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Samuel Thompson (poet)
Samuel/Sam Thompson/Thomson/Thomsen may refer to: Sports * Sam Thompson (1860–1922), Major League Baseball player * Sam Thompson (catcher) (1885–?), Negro league baseball player *Sam Thompson (pitcher) (1908–1978), Negro league baseball player *Sammy Thomson (1862–1943), Scottish footballer * Sam Thomson (sportsman), Scottish football and cricket player *Sam Thomson (rugby union) (born 1994), Scottish rugby union player * Samuel Huston Thompson (1875–1966), American football player * Samuel Thompson (footballer), Ghanaian footballer in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads * Sam Thompson (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby league player *Sam Thompson (basketball) (born 1992), American basketball player *Sam Thompson (tennis) (born 1993), Australian tennis player Politics * Samuel Thompson (Canadian politician) (1845–1909), veterinarian and politician in Manitoba, Canada * Samuel S. Thompson, California politician in Los Angeles *Samuel B. Thomsen (born 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Thompson
Samuel Luther "Big Sam" Thompson (March 5, 1860 – November 7, 1922) was an American professional baseball player from 1884 to 1898 and with a brief comeback in 1906. At , the Indiana native was one of the larger players of his day and was known for his prominent handlebar mustache. He played as a right fielder in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Wolverines (1885–1888), Philadelphia Phillies (1889–1898) and Detroit Tigers (1906). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Thompson had a .331 career batting average and was one of the most prolific run producers in baseball history. His career run batted in (RBI) to games played ratio of .923 (1,305 RBIs in 1,410 games) remains the highest in major league history. In 1895, Thompson averaged 1.44 RBIs per game, and his 166 RBIs in 1887 (in only 127 games) remained the major league record until 1921 when Babe Ruth collected 168 (albeit in 152 games). Thompson still holds the major league record for most RBIs in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thompson may refer to: People * Thompson (surname) * Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician Places Australia *Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality Bulgaria * Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province Canada * Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson (electoral district), an electoral district in the above location * Rural Municipality of Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson River, a river in British Columbia ** Thompson Country, a region within the basin of the Thompson River ** Thompson Plateau, a landform in the Interior of British Columbia named for the Thompson River ** Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia * Thompson Sound (British Columbia), a sound in the area of the Broughton Archipelago * Thompson Sound, British Columbia, an unincorporated locality at Thompson Sound * Thompson Station, Nova Scotia England * Thompson, Norfolk New Zealand * Thompson Sound (New Zealand), one of the indentations in the coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Thompson (writer)
Sam Thompson (born 1978) is a British novelist. His novel ''Communion Town'' was longlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize The 2012 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded on 16 October 2012. A longlist of twelve titles was announced on 25 July, and these were narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles, announced on 11 September. The jury was chaired by Sir Peter Stothar ... as one of top 12 novels chosen, but was not shortlisted into the Final 6. References 21st-century British male writers 21st-century British novelists British male novelists Living people 1978 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Thompson
Sammy Thompson (1932 or 1933 – August 1988) was a British trade unionist. Career Thompson left school in 1948 and began working as a coal miner at Markham Main Colliery. He became active in the Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), and became a leading ally of Arthur Scargill through his activism during the strikes of 1972, 1974 and 1984 to 1985. Shortly after the defeat of this last strike, Owen Briscoe, general secretary of the Yorkshire Area, resigned and Thompson was elected to succeed him.Simon Beavis, "NUM vice-president dies at 55", ''The Guardian'', 15 August 1988, p.3 In 1987, Thompson was elected as Vice-President of the NUM, receiving the support of Scargill, and beating Eric Clarke by 34,802 votes to 25,926.David Gow, "Scargill's man wins", ''The Guardian'', 31 March 1987, p.2 He became known for working in solidarity with other unions, including the National Union of Seamen The National Union of Seamen (NUS) was the principal trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel James Thomson
