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Yolanda Gail Devers is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres,60 m hurdles,100 m and 100 m hurdles. Devers is regarded as one of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time. She was the 1992 and 1996 Olympic 100m champion;the second woman in history to defend an Olympic 100m title. She was also the 1993 world champion in the event,becoming the first ever female sprinter to simultaneously hold the world and Olympic titles in the 100m. She was the 1993,1997 and 2004 world indoor 60m champion. In the 100 m hurdles,she was the 1993,1995 and 1999 world champion,and the 1991 and 2001 world silver medalist. In the 60 m hurdles,she was the 2003 world indoor champion and 2004 silver medalist.
Foundation and Empire is a science fiction novel by American writer Isaac Asimov originally published by Gnome Press in 1952. It is the second book in the Foundation series,and the fourth in the in-universe chronology. It takes place in two parts,originally published as separate novellas. The second part,"The Mule," won a Retro Hugo Award in 1996.
Joseph Robert Dever,also known as Joe Dever was an English fantasy author and game designer. Originally a musician,Dever became the first British winner of the Advanced Dungeons &Dragons Championship of America in 1982.
Paul Andrew Dever was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts. He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts and was its youngest-ever Attorney General. Among his notable accomplishments was the construction of Boston’s circumferential highway Route 128,then called "Dever’s Folley," which was later expanded to Interstate 95,one of the most used national highways.
William Emmett Dever was the mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1927. He had previously served as a judge and before that an alderman. As an alderman and judge he would work to become the Democratic candidate for mayor for over two decades.
Jacob Loucks Devers was a general in the United States Army who commanded the 6th Army Group in the European Theater of World War II. He was involved in the development and adoption of numerous weapons,including the M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks,the DUKW amphibious truck,the Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter,and the M16 rifle.
Mark E. Dever is a theologian and the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington,D.C.,and the president of 9Marks,a Christian ministry he co-founded "in an effort to build biblically faithful churches in America. Dever also taught for the faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge and also served for two years as an associate pastor of Eden Baptist Church in Cambridge."
William Gwinn Dever is an American archaeologist,scholar,historian,semiticist,and theologian. He is an active scholar of the Old Testament,and historian,specialized in the history of the Ancient Near East and the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah in biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1975 to 2002. He is a Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania.
Flora Sydney Patricia Eldershaw was an Australian novelist,critic and historian. With Marjorie Barnard she formed the writing collaboration known as M. Barnard Eldershaw. She was also a teacher and later a public servant.
The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) is an association for Australian writers. It was established in Sydney in 1928,with the aim of bringing writers together and promoting their interests. The organisation played a key role in the establishment of the Australian Society of Authors in 1963,a national body and now the main professional organisation in Australia for writers of literary works.
Dever Akeem Orgill is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward.
James Columcille Dever III is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Seamus Patrick Dever is an American actor known for his role as Detective Kevin Ryan in the ABC series Castle.
Marcos A. Devers is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,since January 2019,after having served in the same position from 2011 until 2017. Devers also is a former acting mayor of Lawrence,Massachusetts;when he served as acting mayor from September to November 2001,he became the first Dominican-American to execute the role of mayor in the United States and the first Latino mayor in Massachusetts.
Kaitlyn Rochelle Dever is an American actress. She became known for her roles in series such as Justified (2011–2015),Last Man Standing (2011–2021),Unbelievable (2019),and Dopesick (2021). She earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Unbelievable and Dopesick,in addition to a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Dopesick.
Dever is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rafael Devers Calcaño is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Devers won the Silver Slugger Award in 2021 and 2023 and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2022.
The 1927 Chicago mayoral election was held on April 5,1927. Democratic incumbent William Emmett Dever was defeated by Republican candidate William Hale Thompson,who had served as mayor from 1915 to 1923. John Dill Robertson,who had been previously allied with the ex-mayor,broke with Thompson to run on his own and received more than five percent of the vote. It remains as of 2023 the last Chicago mayoral election to be won by a candidate who is not a member of the Democratic Party.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1923,Democrat William E. Dever defeated Republican Arthur C. Lueder and Socialist William A. Cunnea. Elections were held on April 3,the same day as aldermanic runoffs.
The first season of the American superhero streaming television series Titans premiered on DC Universe on October 12,2018,and concluded on December 21,consisting of 11 episodes. It was executive produced by Akiva Goldsman,Geoff Johns,Greg Berlanti,Sarah Schechter,and Greg Walker,with Walker serving as showrunner. Created by Goldsman,Johns,and Berlanti,the series is based on the DC Comics team Teen Titans. Featured in the main cast are Brenton Thwaites,Anna Diop,Teagan Croft,and Ryan Potter. The season also introduces Alan Ritchson,Minka Kelly,Curran Walters,and Conor Leslie,who would join the main cast in the following season. The first season marks the live-action debut of the Teen Titans,as well as the launch of DC Universe's original scripted programming.
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- ↑ "Dick Dever". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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