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Edward Thomas (Cochfarf)
Edward Thomas may refer to: Sport *Edward Thomas (gridiron football) (born 1974), American gridiron football player *Edward Thomas (rower), Australian rower at the 1924 Olympics *Edward Thomas (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s for Wales, Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity * Eddie Thomas (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2003), English footballer with Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Swansea Town and Derby County *Eddie Thomas (footballer, born 1931), English footballer with Southampton * Eddie Thomas (Australian footballer) (1891–1953), Australian rules footballer with Collingwood * Eddie Thomas (boxer) (1926–1997), Welsh boxer * Ed Thomas (1950–2009), American football coach Writers *Edward Thomas (poet) (1878–1917), Anglo-Welsh poet and journalist * Edward J. Thomas (1869–1958), librarian and author of several books on the history of Buddhism Military *Edward Thomas (British Army officer) (1915–1999), World War II Military Cross recipient and tempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (gridiron Football)
Edward Tervin Thomas (born September 27, 1974) is a former American football linebacker who played three seasons in the National Football League with the San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team play .... He played college football at Georgia Southern University and attended Charles Lincoln Harper High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also a member of the Montreal Alouettes, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders and Rhein Fire (NFL Europe), Rhein Fire. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Edward Living people 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Thomas
Eddy Thomas (c. 1932 – 10 April 2014) was a Jamaican dancer, choreographer and dance instructor. With Rex Nettleford he co-founded the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC). Before establishing the NDTC, Thomas was a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company in New York City. Background In 1958, he established the Eddy Thomas Workshop, with branches in Kingston and Mandeville, which was a foremost training ground for the development of Jamaican artists, and in 1959, Thomas won the Jamaican government Arts Council Award and went to study in New York, and at the Connecticut College Dance Festival in New London with Martha Graham and such others such as Merce Cunningham and José Limón. In 1962, Thomas and Rex Nettleford co-founded the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC). Works that Thomas choreographed works included: ''Legend of Lovers' Leap'', ''A Time to Rejoice'', ''Foot Notes in Jazz'', ''Afro West Indian Suite'', ''Games of Arms'', ''Liza'', ''An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (locomotive)
''Edward Thomas'' is a narrow gauge steam locomotive. Built by Kerr Stuart & Co. Ltd. at the California Works, Stoke-on-Trent in 1921, it was delivered new to the Corris Railway where it ran until 1948. After that railway closed, the locomotive was brought to the Talyllyn Railway in 1951, then restored, and remains in working order at the heritage railway. It has carried the operating number 4 under four successive owners. History Corris Railway The Corris Railway was a gauge tramway built in 1859, which ran from Machynlleth north to Corris and on to Aberllefenni to serve local slate quarries. The railway company owned three locomotives, built in 1878; by the end of World War I all three were in poor condition, and the railway ordered a fourth, a modified version of Kerr Stuart's "Tattoo" class, in 1921. It initially struggled with the workload on the Corris and was provided with a new boiler with a greater number of tubes in 1928. The Corris Railway was taken over by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (physicist)
Edward E. Thomas Jr. is an American plasma physicist and a Professor of Physics at Auburn University. He currently serves as the university's associate dean for research and graduate studies and is also the university's Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor for diversity and inclusion. He is a fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists (2011), the Alabama Academy of Sciences (2012) and the American Physical Society (2015). Thomas's work involves experimental and computational plasma physics, specifically in the areas of dusty plasmas and the flow of highly magnetized plasmas. He is currently the director of Auburn University's Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory, a multi-user facility for the study of highly-magnetized dusty plasmas. Early life and career Thomas received a Bachelor of Science from Florida Institute of Technology in 1989. He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for graduate studies, working on the Alcator C-Mod and then earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lloyd Thomas (surveyor)
Edward Lloyd Thomas, Sr. (1785–1852) was a Methodist preacher, a land speculator, and a surveyor (see surveying) in Georgia, United States. He had six brothers and a sister. Among his children was Confederate general Edward Lloyd Thomas (1825–1898). Biography Edward Lloyd Thomas was the son of Phillip Thomas, who served as a Corporal in the Revolutionary War, and was descended from the British politician Edmund Thomas of Glamorgan.Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 3 by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, Ettie Tidwell McCall, page 166 and Elizabeth Covington Wailes of two prominent Maryland Families. Edward L. Thomas was a Methodist preacher (see Methodism), a planter, land speculator and surveyor. He learned surveying from his Uncle Levin Wailes. In 1808, at age 23, he was a Justice of the Peace of Franklin County, Georgia and was Captain of the Militia District 209. About 1813, he was ordained a Methodist minister, and was living at Watkinsville, Georgia in Clarke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (police Officer)
