David Gray (January 29, 1838 - December 3, 1861), Scottish poet, the son of a handloom weaver, was born at Merkland, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
His parents resolved to educate him for the church, and through their self-denial and his own exertions as a pupil teacher and private tutor he was able to complete a course of four sessions at the university of Glasgow. He began to write poetry for The Glasgow Citizen and began his idyll on the Luggie, the little stream that ran through Merkland. His most intimate companion at this time was Robert Buchanan, the poet; and in May 1860 the two agreed to proceed to London, with the idea of finding literary employment.
Shortly after his arrival in London Gray introduced himself to Monckton Milnes, afterwards Lord Houghton, with whom he had previously corresponded. Lord Houghton tried to persuade him to return to Scotland, but Gray insisted on staying in London. He was unsuccessful in his efforts to place Gray's poem, The Luggie, in Cornhill Magazine, but gave him some light literary work. He also showed him great kindness when a cold which had seized him assumed the serious form of consumption, and sent him to Torquay; but as the disease made rapid progress, an irresistible longing seized Gray to return to Merkland, where he arrived in January 1861, and died on the 3rd of December following, having the day before had the gratification of seeing a printed specimen copy of his poem The Luggie, published eventually by the exertions of Sydney Dobell. He was buried in the Auld Aisle Churchyard, Kirkintilloch, where in 1865 a monument was erected by friends far and near to his memory.
The Luggie, the principal poem of Gray, is a kind of reverie in which the scenes and events of his childhood and his early aspirations are mingled with the music of the stream which he celebrates. The series of sonnets, In the Shadows, was composed during the latter part of his illness. Most of his poems necessarily bear traces of immaturity, and lines may frequently be found in them which are mere echoes from Thomson, Wordsworth or Tennyson, but they possess, nevertheless, distinct individuality, and show a real appreciation of natural beauty.
The Luggie and other Poems, with an introduction by R Monckton Milnes, and a brief memoir by James Hedderwick, was published in 1862; and a new and enlarged edition of Gray's Poetical Works, edited by Henry Glassford Bell, appeared in 1874. See also David Gray and other Essays, by Robert Buchanan (1868), and the same writer's poem on David Gray, in Idyls and Legends of Inverburn.
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After winning the non-ranking 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship and following his _World Championship performance in 2000, Gray was a consistent tournament quarter-finalist over the next eighteen months, but did not reach his first ranking final until the 2002 Scottish Open. In this tournament, Gray eliminated defending champion Peter Ebdon 6-3 in the semi-finals, having already taken out Stephen Hendry and John Higgins. Stephen Lee eventually defeated Gray in the final, 9-2. However, in the same tournament a year later, Gray again eliminated Higgins and Hendry en route to the final, and this time won the event, defeating newcomer Mark Selby 9-7.
Although Gray was unable to qualify for the 2003 World Championship, his success at the 2003 Scottish Open (to date, his only ranking tournament win) saw him break into the top 16 in the 2003/2004 world rankings, where he remained through 2005/2006. In the 2004 World Championship, he advanced to the quarter-finals, losing 13-9 to Graeme Dott. This performance helped him to no. 12 in the 2004/2005 world rankings (to date, his best-ever position).
On 28 November, 2004 he reached his third - and to date, latest - ranking final in the UK Championship. He lost 10-1 to Stephen Maguire in the final. It was during this tournament that Gray scored his first maximum break - the 50th ever made in professional play - in the fifth of his last-32 match against Mark Selby (whom he had defeated in the 2003 Scottish Open final). His semi-final against Joe Perry was particularly memorable as he was 7-8 down and requiring Snookers. However a simple missed red by Perry enabled Gray to extract the required points and he managed to clinch the frame. In the decider he made an excellent 135 total clearance.
Gray bested Jimmy White (his long-time practice partner) at the 2006 World Championship, but in the second round Peter Ebdon beat Gray 13-1 with a , becoming one of the few players to have lost two best-of-25-frame matches in a World Championship so emphatically. Gray has yet to advance beyond the quarter-finals in a World Championship.
In the 2006 Grand Prix, he advanced from the group stage (in which the world's top 32 plus sixteen qualifiers are split into groups of six, who play each other round-robin with the two most successful players in each group progressing), before losing 2-5 to O'Sullivan in the last 16. He did not qualify for the 2007 World Championship, losing to 1991 winner John Parrott, and dropped out of the top 32 in the 2007/2008 rankings. A lack of success continued into the next season, with defeat to Liu Chuang in World Championship qualifying ensuring that he would be outside the top 40 of the rankings for the following year.
David Gray (born June 13, 1968 in Sale, Greater Manchester) is an English singer-songwriter. Although he released his first studio album in 1993, he didn't receive worldwide attention until the release of White Ladder six years later. It was the first of three UK chart-toppers in six years for Gray, the latter two of which also made the Top 20 in the US.
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During the 2005-06 season, Gray broke into the reserve team, being deployed mainly at right-back, coming from the bench. On 25 October 2006, Gray made his debut for the senior team in a _Football League Cup match against Crewe Alexandra. He started the game at right-back, but late in the second half, he was substituted for Kieran Lee who went on to score the winning goal in extra time.
In January 2007, he was sent on loan to Royal Antwerp FC to gain match experience. However, after just two games, he suffered an injury which sidelined him for the rest of the season.
In November 2007, he again went on loan to Crewe Alexandra FC where he was used to cope with injuries gained by the club through their season.
David Gray (1870-1968) was best known as the United States Ambassador to Eire from 15 April 1940 until 28 June 1947 . His official title was 'Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary' and his official residence was Florida . In his own words, his appointment to the Ambassadorship was nepotic, as he was First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt's Uncle through marriage . Gray was the Ambassador through most of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War. He led American efforts to convince Eire to enter the war on the side of the Allies. His performance was such that Eamon de Valera sought repeatedly to have Gray replaced by another ambassador, especially after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. .
David Gray is a rugby league player for the Connecticut Wildcats in the AMNRL. His position of choice is at wing and fullback.
David Gray (November 20, 1956 - November 14, 1990) was a New Zealand mass murderer who committed the Aramoana massacre. During a 34 hour standoff, he killed 13 people, including 4 children and a police officer. He was eventually shot and killed by police. The event is dramatised in the New Zealand made film Out of the Blue (2006 film).
