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Thomas Evans (poet, 1840–65)
Thomas Evans or Tom Evans may refer to: Sportsmen *Tom Evans (baseball) (born 1974), major league baseball player * Thomas Evans (cricketer) (1852–1916), English cricketer *Thomas Evans (footballer, born 1872), English footballer * Tom Evans (footballer, born 1896) (1896–after 1926), English-born football wing half for Birmingham and Brighton & Hove Albion *Tom Evans (footballer, born 1903), Welsh international footballer *Tom Evans (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1993), Welsh footballer for Tottenham Hotspur * Tom Evans (footballer, born 1976) (born 1976), English-born Northern Ireland footballer for Scunthorpe United and York City * Tom Evans (rugby union) (1882–1955), Welsh international rugby player *Tom Evans (runner) (born 1992), British long-distance runner *Thom Evans (born 1985), Scottish international rugby player Military *Thomas Evans (British Army officer) (1776–1863), British-Canadian Army General *Thomas Evans (Medal of Honor) (1824–1866), recipient of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Evans (baseball)
Thomas John Evans (born July 9, 1974 in Kirkland, Washington) is a former professional third baseman. Between 1997 and 2000, Evans played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1997–98) and Texas Rangers (2000). in Major League Baseball. He batted and threw right-handed. Career In a three-season career, Evans posted a .255 batting average with one home run and seven RBI in 42 games played. After his major league career, Evans played two seasons in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers and the Seibu Lions. He also played in the LVBP in Venezuela with the Cardenales de Lara. In , while playing for the Altoona Curve in the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ... organization, Evans received a 15-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's minor-league drug treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Evans (Victorian Politician)
Alexander Thomas Evans (14 February 1917 – 30 August 2009) was an Australian politician. He was born in Creswick and attended Smeaton State School and Ballarat High School before entering the family business, then becoming a trainee manager at Woolworths. He joined the Liberal Party in 1946, and was a Creswick Shire Councillor from 1956–62. He married Dawn Sim on 11 July 1970. In 1960 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Ballarat North Ballarat North (also known as ''North Ballarat'') is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia located north of Ballarat's central area. Ballarat North is bounded by Norman Street; Ballarat General Cemetery and Western Fr .... He served as a backbencher until his retirement in 1988. References 1917 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Simpson Evans
Thomas Simpson Evans (1777–1818) was a British mathematician. Life Evans, eldest son of the Rev. Lewis Evans (1755–1827), by his wife, Ann Norman, was baptised in August 1777. He was named after Thomas Simpson, the mathematician. In or about 1797 Evans appears to have taken charge of a private observatory at Blackheath belonging to William Larkins, formerly accountant-general to the East India Company in Bengal. After the death of Larkins, 24 April 1800, he was taken on as an assistant by Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, but resigned the post in 1805. In that year, or perhaps in 1803, Evans was appointed mathematical master under his father at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Here he continued until 1810, when he accepted the mastership of the mathematical school at New Charlton, near Woolwich, which office he vacated in 1813 to become master of the mathematics at Christ's Hospital, London. His attainments won for him the degree of LL.D. (from what u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (conspirator)
Thomas Evans (1763 – by 1831) was a British revolutionary conspirator. Active in the 1790s and the period 1816–1820, he is otherwise a shadowy character, known mainly as a hardline follower of Thomas Spence. Early life By 1794 Evans was living in London, married to Janet Galloway, also a radical. At this point they were in Soho, supporting themselves by colouring engravings, which included "bawdy prints". They were in Frith Street, and provided there a mailing address to some reformers. In 1796 the couple moved to Fetter Lane. Evans had a number of trades, including baker, and shortly an income enough to rent space there adequate to host radical meetings. In early 1797, Evans was leader in London of the United Englishmen, with John Bone and Alexander Galloway, Janet's brother. The United Englishmen aimed at co-ordinated armed risings in England, Scotland and Ireland, at the time of a French invasion. From 1797, the Fetter Lane house saw visits from Benjamin Binns, brother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (bookseller, Born 1742)
