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David Pearson(ornithologist)
David or Dave Pearson may refer to: * David Pearson (librarian) (born 1955), British librarian and scholar * David Pearson (racing driver) (1934–2018), American car racing champion * David Pearson (geologist) (born 1942), Canadian scientist, academic and television personality * Dave Pearson (American football) (born 1981), American offensive lineman * Dave Pearson (painter) (1937–2008), English artist * Dave Pearson (pool player), British speed pool champion and multiple Guinness Book world record holder * Dave Pearson (rugby union) (born 1966), English rugby union referee * David Lee Pearson (born 1974), Paralympic athlete * Dave Pearson (footballer) (1932–2019), Scottish footballer * David Pearson (cricketer) (born 1963), former English cricketer * David Pearson (bowls), Scottish lawn bowler * David Pearson (social care administrator), chair of the UK government's Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce since 2020 {{hndis, Pearson, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (librarian)
David Pearson (born 1955) is an English librarian who served as the Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation between 2009 and 2017; his brief covered London Metropolitan Archives, Guildhall Library, City Business Library, Guildhall Art Gallery, and other institutions. He retired in early 2017 to focus on his work in book history and was a Senior Member of Darwin College, Cambridge until 2024. He is Honorary Senior Research Associate of the Department of Information Studies, University College London (from 2016); and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London (from 2022). A member of the Faculty of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, he teaches regularly at the London Rare Book School. Education Pearson was educated at St Bees School (1967–1973) and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge (1974–1977, MA, PhD), and University of Loughborough (1980–81, Dip.Lib)." Career Pears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (racing Driver)
David Gene Pearson (December 22, 1934 – November 12, 2018) was an American stock car racing, stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 21 Mercury (automobile), Mercury for Wood Brothers Racing. Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships (1966, 1968, and 1969). He never missed a race in the years he was active. NASCAR described his 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1974 season as an indication of his "consistent greatness", finishing third in the season points having competed in only 19 of 30 races. Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history. They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson. Petty had 200 wins in 1,184 starts, while Pearson had 105 wins in 574 starts. Pearson was nicknamed the "Fox" (and later the "Silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (geologist)
David Pearson (born 1942) is a British-born Canadians, Canadian scientist, academic and television personality. He is a professor of earth sciences and science communication at Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario. Education Pearson was educated at the University of Durham, where he took a B.Sc. degree in geology in 1963, then at Imperial College, London, graduating Ph.D. and Diploma of Imperial College, D.I.C. in 1967.David Pearson biography at laurentian.ca, accessed 20 July 2015 Career Joining the teaching staff of Laurentian University in 1969, Pearson was the founding director of Science North, the city's interactive science museum, from 1980 to 1986. He retained an advisory position with Science North after 1986, and returned as science director in 2007 following th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (American Football)
David John Pearson (born March 29, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. Early life and college career Pearson grew up in Brighton, Michigan and graduated from Brighton High School in 1999. At Brighton High, Pearson played football and basketball with future college teammate Drew Henson and was an honorable ''USA Today'' All-American. At the University of Michigan, Pearson redshirted the 1999 season on the Michigan Wolverines football team. In 2000 and 2001, Pearson played as a reserve defensive tackle. He moved to the offensive line afterwards and was the starting center in 2002 and 2003. Pearson made the All-Big Ten second-team as a senior in 2003. He was also part of two Big Ten championship teams in 2000 and 2003. Professional career Pearson first signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent on April 30, 2004. He was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (painter)
David Samuel Pearson (4 August 1937 – 19 July 2008), commonly known as "Dave Pearson", was an English painter and educator who was "a great example of an artist whose life was completely dedicated to serving the imagination". Highly prolific, throughout his life he produced a prodigious quantity of work. Life Dave Pearson was born in Clapton, London in 1937. His father, Sam, was a tailor and his mother Ann went on, in later life, to become a prolific self-taught artist. Pearson was evacuated to Leicester at the age of 7, and later attended Parmiter's Grammar School in Bethnal Green. He went on to study painting at both Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. In 1963 he began teaching at Preston School of Art but soon moved to Manchester School of Art where he remained until his retirement in 2002. He lived and kept a studio in Haslingden, Rossendale, as well as at Globe Arts, also in Rossendale. Although he exhibited, notably at the Bluecoat Gallery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (pool Player)
Dave Pearson is a British professional pool Pool may refer to: Bodies of water * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a roc ... player. Pearson was the runner-up in the International Speed Pool Challenge four years in a row, losing to Luc Salvas in the 2006 and 2009 finals, and to Bobby McGrath in the 2007-2008 finals. References Living people English pool players Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-pool-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (rugby Union)
Dave Pearson (born 9 August 1966) is an English former rugby union referee. He was on the International Rugby Board's list of 17 international referees for the 2009/10 season. Pearson officiated the first test match between Argentina and Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... in June 2010. David Pearson also refereed France versus Ireland in the 2011 six nations. Since 2015, he has been the high performance referee manager at the Scottish Rugby Union, where he is responsible for bringing through the next generation of Scottish and Northern English referees. He has mentored Mike Adamson, Holly Davidson, Sam Grove-White, and Ben Blain. Notes 1966 births English rugby union referees Living people Rugby World Cup referees Six Nations Championship refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Pearson
Sir David Lee Pearson (born 4 February 1974) is a 14-times Paralympic Games gold medallist, having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. Over the course of his career he has won 30 gold medals at European, World and Paralympic level. He is called the "Godfather" of para-dressage. Biography Lee Pearson was born in Cheddleton, England, with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and first came to public attention in 1980, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher carried him up stairs in 10 Downing Street having awarded him a "Children of Courage" medal. Pearson turned professional after he was inspired by the Atlanta Olympics. He won three gold medals in the championship dressage, freestyle dressage, and team dressage events at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. With his horse Gentleman, he won gold in the team dressage event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, silver in the championship dressage and bronze in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Pearson (footballer)
David Thomson Pearson (9 November 1932 – July 2019), was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward in the English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w .... Dave scored a hat-trick on his Oldham Athletic debut External links * * 1932 births 2019 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Dunfermline Men's association football forwards Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players Darwen F.C. (1870) players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Chorley F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (cricketer)
David John Pearson (born 16 April 1963) is an English former cricketer. Pearson was a left-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Whalley, Lancashire. Pearson made his debut for Cumberland in the 1990 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1990 to 2000, including 74 matches in the Minor Counties Championship, and 21 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut in 1994 against Leicestershire in the NatWest Trophy. Pearson played nine further List A Matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Kent in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. In his ten List A Matches, he scored 136 runs at an average of 13.60 with a high score of 30. In the field, he took four catches. Pearson also played second-XI cricket for the Lancashire Second XI and the Leicestershire Second XI. He officially retired from club cricket in 1998. Pearson's son, Lewis, won selection for the Lancashire County Cricke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pearson (bowls)
David G Pearson is a Scottish retired international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ... with Alex McIntosh, Norman Pryde and John Slight. He also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships fours title (with McIntosh, Pryde and Slight) in 1968. References Possibly living people Scottish male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
