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David Watts (basketball)
David Watts may refer to: People * David G. Watts, Welsh games designer and publisher * David P. Watts, American professor of anthropology at Yale University * David Watts (biogeographer), founding editor of the ''Journal of Biogeography'' * David Watts (rower) (born 1992), Australian rower * David Watts (rugby union) (1886–1916), Wales rugby international player * David Watts, Baron Watts (born 1951), British Labour Party politician * David Watts (teacher) (?–2013), British teacher and amateur sound recordist * David George Watts (1931–2016), English local historian *David Fraser Watts (born 1979), known as Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer Other * "David Watts" (song), a 1967 song by Ray Davies and the Kinks, later covered by the Jam *David Watts, a character in William Boyd's novel ''Armadillo'', whose name is taken from the Kinks' song See also *David Watt (other) Dave or David Watt may refer to: *Davey Watt (born 1978), Australian motorcycle speedway rider *D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 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 a notably close friendship with 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 Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 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 a notably close friendship with 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 Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (biogeographer)
David Watts may refer to: People * David G. Watts, Welsh games designer and publisher *David P. Watts, American professor of anthropology at Yale University *David Watts (biogeographer), founding editor of the ''Journal of Biogeography'' *David Watts (rower) (born 1992), Australian rower *David Watts (rugby union) (1886–1916), Wales rugby international player *David Watts, Baron Watts (born 1951), British Labour Party politician *David Watts (teacher) (?–2013), British teacher and amateur sound recordist *David George Watts (1931–2016), English local historian *David Fraser Watts (born 1979), known as Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer Other * "David Watts" (song), a 1967 song by Ray Davies and the Kinks, later covered by the Jam *David Watts, a character in William Boyd's novel ''Armadillo Armadillos (meaning "little armored ones" in Spanish) are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of Biogeography
The ''Journal of Biogeography'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in biogeography that was established in 1974. It covers aspects of spatial, ecological, and historical biogeography. The founding editor-in-chief was David Watts, followed by John Flenley, Philip Stott (1987-2004), Robert J. Whittaker (2004-2015), and Peter Linder (University of Zurich; 2015-2019). The current editor-in-chief is Michael N Dawson (University of California, Merced). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ... of 4.810. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of Biogeography Ecology journals English-language journals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (rower)
David Watts (born 1992) is an Australian rower. A national champion and national representative, he is a 2016 Olympian and won silver medals at the 2015 and 2018 World Rowing Championships. School, club and state rowing Watts was born in England before moving to Perth, Western Australia. As a child he was a successful state swimmer and a young member of a teenage squad which swam across the arduous English Channel establishing himself as a determined, young athlete, aged 13 years. He moved to the sport of rowing after being identified as a talented athlete by the Western Australian Institute of Sport's Talent Identification Program. He attended a public school, Churchlands SHS then Trinity College, Perth for year 12 . He was a welcome member of their champion 1st VIII of 2009. He won numerous medals at state level and first represented Australia in Ottensheim in the Junior Men's World Championships, in the four, at the young age of 16, stroking the boat and finishing a very res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (rugby Union)
David Watts (14 March 1886 – 14 July 1916) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Maesteg. He won four caps for Wales, all in 1914. Rugby career Watts came to prominence in Welsh rugby when he was part of the Maesteg team that won the Glamorgan Challenge Cup in 1912. In 1914 Watts was selected to represent Wales as part of the Five Nations Championship. His first game was on the 17 January in a game against England at Twickenham. Under the captaincy of Jenkin Alban Davies, Wales lost the opening game but won the final three games of the tournament. Of all Watts' matches, the most notable was the final game at the Balmoral Showgrounds against Ireland. The game was an overly violent affair, after members of both packs ran into each other the night before the game. The Welsh pack, of which Watts was part of, was named the 'Terrible Eight' by newspapers after the game. Watts played one final game for his country, in an exhibition game against the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts, Baron Watts
