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Samuel Thomas (general)
Samuel Thomas may refer to: * Buzz Thomas (Samuel Thomas, born 1969), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan * Samuel Bath Thomas (1855–1919), founder of Thomas' English muffins and bagels * Samuel Bell Thomas Samuel Bell Thomas (July 6, 1868 - October 11, 1943) was a New York lawyer who defended William Sulzer during his impeachment in 1913. He was the Commonwealth Land Party candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District in 1924. Earlie ... (1868–1943), New York lawyer * Samuel Thomas (priest) (1627–1693), English nonjuring clergyman and controversialist * Samuel Russell Thomas (1840–1903), American capitalist and Union Army general * Samuel Benjamin Thomas, Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and philanthropist See also * Sam Thomas (other) * {{hndis, Thomas, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz Thomas
Samuel 'Buzz' Thomas (born January 28, 1969) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate, representing the 4th district beginning in 2003 and served as the Democratic Floor Leader until 2011 when he reached his two term limit. His district is completely located in the city of Detroit and includes portions of northwest, east, central, and southwest Detroit. Previously he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002. Early life Thomas was born in Detroit in 1969 and is a graduate of Detroit Country Day School and the University of Pennsylvania . Before becoming an elected official he worked as a homebuilder in metro Detroit, where he was Construction Manager for Parkside Building Company and Avis Tech Park partners, managing both commercial renovations and single-family, residential construction. He also held senior positions with US Representatives Barbara Rose Collins (MI) and Bob Carr (MI). Polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Bath Thomas
Thomas' is a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America, established in 1880. It is owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA, one of the largest baking companies in the United States, which also owns Entenmann's, Boboli, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, and Arnold bread companies. Advertisements for the muffins place emphasis on their "nooks and crannies". The company also produces toasting or swirl breads, pitas, wraps, and bagels. History The company was founded by Samuel Bath Thomas (1855–1919). In 1874, he immigrated from England to New York City and after other menial jobs began working in a bakery. By 1880, he had purchased his own bakery at 163 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, where he featured his namesake muffins that were baked on a griddle, not an oven. The business expanded to 337 West 20th Street (a plaque designates the building as "The Muffin House"). Thomas died in 1919, and the company, S. B. Thomas, was inherited by his daughter and nephews, and was incorporated. Later, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Bell Thomas
Samuel Bell Thomas (July 6, 1868 - October 11, 1943) was a New York lawyer who defended William Sulzer during his impeachment in 1913. He was the Commonwealth Land Party candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District in 1924. Earlier in his career, he was the attorney of Albert T. Patrick in the famous William Marsh Rice, Patrick-Rice trial. He died on October 11, 1943. PublicationsThe boss, or the governor: the truth about the greatest political conspiracy in the history of America(1914)Our weakened Constitution: an historical and analytical study of the Constitution of the United States and of the additions to the original text undertaken to place the facts before the American people, and to emphasize the present necessity for a movement in behalf of an unvolated Constitution(1932) References New York (state) lawyers 1943 deaths New York (state) politicians Commonwealth Land Party (United States) politicians 1868 births {{NewYork-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Thomas (priest)
Samuel Thomas (1627–1693) was an English nonjuring clergyman and controversialist. Life Born at Ubley, Somerset, he was the son of William Thomas (1593–1667), rector of Ubley. He graduated B.A. from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1649, and was incorporated at Oxford on 20 August 1651. He became a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and graduated M.A. on 17 December 1651, being incorporated at Cambridge in 1663. In 1660 he was deprived of his fellowship by the royal commissioners, and was soon after made a chaplain or petty canon of Christ Church, Oxford where in 1672 he became a chantor. He was also vicar of St. Thomas's at Oxford, and afterwards curate of Holywell. In 1681 he became vicar of Chard in Somerset, and on 3 August of the same year was appointed to the prebend of Compton Bishop in the see of Bath and Wells. On the accession of William III and Mary II, Thomas was one of those who refused to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and he was in consequence deprived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Russell Thomas
Samuel Russell Thomas (April 27, 1840 – January 11, 1903) was an American capitalist and Union Army general during the U.S. Civil War. Early life Thomas was born on April 27, 1840, in South Point in Lawrence County, Ohio. He was a son of Captain James Thomas (d. 1842) and his wife, a daughter of Captain John Callihan, a War of 1812 soldier. His parents were originally from Virginia and were among the early settlers, in 1807, of the region between the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers. Career After limited schooling in Marietta, he began his career as a junior clerk with the Keystone Iron Company in Jackson, Ohio, where he learned the engineering of mining. U.S. Civil War An ardent Republican upon the forming of the party, Thomas enlisted during the U.S. Civil War as a Second Lieutenant in the 27th Ohio Infantry of the Union Army in July 1861. For three years, he served under Col. John W. Fuller in the "Ohio Brigade" and was successively promoted "for gallant and meritorious" to Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Benjamin Thomas
Samuel Benjamin (Akube) Thomas ( ''fl.'' 1833 – 1901), was a Sierra Leonean entrepreneur and philanthropist who amassed a large fortune from which he left a substantial endowment for the establishment of an agricultural college.Christopher Fyfe, A History of Sierra Leone, London, 1962 Born in Wellington, Freetown to Creole parents, Thomas attended the CMS Grammar School and later Fourah Bay College where he studied Christian theology Christian theology is the theology of Christianity, Christian belief and practice. Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theology, theologian .... One of the richest Africans of his era, Thomas later developed a keen interest in practical agriculture and possessed the wealth to turn his views into reality. Upon his death, he left a large endowment for the establishment of the first agricultural college in West Africa to train students, not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
