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Thomas Cornell (other)
Thomas Cornell may refer to: * Thomas Cornell (settler) (1595–?), English settler in Boston, Massachusetts * Thomas Cornell (politician) Thomas C. Cornell (January 27, 1814 – March 30, 1890) was an American politician and businessman. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a major in the New York Militia. He served two terms in Congress running on the Republica ... (1814–1890), American politician and businessman * Thomas Cornell (publisher) (fl. 1780–1792), British publisher and printseller * Thomas Cornell (artist) (1937–2012), American artist {{hndis, Cornell, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cornell (settler)
Thomas Cornell Sr (c. 1595 – c. 1655) was one of the earliest settlers of Boston (1638), Rhode Island (1643) and the Bronx and a contemporary of Roger Williams (theologian), Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchinson. He is the ancestor of a number of North Americans prominent in business, politics, and education. Biography Cornell was born and christened 24 March 1591/92 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England and died in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on 8 February 1654/55. He married Rebecca Briggs, born in 1600, on 9 June 1620 at St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, St Mary The Virgin, Saffron Walden. First two sons were Richard Cornell (1624-1694) and William Cornell (1627-1673). Their son named Thomas Cornell (Jr.) was born October, 1627 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Thomas Cornell and his family immigrated from England to Boston in 1638 when their son Thomas Cornell (Jr.) would have been age 11. Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Peripheral G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cornell (politician)
Thomas C. Cornell (January 27, 1814 – March 30, 1890) was an American politician and businessman. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a major in the New York Militia. He served two terms in Congress running on the Republican Party line, first from 1867 to 1869, and again from 1881 to 1883. Biography He was born in White Plains, New York, on January 27, 1814, to Peter Cornell (1780–1860) and Margaret Gedney (1786–1829). He was a descendant and namesake of Thomas Cornell, the progenitor of the Cornell family in North America. After attending public schools, Thomas C. Cornell was drawn to Rondout, N.Y. by his uncle, Thomas W. Cornell, Peter's brother. Thomas W. came to the Rondout area in 1822 and opened a general store in New Salem. When the Delaware and Hudson canal opened in 1828 his business grew rapidly. In the 1830s, Thomas C. Cornell worked for David P. Mapes of Coxsackie, NY. Mapes' enterprises foreshadowed Cornell's business success. Mapes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cornell (publisher)
Thomas Cornell (active between 1780 and 1892 in London) was a London print seller, publisher, and bookseller to the Prince of Wales. Biography Cornell published works from premises in Bruton Street between 1790 and 1794. The British Museum holds nearly 150 works issued by him, in particular many by James Sayers and a number of early prints by Thomas Rowlandson, including a depiction of Vincenzo Lunardi Vincenzo Lunardi (11 January 1754 in Lucca – 1 August 1806 in Lisbon) was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca. Ascents in England Vincenzo Lunardi's family were of minor Tuscan nobility from Lucca, and his father had married late in li ... carrying his balloon. He published several prints simultaneously with another small publisher Elizabeth Jackson. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornell, Thomas Publishers (people) from London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |