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Thomas Adams (MP)
Thomas Adams may refer to: Politicians *Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), Bedford *Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London *Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress *Thomas Boylston Adams (judge) (1772–1832), son of US president John Adams *Thomas Boylston Adams (academic) (1910–1997), American writer, executive, and political candidate *Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917–2006), American politician in Florida *Thomas Adams (sheriff) (1804–1869), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts Military *Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763 *Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (1738–1770), naval officer Musicians *Thomas Adams (organist, born 1785) (1785–1858), English organist and composer *Thomas Adams (organist, born 1857) (1857–1918), English organist and compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (MP)
Thomas Adams may refer to: Politicians *Thomas Adams (MP), Member of Parliament for Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), Bedford *Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1667/68), Lord Mayor of London *Thomas Adams (politician) (1730–1788), Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress *Thomas Boylston Adams (judge) (1772–1832), son of US president John Adams *Thomas Boylston Adams (academic) (1910–1997), American writer, executive, and political candidate *Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (1917–2006), American politician in Florida *Thomas Adams (sheriff) (1804–1869), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts Military *Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763 *Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (1738–1770), naval officer Musicians *Thomas Adams (organist, born 1785) (1785–1858), English organist and composer *Thomas Adams (organist, born 1857) (1857–1918), English organist and compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (publisher)
Thomas Adams (in or before 1566–1620)Tedder. was an English publisher. Son of Thomas Adams, a yeoman of Neen Savage, Shropshire, he became an apprentice to Oliver Wilkes, a member of the Stationers' Company in London, on 29 September 1582; he was transferred to a new master, George Bishop, on 14 October 1583 (Bishop's will indicates that Adams was a "kinsman"). Adams himself was admitted to the company on 15 October 1583. By 1591, he had established himself as a printer based at the sign of the White Lion at St. Paul's Churchyard in the city.Holman, 6. His business may have started when printer Robert Walley transferred ownership of a vast collection of books and ballads to Adams, but existing copies indicate that Adams had these works printed for him by others. In 1603, he branched out to the music publishing business, financing or printing several works by John Dowland (including ''The Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires'' in 1603 and ''Andreas Ornithoparcus his Micrologus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas William Adams
Alfred Albert Thomas William Adams (24 June 1842 – 1 June 1919), known as Thomas William Adams, was a New Zealand farmer, forester, churchman and educationalist. He was born in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England on 24 June 1842. In 1862 he emigrated to New Zealand on the ''African''. He bought of virgin tussock land at Greendale in Canterbury in 1865 and converted them to farmland. The area prospered over the next few years as more farmers developed land. Adams married Lucy Pannett in 1867 and they had a daughter the following year. Lucy drowned in 1869. Adams married her sister Harriet in 1872, and they had five sons and three daughters together. Adams was a pioneer in planting trials, obtaining seeds from correspondents around the world, keeping records and publishing the results. He started planting trees in 1868 for shelter and fuel, and by 1908 had created an arboretum of 800 species. His recommendation of ''Pinus radiata'' and other pines influenced early New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (basketball)
Thomas Maurice Adams (born January 15, 1980) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Asseco Prokom Gdynia in Poland. The 1.91 m guard played for Hampton University Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association af ... in the US and came to TBB Trier in 2006 via stations in Sweden and Israel (Ironi Ramat Gan). Adams switched to the Eisbären Bremerhaven for the 2007/08 season, but his contract was terminated in November 2007. Adams then moved to Poland to Atlas Stal Ostrow. Awards * MEAC Player of the Year (2002) References 1980 births Living people 08 Stockholm Human Rights players American expatriate basketball people in the Dominican Republic American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Germany Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (architect)
Thomas Adams (10 September 1871 – 24 March 1940) was a pioneer of urban planning. Born on Meadowhouse Farm near Edinburgh to dairy farmers James and Margaret Adams, he was educated at Daniels Stewart's College in Edinburgh and was a farmer in his early years. Adams moved to London where he worked as a journalist. He served as secretary to the Garden City Association and was the first manager of Letchworth, England, from 1903 to 1906. Adams became a designer of low-density residential developments that were commonly referred to as "garden suburbs." In 1909–1914, Adams worked as Town Planning Adviser to the Local Government Board. In 1914, he was invited to Canada to work for the Commission of Conservation to provide better housing for the growing population of industrial cities. After the Halifax Explosion in 1917, Adams designed the Hydrostone section using Garden City principles. In the same year he published '' Rural planning and development: a study of rural conditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Albert Smith Adams
