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Martin Davies (other)
Martin Davies may refer to: *Martin Davies (museum director) (1908–1975), British museum director and civil servant *Martin Davies (law professor) (born 1957), professor of maritime law *Martin Davies (writer) (born 1965), British author * Martin Davies (footballer) (born 1974), Welsh footballer *Martin Davies (philosopher) Martin Davies (born 1950) is a British philosopher who is Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he taught from 2006 until 2017. He works in philosophy of mind, ... (born 1949), British philosopher See also * Martin Davis (other) {{hndis, Davies, Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davies (museum Director)
Sir Martin Davies, CBE FBA FSA (22 March 1908 – 7 March 1975) was a British museum director and civil servant. He worked at the National Gallery in London from 1930 to 1973, and was Director from 1968. Davies attended Rugby School, and thereafter read mathematics and modern languages at King's College, Cambridge.Martin, Gregory"Davies, Sir Martin (1908–1975)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2022. He first joined the staff of the National Gallery, the institution to which he was to devote his career, as an attaché in 1930. After being made Assistant Keeper in 1932 he called for improved research on the paintings in the collection, which would eventually come to fruition in the series of catalogues inaugurated by Davies and still being produced by the Gallery today. These set new standards for the catalogues of large collections, and have been widely imitated. His scholarly w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davies (law Professor)
Martin J. Davies (born 30 September 1957) is a UK-born professor of maritime law and heads the Maritime Law Center at Tulane University Faculty of Law, New Orleans, where he is the Admiralty Law Institute Professor of Maritime Law. He is a graduate of Oxford University (B.A. in Jurisprudence, 1978; B.C.L. 1979; M.A. 1983) and Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ... (LL.M., 1980), and serves on the editorial board of ''Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly''. He became a Titulary Member of the Comite Maritime International (CMI) in 2019. In 2021, he was accepted for the award of the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) at the University of Oxford, a degree to be awarded in 2022. References External links * * 1957 births Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davies (writer)
Martin Davies (born 1965) is a British author. His most recent work includes ''Havana Sleeping'' (2014), ''The Year After'' (2011), ''The Unicorn Road'' (2009),and a book about Joseph Banks and the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta, entitled ''The Conjuror's Bird'' (2005). He is also the author of three mystery novels about Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson: ''Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse'' (2004), ''Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose'' (2005), and ''Mrs. Hudson and the Lazarus Testament'' (2015). In 2015, his espionage thriller ''Havana Sleeping'' was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award. References External linksMartin Davies Profileat Hodder & Stoughton Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint (trade name), imprint of Hachette (publisher), Hachette. History Early history The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs ... 21st-century British novelists British television pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davies (footballer)
Martin Davies (born 28 June 1974 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh footballer who played for Coventry City, Cambridge United, Rushden & Diamonds, Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ... and Cambridge City. He was a professional with Coventry City for five years but never played a first team game, before playing his only 16 league appearances with Cambridge United. He then played 61 times for Rushden & Diamonds and continued playing non-league football with Dover Athletic, Cambridge City, Port Talbot, Corby and Stamford before retiring in 2009. After his retirement, he went on to become head of goalkeeping at Cambridge United. In January 2017, he returned to his hometown club Swansea City to become the U23 goalkeeper coach. References * Welsh men's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davies (philosopher)
Martin Davies (born 1950) is a British philosopher who is Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he taught from 2006 until 2017. He works in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology and philosophy of psychology and cognitive science. Education and career Davies was an undergraduate at Monash University and then earned B.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees at Oxford University, working with Gareth Evans, Christopher Peacocke and Dana Scott. He taught at the University of Essex, Birkbeck College, London, and was Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy at Oxford from 1993 to 2000. He then took up a Professorship at the Australian National University before returning to Oxford in 2006 as the Wilde Professor. He retired from that position in 2017. He is an elected Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |