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Evan Thomas (other)
Evan Thomas (born 1951) is an American journalist and author. Evan Thomas or ''variant'', may also refer to: People Given name * Evan Thomas (actor) (1891–1982), Canadian-born British actor * Evan Thomas (priest) (1872–1953), Welsh clergyman and professor * Evan Thomas (rugby league), Welsh rugby league player * Evan Thomas (inventor), Welsh ironmonger, inventor and manufacturer of safety lamps for miners * Evan Kyffin Thomas (1877–1935), editor and newspaper proprietor in South Australia * Evan Thomas, Ceredigion sea captain who co-founded Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company, Wales-based shipping company Surname * Charles Evan-Thomas (1897–1958), British-Welsh criketer * Hugh Evan-Thomas Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, (27 October 1862 – 30 August 1928) was a British Royal Navy officer. During World War I he commanded the 5th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom), 5th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, fly ... (1862–1928), British admiral O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas
Evan Welling Thomas III (born April 25, 1951) is an American journalist, historian, and author. He is the author of nine books, including two ''New York Times'' bestsellers. Early life and career Thomas was born in Huntington, New York, and raised in nearby Cold Spring Harbor. A graduate of Phillips Academy, Harvard University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia School of Law ( J.D.), from 1991 he was a reporter, writer, and editor at ''Newsweek'' for 24 years. Prior to that, he was at ''Time''. Thomas began his reporting career at ''The Bergen Record'' in northeastern New Jersey. In 1992, DCI Robert Gates granted Thomas historical access to view classified Central Intelligence Agency files. The fundamental authority for this policy is Executive Order 12356 (April 1982), as implemented in HR 10–24(c)4. Under these provisions, CIA may grant individual researchers and former presidential appointees access to classified files, once the recipient of this access signs a secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas (actor)
Evan Thomas (February 17, 1891 – 1982), also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career in England, in ''Lady Windermere's Fan'', written by Oscar Wilde. Born Elystan Owen Evan Thomas in Vancouver, he appeared in silent films in Great Britain. He worked in both Hollywood and England beginning in 1930, before returning permanently to the British film industry after 1946. Over his fifty-year career, he would appear in dozens of films, usually in small roles, although he did have several featured performances, as in 1928's ''Warned Off'', and 1935's ''Lend Me Your Husband''. Filmography (Per AFI and BFI databases) *''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1916) *''Wisp o' The Woods'' (1919) *''The Starting Point'' (1919) *''Once Aboard the Lugger'' (1920) *'' The Constant Nymph'' (1928) *''Warned Off'' (1928) *'' Inside the Lines'' (1930) *''Women Who Play'' (1932) *''Tin Gods'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas (priest)
Evan Lorimer Thomas (21 February 1872 – 9 April 1953) was a Welsh clergyman and Professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ... (which later became the University of Wales, Lampeter) from 1903 to 1915. Life Thomas was the son of the academic and priest Charles Williams (academic), Charles Williams and the linguist Anna Fison, Anna (born Fison). He was educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1891 and was a scholarship, scholar. He trained for ordination in Leeds, and was a curate in Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor, Wrexham, Cuddesdon and Colwyn Bay in succession between 1897 and 1903. In 1903, he became Professor of Welsh at St David's College, Lampeter, where his actions to strengthen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas (rugby League)
Evan Thomas (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; ), during the era of contested scrums. Playing career International honours Evan Thomas won 2 caps for Wales in 1911–1914 while at Salford. Championship final appearances During Evan Thomas' time there was Salford's 5-3 victory over Huddersfield in the Championship Final during the 1913–14 season. Challenge Cup Final appearances Evan Thomas played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in Salford's 0-5 defeat by Bradford F.C. in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 28 April 1906.Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 11 – 1905–06". Rugby Leaguer Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas (inventor)
Evan Thomas (died after 1881) was a Welsh ironmonger who became an inventor and manufacturer of safety lamps for miners. He was the original proprietor of the Cambrian Lamp Works, established in Aberdare in 1860. In 1867, Thomas patented an improvement to the design of the safety lamp that would prevent the glass in the lamp from becoming loose by using india rubber. In 1868, he obtained a patent for "an improvement in the construction of miners' safety lamps, in such a manner as to enable petroleum or other mineral oils to be consumed therein". Thomas's best-selling lamp, the "no. 7", improved on a lamp invented in 1816 by William Reid Clanny, and was successful in passing tests set in 1886 by the Royal Commission on Accidents in Mines; it was selected as one of the four recommended types of lamp. In 1879, Evan Thomas was reported to have gone into partnership with John Davies in the ironmongery he ran in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Ferndale. This partnership was separate to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Kyffin Thomas
Evan Kyffin Thomas (1866 – 27 July 1935) was an editor and newspaper proprietor in South Australia. History Thomas was a son of William Kyffin Thomas and grandson of Robert Thomas and followed in their footsteps in the newspaper business. Most, if not all, members of the family carried the middle name "Kyffin" and "Kyffin Thomas" was often treated as a double-barrelled surname. He joined the literary staff of the "Regíster" in 1885, and editor of the Observer then partner and general manager in 1899. He was elected chairman of the Adelaide committee of the Australian section of the Empire Press Union at the Empire press conference in 1925, and deputy chairman of the Australian section of the Empire Press Union for 1929–30, and deputy chairman of the Australian delegation to the Empire Press Conference in London in 1930. A very fine representative of a very fine family which played a big part in the early annals of the State . . . Evan Kyffin Thomas was loved and respected b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Thomas, Radcliffe And Company
Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Company was one of the more prosperous and better-known of Cardiff-based shipowning companies, established in 1882 by a Ceredigion sea captain, Evan Thomas, and a Merthyr Tydfil businessman, Henry Radcliffe. Until 1939 one of the main trades of the company was to carry Wales, Welsh steam coal, which reached its peak in the years immediately before World War I. The company was ceased trading in the 1980s. History Origins In 1881, Evan Thomas, a Master Mariner from Aberporth in Ceredigion who had served with Jones Bros. of Newport, Wales, Newport an JH Anning of Cardiff, went into partnership with Henry Radcliffe, a Merthyr Tydfil businessman and they bought their first ship together. The combination of master mariner and businessman as partners was not uncommon at this time in Cardiff. It was not hard for the partners to raise money to buy their first ship, with most of the capital being raised in Wales. The partners risked very little of their own mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
