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Owen Thomas (minister) (born 1948), English lawy ...
Owen Thomas may refer to: People * Owen Thomas (journalist), UK radio and television reporter/presenter *Owen Thomas (writer) (born 1972), former editor of Valleywag *Owen Thomas (politician) (1858–1923), MP for Anglesey, 1918–1923 *Owen Thomas (darts player) (born 1964), Welsh darts player * Owen Thomas (playwright) (born 1976), Welsh playwright *Owen John Thomas (1939–2024), Plaid Cymru politician *Owen Thomas, University of Pennsylvania football player and subject of a ground-breaking study on chronic traumatic encephalopathy *Owen Thomas, lead singer in American rock band The Elms Other *Owen Thomas (automobile company), founded in 1908 in Janesville, Wisconsin See also * Dudley Owen-Thomas Dudley Richard Owen-Thomas (born 20 September 1948) is an English lawyer and former first-class cricketer. Education and cricket career Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Owen-Thomas went to school at King's College School, Wimbledon. He captained the Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (journalist)
Owen Thomas is the "Global Head of Editorial Content" for ING Group. Previously, he was a news presenter on BBC World News and BBC World Service and an anchor on CNN International and Bloomberg Television. Journalism career Thomas worked for many years at ITN, presenting the now defunct ITV News Channel, the networked '' ITV Morning News'' and the regional ITV programme ''London Tonight''. He spent a year presenting the news on the BBC World Service, and anchored their '' World Briefing'' programme. Previously he worked for the English language service of Radio France Internationale based in Paris, France. Before it closed down in December 2005, he was a presenter on the ITV News Channel. He and Faye Barker and covered the last hour of the news channel's final broadcast, before handing to Alastair Stewart for a special closing programme. Since joining ITN in 2001 he has broken some of the biggest national and international news. For years he helped wake up the nation on BBC Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (writer)
Owen Thomas (born March 30, 1972) is an American blogger, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is the business editor at The ''San Francisco Chronicle''. He was the founding executive editor of The Daily Dot and former executive editor of VentureBeat. He was the managing editor of Valleywag, a Gawker Media gossip and news blog about Silicon Valley personalities that bills itself as a "tech gossip rag". Career Thomas graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. He is a 1994 graduate of the University of Chicago. He first worked at Suck.com, and later at the former technology magazine '' Business 2.0''. He was managing editor of the Silicon Valley gossip website Valleywag, before leaving to run NBC's local site for the San Francisco Bay Area. Thomas does some on-screen commentary in the film '' Revenge of the Electric Car''. In 2013, Thomas was named Editor-in-Chief of ReadWrite. He joined the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' in 2016. Valleywag Thomas replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (politician)
Sir Owen Thomas, JP, DL (18 December 1858 – 6 March 1923) was a Welsh politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Anglesey. Born on Anglesey, Thomas raised the Prince of Wales Light Horse regiment to serve in the Second Boer War. He commanded the regiment, and later became the Brigadier-General commanding the North Wales Brigade. He also served as chief officer of the Life-Saving Apparatus at Sea section of the Board of Trade, and in his spare time bred farm stock. Thomas took an interest in politics, and stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party in Oswestry at the 1895 United Kingdom general election. At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, he was elected for Anglesey as an independent labour candidate. He joined the Labour Party group in Parliament, but resigned the party whip in 1920, and was re-elected in 1922 as an independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (darts Player)
Owen B. Thomas is a former Welsh professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. Career Thomas played in the 1984 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Gerry Haywood. He also played in the 1983 Winmau World Masters and the 1984 British Professional, losing in the first round in both tournaments to Keith Deller and Eric Burden. World Championship results BDO * 1984: Last 32: (lost to Gerry Haywood Gerry Haywood (4 May 1946 – 12 September 2016) was an English professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He competed in the 1984 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating the Welsh player Owen Thomas 2–0 in the first ro ... 0–2) External linksProfile and stats on Darts Database Living people Welsh darts players British Darts Organisation players 1953 births {{UK-darts-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (playwright)
