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Richard Davis (other)
Richard Davis may refer to: Business * Rich Davis (1926–2015), American businessman, creator of KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce * Richard K. Davis (born 1958), American businessman, chairman, president and CEO of U.S. Bancorp * Richard C. Davis (born 1963), American businessman, founder, president and CEO of Trademark Properties, creator of ''Flip This House'' * Todd Davis (businessman) (Richard Todd Davis, born 1968), American businessman, founder of LifeLock * Richard Davis, American businessman and inventor of all-kevlar body armor, founder of the Second Chance Body Armor Company Music * Richard Davis (composer) (died 1688), English composer and organist * Richard Davis (bassist) (1930–2023), American jazz double bass player * Richard Davis (techno artist) (born 1952), American techno music pioneer with the group Cybotron * Richie Davis (musician) (born 1957), American R&B guitarist and bandleader * Richard F. W. Davis (born 1966), American musician, record producer and song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Davis
Richard E. Davis (1926 – October 6, 2015) founded KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce. Davis began his career as a child psychiatrist, instructor and author. His academic posts included appointments as professor and acting chairman of the department of psychiatry at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and later, as dean of the school of medicine at the University of North Dakota. He was the creator of K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce. In 1986, he sold the sauce to the Kingsford division of Clorox Inc. Early life and education Davis, born in Joplin, Missouri, graduated from Topeka High School in 1944, and served a year and a half in the army. After World War II, he attended Washburn University, Columbia University, and Colorado College. While at Washburn, he was initiated into the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. He received a medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1954. Academic and medical career Board Certified Adult and Child Psychiatrist. Board examiner in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davis (cricketer)
Richard Peter Davis (18 March 1966 – 29 December 2003) was an English cricketer. Davis was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman, who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Westbrook, Kent. Early life and Kent Davis grew up in East Kent and was educated firstly at King Ethelbert School in Birchington-on-Sea and later at Thanet College, Thanet Technical College on the Isle of Thanet. He was coached at county level throughout his life, eventually making his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club, Kent in 1986 against Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire. Despite making his first-class debut for the county at the age of just 20, Davis faced a challenge to remain within the team; he was expected to succeed Derek Underwood, one of the finest left-arm spinners. This following the most successful period in the history of the county and with pitches at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury which were not conducive to slow bowling. Nonetheless, between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davies (other)
Richard Davies may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (1833–1877), poet in the Welsh language * Richard Davies (American actor) (1915–1994), American film actor * Richard Davies (Australian actor) * Richard Davies (Welsh actor) (1926–2015), Welsh actor * Richard Davies (writer) (born 1950), English writer and actor * Richard Davies (Tru Calling), fictional TV character * Richard Davies (musician) (born 1964), Australian singer-songwriter * Richard Michael Davies, better known as Dik Mik, synthesizer player for Hawkwind * Rick Davies (musician), multi-instrumentalist and member of Amoeba * Rick Davies (Richard Davies, born 1944), British musician, vocalist for Supertramp * Ritchie Davies (born 1971), Welsh professional darts player Sports * Richard Davies (cricketer) (born 1954), former English cricketer * Richard Davies (footballer) (born 1990), footballer playing for Barrow AFC * Rick Davies (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard T
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy V
Kennedy may refer to: People * John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), 35th president of the United States * John Kennedy (Louisiana politician), (born 1951), US Senator from Louisiana * Kennedy (surname), a family name (including a list of persons with the surname) * Kennedy (given name), a given name (including a list of person with the first name) * Kennedy (commentator) (born 1972), former MTV VJ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, who uses "Kennedy" as a stage name * Ken Anderson (wrestler) (born 1976), American professional wrestler and actor formerly known as Mr. Kennedy Families * Kennedy family, members of which have held high political US office * Kennedy (Ireland), or O'Kennedy, a royal dynasty * Clan Kennedy, of Scotland Fictional characters * Leon S. Kennedy, a fictional character in ''Resident Evil'' * Kennedy (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a fictional character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' Places Australia *Kennedy, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davis (political Scientist)
Richard Davis is a professor and author. He is a professor emeritus at Brigham Young University. He is the author of several books and articles in American politics, including ''Web of Politics, Electing Justice, Supreme Democracy, and Campaigning Online''. Biography Davis graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in Political Science and then completed a Master's in Mass Communication from BYU as well. He went on to Syracuse University where he earned another Master's and his Ph.D., both in political science. He was the founding director of the Office of Civic Engagement Leadership at Brigham Young University. He co-founded the Civic Engagement Section of the American Political Science Association. He also was a co-founder of the Utah Debate Commission. He also co-founded the United Utah Party The United Utah Party (UUP) is a Centrism, centrist political party in the United States. It was founded in 2017 and is active only in the state of Utah. The party identifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Allen Davis
