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Harold Thomas (other)
Harold Thomas may refer to: * Harold Thomas (artist) (born 1947), Indigenous Australian artist and activist, designer of the Aboriginal Australian flag *Harold Thomas (rugby, born 1914) (1914–1989), Welsh dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer *Harold Thomas (rugby union, born 1883) (1883–1947), Welsh rugby forward *Harold Chester Thomas (1907–1942), U.S. Navy officer *Harold Thomas (boxer) (1909–1933), New Zealand Olympic boxer *Harold Wolferstan Thomas Harold Wolferstan Thomas (1875–1931) was a Canadian doctor, noted for his research in the field of tropical medicine. Early life Harold Wolferstan Thomas was born in 1875 in Montreal, Quebec, the son of the banker Francis Wolferstan Thomas (1834 ... (1875–1931), Canadian doctor * USS ''Harold C. Thomas'', an Evarts-class destroyer escort See also * * Harry Thomas (other) {{dab, hn=Thomas, Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Thomas (artist)
Harold Joseph Thomas (born 1947), also known as Bundoo, is an Aboriginal Australian artist and former activist, known for designing and copyrighting the Australian Aboriginal Flag. He claims to have designed the flag in 1971 as a symbol of the Aboriginal land rights movement, and in 1995 it was made an official "Flag of Australia". He later asserted copyright over his design, eventually transferring that copyright to the Commonwealth of Australia and making it freely available for public use in January 2022. Early life and education Harold Joseph Thomas (Bundoo) was born in 1947 to a Wombai father and Luritja mother in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. He remembers drawing and painting on pieces of paper from an early age. At seven years old, he was removed from his family as part of the Stolen Generations and was raised in South Australia by a foster family. In 1966, aged 17, Thomas won a scholarship to study at the South Australian School of Art, graduating with Hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Thomas (rugby, Born 1914)
Harold Watkin Thomas (19 February 1914 – 10 December 1989) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales and Wales XV, and at club level for his native town of Neath, as a lock, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a . Background Harold Thomas was born in Neath, Wales in 1914. His father Tom played rugby for Neath, and his brother David was also capped for Wales. A metal worker by trade Thomas served as a regimental sergeant major in the maritime branch of the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He saw action in the Atlantic, Russian and Indian waters, and at one time survived the sinking of his ship by a Japanese submarine. Thomas died aged 75 in Neath, Wales. Playing career International honours Harold Thomas won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1936 against England, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Thomas (rugby Union, Born 1883)
Harold Howell Meredith "Drummer" Thomas (17 August 1883 – 10 February 1947) was a Welsh international forward who played club rugby for Swansea and Llanelli. He won just a single cap for Wales. Personal history Thomas was born in Swansea in 1883. He served in the Welch Regiment and after the first World War he moved to Haverfordwest. He died in 1947 in Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ..., England. Rugby career Thomas came to note as a rugby player when he joined Swansea. He spent just one season for Swansea before moving to local rivals Morriston RFC. He played just a few matches for Morriston, before being picked up by Llanelli RFC. It was while at Llanelli that Thomas was selected for Wales, playing France at Rodney Parade in Newport. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Chester Thomas
This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during World War II, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. World War II was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in July 1937 as the Second Sino-Japanese War; the other began in Europe in September 1939 with the German and Soviet invasion of Poland.Official military histories in Commonwealth nations refer to the conflict as the Second World War, while the United States' official histories refer to the conflict as World War II. English translations of the official histories of other nations tend to resolve into English as Second World War also, for example ''zweite weltkrieg'' in German. See C.P. Stacey ''Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War'', for example. "Official" usage of these terms is giving way to popular usage and the two terms are becoming interchangeable even in formal militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Thomas (boxer)
Harold Frederick Thomas (11 January 1909 – 29 March 1933) was a New Zealand Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the first round of the Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight, welterweight class after losing his fight to Italy's Luciano Fabbroni. Thomas was born in Wellington. He died in Wellington aged 24, less than a year after his appearance at the Olympics. He rail suicide, jumped from a train a few hours after learning about the death of his fiancée. References 1909 births 1933 suicides 1933 deaths Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for New Zealand Boxers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Wellington City Suicides in New Zealand Suicides by train New Zealand male boxers {{NewZealand-boxing-bio-stub Sportspeople who died by suicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Wolferstan Thomas
Harold Wolferstan Thomas (1875–1931) was a Canadian doctor, noted for his research in the field of tropical medicine. Early life Harold Wolferstan Thomas was born in 1875 in Montreal, Quebec, the son of the banker Francis Wolferstan Thomas (1834-1900) and his wife Harriet Amelia Thomas (née Goodhue). He studied medicine at McGill University in Montreal until 1897. Career Thomas worked in Germany (including at Göttingen and Munich) and at the Montreal General Hospital. From 1903, he worked at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and from 1904 was head of a laboratory in Runcorn. In 1904 he took part in an expedition to study tropical diseases in the Amazon region. Along with Anton Breinl (1880-1944), he discovered in 1905 that the arsenic preparation Atoxyl killed Trypanosomatida, trypanosomes, the causative agent of sleeping sickness. The studies were performed by infecting laboratory animals such as mice, dogs and monkeys with Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma bruc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