Owen Thomas (born 1976) is a playwright, originally from Mid Wales who is now living and working in Cardiff. His work has been performed in venues around the country. 'Richard Parker', toured the UK in Autumn 2009 and 2010. Starring Gareth John Bale and Alistair Sill, the play is a dark comedy exploring the notion of coincidence. The play was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 where it received favourable reviews. The play then ran at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles. The show went on to win 'Best International Show' and was listed amongst the top ten theatrical shows in Los Angeles for 2012. Thomas followed up 'Richard Parker' with a sequel entitled 'Robert Golding' which explores the notion of conspiracy theories. The show was performed at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff in July 2013 before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 'Grav', was a one-man show about the life of Welsh rugby player Ray Gravell. It was produced by the Torch Theatre, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen John Thomas
Owen John Thomas (born 3 October 1939) is a former Plaid Cymru politician who was a Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for the South Wales Central region from 1999 to 2007. Early life and education Owen John Thomas was born in Albany Road, Cardiff, where his father, John Owen Thomas, had a pharmacy. John Owen Thomas was from Treorchy and the brother of the Alderman Reverend Degwel Thomas, the Chairman of Glamorgan Council for 19 years. On his paternal side both his grandparents spoke Welsh and came from a prominent family of Welsh Baptists in North Pembrokeshire, including the poet preacher Myfyr Emlyn. Thomas' mother, Evelyn Jane Thomas, came from Marros in Carmarthenshire, and her father was Welsh speaking. Despite having Welsh speaking grandparents Thomas' parents did not speak Welsh as adults, and therefore, he and his two sisters were raised in an English language home. Thomas was a pupil at Marlborough Road School, Cardiff, and at Howardian Grammar School. He le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. It is unclear if the risk of suicide is altered. Most documented cases have occurred in athletes involved in striking-based combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Muay Thai—hence its original name ''dementia pugilistica'' (Latin for "fistfighter's dementia")—and contact sports such as American football, Australian rules football, professional wrestling, ice hockey, rugby, and association football (soccer), in semi-contact sports such as baseball and basketball, and military combat arms occupations. Other risk factors include being in the military, prior domestic violence, and repeated banging of the head. The exact amount of trauma required for the condition to occur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elms (band)
The Elms were an American rock and roll band known for their breed of rootsy, blues-based rock, with the essence of the music of the 60s and 70s. Although the band had been in existence since 2000, 2001 saw the release of their first full-length album, with the first musical contribution from Thomas Daugherty on guitar. Thus, 2001 is widely considered the bands' first fully functional year in existence. Some members reside in the southern Indiana city of Seymour, Indiana. They have drawn stylistic comparisons to The Black Crowes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Kinks, and The Beatles. They released their major-label debut album, ''The Chess Hotel'', on May 2, 2006. The band's final album, '' The Great American Midrange'', was released on September 15, 2009. It peaked at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart and was the Elms' highest-charting album to date. The only officially released single from ''The Great American Midrange'' was the song "Back to Indiana," and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Thomas (automobile Company)
The Owen Thomas Car Company was founded in 1908 in Janesville, Wisconsin, by W. Owen Thomas of Chicago in a machine shop that belonged to the Chicago & North Western Railroad. It survived till 1910. History The company made cars that were called Owen Thomas "Sixes.". They had air-cooled, 60 hp six-cylinder engines. One advanced feature was that instead of a carb., the Owen Thomas had an early type of fuel injection Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector. This article focuses on fuel injection in reciprocating piston and Wankel rotary engines. All comp ... system based on early aviation practices. The wheelbase was a long 136". The company went out of business in Sept. of 1910, the official reason was because the backers could not get a Selden license. References {{reflist History of Wisconsin Janesville, Wisconsin Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |