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Andrew Thomson (basketball)
Andrew Thomson may refer to: *Andrew Thomson (academic) (1936–2014), British management education academic and historian *Andrew Thomson (kickboxer) (born 1974), South African kickboxer *Andrew Thomson (Canadian politician) (born 1967), Canadian NDP politician and minister, 1995–2007 *Andrew Thomson (Australian politician) (born 1961), Australian Liberal politician and minister, 1995–2001 * Andrew Thomson (author), New Zealand UN doctor and author *Rev Andrew Thomson (minister) (1814–1901), Scottish biographer * Andrew Thomson (Australian footballer) (born 1972), Australian rules footballer for Sydney Swans * Andrew Thomson (Scottish footballer) (1865–1936), Scottish international footballer * Andrew Mitchell Thomson (1779–1831), minister of the Church of Scotland See also * Andy Thomson (other) *Andrew Thompson (other) Andrew or Andy Thompson may refer to: Sportspeople *Andrew Thompson (catcher) (1846–?), Major League Baseball player for the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (academic)
Professor Andrew William John Thomson, OBE, FBAM (26 January 1936 – 26 December 2014) was a British academic and historian who specialized in management education and industrial relations. Early life and education Thomson was born in Stockton, and educated at St. Bees School in Cumberland. After his national service in the Army, he obtained a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1959 from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and then a MS in Industrial Relations in 1961 from Cornell University, where he obtained a MS in Industrial Relations in 1961. He then returned to Britain to work as a brand manager for Lever Brothers between 1961 and 1965. In 1965, he returned to Cornell to do a PhD, which he obtained in 1968 with a thesis "The reaction of the American Federation of Labor and the Trades Union Congress to labor law, 1900-1935" Academic career In 1968 he joined the Department of Social and Economic Research in the University of Glasgow, as lecturer, risin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (kickboxer)
Andrew "Iceberg" Thomson, (born 7 April 1974), is a retired South African kickboxer. Biography and career Thompson was born in East London, South Africa in 1974. Although he played several sports when he was a young boy, he was most interested in body building and martial arts. He studied karate, kickboxing, Muay Thai, kung fu, and boxing. After graduation he was conscripted into the South African army, where he qualified as a parachutist and a sanitation engineer. After he moved from East London to Cape Town, he joined Steve's Gym, and he participated in K-1 from 1998 to 2003. He won several K-1 events. He competed in Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '13 where he defeated Mate Paulovics on 12 September 2013 in tournament's 1st round. He won by 1st-round TKO after 1 min. and 32 sec and withdraw from the tournament. Titles *1999 South African Super Heavyweight Muay Thai Champion * 2000 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner * 2001 K-1 Africa Grand Prix winner * 2002 K-1 Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (Canadian Politician)
Andrew Thomson (born July 16, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the NDP caucus in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 2007. While in government, he held several cabinet posts, including Minister of Finance, Learning, Corrections and Public Safety, Energy and Mines, and Minister Responsible for Information Technology, SaskEnergy, and SaskPower. Background Thomson was born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, and raised in Kindersley and Prince Albert.Brett Quiring''Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present'' University of Regina Press, 2004. . p. 228. He has a bachelor's degree in political studies from the University of Saskatchewan, and worked in the government of Roy Romanow as a ministerial assistant after graduating. Political career He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1995, and was re-elected with increased pluralities in 1999 and 2003 representing the riding of Regina South. Thomson was brought into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (Australian Politician)
Andrew Peter Thomson (born 7 January 1961), an Australian politician, is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Wentworth in New South Wales. Biography Thomson is the son of the Australian golfer Peter Thomson and worked as a solicitor, investment banker and golf course designer before entering politics. He was educated at the University of Melbourne (arts/law), Keio University in Tokyo and later at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. He entered parliament in April 1995 in a Wentworth by-election after Dr John Hewson vacated the seat when he retired from politics after being dumped from the Downer Shadow Cabinet and not reinstated into Howard's. When the Coalition took government at the 1996 election, Thomson was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. On 6 October 1997, he became Minister for Sport and Tourism, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (author)
