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Michael Alexander (director)
Michael Alexander or Mike Alexander may refer to: *Michael Alexander (academic) (born 1970), American scholar of Jewish history *Michael Alexander (bishop) (1799–1845), first Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Jerusalem *Michael Alexander (British Army officer) (1920–2004), British Army officer and writer *Michael Alexander (diplomat) (1936–2002), British diplomat *Michael Alexander (Trinidadian boxer) (born 1993), Trinidadian boxer *Michael J. Alexander (born 1941), British professor of English literature * Mike Alexander (businessman) (born 1947), British businessman *Mike Alexander (gridiron football) (born 1965), National Football League wide receiver *Mike Alexander (1977–2009), bassist for English thrash metal band Evile *Mike Alexander (racing driver) Mike Alexander (born July 31, 1957) is a retired American racing driver. He won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 1983.Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (academic)
Michael Scott Alexander (born 1970) is an associate professor and Maimonides Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies in the religious studies department of the University of California, Riverside. He attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate and received his PhD in 1999 from Yale University. Published works Books * Articles * “Frankfurter Among the Anarchists: ‘The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.’” ''Studies in Contemporary Jewry'' Vol. XVII. Edited by Eli Lederhendler. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001: 175-191. * “Exile and Alienation in America.” ''American Jewish History'' 90(2) (June 2002): 165-171. * “The Triumph of the Jewish Therapeutic.” ''Reviews in American History'' 33(2) (June 2005): 287-292. * “The Meaning of American Jewish History.” ''Jewish Quarterly Review'' 96(3) (Summer 2006): 423-432. * “The Jewish Bookmaker: Gambling, Legitimacy, and the American Political Economy.” ''Studies in Contemporary Jewry'' V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (bishop)
Michael Solomon Alexander (1 May 1799 – 23 November 1845) was the first Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem. Life He was the second son and one of five children born to Alexander Wolff. His ancestors may have come to Prussia from England, or may have been in Schönlanke for many generations. His education in the Talmud began when he was seven years old, and from age sixteen to twenty, he was a teacher in his community of both Talmud and the German language. He emigrated to England in about 1820, and became a private tutor for a Jewish family in Colchester. Then he became rabbi at Norwich. Here he came into contact with William Marsh, a stalwart of the ''London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews'' (now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People or CMJ). Attempting to flee Christian influences, he accepted the post of teacher and shochet at Plymouth. He taught Hebrew to the Rev. Benjamin Golding of Stonehouse church. In 1825, he converted to Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (British Army Officer)
Michael Charles Alexander (20 November 1920 – 19 December 2004) was a British Army officer, a World War II Prisoner of War held captive at Oflag IV-C, and later a writer. Alexander was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from Sandhurst. He joined the Commandos and later the Special Boat Service (SBS), a special forces unit that was created in 1940. The SBS was charged with a variety of classified tasks, including reconnaissance and sabotage. Alexander was promoted to Lieutenant in 1941. The capture Working for the SBS, Alexander was a 21 year old lieutenant (and temporary captain) stationed in Alexandria, Egypt during the summer of 1942. As Alexander later described the episode, he and 20 others were assigned a mission to blow up a munitions dump behind enemy lines. The group travelled 30–40 miles by torpedo boat from Alexandria, and then, under cover of darkness, took rubber boats ashore. As they landed, the area burst into light and activity; their lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (diplomat)
Sir Michael O'Donel Bjarne Alexander (19 June 1936 – 1 June 2002) was a British diplomat. He was the foreign policy secretary to Margaret Thatcher and the UK ambassador to NATO. Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish mathematician famed for his work at Bletchley Park. Michael spent much of his youth in his father's native Ireland. He was educated at Foyle College in Derry and, later, at St Paul's School, London, and King's College, Cambridge. He competed as a fencer for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team épée event. Alexander also served as Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consisting of permanent representatives of its member countries. It was established by Article 9 of the North A ... and Ambassador to Austria. References External links * Interview w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Alexander (Trinidadian Boxer)
Michael Alexander (born 28 March 1993) is a 60 kg boxer from Port of Spain, Trinidad. He won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in 2013, bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and a third bronze at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. Alexander won a silver medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ..., Colombia. Michael Alexander is the father of Aiden Henrry Ishmael Alexander who was born on the 12th of October 2012 to Michael's first wife Sonia Reid when they were only 18 years old; Subsequently the two divorced and both went their separate ways. In 2019 he Won Bronze at the Pan American Games in Lima Peru. References 1993 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael J
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Alexander (businessman)
Michael Richard Alexander FIET FIGEM FIChemE (born 17 November 1947) is a British engineer and businessman, and a former chief executive of British Energy. Early life He attended grammar school in Southport (then in Lancashire, now in Merseyside). From the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology he obtained a first-class BSc degree in Chemical Engineering, then an MSc degree in Control Engineering. Career BP He joined BP in 1966. British Gas He joined British Gas (BG) in 1991. From 1993 to 1996 he was managing director of Public Gas Supply. The Public Gas Supply division was merged with the Business Gas division. From 1996 to December 2001 he was managing director of British Gas. On 17 February 1997, Centrica was formed, with BG Group (former British Gas exploration). On 1 January 2002 Mark Clare took over as managing director of British Gas Residential Energy. From became Chief Operating Officer of Centrica on 1 January 2002, leaving at the end of February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Alexander (gridiron Football)
Michael Fitzgerald Alexander (born March 19, 1965) is a former professional gridiron football player who played for the Los Angeles Raiders and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). After his career in the NFL, he went on to play for the Baltimore Stallions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Alexander played collegiately at Penn State University and attended Piscataway Township High School in Piscataway, New Jersey. , database Football. Accessed November 24, 2007. Professional career Alexander was the 8th round draft pick (#199 overall) of the in the |
Evile
Evile are an English thrash metal band from Huddersfield, formed in 2004. They have experienced numerous line-up changes over the years, with drummer Ben Carter being the only member of the original line-up to have stayed consistently. The current line-up consists of Carter, lead guitarist and vocalist Ol Drake, bassist Joel Graham, and rhythm guitarist Adam Smith, who replaced Drake's older brother Matt in 2020. Evile are notable for being part of the thrash metal resurgence movement of the mid-to-late 2000s, and they were highly praised by ''Kerrang!'' for "Carrying the genre's whole 'revival' on their shoulders." To date, the band has released five studio albums: ''Enter the Grave'' (2007), ''Infected Nations'' (2009), ''Five Serpent's Teeth'' (2011), ''Skull'' (2013) and ''Hell Unleashed'' (2021); a sixth studio album is in the works, as of June 2021. History Pre-Evile (1999–2004) In 1999, former school friends Matt Drake and Ben Carter came together over a mutual lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
