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James Thomson (racing Driver)
James, Jamie, Jim, or Jimmy Thomson may refer to: Arts and letters * James Thomson (architect, born 1852) (1852–1927), Scottish architect, city architect of Dundee * James Thomson (poet, born 1700) (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright * James Thomson (weaver poet) (1763–1832), Scottish poet * James Thomson (poet, born 1834) (1834–1882), Scottish poet and essayist * James Thomson (engraver) (1788–1850), English engraver, known for his portraits * James Thomson (journalist) (1852–1934), Australian journalist and newspaper owner * James Thomson (minister) (1768–1855), Scottish editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' * James M. Thomson (newspaper publisher) (1878–1959), American newspaper publisher * Jamie Thomson (author) (born 1958), author of gamebooks Politicians * James Thomson (Australian politician) (1856–?), New South Wales politician * James Thomson (London politician) (born 1966), Common Councilman, Walbrook ward * James Thomson (Manitoba politician) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (architect, Born 1852)
James Thomson (1852–1927) was the City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ..., Scotland. He originally planned an immense Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux Arts style Civic Centre covering the City Centre, Dundee, centre of Dundee. At the onset of First World War, his plans were scaled down and he retired in 1924. Thomson was the designer behind the "Kingsway" City Bypass, combined road widening and Slum clearance in the United Kingdom, slum clearance, the Craigie Garden City Estate and the first ever district heated housing scheme at Logie, Dundee, Logie. After Thomson's death in 1927 his former assistant, James MacLellan Brown, as Deputy City Architect, remodelled Burnet's designs in 1931. Early life A native of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (calico Printer)
James Thomson (6 February 1779 – 27 April 1850) was an English industrial chemist who made a career and large reputation in calico printing. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821. Life He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. While studying at Glasgow University he came to know Thomas Campbell, who became a friend. The Thomson family was connected with the Peels, the manufacturing and political dynasty in Lancashire. James Thomson went to work for Joseph Peel & Co., calico printers in London, around 1795, and remained there for six years; Joseph Peel was an uncle of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet. While in London Thomson met William Hyde Wollaston and Humphry Davy. Davy became a close friend, and they worked together on the theory of acids, with Thomson willing to inhale Davy's nitrous oxide in 1799. In 1801 Thomson was brought in as a middleman in negotiations for Count Rumford to hire Davy, by Thomas Richard Underwood of the Royal Institution. The Primrose Works, set up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Thomson (footballer, Born 1948)
James Arnott Thomson (born 28 June 1948) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Jimmy 1948 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Petershill F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Gateshead United F.C. players Spennymoor Town F.C. players Newcastle Blue Star F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Thomson (footballer, Born 1937)
Jimmy Thomson (10 April 1937 – 4 August 2012) was a Scottish association football, football player and head coach, manager. He played for St Mirren F.C., St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic and Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers, and then managed Scottish Football League clubs Berwick Rangers F.C., Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers. Thomson was one of four Raith managers in the space of fourteen months following Jimmy Nicholl's move to Millwall F.C., Millwall in 1996. ''The Independent'', 15 April 1997. Thomson also served Raith's Fife rivals Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic as caretaker manager in two different spells. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thomson (footballer, Born 1971)
James Thomson (born 15 May 1971) is a Scottish footballer. Nicknamed 'JT', Thomson was a central defender. Thomson's greatest achievements were during his 358 appearances for Queen of the South, where he was club captain. Thomson also enjoyed some success in shorter periods at Clyde and Arbroath and also played for Stenhousemuir. Thomson had a short spell as caretaker manager of Queen of the South during November and December 2016 and is currently player-manager of Kilsyth Rangers in the SJFA West Region Championship. Playing career Clyde Thomson began his senior football career at Clyde in 1991. Thomson made 151 league appearances and scored 11 goals. Clyde were Scottish Football League Division Two Champions in 1992–93 when Thomson was at the club and clinched the title at Palmerston Park, Dumfries away to Queen of the South, with a 3–2 win. Stenhousemuir Thomson then had a short spell with Stenhousemuir during season 1996-97 making thirteen league appearances and score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thomson (footballer, Born 1946)
