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David Rock (German Scholar)
David Rock may refer to: * David Rock (architect) (born 1929), English architect and graphic designer * David Rock (historian), historian of Latin America * David Rock (cricketer) (born 1957), English former cricketer * David Rock, owner of the company TV Links TV Links was a User-generated content, user contributed Web directory, online video directory for television programmes, films, and music videos. In a similar style to BitTorrent trackers such as The Pirate Bay, video content was not hosted by TV ... * Dave Rock, musician of Rilo Kiley {{hndis, Rock, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rock (architect)
David Rock (born in Sunderland, 1929) is an English architect and graphic designer, twice RIBA vice-president (1986-87 & 1995-97) and RIBA president (1997–99). Rock studied under Lord Holford and Peter Smithson who described him as "the most naturally gifted and talented architect he'd ever met". He then worked for Basil Spence for five years. He joined '' Grenfell Baines & Hargreaves'' in 1959 as Associate Partner to open its first London office; this office initially operated out of Rock's flat in Earls Court. Rock was responsible for BDP London during the 1960s, becoming an Equity Partner in 1964; he resigned in 1971. Rock went into partnership with John Townsend, an expert on bürolandschaft. In 1972, ''Rock Townsend'' opened, what would become, ''Workspace'', which further developed the idea of multidisciplinary working by providing office space for small design businesses. Rock was a supporter of the radical architecture group Archigram in the 1960s and 1970s. He nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rock (historian)
David Peter Rock (born 8 April 1945) is a Latin Americanist historian, who specializes in the history of Argentina. He is a retired professor at the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who now lives in England. He was born in Great Harwood, Blackburn, Lancashire, England and attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (1956-1963). He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1964, where he graduated in 1967. He was awarded an M.A. in 1970 and a Ph.D. in 1971, both at Cambridge University. He worked as a Research Officer at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge in 1970-1974 and as Assistant Secretary at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London in London from 1974 to 1977. He moved to the U.S. to teach at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was promoted to Professor in 1980. He retired from university teaching 2014. He married Rosalind Farrar in 1968, with whom he had two sons. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rock (cricketer)
David John Rock (born 20 April 1957) is a former English cricketer. Rock was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. Rock made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1970 County Championship against Surrey. Rock played in three County Championship matches during that season. In 1977 Rock became a more regular appearer for Hampshire, making his List-A debut against Somerset. Rock made two List-A half centuries during 1977, making his maiden fifty against Middlesex, and his second and final List-A fifty against Gloucestershire. In the County Championship, Rock had his best season, making his maiden century against Leicestershire and following it up with another against Nottinghamshire. Rock continued to appear for the county in 1978 and 1979, before playing his final first-class match against Kent in the County Championship and his final List-A match against Warwickshire in the John Player League. In 37 first-class matches for Hampshire Rock scored 1,2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Links
TV Links was a User-generated content, user contributed Web directory, online video directory for television programmes, films, and music videos. In a similar style to BitTorrent trackers such as The Pirate Bay, video content was not hosted by TV Links. Instead, videos were hosted by third-party video sharing websites. The website was operated as a hobby by David Rock of Cheltenham, England. On 18 October 2007, the website's servers, located in the Netherlands, were raided and shut down by Gloucestershire police in cooperation with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) in response to complaints received from major United States, US film studios about TV Links. No official clarification has been made to date as to why the website was shut down. Simultaneously, David Rock was arrested and later released pending further investigation, without being charged with a crime. Although FACT initially stated that the raid was performed because of allegations of copyright infringement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |