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George Davis (footballer, Born 1868)
George Davis may refer to: Entertainment * George Davis (actor) (1889–1965), Dutch-born American actor * George Davis (art director) (1914–1998), American art director *George Davis (author) (1939), American novelist * George Davis (editor) (1906–1957), American fiction editor and minor novelist *George S. Davis (1906–1992), aka The Singing Miner, American country singer Military *George Andrew Davis Jr. (1920–1952), United States Air Force major and Medal of Honor recipient * George B. Davis (1847–1914), Judge Advocate General of the United States Army *George E. Davis (Medal of Honor) (1839–1926), American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient *George Fleming Davis (1911–1945), U.S. Navy commander, Medal of Honor recipient *George Whitefield Davis (1839–1918), American general and military Governor of Puerto Rico *George W. Davis VI (born 1938), U.S. Navy rear admiral Politics * George Davis (American politician) (1820–1896), 4th Attorney General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis (actor)
George Davis (7 November 1889 – 19 April 1965) was a Dutch-born American actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born in Amsterdam and died in Los Angeles, California, from cancer. Selected filmography * ''The Yellow Traffic'' (1914) * '' Out of the Fog'' (1919) - Brad Standish * ''Three Ages'' (1923) - Roman Guard Knocked Down (uncredited) * ''Sherlock Jr.'' (1924) - Conspirator (uncredited) * ''Stupid, But Brave'' (1924, short) - A Bum / The Race Starter (uncredited) * ''He Who Gets Slapped'' (1924) - A Clown (uncredited) * ''The Iron Mule'' (1925, short) * ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925) - Guard at Christine's Door (uncredited) * '' The Tourist'' (1925, short) * '' Cleaning Up'' (1925, short) - The Wife's Brother * '' The Fighting Dude'' (1925, short) - The Dude's Valet * ''My Stars'' (1926, short) - The Butler * ''Home Cured'' (1926, short) * ''Fool's Luck'' (1926, short) - Cuthbert - The Valet * '' His Private Life'' (1926 short) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis House (Toronto)
The George Davis House, is a house in Toronto, Ontario built in 1919 and designated as a Toronto Heritage Property on September 30, 2004. The house is located at 40 Kingswood Road in the Beaches area of eastern Toronto and part of the Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District.E.R.A. Architects Inc. (2009) ''Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District'', 134 ppplan_kingswoodsouth.pdf (Accessed 2012-09-25) The house was built for George Davis, an editor with Maclean's Publishing, and was later occupied by F.S. Hollister whose firm was involved in creating the World War 1 memorial windows in Ottawa's Peace Tower on Parliament Hill Parliament Hill (french: Colline du Parlement, colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings, and their architectu .... The house is considered a good example ofPeriod RevivalDesign with English Tudor elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roscoe Davis
George Roscoe Davis was a Washington, DC lawyer. Biography In the late 1800s, he moved from Maine to Washington, DC to attend classes at George Washington University where in 1894 he became a charter member of the Columbian University chapter of Theta Delta Chi. That same year, George R. Davis was awarded both the Staughton Prize for excellence in the Latin language and literature and the Elton Prize for excellence in the Greek language and literature. In 1895 he also won the Ruggles Prize for Excellence in Mathematics and was the sole recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree awarded by the university that session. After graduation George R. Davis worked as a lawyer for the Washington Pension Bureau and later for the income tax administration of the United States Treasury. In 1922, he partnered a new law firm with Marion De Vries. In 1926, he helped argue the prohibition/customs case Ford v. US, 273 U.S. 593 before the Supreme Court. Served on the Supreme Council for the Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harold Davis
The 2003 Ennis shootings occurred on June 14, 2003, when 44-year-old George Harold Davis opened fire on a group of people outside a bar in downtown Ennis, in Madison County, Montana, then engaged police officers in a high-speed chase and shootout. Davis killed one man and injured six other bystanders at the bar. He was then chased by a sheriff's deputy and highway patrol officer. The chase terminated on the Idaho/Montana state border. Davis was arrested and sentenced to eleven life terms, the longest prison sentence in Montana state history. The chase and shootout were captured on dashboard cameras installed within the two pursuing patrol vehicles. Events Shootings begin In the early hours of the morning, around 2:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 14, 2003, 44-year-old George Harold Davis drank alone at the Silver Dollar Saloon bar, on Main Street in Ennis, Madison County, Montana. After buying multiple alcoholic beverages and getting heavily intoxicated, Davis got more and more fru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis (robber)
George Davis (born 1941) is an armed robber, born in Bletchley, England and active in England. He became known through a successful campaign by friends and supporters to free him from prison after his wrongful conviction in March 1975, for an armed payroll robbery at the London Electricity Board (LEB) offices in Ilford, Greater London, on 4 April 1974. The conviction was based solely on unreliable use of identification evidence, in the absence of other evidence connecting him with the crime. Following his release, Davis was jailed for two cases of armed robbery. Evidence A number of blood samples (matching different blood groups) were recovered and formed part of the prosecution case. Of four accused, only Davis was convicted. At a number of specific locations, Davis was identified but the blood obtained from the location did not match his; neither did the blood match any of his co-accused. A further complication turned on the fact that Davis might never have been committed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Russell Davis