James Shaw Thomson (born 1 October 1946) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender for Chelsea from 1965 to 1968 before subsequently moving to Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ... until retiring in 1981. References * 1946 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish footballers Association football defenders Chelsea F.C. players Burnley F.C. players English Football League players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James J
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (Queen's Park Footballer)
James S. J. Thomson was a Scottish amateur footballer who made over 100 appearances as a right back in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He also played for Dumbarton and Third Lanark Third Lanark Athletic Club was a Scottish football club based in Glasgow. Founded in 1872 as an offshoot of the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the club was a founder member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) in 1872 and the Scottish .... Career statistics References Year of birth missing Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Queen's Park F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Year of death missing Place of birth missing Dumbarton F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players {{Scotland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (footballer)
James, Jamie, Jim, or Jimmy Thomson may refer to: Arts and letters * James Thomson (architect, born 1852) (1852–1927), Scottish architect, city architect of Dundee * James Thomson (poet, born 1700) (1700–1748), Scottish poet and playwright * James Thomson (weaver poet) (1763–1832), Scottish poet * James Thomson (poet, born 1834) (1834–1882), Scottish poet and essayist * James Thomson (engraver) (1788–1850), English engraver, known for his portraits * James Thomson (journalist) (1852–1934), Australian journalist and newspaper owner * James Thomson (minister) (1768–1855), Scottish editor of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' * James M. Thomson (newspaper publisher) (1878–1959), American newspaper publisher * Jamie Thomson (author) (born 1958), author of gamebooks Politicians * James Thomson (Australian politician) (1856–?), New South Wales politician * James Thomson (London politician) (born 1966), Common Councilman, Walbrook ward * James Thomson (Manitoba politician) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bates Thomson
James Bates Thomson (May 21, 1808-June 22, 1883) was an American mathematician, educator, and author Thomson was born in Springfield, Vt, May 21, 1808, the son of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Thomson. After several years' experience in teaching, he entered Yale College in 1829, but on completing the Freshman year was obliged to be absent on account of illness, and so fell back into the next class and graduated in 1834. After taking his degree he spent one year in New Haven as a resident graduate, and then took charge of an academy in Nantucket, Mass., where he remained until 1842, when he resigned and removed to Auburn, N. Y. He was then entrusted by Yale President Jeremiah Day with the duty of abridging his treatise on Algebra, and for four or five years subsequently devoted himself to the organization and extension of Teachers' Institutes and similar gatherings. He removed to the city of New York in 1846, where (and in Brooklyn) he spent the rest of his life, engaged to the last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Thomson (geologist)
James Allan Thomson (27 July 1881 – 6 May 1928) was a New Zealand geologist, scientific administrator and museum director. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1881, where his father was a science teacher at Otago Boys' High School. He graduated from the University of Otago in 1904, the same year as Sir Peter Buck. Selected as New Zealand's first Rhodes Scholar, Thomson studied geology, played rugby, rowed and ran at St John's College, Oxford. After doing geology in Australia, he was appointed palaeontologist with the New Zealand Geological Survey in 1911 and then succeeded Augustus Hamilton as director of the Dominion Museum (now Te Papa) in 1914. He was accepted as a geologist on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica, but he developed pulmonary tuberculosis and was forced to withdraw. The tuberculosis continued to trouble him and his health declined. He was president of the Royal Society of New Zealand for a short time before his death in 1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (mathematician)
James Thomson (13 November 1786 – 12 January 1849) was an Irish mathematician, notable for his role in the formation of the thermodynamics school at the University of Glasgow. He was the father of the engineer and physicist James Thomson and the physicist Lord Kelvin. Life Born into an Ulster-Scots family on 13 November 1786, he was the fourth son of Agnes Nesbit and James Thomson, a small farmer, at Annaghmore, near Ballynahinch, County Down (the house was later called Spamount), in Ulster. His early education was from his father. At the age of 11 or 12 he had found out for himself the art of dialling. His father sent him to a school at Ballykine, near Ballynahinch, kept by Samuel Edgar, father of John Edgar. Here Thomson soon rose to be an assistant. Wishing to become a minister of the presbyterian church, in 1810 he entered the University of Glasgow, where he studied for several sessions, supporting himself by teaching in the Ballykine school during the summer. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
