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Michael Dawson (swimmer)
Michael Dawson may refer to: * Michael Dawson (footballer) (born 1983), English footballer * Michael Dawson (''Lost''), fictional character in ''Lost'' * Michael Dawson (businessman), Irish businessman and former senator * Michael Dawson (canoeist) (born 1986), New Zealand slalom canoeist * Mick Dawson, Irish businessman and rugby executive * Mike Dawson (cartoonist) (born 1975), American cartoonist * Mike Dawson (American football) (1953–2008), American football defensive lineman * Mike Dawson, the protagonist of the video games '' Dark Seed'' and ''Dark Seed II'' * Michael Dawson, visual effects artist, see Academy Award for Best Visual Effects * Michael Dawson, executive producer of the TV series ''Vera'' * Michael Dawson (political scientist) Michael C. Dawson is an American political scientist, currently the John D. MacArthur professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is also the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dawson (footballer)
Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Dawson started his career at Nottingham Forest playing alongside veteran defender Des Walker before moving to Tottenham Hotspur with teammate Andy Reid for a fee of £8 million. While at Tottenham, Dawson won the League Cup in 2008. His form in the 2009–10 season saw him included in England's preliminary 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. Although he initially failed to make the final 23-man squad, an injury to captain Rio Ferdinand saw him drafted in as replacement. In August 2014, Hull City signed Dawson from Tottenham for a fee believed to be £3.5 million. Although relegated with Hull at the end of the 2014–15 season, he helped them return to the Premier League when they beat Sheffield Wednesday in the 2016 Championship play-off Final. He returned to former club Nottingham Forest in May 2018. Early life Born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Daw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dawson (Lost)
Michael Dawson is a fictional character played by Harold Perrineau on the ABC television series ''Lost''. Michael is one of the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 who crashes on the show's mysterious island. After losing a custody battle with Susan Lloyd (Tamara Taylor), Michael does not see his son Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) for almost ten years. They reunite when she dies, but on their journey home, their plane crashes on a mysterious island in the South Pacific. Here Walt is kidnapped by the Island's previous inhabitants, the Others, and Michael spends his time trying to retrieve him. He is eventually successful, and they leave the Island together, but the guilt over the murders he had to commit to achieve this leads him to an estrangement with his son and a suicide attempt. He returns to the Island on a freighter, but is killed when a bomb on it explodes. Michael reappears as a ghost, and apologizes to Hurley for killing Libby (Cynthia Watros). Although initially skeptical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dawson (businessman)
Michael Dawson is a businessman and former politician from County Dublin in Ireland. He is the founder and CEO of Gift Voucher Shop. Career Dawson served briefly as a senator in 1989, when he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 18th Seanad This is a list of the members of the 18th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 1987, after the 1987 general election and served until the close of poll for the ... to fill a vacancy after the 1989 general election. In 2002, he founded he Gift Voucher Shop (GVS), an international company that created the Multi-Retailer Gift Card. Dawson was one of finalists in the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme. In 2010, he was named "Fingal Business Person of the Year" at the Business Excellence Awards 2010. In November 2018, Dawson sold his share of the Gift Voucher Shop to Fintech Blackhawk Network when the company purchased the One4all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dawson (canoeist)
Michael Dawson (born 15 October 1986 in Tauranga) is a New Zealand slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2004. He won a bronze medal in the inaugural Extreme K1 event at the 2017 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Pau. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he competed in the K1 event finishing in 15th place after being eliminated in the semifinals. Four years later in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ... he made the final and finished in 10th place in the K1 event. In 2010, and again in 2012, he won first place in the extreme-whitewater Green River Narrows Race in North Carolina, USA. Retrieved 04 Nov 2012. World Cup individual podiums :1 Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points References N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Dawson
Mick is a masculine given name, usually a short form ( hypocorism) of Michael. Because of its popularity in Ireland, it is often used in England as a derogatory term for an Irish person or a person of Irish descent. In Australia the meaning broadened to include any Roman Catholic. People * Mick Abrahams (born 1943), English guitarist and band leader, original guitarist for Jethro Tull * Mick Aston (1946-2013), English archaeologist * Mick Batyske, aka Mick (DJ), American DJ * Mick Brown, half of the British vocal duo Pat and Mick * Mick Coady (born 1958), English footballer * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Mick Cronin (basketball) (born 1971), American basketball coach * Mick Fanning (born 1981), Australian professional surfer * Mick Foley (born 1965), American professional wrestler, actor and author * Mick Fleetwood (born 1947), British drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac * Mick Gadsby (born 1947), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dawson (cartoonist)
