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Peter Davis (judge)
Peter Davis may refer to: * Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist *Peter George Davis (1923–2011), British Special Boat Service officer * Peter G. Davis (1936–2021), American opera critic and scholar * Peter Davis (director) (born 1937), American news writer and documentary filmmaker *Sir Peter Davis (businessman) (born 1941), British businessman *Peter Davis (sociologist) (born 1947), professor of sociology and husband of former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark *Peter Davis (theater historian), professor at the University of Illinois *Peter Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis Peter Lovell Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis (born Peter Lovell Davis; 8 July 1924 – 6 January 2001) was a British publishing executive and politician. He was influential in the success of the 1964, 1966 and 1974 general election campaigns fo ... (1924–2001), British publishing executive and Labour Party politician * Peter Davis (judge), a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hadland Davis
Peter Hadland Davis FLS, FRSE (18 June 1918 – 5 March 1992) was a British botanist. Life Davis was born on 18 June 1918 in Weston-super-Mare. Initially he was educated at the Nash House, Burnham-on-Sea and then continued his education at Bradfield College and later in Maiden Erlegh near Reading, Berkshire . In 1937 he began training at Ingwersen's Alpine Plant Nursery in East Grinstead and became interested in botany. In 1938 he began his first botanical expedition, albeit as an amateur on his own initiative. He visited the Middle East and Turkey, but had to break off his trip in 1939 at the beginning of World War II. He was called up into the army and served until 1945. The last two years of his time in the army he spent time in Cairo. Immediately after he was demobbed, Davis moved to Scotland to study botany at the University of Edinburgh. In 1950 he began the research project that eventually became the ''Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands''. In 1952 he received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter George Davis
Lieutenant Colonel Peter George "Pug" Davis (9 December 1923 – 18 August 2011) was an officer in the Royal Marines. He was considered a 'founding father' of the Special Boat Service. Early life Davis was born in on 9 December 1923, the son of Solly Davis and Iris Davis (née Pinto). He attended Highgate School and enlisted in the Royal Marines in 1942. Career Second World War In mid-1944, Davis was based on the island of Vis in the Adriatic off the coast of the Former Yugoslavia (in present-day Croatia) as commander of a flotilla of Landing Craft (Assault) (LCAs). In June some of his reinforcements were ambushed in the mountains during a mission and only twelve men escaped to shore. Davis, who was on an LCA, took the chance to recover their weapons and rescue another officer who had been wounded. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross on 13 March 1945 for his actions that day. Later career After the war, Davis was sent to Germany to oversee the establishment of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter G
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davis (director)
Peter Frank Davis (born January 2, 1937), is an American filmmaker, author, novelist and journalist. His film '' Hearts and Minds'', about American military action in Vietnam, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1974. Biography Davis was born in Santa Monica, and grew up in Upland and Pacific Palisades, CA. He has a younger sister, Jane Davis. His parents were the screenwriters Frank Davis and Tess Slesinger, and after his mother's death in 1945, Isabelle Fair Wrangell became his stepmother. Davis attended both public and private schools, graduating from Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, CA. He went on to Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1957 with a A.B. in English literature. After college, Davis worked briefly for The New York Times and served in the U.S. Army (1959-1960). From 1961 to 1964, he worked on ''FDR'', a 26-part television series for which he interviewed President Roosevelt's family, friends, enemies, Cabinet members and pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davis (businessman)
Sir Peter John Davis (born 23 December 1941) is a British businessman, who was, from 2000 to 2004, the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, which operates the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's. Davis was born in Cheshire on 23 December 1941, the son of John Stephen Davis and Adriaantje de Baat. He was educated at Shrewsbury School. Peter Davis worked for a company called the Ditchburn Organisation, Dock Road, Lytham, Lancashire, U.K. circa 1960/61. Ditchburns had two sides, one side being Ditchburn Music Maker, which manufactured and sold Juke Boxes and the other side being Ditchburn Vending Machines, which manufactured and sold Hot and Cold drink vending machines. Davis worked for the sales and marketing side of Ditchburn Vending Machines. Davis worked for Sainsbury from 1976 to 1986 as marketing director and then assistant managing director. Between 1986 and 1994 he was chief executive and chairman of the publishing business Reed International and was involved in the merger with the Dutc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davis (sociologist)