George Russell Davis (December 13, 1861 – June 13, 1933) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1897 until 1905. An attorney by trade, he was active in Republican politics and became a personal friend of William McKinley. Shortly after McKinley became President of the United States, Davis requested and received appointment to the Arizona bench. After his time as a judge in Arizona Territory, Davis moved to California where he worked as an attorney and served one term as a judge for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Background Davis was born to James and Mary (College) Davis in Huntsville, Ohio, on December 13, 1861. He was educated in public schools in Wapakoneta, Ohio, graduating from high school in June 1880. Following graduation, Davis began a study of law and was admitted to the Ohio bar on June 3, 1883. He practiced law in Wapakoneta and became active in local civics and Republican politics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Francis Davis
Sir George Francis Davis (1883 – 1947) was a New Zealand born industrialist. He is notable mainly for his association with Davis Gelatine, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, and the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works, in Australia. Glen Davis, New South Wales is named after him. Early life and family background He was born at New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, on 22 November 1883. His parents were Charles George Davis and Lillian Edwedinah, née Ball, and he was their third and youngest son. Davis attended King's College, Auckland. He left school at fifteen, and went to sea for four years in the sailing ships of John Emery and Co., Boston. He was later to say that he wanted to join the navy, but was not accepted due to his poor hearing. Both the Davis and Ball families were involved in glue manufacture in England. His parents had emigrated from England in 1879, intending to farm in New Zealand. Instead Charles Davis set up a small glue factory at New Lynn in 1881, moving to a new larger factory a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lawrence Davis
George Lawrence Davis (1830–1894) was commended to Madrid (Spain) from Leominster (Herefordshire) in 1863 to preach the gospel. For some years he traveled through Spain with a Bible Carriage, dubbed "the armored vehicle". After an escape from being shot at, he moved to Gràcia (Barcelona), where he established free schools for children and adults. There, he also published magazines dealing with educational and religious topics, such as ''La Aurora de la Gracia''. He also founded a hospital that would be the embryo of the current “Hospital Evangèlic” in Barcelona. Looking for healthcare, he came to Caldes de Montbui Caldes de Montbui in Catalan or Caldas de Montbui in Spanish, is a Spanish town and municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia. It is situated in the upper valley of the Caldes river, and the highest point of the munici ..., a spa town near Barcelona, where he settled. Here he founded and directed a school known as "Escola dels Pobr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis IV
George Davis IV (born August 5, 1987) is the Director of the LouCity & Racing Foundation and an American former soccer player who previously played for Louisville City FC in the USL Championship. Early life Personal Davis was born in Dayton, Ohio, to George Davis III. He attended Elida High School where he played soccer; lettering in the sport for three years. While at Elida he was named to the Western Buckeye League All League team three times and was named to the All-Northwest District All District team twice. College and youth Davis played two years of college soccer at Bowling Green State University between 2005 and 2006. During his two seasons at Bowling Green Davis would appear in 36 matches; starting 32; and score three goals with two assists. Prior to this Junior year Davis transferred and played two years of college soccer at the University of Kentucky between 2007 and 2009. During his two seasons at Kentucky Davis appeared in 26 matches and score two goals with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Davis (fisherman)
Mark Davis (born October 11, 1963) is a professional sport fisherman of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and is one of only two anglers to have won the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year and the Bassmasters Classic tournament in the same year. Biography Davis was born in Mount Ida, Arkansas. He has competed in 234 tournaments, and had five first-place finishes and forty-five top ten finishes. He resides in Mount Ida, with his wife Tilly and their three children James, Hunter and Fisher, Career Stats Tournaments Entered: 250 Winnings: $1,683,702.30 Wins: 6 Top 10s: 51 Money finishes: 167 Awards 3-time B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year (1995, 1998, 2001) 1995 Bassmaster Classic Champion See also * Angling * Bass fishing * Bass Anglers Sportsman Society * Bassmaster Classic * Fishing tournament Video games *'' Mark Davis' The Fishing Master'' (known as ''Oomono Black Bass Fishing: Jinzouko-Hen'' in Japan) (Japan, 1995; North America, 1996) *'' Mark Davis Pro Bass Challenge' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Davis
George Allen "Iron" Davis Jr. (March 9, 1890 – June 4, 1961) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1915. He played for the Boston Braves and New York Highlanders. College When Davis arrived at Williams College, he had never played baseball and he did not seem athletic enough for it. "His strength was confined to his brains and he had the physique of an Oliver Twist," wrote Ring Lardner. Davis neglected his studies in his freshman year because he was working out in the gymnasium and teaching himself to throw a baseball. When Williams coach Billy Lauder saw Davis in the gym one day, he allowed Davis to join the baseball team. He received attention from several major league scouts, and he signed with the New York Highlanders in 1912. Major league career Davis pursued studies at Harvard Law School while he was a major league pitcher. He won only seven career major league games, but one of those ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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