Famous People with Name Dennison

David Mathias Dennison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Mathias Dennison: was an American physicist who made contributions to quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and the physics of molecular structure.In 1927, upon Dennison’s return from Europe, he started his life-long career at the University of Michigan until 1976.[11] Otto Laporte had arrived at Michigan in 1926, and George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit arrived in 1927. These four men were a team in developing theoretical physics, including quantum mechanics, for many years. They had been brought there by the chairman of the physics department, Harrison McAllister Randall, to build the theoretical capabilities of the department.[12] [13]

David George Dennison            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

David George Dennison: is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Scotland in July 1983 in a first-class match. He went on to play for Ireland on 24 occasions, his last match coming against the MCC at Lord's in Au

William Donald Dennison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Donald Dennison: was the last member of the Orange Order to serve as Mayor of Toronto, Canada. He held the office from 1966 to 1972, and was a long time member of Toronto City Council. Prior to entering politics, he was a school principal and teacher. He was also a beekeeper who at one point had 900,000 bees in the backyard of his Jarvis Street home. Dennison was a member of the United Farmers of Ontario in the 1920s, and became a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its successor, the New Democratic Party. He was a CCF candidate in the riding of Rosedale in the 1935 federal election, placing third. He won a seat in the 1943 provincial election as the Ontario CCF Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) representing the downtown Toronto riding of St. David by defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Roland Michener. In the legislature, Dennison was an early environmentalist. An early conservationist, in the 1940s, he tried to stop the de Havilland aircraft factory's pollution of Black Creek. He also tried to force the government to stop a pulp and paper mill from polluting the Spanish River. In 1946 he personally planted 40,000 trees.