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John Thurston (priest)
John Thurston may refer to: *John Thurston (artist) (1774–1822), British wood-engraver and illustrator *John Thurston (basketball) (born 1948), US collegiate women's basketball coach * John Thurston (inventor) (fl. 1799–1850s), British furniture maker and the inventor of slate beds and rubber cushions for billiard tables *John Thurston (politician) (born 1972), Republican Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, 2011–present * John Bates Thurston (1836–1897), independent Premier, and later British colonial Governor, of Fiji, 1888–97 *John Mellen Thurston (1847–1916), Republican United States Senator from Nebraska * John Jabez Thurston (1888–1960), independent member of the Canadian House of Commons *Mel Thurston John Melvin Thurston (January 16, 1919 – October 8, 1997) was an American professional basketball player. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thurston (artist)
John Thurston (1774–1822) was a British printmaker and illustrator. Thurston began his artistic career as a copper plate engraver, working for James Heath. Then he took up book illustration, and soon totally devoted himself to it. Most of his illustrations were engraved on block, not plate; a writer in the ''Polytechnic Journal'' was later to describe him as "at that time the principal, and indeed almost only artist of any talent in London who made drawings on the block for wood engravers". His illustrations include those for James Thomson's ''Seasons'' and William Somervile's ''Rural Sports'', as well as Shakespeare's works. He was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1794 to 1812. He died in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ..., in 1822. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thurston (basketball)
John Thurston (born April 17, 1948) is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach of the St. Francis College women's basketball team from 2012 to 2018. Thurston was born in the Bronx, New York (state), New York and is an alumnus of Archbishop Molloy High School and Seton Hall University. Through both high school and college, Thurston was a two sport player playing baseball and basketball. After graduating high school in 1966, Thurston was drafted by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 Major League Baseball draft, 1966 MLB Amateur Draft. Coaching career Thurston is one of only a few coaches who has been a head coach at the NCAA DI, DII, DIII and NAIA levels in 26 years of coaching men's college basketball from 1971 to 1997. Thurston started out as an assistant basketball coach of men's basketball at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus in 1971. Then from 1972 to 1975, he served as the FDU-Florham Devil's head coach. Thurston ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thurston (inventor)
John Thurston (1777–1850) was an inventor who developed the use of slate beds and rubber cushions for billiard tables. He was dubbed "the father of the billiards trade." In 1799, he founded a business to make billiard tables as well as general cabinet making. The company, Thurston & Co. Ltd, continues in business. See also Thurston's Hall Thurston's Hall was a major billiards and snooker venue between 1901 and 1955 in Leicester Square, London. The hall was in the premises of Thurston & Co. Ltd which relocated to Leicester Square in 1901. The building was bombed in 1940 and reope ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurston, John 1777 births 1850 deaths Cue sports inventors and innovators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billiard Table
A billiard table or billiards table is a bounded table on which cue sports are played. In the modern era, all billiards tables (whether for carom billiards, pool, pyramid or snooker) provide a flat surface usually made of quarried slate, that is covered with cloth (usually of a tightly woven worsted wool called baize), and surrounded by vulcanized rubber cushions, with the whole thing elevated above the floor. More specific terms are used for specific sports, such as snooker table and pool table, and different-sized billiard balls are used on these table types. An obsolete term is billiard board, used in the 16th and 17th centuries. Parts and equipment Cushions Cushions (also sometimes called "rail cushions", "cushion rubber", or rarely "bumpers") are located on the inner sides of a table's wooden . There are several different materials and design philosophies associated with cushion rubber. These cushions are made from an elastic material such as vulcanized rubber (gum or sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Thurston (politician)
John Manuel Thurston (born December 27, 1972) is the current Secretary of State of Arkansas; elected in November 2018, he has served in the position since January 2019. He previously served as Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands. A Republican, he was first elected to that position in November 2010, took office in January 2011, and was reelected in November 2014 to a second term. Early life Thurston graduated in 1991 from Sheridan High School in Grant County in southern Arkansas. He then attended Agape College in the capital city of Little Rock. He is a former licensed Christian minister and a Certified Religious Assistant in the Arkansas state prison system. He worked 13 years for Agape Church in Little Rock before entering politics. Lands Commissioner Thurston is the first Republican to be elected as Land Commissioner since the office became elective in 1874. In 2014, Thurston was elected as the president of the Western States Land Commissioners Association; the organizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bates Thurston
Sir John Bates Thurston (31 January 1836 – 7 February 1897) was a British colonial official who served Fiji in a variety of capacities, including Premier of the Kingdom of Viti (before the islands were ceded to the United Kingdom) and later as colonial Governor. Early life Thurston was born on 31 January 1836 in London, England, where he received an elementary education before pursuing a nautical career in 1850. In 1855 he became the first officer, but shortly afterwards was struck down by cholera and was sent to Australia to recover. He became a sheep farmer with a friend, but in 1862 the farm was destroyed by a flood. In 1864, he joined a botany expedition to the South Sea Islands and was wrecked off the coast of Samoa, where he was stranded for eighteen months, before being rescued and brought to Fiji. Political life in Fiji Shortly after his arrival in Fiji, he was employed by the British Consulate. In 1869 he became acting Consul for Fiji and Tonga. In June 1871 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mellen Thurston
John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska. Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Ruth (née Mellen). He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1854 and two years later to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools and graduated from Wayland Academy, Wisconsin, Wayland University in Beaver Dam, where he studied law. Thurston was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a city councilman from 1872 to 1874 and the city attorney of Omaha from 1874 to 1877. Thurston then served in the Nebraska Legislature, Nebraska House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877. He married Martha L. Poland Thurston, Martha L. Poland (1849–1898) in 1872. After her death in 1898, he married Leodora "Lola" Purman in 1899. He was appointed assistant attorney of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1877 and general solicitor in 1888. He was a presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jabez Thurston
John Jabez Thurston (11 October 1888 – 8 January 1960) was an independent member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fenelon Township, Ontario and became a farmer. He was elected to Parliament at the Victoria, Ontario riding in the 1921 general election. After serving his only term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Thurston did not seek re-election in the 1925 vote and was succeeded by Thomas Hubert Stinson of the Conservatives. In the 1926 election, Thurston campaigned at Victoria riding under the Progressive party but was defeated by Stinson. Electoral record , - , Conservative , Thomas Hubert Stinson , align="right", 9,070 , - , Independent , John Jabez Thurston , align="right", 8,019 , Conservative , Thomas Hubert Stinson Thomas Hubert Stinson (26 February 1883 – 29 January 1965) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada and a barrister. He was born in Minden, Ontario. Stinson attended public school at Mind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
