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Joseph Thompson (mayor)
Joseph Thompson may refer to: Politicians * Joseph B. Thompson (1871–1919), US congressman from Oklahoma * Joseph Thompson (Canadian politician) (1867–1941), speaker of the Legislature of Ontario *Joseph Oswalt Thompson, Alabama politician * Joe Thompson (Australian politician) (1923–2005), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Sport * Joe Thompson (rugby) (1902–1983), British rugby union and rugby league footballer * Joe Thompson (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer * Joseph Atang Thompson (born 1989), Nigerian football player * Joe Thompson (speedway rider) (born 2004), English speedway rider Others * Joseph Thompson (actor) (active since 2005), English actor * Joseph Thompson (doctor) (1797–1885), early settler of Atlanta, Georgia, hotelier, and real-estate investor * Joseph Thompson (pirate) (died 1719), pirate from Trinidad, Cuba * Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943), medical officer in the United States Navy * Joseph H. Thompson (1871â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( he, יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. As a '' rosh yeshiva'' of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University in New York City, The Rav, as he came to be known, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century. Rabbinic literature sometimes refers to him as הגרי"ד, short for "The great Rabbi Yosef Dov". He served as an advisor, guide, mentor, and role-model for tens of thousands of Jews, both as a Talmudic scholar and as a religious leader. He is regarded as a seminal figure by Modern Orthodox Judaism. Heritage Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was born on February 27, 1903, in Pruzhany, Imperial Russia (later Poland, now Belarus). He came from a rabbinical dynasty dating back some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cheesman Thompson
Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1874–1943) was a career medical officer in the United States Navy who attained the rank of commander before retirement in 1929. His foes called him 'Crazy Thompson', but to friends he was known as 'Snake', a nickname derived from his expertise in the field of herpetology. Early life and education Thompson grew up in Japan as the son of a missionary. In 1892, Thompson graduated from the Columbia Medical School. Service during the Boxer Rebellion Thompson joined the US Navy in 1897. On May 18, 1900, he was detached from the , (a gunboat that saw service in Hawaii, the Philippines and along the Pacific coasts of North and South America), and he was ordered to Mare Island Hospital for some unspecified treatment. In a dispatch dated August 20, 1900, USMC Major William P. Biddle lists 'Asst. Surg. J. C. Thompson, U.S.N.', as part of the First Regiment United States Marines China Relief Expedition, which was sent to Peking to rescue foreigners and Chinese C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Thompson (pilot)
Joseph Thompson Jr. (1919–2012) was a decorated World War II pilot from Tennessee, who later in life became active in Nashville civic affairs. Nicknamed "Tiger Joe", Major Thompson flew 90 combat missions in 1944 for the Allied forces in Europe, most behind German lines, performing aerial reconnaissance. He received the Croix de Guerre from France and the Distinguished Flying Cross from the US for his role in liberating France from Nazi Germany. Thompson was awarded France's highest honor, the Legion of Honor on March 15, 2012, shortly before his death on March 24, 2012. Thompson published a book in 2006 entitled, ''Tiger Joe: A Photographic Diary of a World War II Aerial Reconnaissance Pilot''. Early years Thompson is a descendant of one of Nashville's founding families. His great-great-grandfather, Thomas Thompson (1759–1837), was one of middle Tennessee's earliest settlers, arriving from North Carolina in the winter of 1779 to a site that would become the city of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Thompson (bookmaker)
Joseph Thompson, born Joseph Solomon (6 March 1838 – 3 March 1909) "King of the Ring" "The Leviathan", was a bookmaker in Melbourne, Victoria, and later in London, England. History Thompson was born in London to tobacco merchant Samuel T. Solomon. and his wife Jessie Solomon, née Levi. Stories about his early days in Australia are often contradictory and impossible to pin down. In one version he first arrived in 1852 aboard a ship named ''Soldarha'', ''Soldanha'' or ''Salanha'', none of which can be confirmed. In an interview with Ernest Whitington ("Rufus" of ''South Australian Register, The Register''), he arrived in 1854 as an apprentice seaman, and "jumped ship" by hiding in an empty water barrel for 36 hours before being unloaded at Port Melbourne, Victoria, Sandridge pier. He went to the diggings but the anticipated "gold for the picking" failed to materialise, and he returned to the sea for another three years, serving out his apprenticeship. He again sailed to Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Thompson Vs Walter Clarke
''Joe Thompson vs Walter Clarke'' was decided in December 1817. Background and facts Joe Thompson was born circa 1784 in St. Mary's County, Maryland, St. Mary's County, Maryland where he was enslaved to a prosperous farmer and slaveholder John Thompson. John Thompson died in 1804. In a 21 February 1805 estate inventory of real and personal property, Joe Thompson is enumerated among the 24 listed slaves. In this document, Joe Thompson's age is given as 21 years. John Thompson's last will pronounced his strong desire that most of his slaves, including Joe and his wife Nell, be prospectively manumitted after a period of 10 years in servitude. The younger enslaved individuals were to be likewise freed after other specified periods. Most slaves in the District of Columbia were "slaves for life." However a slave granted a prospective manumission became "a term slave". For a slaveholder to free a slave by manumission, was to reduce the total value of his or her estate. Even manumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Thompson (musician)
Joseph Aquiler Thompson (December 9, 1918 – February 20, 2012) was an American old-time fiddle player, and one of the last musicians to carry on the black string band tradition. Accompanied by his cousin Odell, Thompson was recognized with several honors for performances of the old-time style, particularly when the genre was repopularized in the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, he recorded his first studio albums, consisting of a repertoire rooted in the authentic string band approach. Biography Thompson was born in Orange County, North Carolina on December 9, 1918. His father John, a fiddler, and uncle Walter, a banjo player, performed at local square dances and corn shuckings. At seven years-old, when Thompson took up the fiddle himself, he closely observed his father's techniques which were rooted in old-time African tradition. He joined his father and uncle for performances, and later formed his own string band with his older brother Nate and cousin Odell, both of whom we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