Mike Dawson (born 1975) is a British-American cartoonist, known for his work on books such as ''Freddie & Me'', ''Ace-Face'' and '' Gabagool!'' Early life Dawson was born in Scotland, but his family moved to Leighton Buzzard, England when he was still an infant. They emigrated to the United States in 1986, where his family settled in Red Bank, New Jersey. He studied painting at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Career Between 1995 and 1998 Dawson wrote and drew a daily comic strip for his college newspaper ''The Daily Targum''. He worked with multiple collaborators, and the strip went through a number of incarnations: ''Dave & Pissa'', ''Dave & Co'', and ''Dave’s Family''. From 2002 – 2004 he self-published the humor series '' Gabagool!'', with co-writer Chris Radtke. His first graphic novel, ''Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody'', was published in 2008. In it, Dawson presents a memoir of his younger days as an obsessive fan of the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Dawson (American Football)
Michael Daniel Dawson (October 16, 1953 – March 14, 2008) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (NFL), St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 256 lb. defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is ... from the University of Arizona, Dawson played in nine NFL seasons from 1976 to 1984 for the Cardinals, the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs. ReferencesObituary {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson, Mike 1953 births 2008 deaths People from Dorking Sportspeople from Surrey American football defensive ends Arizona Wildcats football players St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Detroit Lions players Kansas City Chiefs players Players of Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Seed (video Game)
''Dark Seed'' is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Cyberdreams in 1992. It exhibits a normal world and a dark world counterpart, which is based on artwork by H. R. Giger. It was one of the first point-and-click adventure games to use high-resolution (640 × 350 pixels) graphics, to Giger's demand. A sequel, '' Dark Seed II'', was released in 1995. Plot Mike Dawson is a successful advertising executive and writer who has recently bought an old mansion on Ventura Drive (named after Ventura Boulevard) in the small town of Woodland Hills. On his first night at the house, Mike has a nightmare about being imprisoned by a machine that shoots an alien embryo into his brain. He wakes up with a large headache and, after taking a painkiller and a shower, explores the mansion. He finds clues about the previous owner's death, which reveal the existence of a parallel universe called the Dark World ruled by sinister aliens called the Ancients. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Seed II
''Dark Seed II'' is a psychological horror point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Cyberdreams and distributed by MGM Interactive in 1995, and is the sequel to the 1992 game '' Dark Seed''. It sees recurring protagonist Mike Dawson's continued adventures in the H. R. Giger artwork-based "Dark World". Designed and written by Raymond Benson, the game was released for Microsoft Windows 3.x, Macintosh, Sega Saturn, and Sony PlayStation. As was the case with ''Dark Seed'', console versions of ''Dark Seed II'' were released only in Japan, though they were additionally fully dubbed in Japanese. Unlike the original game, the Saturn version of ''Dark Seed II'' does not support the shuttle mouse. Storyline Although Mike Dawson saved the world from the "Ancients" in ''Dark Seed'', the experience causes him to undergo a mental breakdown. He returns to his childhood hometown of Crowley, Texas in an attempt to regain his sanity, and moves in with his mother. A year goes by, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Visual Effects
The Academy Award for Best Visual Effects is an Academy Award given for the best achievement in visual effects. History of the award The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1929, presenting a plaque for "Best Engineering Effects" to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama ''Wings''. Producer David O. Selznick, then production head at RKO Studios, petitioned the Academy Board of Governors to recognize the work of animator Willis O'Brien for his groundbreaking work on 1933's ''King Kong''. It was not until 1938 when a film was actually recognized for its effects work, when a "Special Achievement Award for Special Effects" was given to the Paramount film ''Spawn of the North''. The following year, "Best Special Effects" became a recognized category, although on occasion the Academy has chosen to honor a single film outright rather than nominate two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera (TV Series)
''Vera'' is a British crime drama series based on the Vera Stanhope series of novels written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, eleven series have aired, with the latest debuting on 29 August 2021. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. In 2021, Ann Cleeves confirmed that the character of Vera was based on a neighbour of her maternal grandmother. The neighbour had been something of a busybody and her personality was the basis for Vera. Vera is a nearly retired employee of the fictional 'Northumberland & City Police', who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. She plods along in a constantly dishevelled state, but has a calculating mind and, despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about her work and colleagues. She often proves her superior skills by picking up small errors in her team members' thought processes. Vera forms a close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dawson (political Scientist)
Michael C. Dawson is an American political scientist, currently the John D. MacArthur professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is also the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture there. He studies the political behavior, public opinion, and political ideology of African Americans, using both quantitative methods and political theory. Career Dawson completed a BA at the University of California, Berkeley in 1982, and then received a PhD from Harvard University in 1986. Before working at the University of Chicago, Dawson also worked at The University of Michigan and Harvard University. Dawson has written four books. His first book, ''Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics'', was published in 1994. In a review of the book, Hanes Walton Jr. called it a "pioneering and pathbreaking work". The book advances the argument that, because "race was the decisive factor in determining the opportunities and life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