Richard Allen Davis (born June 2, 1954) is an American convicted murderer whose criminal record fueled support for the passage of California's "three-strikes law" for repeat offenders and the involuntary civil commitment act for sex offenders and predators. He was convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder with special circumstances (burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and an attempted lewd act upon a child under the age of 14) of a 12-year-old Polly Klaas. Davis abducted Polly on October 1, 1993, from her home in Petaluma, California and murdered her a few hours later; he led investigators to her mummified and skeletonized remains on December 4 of the same year, the day before searches for her body were to recommence. A Santa Clara County jury rendered a death verdict on August 5, 1996. After the verdict was read, Davis stood and made an obscene finger gesture at the courtroom camera with both hands. Later, at his formal sentencing, he read a statement during which he claimed that Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gary Davis
Richard Gary Davis was awarded the Soldier's Medal, the Army's highest honor for heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, for an action in the Republic of Vietnam on 14 May 1967. While serving as a helicopter door gunner, he was helping load and arm sixty Mk.IV aerial flares into a helicopter at a fueling station at Chu Lai, Vietnam. Noticing that one of the flares had fused, he retrieved it and ran with it across a taxiway and threw it into a safe area. Had it ignited in the helicopter the flare would have ignited the other flares and subsequently the thousands of gallons of fuel at the fuel farm. After serving in the Army, Davis had a long career as a pilot, flight instructor and pilot evaluator, eventually retiring from Avianca Airlines in Colombia as an instructor/check airman on the Fokker 100 aircraft. Davis has been recognized by the FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Davis (astronomer)
Richard John Davis, OBE, FRAS (28 June 1949 – 2 May 2016) was a radio astronomer for the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Personal life Davis was born in March, Cambridgeshire, England, the first child of Hugh Davis, a railway man, and Thelma Carter. He had a brother, architect Christopher Davis, and Richard had two sons, William and Anthony. After falling ill in Italy, he died on 2 May 2016, aged 66, at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He was survived by his mother. His funeral took place at St Paul's Church, Macclesfield, on 25 May 2016. Education Davis attended March Grammar School for boys in 1960–67. He won a scholarship to attend Downing College at the University of Cambridge in 1968, where he studied the natural sciences, focusing on theoretical physics, for his undergraduate degree. He started an MSc in radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank in 1971, graduating with a diploma in 1972, followed by a PhD, also at Jodrell Bank, on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's The Way It Is
That's the Way It Is may refer to: *'' Elvis: That's the Way It Is'', a 1970 documentary film about Elvis Presley * ''That's the Way It Is'' (Elvis Presley album), a 1970 album by Elvis Presley * "That's the Way It Is" (Mel and Kim song), a 1988 song performed by Mel and Kim Appleby * ''That's the Way It Is'' (Milt Jackson album), a 1969 album by the jazz vibraphone player Milt Jackson * "That's the Way It Is" (Celine Dion song), a 1999 song by Celine Dion *'' ...That's the Way It Is'', a 1976 album by Harry Nilsson *"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" ("That's the Way It Is"), a song by Puffy AmiYumi *"And that's the way it is...", the sign-off/catchphrase of American television journalist Walter Cronkite *"That's The Way It Is", a song from the 2018 Video Game '' Red Dead Redemption 2'' See also *"That's Just the Way It Is", a 1990 song by Phil Collins * The Way It Is (other) The Way It Is may refer to: Music * The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby album), ''The Way It Is'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harding Davis
Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. Biography Davis was born on April 18, 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.''Encyclopedia of World Biography'', 2nd ed. (1998) His mother Rebecca Harding Davis was a prominent writer in her day. His father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, was himself a journalist and edited the ''Philadelphia Public Ledger''. As a young man, Davis attended the Episcopal Academy. In 1882, after an unhappy year at Swarthmore College, Davis transferred to Lehigh Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Barrett Davis
Richard Barrett Davis (1782–1854) was an animal and landscape painter. Davis was born at Watford in 1782. He studied under William Evans of Eton, under William Beechey, and in the schools of the Royal Academy, where he first exhibited in 1802. He joined the Society of British Artists in 1829, and was appointed animal painter to William IV William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ... in 1831. He died in 1854. Amongst his works are: *''Mares and Foals from the Royal Stud'', 1808 *''Going to Market'', 1814 *''Horse Fair'', 1821 *''Travellers attacked by Wolves'', 1831 *''Near Virginia Water'' ( South Kensington Museum) References Attribution: * External links * 1782 births 1854 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters People from Watford Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