Samuel James (Sam) Thomson (27 September 1922 – 4 March 2006) was a Scottish chemist and author, and was reader, titular professor and director of chemical laboratories at the University of Glasgow. Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Thomson was educated at Hamilton Academy. He entered the University of Glasgow in 1940, interrupting his studies to join the army in 1943. Commissioned into the Royal Signals Thomson served as a lieutenant in India and Malaya and, returning to Glasgow in 1946, graduated BSc in 1947 and PhD in 1951, and later, DSc in 1966. After six years as lecturer in chemistry at the University of Durham (1951–57), Thomson returned to the University of Glasgow as lecturer in chemistry, thereafter promoted to senior lecturer, in 1961; reader, in 1968; and, in 1973, titular professor. In 1970 Thomson had also been appointed assistant director of the chemical laboratories, leading in 1979 to his appointment as director and head of department, a post he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Thompson (playwright)
Sam(uel) Thompson (21 May 1916 – 15 February 1965) was a Northern Irish playwright best known for his controversial plays ''Over the Bridge'', which exposes sectarianism, and ''Cemented with Love'', which focuses on political corruption. His works fall into the social realist genre but are distinct in their dramatisation of Northern Irish issues; they were ground-breaking in documenting sectarian violence before the eruption of the Troubles. Life Born and educated in a working-class Protestant area in Ballymacarrett, Belfast, Thompson was the seventh of eight children of a lamp-lighter and part-time sexton of St Clement's Church.Sam Thompson (accessed 16 November 2007) He spent most of his working life as a painter in the Belfast shipyards, starting aged 14 at |
Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson
Captain Samuel Frederick Henry "Siffy" Thompson (30 August 1890 – 27 September 1918) was a British World War I two-seater fighter ace who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with thirty aerial victories (18 destroyed, 12 'out of control') before being shot down and killed. Despite having an active fighter career of only five months, he reached the rank of captain and won two British military decorations. Early life Thompson was born to Samuel Whitell Thompson, a medical practitioner, and his wife Florence Augusta Jane (née Evans) in Bow, London in 1890. In the 1911 census the family were resident in Blackheath, and the 20-year-old Thompson was studying to become a civil engineer. Military service Thompson was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 22 March 1915, and was promoted to lieutenant on 25 August 1915. On 7 June 1917 Thompson was transferred to the General List to serve in the Royal Flying Corps, and appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Eaton Thompson
Samuel Eaton Thompson (1875? – 1960?) was an American contactee who claimed to have been in contact with extraterrestrials. Although his claims earned him little publicity during his lifetime, Thompson might have been the first North American contactee. Researcher Jerome Clark describes the account as "surely the most outlandish story in early UFO history ndalso one of the most obscure". The story earned a brief, 11 paragraph, mention in a local newspaper in 1950 (on April 1, leading some to suspect the entire story was a hoax or prank), and the full story was not publicized until more than three decades afterwards."Centralian Tells Strange Tale of Visiting Venus Space Ship in Eastern Lewis County" from the ''Centralia Daily Chronicle'', April 1, 1950 Thompson's story A retired railroad worker in his 70s, Thompson claimed that on the evening of March 28, 1950, while driving to his home in Centralia, Washington, he came across a large flying saucer in the woods. The saucer, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Thompson (newspaper Editor)
Samuel Thompson (August 27, 1810 – July 8, 1886) was a Canadian businessman and newspaper editor. He was born in London, England in 1810. He completed an apprenticeship with a printer, then came to Upper Canada in 1833 with his two brothers and settled on farms there. In 1837, he went to Toronto in search of work. He joined the city guards during the Upper Canada Rebellion. He managed a newspaper for Charles Fothergill and then became a partner with booksellers William and Henry Rowsell, managing their printing operation. In 1848, he became editor for the ''Toronto Patriot'', owned by Edward George O'Brien. In 1849, with Ogle Robert Gowan, he took over the operation of the paper. They also published the ''United Empire''. After the partnership ended in 1853, with partners, he bought the ''British Colonist''. In 1858, he sold this paper and set up his own called the ''Atlas''; later that same year, he bought the ''Colonist'' back. Thompson had also served on Toronto city c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
