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David Pearson(ornithologist)
David or Dave Pearson may refer to: * David Pearson (librarian) (born 1955), British librarian and scholar * David Pearson (racing driver) (1934–2018), American car racing champion * David Pearson (scientist) (born 1942), Canadian scientist, academic and television personality * Dave Pearson (American football) (born 1981), American offensive lineman * Dave Pearson (painter) (1937–2008), English artist * Dave Pearson (pool player), British speed pool champion and multiple Guinness Book world record holder * Dave Pearson (rugby union) (born 1966), English rugby union referee * David Lee Pearson (born 1974), Paralympic athlete * Dave Pearson (footballer) (born 1932), Scottish footballer * David Pearson (cricketer) (born 1963), former English cricketer * David Pearson (bowls), Scottish lawn bowler * David Pearson (social care administrator) Sir David Charles Pearson, CBE, is a British social care administrator and former social worker. He has chaired the UK government's Social Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (librarian)
David Pearson (born 1955) is an English librarian who served as the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation between 2009 and 2017; his brief covered London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library, City Business Library, Guildhall Art Gallery, and other institutions. He retired in early 2017 to focus on his work in book history and is now a Senior Member of Darwin College, Cambridge (from 2016); Honorary Senior Research Associate of the Department of Information Studies, University College London (from 2016); and Senior Fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London (from 2017). A member of the Faculty of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, he teaches regularly at the London Rare Book School. Education Pearson was educated at St Bees School (1967–1973) and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge (1974–1977, MA, PhD), and University of Loughborough (1980–81, Dip.Lib). Career He was previously Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (racing Driver)
David Gene Pearson (December 22, 1934 – November 12, 2018) was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing. Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships (1966, 1968, and 1969). He never missed a race in the years he was active. NASCAR described his 1974 season as an indication of his "consistent greatness", finishing third in the season points having competed in only 19 of 30 races. Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history. They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson. Petty had 200 wins in 1,184 starts, while Pearson had 105 wins in 574 starts. Pearson was nicknamed the "Fox" (and later the "Silver Fox") for his calculated approach to racing. At his finalist nominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (scientist)
David Pearson (born 1942) is a British-born Canadian scientist, academic and television personality. He is a professor of earth sciences and science communication at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Education Pearson was educated at the University of Durham, where he took a B.Sc. degree in geology in 1963, then at Imperial College, London, graduating Ph.D. and D.I.C. in 1967.David Pearson biography at laurentian.ca, accessed 20 July 2015 Career Joining the teaching staff of Laurentian University in 1969, Pearson was the founding director of , the city's interactive |
Dave Pearson (American Football)
David John Pearson (born March 29, 1981) is a former American football Center (gridiron football), center. He played college football at Michigan Wolverines football, Michigan. Early life and college career Pearson grew up in Brighton, Michigan and graduated from Brighton High School (Michigan), Brighton High School in 1999. At Brighton High, Pearson played football and basketball with future college teammate Drew Henson and was an honorable USA Today All-USA high school football team, ''USA Today'' All-American. At the University of Michigan, Pearson redshirted the 1999 season on the Michigan Wolverines football team. In 2000 and 2001, Pearson played as a reserve defensive tackle. He moved to the offensive line afterwards and was the starting center in 2002 and 2003. Pearson made the All-Big Ten Conference, Big Ten second-team as a senior in 2003. He was also part of two Big Ten championship teams in 2000 Michigan Wolverines football team, 2000 and 2003 Michigan Wolverines foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (painter)
David Samuel Pearson (4 August 1937 – 19 July 2008), commonly known as "Dave Pearson", was an English painter and educator who was "a great example of an artist whose life was completely dedicated to serving the imagination". Highly prolific, throughout his life he produced a prodigious quantity of work. Life Dave Pearson was born in Clapton, London in 1937. His father, Sam, was a tailor and his mother Ann went on, in later life, to become a prolific self-taught artist. Pearson was evacuated to Leicester at the age of 7, and later attended Parmiter's Grammar School in Bethnal Green. He went on to study painting at both Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. In 1963 he began teaching at Preston School of Art but soon moved to Manchester School of Art where he remained until his retirement in 2002. He lived and kept a studio in Haslingden, Rossendale, as well as at Globe Arts, also in Rossendale. Although he exhibited, notably at the Bluecoat Gallery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (pool Player)
Dave Pearson is a British professional pool player. Pearson was the runner-up in the International Speed Pool Challenge four years in a row, losing to Luc Salvas Luc Salvas (born November 21, 1962) is a Canadian professional pool player. His quick-paced speed pool play has earned him the nickname "Machine Gun". Born in Yamaska, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québe ... in the 2006 and 2009 finals, and to Bobby McGrath in the 2007-2008 finals. References Living people English pool players Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-pool-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (rugby Union)
Dave Pearson (born 9 August 1966) is an English former rugby union referee. He was on the International Rugby Board's list of 17 international referees for the 2009/10 season. Pearson officiated the first test match between Argentina and Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ... in June 2010. David Pearson also refereed France versus Ireland in the 2011 six nations. Since 2015, he has been the high performance referee manager at the Scottish Rugby Union, where he is responsible for bringing through the next generation of Scottish and Northern English referees. He has mentored Mike Adamson, Holly Davidson, Sam Grove-White, and Ben Blain. Notes 1966 births English rugby union referees Living people Rugby World Cup referees Six Nations Championship refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Pearson
Sir David Lee Pearson (born 4 February 1974) is a 14-times Paralympic Games gold medallist, having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. Over the course of his career he has won 30 gold medals at European, World and Paralympic level. Biography Pearson was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and first came to public attention in 1980, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher carried him up stairs in 10 Downing Street having awarded him a 'Children of Courage' medal. Pearson turned professional after he was inspired by the Atlanta Olympics. He won three gold medals in the championship dressage, freestyle dressage, and team dressage events at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. He won gold in the team dressage event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, silver in the championship dressage and bronze in the freestyle. He noted after his failure to win gold in the freestyle competition in London that he had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (footballer)
David Thomson Pearson (9 November 1932 – July 2019), was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward in the English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engl .... Dave scored a hat-trick on his Oldham Athletic debut External links *Dave Pearson 1932 births 2019 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Dunfermline Men's association football forwards Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Darwen F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Chorley F.C. players English Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (cricketer)
David John Pearson (born 16 April 1963) is an English former cricketer. Pearson was a left-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Whalley, Lancashire. Pearson made his debut for Cumberland in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1990 to 2000, including 74 matches in the Minor Counties Championship, and 21 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut in 1994 against Leicestershire in the NatWest Trophy. Pearson played nine further List A Matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Kent in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his ten List A Matches, he scored 136 runs at an average of 13.60 with a high score of 30. In the field, he took four catches. Pearson also played second-XI cricket for the Lancashire Second XI and the Leicestershire Second XI. He officially retired from club cricket in 1998. Pearson's son, Lewis, won selection for the Lancashire County Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (bowls)
David G Pearson is a Scottish retired international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Alex McIntosh, Norman Pryde and John Slight. He also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892 Mr James Brown of Sanquhar BC and Dr Clark of the Partick BC formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first rink (fours) champ ... fours title (with McIntosh, Pryde and Slight) in 1968. References Possibly living people Scottish male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
