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unusual facts about David R. Ross


David R. Ross

At the age of about 15, he became interested in the novels of Nigel Tranter, that inspired him to grow an interest in the history of Scotland, as he realised that the history curriculum in British schools was told from an England-centric perspective that ignored (or nearly so) the individual histories of the other countries forming the United Kingdom.


Aaron Y. Ross

That same year, between Fort Benton and Sun River, Montana his stage was accosted by 25 Native Americans, whom he repulsed in a running battle, killing five.

Arthur A. Ross

Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 - November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing Brubaker and co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Christopher W.S. Ross

Christopher W.S. Ross (born October 4, 1943 in Quito, Ecuador) is a former United States diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria.

David Bowen

David R. Bowen (born 1932), U.S. Representative from Mississippi

David Ferguson

David R. Ferguson (born 1962), American sound engineer and record producer

David R. Barker

He has also been featured on radio programs such as Marketplace, As It Happens, The Jerry Doyle Show, The Santita Jackson Show, Pratt on Texas, Iowa Public Radio and many others.

David R. Beittel

He taught High School at Midlakes High School, Phelps, New York for one year before pursuing his M.F.A. David received his M.F.A. in Theatre Administration from the University of Georgia in 1973 and studied under Dr. Leighton M. Ballew, then head of the Department of Drama and Theatre.

David R. Brinkley

On November 30, 2011 Roll Call reported that Brinkley will run for Maryland's 6th congressional district and, “if necessary,” will primary Bartlett, according to his friend and supporter, state Delegate LeRoy Myers.

David R. Burns

Earlier in the same day, leading Democratic state representative Emily Cain had called for Burns' immediate resignation.

David R. Courtney

In 1976 he married the well known Indian vocalist Chandra Courtney.

David R. George III

George was a fan of Star Trek as a teenager, saying that the first episode he saw was "The Corbomite Maneuver".

David R. Godine

After finding new homes for four of his more major authors — Charles Bukowski, Paul Bowles, John Fante, and Wyndham Lewis — Martin sold the rest of his backlist to a fellow publisher, David R. Godine.

David R. Goode

He is also known for ending the steam program of the Class J 611 and Class A 1218 in 1994.

David R. Harris

Continuing investigations during the 1990s by Harris and the international project team at Jeitun and surrounds obtained conclusive evidence of agricultural-pastoral settlement by at least 6000 BCE, the earliest indications of agricultural practices in Central Asia known at that point.

David R. Kingsley

The Klamath Falls Airport in Klamath Falls, Oregon was named Kingsley Field in honor of Kingsley's sacrifice.

David R. Knechtges

An expert on Han dynasty and Six dynasties period literature, Knechtges' studies of Chinese fu poetry are largely responsible for the revival of Western academic interest in the subject, a major genre which had become largely neglected until the mid-20th century.

David R. Macdonald

In 1976, President of the United States Gerald Ford nominated Macdonald as Under Secretary of the Navy and Macdonald held this office from September 14, 1976 to February 4, 1977.

David R. Megarry

Megarry designed a one-off board game called Dungeon! where players trooped through a dungeons on a singular basis, a game that had ultimately derived from the Braunstein playing sessions with Arneson.

David R. Morrison

In 2006 a collection of his poems was published by Poetry Salzburg, at the University of Salzburg, titled The Cutting Edge: Collected Poems 1966-2003 by David Morrison.

David R. Olson

He worked briefly at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was worked as a fellow under the supervision of Jerome Bruner, at Harvard University's Center for Cognitive Studies

David R. Soll

1) the role of mating and switching in the pathogenesis of Candida albicans,

In 2005, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and in 2006 a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

David R. Syiemlieh

Author of several books and articles on the history of North East India, he is credited with discovering the date of death of Tirot Sing and locating the grave of Thomas Jones, the Welsh missionary who first arrived in the Khasi Hills.

Dennis A. Ross

In 1996, Dennis ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate, losing to incumbent Democrat State Senator Rick Dantzler.

George Lakoff

I came up with the beginnings of an alternative theory in 1963 and, along with wonderful collaborators like "Haj" Ross and Jim McCawley, developed it through the sixties.

Harold J. Ross

In 1962, Harold and his family relocated to White Sands, New Mexico, where Harold attended White Sands Elementary School.

Henry H. Ross

Ross was elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.

Howard Ross

Howard E. Ross (1921–2010), national president of the Canadian Home Builders' Association

Jimmy D. Ross

He served as the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command, from 1984 to 1986 and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Depot System Command, from 1986 to 1987.

Joe Ross

Joe E. Ross (1914–1982), American actor born in New York City

John Pendry

In 2006 he came up with the idea of bending light in such a way that it could form a container around an object which effectively makes the object invisible and produced a paper with David R. Smith who demonstrated the idea at the frequency of microwaves.

Kenneth Ross

Kenneth G. Ross (born 1941), Australian playwright and screenwriter

Kevin Ross

Kevin A. Ross (born 1963), television host of America's Court with Judge Ross

Mary G. Ross

"A gifted child, she was sent to live with her grandparents in the Cherokee Nation capital of Tahlequah to attend school."

Matthew E. Johnson

He spent the next two years as a judicial clerk, first with Charles Wolle of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa and then with David R. Hansen of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Murray G. Ross

He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.

Ossian M. Ross

Betty Ross Clarke, a great granddaughter of Ossian Ross, was an American stage actress and film starlet.

Permeon Biologics

Founded in 2011 by Harvard chemist David R. Liu and Noubar Afeyan, CEO of Flagship Ventures, the company’s develops a class of proteins, under the trademark Intraphilin™, that enable the transport of large molecules such as antibodies into cells, thereby potentially enabling new classes of intracellular therapies.

Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood

The acclaimed biography took ten years to complete and was published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross in Canada and by the University Press of Kentucky in the United States.

Thaddeus McCarthy

The same year (1896) clerics in Ivrea agreed to donate major relics of Blessed Thaddeus to the dioceses of Cork & Ross and Cloyne.

Thomas R. Ross

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress.

Ross was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825).

Todd A. Batchelor

Since 2010, Batchelor has served as a staffer in the North Carolina General Assembly, including stints as Sergeant-at-arms, and Legislative Chief of Staff to Rep. David R. Lewis of Dunn, North Carolina.

Ultima V: Lazarus

As a tribute to his efforts, Ultima fans bought for him a crossbow made by David R. Watson, the real world inspiration for the recurring Ultima character Iolo.

United States v. Ross

It attempts to preclude arguments that certain types of containers are more or less "worthy" of privacy protection than others, poetically stating that "... the most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion" (derived from an earlier Supreme Court quote which was in turn attributed to William Pitt).

Wesley McNair

He has authored nine collections of poetry, most recently, Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected Poems (David R. Godine, 2010).


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