to 1967 he was the British High Commissioner to Cyprus. From 1967 to 1969, he served as High Commissioner to Nigeria. Frederick Forsyth, then a journalist in Nigeria and later a successful novelist, described Hunt as "a snob and a racist" representing the diplomatic corps whose "blithering incompetence" failed to appreciate or deal with the tensions that erupted into the Nigerian Civil War.Forsyth, Frederick (2015). The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue. NY, Putnams Forsyth claimed that Hunt was responsible for Britain's comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hunt (musician)
Dave Hunt is an English extreme metal vocalist. He is the vocalist of Anaal Nathrakh under the pseudonym V.I.T.R.I.O.L., ( la, Visita Interiora Terræ Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem, lit=Visit the interior of the earth, and by rectifying, you will discover the hidden stone), a phrase found in alchemical literature which purports to be the origin of the name of vitriol. He was also the vocalist of Mistress under the pseudonym Dave Cunt until their split in March 2008. Notably, Dave Hunt's lyrics for his main band, Anaal Nathrakh, are never released or published in album liner notes. The one known exception is the song "Tod Huetet Uebel" from '' Passion'', which was written as a collaboration with Rainer Landfermann, best known for his vocal work on the Bethlehem album '' Dictius Te Necare''. He lives in Birmingham, England. As of late 2011, Hunt writes an online column for ''Terrorizer'' magazine entitled 'More of Fire than Blog', a play on an Anaal Nathrakh song/video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hunt (Christian Apologist)
David Charles Haddon Hunt (September 30, 1926 – April 5, 2013) was an American Christians, Christian apologist, speaker, radio commentator and author. He was in full-time ministry from 1973 until his death. ''The Berean Call'', which highlights Hunt's material, was started in 1992. From 1999 to 2010, he also hosted ''Search the Scriptures Daily'' radio ministry alongside T.A. McMahon. Hunt traveled to the Near East, lived in Egypt, and wrote numerous books on theology, prophecy, cults, and other religions, including critiques of Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism, and Calvinism, among others. Hunt's Christian theology was evangelicalism, evangelical Dispensationalism#, dispensational and he was associated with the Plymouth Brethren movement. Early and personal life David Charles Haddon Hunt was born on September 30, 1926, in Riverside, California, to Lillie and Albert Hunt. He was raised in a Christian family, with two other siblings. As a young man, he also spent time in the milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (video Game Streamer)
David Hunt (born April 11, 1985), known online as GrandPooBear, is an American video game streamer, speedrunner, and creator of Kaizo ''Super Mario'' levels. A Red Bull athlete, Hunt is primarily known for playing and creating levels for ''Super Mario Maker''. He has also performed at various Games Done Quick events and TwitchCon, and has hosted his own in-person and virtual speedrunning events. Personal life David Hunt, known online as GrandPooBear, grew up in Michigan and attended the University of Colorado Boulder. An avid snowboarder, he was in an accident in April 2013 which left him severely injured. While spending months in recovery, he turned to video games as a new passion to focus on, saying: "I was bored on the couch, and I decided I wanted to become really good at one video game, '' Super Mario Bros. 3''." Hunt lives with his wife, Gina Hunt, who helps operate their streaming business. They had their first child in January 2019. Career Hunt started his streaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (planter)
David Hunt (October 22, 1779 – May 18, 1861) was an American planter based in the Natchez District of Mississippi who controlled 25 plantations, thousands of acres, and more than 1,000 slaves in the antebellum era. From New Jersey, he joined his uncle in Mississippi business. He became a major philanthropist in the South, contributing to educational institutions in Mississippi, as well as the American Colonization Society and Mississippi Colonization Society, the latter of which he was a founding member. Known as "King David," Hunt made a fortune in cotton production and sales. He was one of twelve millionaires residing near Natchez, Mississippi, at a time when there only were 35 millionaires in the entire United States. Biography Early life David Hunt was born on October 22, 1779 on a farm near Ringoes, New Jersey.Dunbar Hunt," '' The Fayette Chronicle'', 29 May 1908, Volume XLI, Number 35. It was west and in the country compared to the capital of Trenton, New Jersey. He had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (ornithologist)
