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George Thomson (journalist)
George Thomson may refer to: Government and politics * George Thomson (MP for Southwark) (c. 1607–1691), English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, official and politician * George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish politician; former Labour MP and peer * George Thomson (Canadian politician) (1855–1920), Scottish-born merchant, official and political figure in British Columbia * George Walker Thomson (1883–1949), Scottish trade unionist * George Thomson, Lord Thomson (1893–1962), Scottish politician and judge Sports * George Thomson (footballer, born 1854) (1854–1937), Wales international footballer * George Thomson (rugby) (1856–1899), English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s * George C. Thomson (1888–1976), American football player, lawyer and banker * George Thomson (footballer, born 1936) (1936–2007), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, Brentford) * George Thomson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1930s, Aberdee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (MP For Southwark)
George Thomson (c. 1607–1691) was an English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, an official and politician. Early life He was a younger son of Robert Thomson of Watton, Hertfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Harsflet or Halfehead of the same place; Maurice Thomson (1601/4-1676) the Virginia settler was an older brother, and Thomson was there as a significant figure from 1623, before returning to London as a merchant trading with Virginia and the Caribbean. The youngest brother Robert Thomson, also a merchant, was in New England for a period. The family were Parliamentarians, and early in 1643 Thomson held the commission of captain of a troop of horse under William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford. In the following year he served under Sir William Waller in his western campaign, and at this period attained the rank of colonel. Losing a leg in action, he retired from military service. Political career Thomson was returned to parliament for , probably in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Edwin Thomson
Captain George Edwin Thomson DSO MC (19 September 1897 – 23 May 1918) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 21 aerial victories. He was the second ranking ace of his squadron, and one of the leading Sopwith Camel aces. Early life and service George Edwin Thomson was the son of James and Ellen Thomson, who were native to Glenfuccan, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. He was born in Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar) on 19 September 1897. Thomson went to the United Kingdom in order to join the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in September 1916. His appointment as a Flying Officer with the rank of temporary second lieutenant was dated 30 December 1916. Flying service Thomson was seriously injured during flight training; the accident left him with lasting scars to his face. Nevertheless, he joined 46 Squadron during the summer of 1917, to fly a Sopwith Pup. On 25 September 1917, he scored his first victory flying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sutherland Thomson
George Sutherland Thomson FRSE FCS (1871–1958) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist and scientific author, and an expert in the dairy industry. Life He was born in Scotland in 1871. In 1903 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert Patrick Wright, George Alexander Gibson, James Blyth and Ralph Stockman. In March 1904 he was appointed Government Dairy Expert to Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... in Australia. He became Dairy Commissioner for South Australia. He died on 29 June 1958. Publications *''The Dairying Industry'' (1907) *''British Colonial Dairying for School, Farm and Factory'' (1913) *''Experiments in the Hand-Feeding of Cows'' *''Grading Dairy Produce'' (1925) *''Butter and Cheese'' (1925) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (rose Breeder)
George Thomson is an Australian amateur rose breeder, known for creating disease-resistant roses tailored to the Australian climate. Thomson was born in Scotland and trained with Alex Cocker of Cockers Roses in Aberdeen, also completing an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens. In 1958, Thomson emigrated to South Australia, settling in Willunga, near Adelaide. He is considered to be one of Australia’s most productive rose breeders, planting over 350,000 seeds each year. He works closely with long established rose nursery Ross Roses, contributing new roses to its ‘True Blue’ collection, which is bred specifically for the Australian climate. Notable roses George Thomson roses include: *''Society Belle'' (2008) *''Crown Princess Mary'' (2006), named after Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark *''Lady Phella'' (2005), winner of a bronze medal at the National Rose Trial Garden of Australia *''Wildfire 2000'' (2000) *''Mrs Mary Thomson'' (1996) *''Howard Florey'' (1998), named after Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Malcolm Thomson (1899–1996)
George Malcolm Thomson (1899–1996) was a Scottish journalist and publicist for Scottish nationalism. He is now best known for the sectarian slant he adopted the 1930s, aimed at Irish-Scots, and as an activist working on behalf of the Scottish Party. His biographer George McKechnie wrote "His modern Scottish reputation is grounded almost exclusively on his obsessive campaigns against Irish Catholics." Life He was born in Leith on 2 August 1899 into a Presbyterian family, the eldest son of the journalist Charles Thomson and his wife Mary. His parents belonged to the United Free Church. He attended Daniel Stewart's College from age 10, and was a student at Edinburgh University from 1919 to 1922. In his final university year, he founded with another undergraduate, Roderick Watson Kerr, the Porpoise Press. Kerr in 1922 went to work on ''The Scotsman'', and in 1926 moved to the ''Liverpool Daily Post''. The same year, following his marriage, Thomson moved to London to work as a jour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Derwent Thomson
George Derwent Thomson ( ga, Seoirse Mac Tomáis; 1903 in Dulwich, London – 3 February 1987 in Birmingham) was an English classical scholar, Marxist philosopher, and scholar of the Irish language. Classical scholar Thomson studied Classics at King's College, Cambridge where he attained First Class Honours in the Classical Tripos and subsequently won a scholarship to Trinity College, Dublin. At TCD he worked on his first book, ''Greek Lyric Metre'', and began visiting Na Blascaodaí in the early nineteen-twenties. He became lecturer and then Professor of Greek at University College Galway. He moved back to England in 1934, when he returned to King's College, Cambridge, to lecture in Greek. He became a professor at Birmingham University in 1936, the year he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. Thomson pioneered a Marxist interpretation of Greek drama. His ''Aeschylus and Athens'' (1941) and ''Marxism and Poetry'' (1945) won him international attention. In the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Paget Thomson
Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (; 3 May 189210 September 1975) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognized for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction. Education and early life Thomson was born in Cambridge, England, the son of physicist and Nobel laureate J. J. Thomson and Rose Elisabeth Paget, daughter of George Edward Paget. Thomson went to The Perse School, Cambridge before going on to read mathematics and physics at Trinity College, Cambridge, until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, when he was commissioned into the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. After brief service in France, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 doing research on aerodynamics at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough and elsewhere. He resigned his commission as a captain in 1920. Career After briefly serving in the First World War Thomson became a Fellow at Cambridge and then moved to the University of Aberdeen. Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (naturalist)
George Malcolm Thomson (2 October 1848 – 25 August 1933) was a New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician. Biography Born on 2 October 1848 in Calcutta, Thomson grew up in Scotland, being educated at the Edinburgh High School and the University of Edinburgh. At the age of 20, he emigrated to New Zealand, and, apart from a short period farming at Mabel Bush, Southland, spent the rest of his life in Dunedin. He was said to "know his Dunedin like a book". Thomson's scientific interests were wide, including fisheries, crustaceans and the naturalisation of species. Thomson was one of the first scientists to recognise the potential for invasive species to be introduced via ship's ballast. He helped establish the Portobello Marine Laboratory in 1904. Outside science, he founded many organisations, and was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for Dunedin North from the for two parliamentary terms to 1914 and a member of the Legislative Council from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (botanist)
George Thomson (26 May 1819 – 14 December 1878) was a Scottish missionary in Cameroon who collected plants to send to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and to the British Museum. Thomson was born in Balfron, 16 miles north of Glasgow and trained as an architect. His brother, Alexander Greek Thomson (1817–1875) was an eminent Glaswegian architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable building. George and Alexander were partners in an architectural practice in Glasgow early in their careers. In 1870, George Thomson was sent by the Baptist Church to West Africa as a missionary in Limbe, Cameroon (then known as ''"Victoria"''), where he combined his religious activities with a passion for botany. In 1877, he was host to the German botanist, Wilhelm Kalbreyer who had been sent by James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London to search for plants in "that unhealthy region". Amongst the plants discovered by Kalbreyer was an epiphytic orchid of the genus '' Pachystom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (shipbuilder)
George Thomson (25 March 1815 – 29 June 1866) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder, born at Partick, Glasgow. He served his apprenticeship with a Mr. Graham in Partick before entering the works of Mr. Robert Napier, where he quickly gained the best knowledge in marine engineering available. He then went into business with his brother James and the firm of James & George Thomson was born. They started with engine building then expanded into shipbuilding in 1851. They produced over forty steamers including the ''Russia'', one of the top ships crossing the Atlantic. They then moved to Govan and later to a new works at Clydebank, increasing staff from 1,500 to over 4,000 at the new works. After James' early retirement and the sudden death of George, the new works were managed by the sons of George (also called James & George). In 1899, Sheffield steel manufacturer John Brown & Co. took over the Clydebank Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (musician)
George Thomson (1757–1851), born at Limekilns, Fife, Scotland, was a noted collector of the music of Scotland, a music publisher, and a friend of Robert Burns. He was clerk to the board of trustees in Edinburgh for 60 years. His '' A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice'' came out in six volumes between 1793 and 1841, and included contributions from Burns, Walter Scott and Thomas Campbell. Thomson published folksong arrangements by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ignaz Pleyel, Leopold Kozeluch, Johann Nepomuk Hummel,J. Sachs. (1970). Hummel and George Thomson of Edinburgh. ''The Musical Quarterly'', 56(2): 270–287. Carl Maria von Weber, Henry Rowley Bishop, and Robert Archibald Smith. Early life His father was the schoolmaster at Limekilns, Dunfermline, and he had some legal training. In 1780 he gained a clerical appointment with the '' Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Art and Manufactures in Scotland'' on the recommendation of John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (physician)
George Thomson (c. 1619–1676) was an English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer. He was a leading figure in an attempt to create a "College of Chemical Physicians", a rival to the established Royal College of Physicians. He rejected the traditional Galenic approach to medicine and argued against medical bloodletting, purging and the doctrine of curing by "contraries". He performed a splenectomy on a dog which stimulated debate in scientific and medical circles, and challenged prevailing medical theories about the body.Elmer & Grell, 2004, pp. 134-137. Life and work Thomson was born around 1619, and served under Prince Maurice in the English Civil War; he was taken prisoner by the parliamentarians at Newbury in 1644 and spent a period in Fleet prison in London. On his release he attempted to obtain a license from the ''College of Physicians'', but finding the licensing charge too excessive, went on to obtain his M.D. from Leyden University (in the Netherlands) instea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