Peter Byard Davis (born 25 April 1947) is a New Zealand sociologist, professor, and the husband of Helen Clark, who was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. Early life Davis was born in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England, on 25 April 1947, and spent his childhood in Tanzania, where his father worked for a mining company. His father was born in China and his mother in India, but a great-great-grandfather had grown up in New Zealand. Davis gained a master's degree in sociology and statistics at the London School of Economics. He moved to New Zealand in 1970 to work at the University of Canterbury and completed a PhD at the University of Auckland. He became a naturalised New Zealander in 1972. He was part of a team investigating oral health in New Zealand and was joint editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology. In 1976 he was appointed a lecturer at the University of Auckland school of medicine. In 1980 he stood unsuccessfully for the Auckland C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davis (theater Historian)
Peter A. Davis is an American theatre scholar. Education Peter Davis attended Bowdoin College, Stanford University and the University of Southern California, where he received an M.A. in Drama (Directing) in 1977. He earned his PhD in Communication-Drama, also from USC, in 1981. Research Davis researches early American theatre, Restoration theatre and Eighteenth Century cultural history. He is the author of ''From Androboros to the First Amendment: A History of America's First Play''. In his review, James Holsinger noted that the book helped to "resituate the early American canon" by taking closet dramas seriously. Another book, ''The Stage in Crisis'', on the economic history of the American stage in the Nineteenth Century is due out in 2017 published by Palgrave-Macmillan. He is also the author of the blog, "This Day in Theatre History". His articles and reviews are found in established theatre journals. He contributed several articles to ''The Cambridge History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis
Peter Lovell Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis (born Peter Lovell Davis; 8 July 1924 – 6 January 2001) was a British publishing executive and politician. He was influential in the success of the 1964, 1966 and 1974 general election campaigns for the Labour Party, and his association with Harold Wilson saw him raised to the peerage to serve in government between 1974 and 1976. Early life and publishing career Davis was born on 8 July 1924 to William Lovell Davis and Winifred Mary Davis. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley and King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon before joining an RAF officer training course in 1943. He qualified as a Spitfire pilot and saw service during World War II. He left the RAF in 1947 after reaching the rank of flight lieutenant and returned to study English at Jesus College, Oxford. After writing for the Oxford student magazine ''Isis'' during his studies, he joined Central Press Features. With Davis as Managing Director (1952–1970), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davis (judge)
Peter Davis may refer to: * Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist *Peter George Davis (1923–2011), British Special Boat Service officer * Peter G. Davis (1936–2021), American opera critic and scholar * Peter Davis (director) (born 1937), American news writer and documentary filmmaker *Sir Peter Davis (businessman) (born 1941), British businessman *Peter Davis (sociologist) (born 1947), professor of sociology and husband of former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark *Peter Davis (theater historian), professor at the University of Illinois *Peter Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis Peter Lovell Lovell-Davis, Baron Lovell-Davis (born Peter Lovell Davis; 8 July 1924 – 6 January 2001) was a British publishing executive and politician. He was influential in the success of the 1964, 1966 and 1974 general election campaigns fo ... (1924–2001), British publishing executive and Labour Party politician * Peter Davis (judge), a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Judges Of The Supreme Court Of Queensland ...
Judges who have served on the Supreme Court of Queensland, , include: * Chief Justice of Queensland * Judges of the Court of Appeal * Judges Notes References See also * Judiciary of Australia {{Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland Queensland Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davies (other)
Peter Davies may refer to: * Peter Llewelyn Davies (1897–1960), British publisher, basis for the character of Peter Pan * Peter Davies (rugby) (1925–2014), Welsh rugby player * Peter Davies (economic historian) (1927–2020), British economic historian * Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016), British composer and conductor * Peter Ronald Davies (born 1938), British Army general * Peter Davies (politician) (born 1948), British politician, former mayor of Doncaster * Peter Davies (scientist) (1948–2020), medical researcher * Peter Davies (born 1956), British participant in the ''Up'' Series documentaries * Peter Davies (Australian cricketer) (1957–2018), Australian cricketer * Peter Ho Davies (born 1966), British writer * Peter Davies (artist) Peter Davies (born 1970, Edinburgh, Scotland) is an artist based in London. Davies ' at the Royal Academy of Art in London, Centro Brasileiro Britanico in Sao Paulo, Saatchi Gallery in London, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik in De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