Thomas Evans (1742–1784) was a London bookseller, one of two of the same name in the middle of the 18th century. Life Evans served an apprenticeship with Charles Marsh of Round Court and Charing Cross, and opened a bookshop in the Strand, London. He published works on English literature and antiquities, many edited by himself. A leading member of the booksellers' club in the Grecian Coffee-house, to which Thomas Davies belonged, Evans was popular. Unlike his namesake Thomas Evans (1739–1803), he was on good terms with Oliver Goldsmith, and collected the first London edition of his writings. Evans died on 30 April 1784. Works Evans wrote or edited: * ''Poems by Mr. W. Shakespeare'' ondon, 1774 * ''A History of Wales by Caradoc of Lhancarvan. Englished by Dr. Powell'', London, 1774. * ''Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz, translated'', London, 1774, 4 vols. * ''The Works of Richard Savage'', London, 1775, 2 vols. * ''The Works of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham'', London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (bookseller, Born 1739)
Thomas Evans (1739–1803) was a Welsh bookseller and publisher in 18th century London, one of two of the same name. Career Evans was born in Wales in 1739, and began his working life in London as a bookseller's porter with a William Johnston of Ludgate Street. He went on to become the publisher of the Morning Chronicle and the London Packet as well as taking over the bookselling business of Messrs. Hawes, Clarke, & Collins, based at no. 32 Paternoster Row. Goldsmith case In 1773, nine days after the first performance of the play 'She Stoops to Conquer', the London Packet published an article about the play's author, Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is best known for his novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766), his pastoral poem ''The Deserted Village'' (1770), and his pl ..., and a Miss Horneck, the so-called "Jessamy bride". Holding Evans responsible for the article, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Evans (priest, Born 1928)
Thomas Eric Evans KCVO (1 February 1928 – 17 August 1996) was Dean of St Paul's from 1988 until his death eight years later. Biography Evans was educated at St David's College, Lampeter, and then at at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1954 '' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Margate and Bournemouth. After this, he was youth chaplain for the Diocese of Gloucester and then Canon Missioner at Gloucester Cathedral and Archdeacon of Cheltenham Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s .... Evans served on the Board of the Council for the Care of Churches and was a Member of the Church of England Synod. He was a Church Commissioners. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (Dean Of Montreal)
Thomas Frye Lewis Evans (1845–1920) was a Canadian Anglican priest. Evans was born in Simcoe, Ontario; and educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto. He was ordained deacon in 1869; and priest in 1870. He was a missionary at Norwich, Ontario from 1869 to 1871; then Curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal from 1871 to 1874. He was Rector of St Stephen, Lachine from 1874 until 1902; and Archdeacon of Montreal from 1886 to 1902. He was Dean of Montreal The Dean of Montreal is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Montreal of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, based at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Montreal. The incumbents have been (incomplete list): References {{DEFAULTS ... from 1902.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908'' p468 London, Horace Cox, 1908 References 1845 births Upper Canada College alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian Anglican priests Deans of Montreal Archdeacons of Montreal People from Norfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi)
Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) (20 June 1764 – 29 January 1833), was a Welsh poet, Unitarian, and political activist. Early life and work Evans, son of Evan and Hannah Evans, was born at Capel Sant Silyn, Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire. His birthplace was not far from the Cothi River, from which he later took his bardic name, Tomos Glyn Cothi. He seems to have had little early education, but by following his craft as a weaver, he frequented the fairs of Glamorgan, selling his cloth. In this way, he came into contact with the poets of Glamorgan and their bardic traditions. He was at the gorsedd of Mynydd y Garth in the midsummer of 1797. He also had access to books, and Theophilus Lindsey assisted by sending him English books from 1792 until 1796. Religious affiliations Evans lived in an area which was predominantly Calvinist, but as early as 1786 he began to preach having embraced the doctrines of Unitarianism. He was nicknamed "Little Priestley". In order to worship with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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