James Thom (other)
James Thom may refer to: *James Thom (sculptor) (1802–1850), Scottish sculptor *James Alexander Thom (born 1933), American writer * J. C. Thom (1835–1898), American painter, son of sculptor James Thom *Norman Thom James Norman Thom (8 October 1899 – 10 October 1987) was an Australian politician. He was born at Warroo to police officer Frederick Alfred Thom and Sarah Burke. He was educated at convent schools and became an apprentice electrician. He ...

James Thom (sculptor)
James Thom (17 April 1802 – 17 April 1850) was a Scottish sculptor; his sculptures of characters from Scottish literature were immediately successful. Early life Thom was born in 1802, son of James Thom, a farm worker, and his wife Margaret Morison; his birthplace was about a mile from Lochlea, where Robert Burns lived for some time. While Thom was young his family moved to Meadowbank in the adjoining parish of Stair. With his younger brother Robert (1805–1895) he was apprenticed to Howie & Brown, builders of Kilmarnock, and, although he took little interest in the more ordinary part of his craft, he was fond of ornamental carving, in which he excelled. Sculptures While engaged upon a monument in Crosbie churchyard, near Monkton, in 1827, he attracted the attention of David Auld, a hairdresser in Ayr. Encouraged by Auld, he carved a bust of Burns from a portrait — a copy of the portrait by Alexander Nasmyth — which hung in the Burns Monument at Alloway. It confirmed Aul ...
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James Alexander Thom
James Alexander Craig Thom (born May 26, 1933 in Gosport, Indiana) is an American author, best known for his works in the Western genre and colonial American history which are noted for their historical accuracy borne of his painstaking research. Thom graduated from Butler University in 1961 with a BA in Journalism after serving in the United States Marine Corps in the Korean War. He taught a course in journalism at Indiana University, and was a contributor to '' The Saturday Evening Post''. Works * ''Let the Sun Shine In (a collection of short stories)'' (Gibson Publishing, 1976) * ''Spectator Sport'' (a novel about the tragic events of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 auto race) (iUniverse, 1978) * ''Staying Out of Hell'' (Ballantine Books, 1985) * ''Long Knife'' (a novelized biography of General George Rogers Clark, victor of the Battle of Fort Sackville in Vincennes, Indiana, and conqueror of the Northwest Territory) (Avon, 1979) * ''From Sea to Shining Sea'' (a novelized bi ...
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