Andrew Thomson is a New Zealand born UN doctor and co-author of the international best seller "Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures" Graduating top of his year from Auckland School of Medicine in 1983, Thomson has dedicated his life to humanitarian aid. He has worked as a medical officer in the UN in New York, Cambodia and Haiti. He has also worked with the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. His main work was in exhuming mass graves to gather forensic evidence to prosecute government officials. Thomson's interest in humanitarian work came about when he was a medical student at the University of Auckland where he befriended Vary a Cambodian student who was one of the 60 doctors who survived the notorious killing fields. "Emergency Sex" was published in October 2004 in a shroud of controversy as officials as high up as Kofi Annan tried to stop the book from being published. Thomson was sacked for his role in the book but with the help o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (minister)
Andrew Thomson FRSE (1814–1901) was a Scottish minister and (from 1847) of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a noted biographer and lecturer, well known for his books on the lives of pre-eminent ministers, and for his book on his travels in the Holy Land and noted for his preface to the Scottish poet, Robert Pollok's "Tales of the Covenanters". Thomson should not be confused with Rev Andrew Mitchell Thomson (1779-1831), minister of St George's, Edinburgh, an evangelical leader considered a precursor of the Disruption of 1843. Life He was born in Sanquhar in south-west Scotland in February 1814. In 1837 he was ordained at Lothian Road Church in Edinburgh. He lived then at 30 Alva Street. Although he remained in the established church at the Disruption of 1843 he left in the second schism of 1847, at the creation of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. In 1870 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (Australian Footballer)
Andrew Thomson (born 30 December 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Thomson was a rover, recruited to Sydney from Echuca. He made two appearances in the 1993 AFL season, against the Brisbane Bears in round eight and Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ... in round nine. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Andrew 1972 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Echuca Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Thomson (Scottish Footballer)
Andrew Thomson (27 August 1865 – 2 June 1936) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full-back. He earned two caps for Scotland in 1886 and 1889. Club career During his career, Thomson played for Levern, Arthurlie and Third Lanark. He won the Scottish Cup with Third Lanark in 1889. International career Thomson made his first appearance for Scotland on 20 March 1886, in a 7–2 away win against Ireland. He earned his second and final cap three years later, serving as team captain in a scoreless draw in Wrexham against Wales on 15 April 1889. In some sources, Thomson was mistakenly listed as two different players. He was also selected to play for the Scottish Football League XI London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 20 July 2021 and for Renfrewshire and |
Andrew Mitchell Thomson
Andrew Mitchell Thomson (1779–1831) was a minister of the Church of Scotland, known as an evangelical activist and political reformer. Life The second son of the Rev. John Thomson, D.D., by his first wife, Helen Forrest, he was born in the manse at Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, where his father was minister, on 11 July 1779. Educated at the parish school of Markinch, Fife after his father had moved there, and at Edinburgh University which he left in 1800, he was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Kelso; but before receiving a clerical charge he was schoolmaster at Markinch. In 1802 he was appointed parish minister at Sprouston, Roxburghshire. In 1808 he was transferred to the East Church, Perth; in 1810 to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh; and in 1814, on the opening of the church, moved within the city to St George's Church. There he remained until his death. When the Edinburgh town council presented Thomson to Greyfriars, there was strong opposition; but he became one of the infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Thomson (other)
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Andy Thomson may refer to: *Andy Thomson (Scottish footballer) (born 1971), former Scottish football player for Queen of the South, Southend United, Oxford United, Gillingham, QPR, Partick Thistle, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir * Andy Thomson (English footballer) (born 1974), former English football player for Swindon, Portsmouth, Bristol Rovers and Wycombe Wanderers * J. Anderson Thomson, psychiatrist noted for work in evolutionary psychology *Andy Thomson (bowls) (born 1955), lawn and indoor bowler * Andy R. Thomson, Canadian architect and environmentalist See also * Andrew Thomson (other) *Andrew Thompson (other) Andrew or Andy Thompson may refer to: Sportspeople *Andrew Thompson (catcher) (1846–?), Major League Baseball player for the 1875 Washington Nationals *Andrew Thompson (footballer) (born 1972), Australian rules footballer * Andrew Thompson (manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