Thomas Albert Smith Adams (February 5, 1839 – December 21, 1888), also known as "TAS", was a southern American Methodist clergyman and poet. Background The great-grandparents of T. A. S. Adams, as he was generally called, were Welsh-Irish Presbyterians, who emigrated from Ireland to South Carolina in 1766. Abram Adams, his father, moved with his wife and five children, in 1834, to Noxubee County, Mississippi, and bought a tract of land from the Indians. Ten out of the fourteen children in this thrifty, intelligent, religious family lived to the age of twenty-one. Among them was T. A, S. Adams, born February 5, 1839, and named for a general under whom his father served in the War of 1812. From the neighborhood school he entered, with marked literary aptitude, the University of Mississippi and completed the Junior year, graduating with honors at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, in 1860. The same year he married, and entered the Methodist ministry. He was chaplain of the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (chewing Gum Maker)
The American Chicle Company was a chewing gum trust founded by Thomas Adams, Jr., with Edward E. Beeman and Jonathan Primle. Thomas Adams Thomas Adams (May 4, 1818 – February 7, 1905) was a 19th-century American scientist and inventor who is regarded as a founder of the chewing gum industry. Adams conceived the idea while working as a secretary to former Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna, who chewed a natural gum called chicle. Adams first tried to formulate the gum into a rubber which was suitable for making tires. When that didn't work, he turned the chicle into a chewing gum called New York Chewing Gum. In 1870, Adams created the first flavored gum, black licorice, which he named Black Jack. In 1871, Adams patented the first chewing gum making machine. In 1888, his gum was the first to be sold in vending machines. Company history The company was incorporated in Trenton, New Jersey on June 2, 1899. Its market capitalization was $9,000,000 with one third issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (manufacturer And Philanthropist)
Thomas Adams (5 February 1807 – 16 May 1873) was a British lace manufacturer and philanthropist based in Nottingham. Early years Thomas Adams was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1807. His father (also named Thomas) was a maltster, a trade in the doldrums at that time. Not long after Thomas' birth, the family moved to Ware, Hertfordshire (his father's birthplace) to try to improve their situation. Thomas Senior died shortly afterwards, and his wife took the family up to the Sheffield area, where her family originated from. In 1821, aged 14, Thomas was sent to Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire to become apprentice to a draper in the town. After serving his full seven years, he moved to London. During this time he was tricked into going over to Paris, and was robbed and abandoned there. Through the help of an English lace merchant, he was able to make his return journey. Reflecting on his stupidity in later years, Adams felt that the incident had influenced his life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (classicist)
Thomas Dagger Adams (15 January 1884 – 20 November 1953) was a New Zealand academic who was professor of classics at the University of Otago from 1917 to 1948. He played three first-class cricket matches for Otago in 1907/08. Early life and family Born in Dunedin in 1884, Adams was the son of William Henry Adams and Eliza Johnston Adams (née Dagger). His father was prominent in the Presbyterian church in Dunedin, serving as a church elder for over 50 years. From 1897 to 1902, Adams was educated at Otago Boys' High School, where he excelled both academically and in sports: he won the junior fives championship; captained the 1st XI cricket team in 1902; and was named dux in 1901. He went on to study at the University of Otago, graduating Master of Arts with first-class honours in 1907. First-class cricket Adams played three first-class matches for the Otago cricket team in the 1907/08 season. He scored 38 runs, at an average of 6.33 with a high score of 18, and took one c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas R
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sewall Adams
Thomas Sewall Adams (December 29, 1873 – February 8, 1933) was an American economist, and educator, Professor of Political Economy at Yale University and advisor to the U.S. Treasury Department. Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Adams graduated from Baltimore City College in 1893 and subsequently enrolled in Johns Hopkins University, where he received his BA in 1896 and his PhD in 1899. In 1899, Adams was appointed assistant to the Treasurer of Puerto Rico. He served in that capacity for one year, before joining the faculty of University of Wisconsin–Madison as an associate professor of political economy in 1901. He was elevated to a full professor in 1908. Between 1911 and 1915, Adams served on the Wisconsin tax commissioner and drafted many of that state's tax laws. In 1916, he was appointed to the faculty of Yale University, where he served as a professor until his death in 1933. An economic adviser to the U. S. Treasury (1917–1933), he is credited with much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Adams (writer)
Thomas Adams (c. 1633 – 11 December 1670) was an English academic and theological writer. He was the brother of Richard Adams. Life He was born at Woodchurch, Birkenhead, Cheshire, where his father and grandfather, the owners of the advowson, were both beneficed. He became a student of Brasenose College, Oxford, in July 1649, and was made fellow. He became B.A. on 8 February 1653, and fellow the same year. He was M.A. on 28 June 1655, and lecturer-dean. Adams, Thomas (1633?-1670) (DNB00) He was ejected from his fellowship for nonconformity in 1662, and he spent the remainder of his life as chaplain in private families. He resided within the family of Sir Samuel Jones, and afterwards was chaplain to the Dowager Countess of Clare. He died on 11 December 1670. Works He wrote: ''Protestant Union, or Principles of Religion wherein the Dissenters agree with the Church of England''; and ''The Main Principles of Christian Religion'', in 107 articles, 1676 and 1677, prefaced by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