David Bassil Hunt (1934 – 22 February 1985) was an English ornithologist who worked mostly on the Isles of Scilly, an archipelago off the south west coast of England. He was killed by a tiger, the first European to suffer this fate for many decades.Flumm, D. S. "Obituary". In Rogers, M. J. (ed.) (1985) ''Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1984''. Cornwall Bird Watching and Preservation Society. Life Born in 1934 in Devonport, and given the middle name of Bassil, which was his mother's surname before his parents' marriage,"Hunt, David B, mother's maiden name Bassil" in ''Register of Births for Devonport Registration District'', vol. 5b (1934), p. 432 Hunt was brought up on the Yealm estuary and educated at Gresham's School, Norfolk. In 1954 he began to study art, then went to Germany to work as a jazz trombonist. On returning to England, he worked as a horticulturalist, which in 1964 took him to the Island Hotel on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, where he was hired as gardener. He lived in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (judge)
David Anthony Hunt (15 February 1935 – 19 July 2019) was an Australian judge who served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, where he was the Chief Judge at Common Law, and the Judicial Commission of New South Wales. Subsequent to his retirement in 1998, Justice Hunt joined the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (where he signed the warrant for the arrest of Slobodan Milošević) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Gabrielle Louise McIntyre served as his legal adviser at the ICTY. Justice Hunt was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2000 Australia Day Honours for "service to the judiciary, to the law and to the community particularly in the areas of criminal law, the law of defamation, and international law in defence of human rights". Justice Hunt is remembered as the judge who sentenced serial killer Ivan Milat. Justice Hunt was the father of political satirist Simon Hunt, sometimes known as Pauline Pantsdown. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (gangster)
David Charles Hunt (born April 1961 in Canning Town, London) is an English organised crime boss linked to violence, fraud, prostitution, money laundering and murder. He heads a gang dubbed The Hunt Syndicate, which has been described as being an extensive criminal empire that has so far evaded significant penetration from law enforcement. Hunt is known in gangland circles as Long Fella due to his height of 6 ft 5 inches. In a confidential police report from the early 2000s which was later leaked online, Hunt's gang was said to include family members and the father of a well known reality TV star. Hunt has been described by Metropolitan Police sources as being "too big to bring down". He became a close friend and associate of Reggie Kray, visiting him in prison in 2000 just prior to his death. He was the owner of "Hunt's Waste Recycling" in Dagenham, which during the nearby 2012 Olympics closing ceremony, was the centre of the "largest fire in several years" in London whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (botanist)
David Richard Hunt (25 September 1938 – 20 May 2019) was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was a specialist in cacti and the spiderwort family. He notably compiled the 1999 CITES Cactaceae Checklist. Personal life Hunt was married to organist Margaret Phillips and co-founder of the English Organ School and Museum in Milborne Port. Life and Work Hunt received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Cambridge in 1959 and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1963. In 1983 he received a doctoral degree (PhD) from the University of Reading. Hunt worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. He was from 1968 to 1982 editor of the journal ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine''. From 1964 to 2005 he was on the Conifer Nomenclature Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. From 1974 to 1994, he was Secretary and/or Publisher of the International Organisation for Succulent Research. From 1990 to 2003 he was a member of the Council and Scientific Committee of the Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt (footballer, Born 1959)
David Hunt (born 17 April 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder for Derby County, Notts County, Aston Villa and Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they .... References External links * 1959 births Living people Footballers from Leicester English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Derby County F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hunt, Baron Hunt Of Wirral
David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, (born 21 May 1942) is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet under the Thatcher and Major administrations, and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990. Education Hunt was educated at Liverpool College, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), in Liverpool, at the time in Lancashire (and now in Merseyside), followed by the University of Bristol, where he studied Law. In 1965, representing the university, he won ''The Observer'' Mace debating competition, speaking with Bob Marshall Andrews (who would also go on to become an MP, for Labour.) In 1995, the competition was renamed the John Smith Memorial Mace, and is now run by the English-Speaking Union. Early life Born in Glyn Ceiriog in 1942, the son of former Royal Naval Reserves Officer Alan N Hunt OBE and Jessie E E Northrop, David Hunt was the middle child of three, with two sisters. Growing up, David was an active member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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