Edward Alfred Thomas (September 23, 1919 – August 10, 2015) was one of the first African Americans to work as a police officer for the Houston Police Department. He was born on September 23, 1919, in Keatchi, Louisiana. He attended Southern University. Thomas was drafted and served in the Invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He joined the Houston Police Department in 1948. Thomas served for 63 years, the longest period of service of any municipal employee. In July 2015 Houston Police Headquarters was renamed the Edward A. Thomas Building. External links * Shelia Jackson Lee"TRIBUTE TO EDWARD ALFRED THOMAS, LONGEST SERVING AND GREATEST PATROL OFFICER IN THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT".Congressional Record The ''Congressional Record'' is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Looe (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Looe, often spelt Westlow or alternative Westlowe, in Cornwall, England, was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disfranchised in the Reform Act 1832. History West Looe was one of a number of Cornish boroughs enfranchised in the Tudor period, and like almost all of them it was a rotten borough from the start, with the size and importance of the community that comprised it quite inadequate to justify its representation. The borough consisted of the town of West Looe in Cornwall, connected by bridge across the River Looe to East Looe, which was also a parliamentary borough. From the reign of Edward VI, West Looe and East Looe were jointly a borough, returning two members of Parliament; however, under Queen Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (MP)
Edward Thomas may refer to: Sport *Edward Thomas (gridiron football) (born 1974), American gridiron football player * Edward Thomas (rower), Australian rower at the 1924 Olympics * Edward Thomas (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s for Wales, Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity * Eddie Thomas (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2003), English footballer with Everton, Blackburn Rovers, Swansea Town and Derby County *Eddie Thomas (footballer, born 1931), English footballer with Southampton * Eddie Thomas (Australian footballer) (1891–1953), Australian rules footballer with Collingwood * Eddie Thomas (boxer) (1926–1997), Welsh boxer *Ed Thomas (1950–2009), American football coach Writers *Edward Thomas (poet) (1878–1917), Anglo-Welsh poet and journalist *Edward J. Thomas (1869–1958), librarian and author of several books on the history of Buddhism Military * Edward Thomas (British Army officer) (1915–1999), World War II Military Cross recipient and tempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Eddie Kaye Thomas (born October 31, 1980) is an American actor who rose to prominence as Paul Finch in the ''American Pie'' film series. His other notable appearances include Andy Rosenberg in the '' Harold & Kumar'' series, Jeff Woodcock in '''Til Death'', genius behaviorist Dr. Tobias "Toby" M. Curtis in CBS show '' Scorpion'', and as series regular Mike Platt in American sitcom '' Off Centre'' on The WB. Early life Thomas was born on Staten Island, New York, to a Jewish family. He grew up opposite a train station in the neighborhood of New Dorp. He adopted the name Eddie Kaye Thomas as a stage name for his acting career; his legal name is not publicly known. Career Thomas began his acting career as a stage actor at age seven, appearing in ''Four Baboons Adoring the Sun'' in 1992 and ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', opposite Natalie Portman in 1997. He graduated from New York's Professional Children's High School already a veteran of the Broadway stage. Thomas made his ons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (character)
''That's So Raven'' is an American television teen sitcom that was created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, and aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007. The series centers on Raven Baxter (Raven-Symoné), a teenager with hidden psychic abilities. Episodes show Raven experiencing visions of future events; she must also deal with the social and personal issues of her youth. Raven often misinterprets the events she foresees, and intervenes to prevent a vision from coming true or to protect her friends and families. She uses her skills in fashion design to create elaborate disguises she wears during these schemes. Raven's secret is shared with her best friends Eddie Thomas ( Orlando Brown) and Chelsea Daniels (Anneliese van der Pol), along with her brother Cory (Kyle Massey) and parents Tanya (T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) and Victor (Rondell Sheridan). The series explores supernatural elements, family, friendship, and adolescence. The Walt D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thomas (antiquarian)
Edward Thomas (31 December 1813 – 10 February 1886) was an English civil servant of the East India Company, known for his writings on Indian antiquities. Life Born on 31 December 1813, the son of Honoratus Leigh Thomas, he was educated at the East India College at Haileybury. He went to India in 1832 as a writer in the Bengal service of the company. Poor health affected his career, and he took several absences in England on sick leave; and when Lord Dalhousie offered him in 1852 the post of foreign secretary to the government of India, he declined it. After acting for a short time as judge at Delhi, Thomas was appointed superintending judge of the Saugor and Nerbudda territory. He retired on a pension in 1857, and spent the rest of his life in scholarly pursuits, attending the meetings of learned societies and writing on Asian archæology. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1884 Birthday Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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