David Leonard Watts, Baron Watts (born 26 August 1951) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Blair and Brown governments as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2005 to 2010 and chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party as a backbencher from 2012 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens North from 1997 to 2015. Early life Watts was educated at Malvern Primary School and Huyton Hey Secondary Modern School, Huyton. He was leader of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council for four years. He was a union official at Huntley & Palmers' biscuit factory in Huyton. Parliamentary career Watts was a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury from 2008 to 2010. On 15 March 2012, he was elected to succeed Tony Lloyd as the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, a role he performed until he stood down to be replaced by John Cryer on 9 February 2015. He stood down at the 2015 General Election. Watts is associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (teacher)
David Watts was a British teacher and amateur sound recordist. He was head teacher of Kingsmead School at Hoylake for thirty years. The British Library's National Sound Archive holds his collection of wildlife sound recordings, many of which were made in South Africa. Watts was the son of Arthur Watts, the founding headmaster of Kingsmead. Watts died in 2013, aged 100. He was survived by his wife Dorothy and their three children, who attended a memorial service in his honour at Kingsmead School on 11 May 2013. His obituary, which described him as "eccentric and affable", was published in ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...''. References Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing 2013 deaths Wildlife sound recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David George Watts
David George Watts (14 May 1931 – 14 October 2016), known as George Watts, was an English local historian closely associated with the work of the ''Victoria County History'' (VCH) and the history of Titchfield, Hampshire. Early life David Watts was born on 14 May 1931, at the Old Inn House, West Street, Titchfield, Hampshire. His family were strawberry growers which was an important local industry. In a local history talk he recalled that as a boy he could walk from Titchfield to Warsash alongside strawberry fields the whole distance. His family aimed to harvest their first crop by mid-May and the berries were sold as far away as Glasgow. Watts was educated locally and then at Price's School in Fareham and at University College, Oxford, University College, University of Oxford, where he took a first class degree in history. He subsequently completed a B.Litt in 1957 with a thesis on "The Estates of Titchfield Abbey c.1245 to c.1380". Career Watts joined the VCH in 1956, workin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Watts
Fraser Watts (born 5 June 1979) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonstrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports scholarship to Durham School where he completed the last 2 years of his education. Watts has returned to play for Carlton, following a stint at Greenock, in the SNCL and also enjoyed a stint as the opening batsman for the Scottish national team. He was part of the Scottish team that travelled to the West Indies for the Cricket World Cup in 2007. He played in two of their group games but had to pull out of their final game at the last minute due to a groin strain on the morning of the match. He was educated at South Morningside Primary, Boroughmuir High School, Durham School and then Loughborough University. As a batsman, Watts is renowned for his flowing locks and cover drives. Formerly a seam bowler, he once removed Dan Marsh twice during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watts (song)
"David Watts" is a song written by Ray Davies that originally appeared on the Kinks' 1967 album '' Something Else by the Kinks''. It was also the American and Continental Europe B-side to " Autumn Almanac". It has been included on several compilation albums, including ''The Kink Kronikles'' (1972) and a live version recorded at Landmark Theatre (Syracuse, New York), Syracuse, New York, 4 March 1980 was included on One for the Road (The Kinks album) a double live album released June 1980. Background The song is about the singer's great admiration of fellow schoolboy David Watts, who appears to have a "charmed life". There is an undercurrent of either deep envy or, as AllMusic put it, "a schoolboy crush". It is also, as Jon Savage has written, one of Ray Davies' "sharpest homoerotic songs". As Ray Davies confirmed in ''The Kinks: The Official Biography'' by Savage, "David Watts is a real person. He was a concert promoter in Rutland." He goes on to relate how the real Watts was gay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armadillo (novel)
''Armadillo'' is William Boyd's seventh novel, published in 1998. It was the first of his novels to be based in Britain. Boyd also wrote the screenplay for a BBC/ A&E television adaptation in 2001. Plot introduction The story concerns Lorimer Black, a successful loss adjuster. His original name is Milomre Blocj and he comes from a family of Transnistrian gypsies who arrived in London in 1957 and set up an import-export business linked to Eastern Europe. They now run a taxi cab firm and are always borrowing money off Milo (as they still call him). Lorimer suffers from insomnia and spends many nights at the "Institute for Lucid Dreaming" in search for a cure. He collects antique helmets, listens to African music and is having an affair with Stella Bull, the owner of a scaffolding company. The book includes extracts taken from Lorimer's journal ''The Book of Transfiguration,'' in which he philosophizes on his situation and quotes from Gerard de Nerval. Hogg, Lorimer's overbeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
