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Thomas Godfrey (editor)
Thomas Godfrey may refer to: * Thomas Godfrey (footballer) (1904–1983), Scottish footballer *Thomas Godfrey (inventor) Thomas Godfrey (January 10, 1704 – December 1749) was a glazier and self-taught mathematician and astronomer in the Pennsylvania Colony, who invented the octant in 1730. A similar octant was also independently invented about the same time by ... (1704–1749), inventor of an octant * Thomas Godfrey (writer), poet and author of ''The Prince of Parthia'', son of the inventor * Thomas J. Godfrey, legislator in the U.S. state of Ohio * Tommy Godfrey (1916–1984), English actor {{hndis, name=Godfrey, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Godfrey (footballer)
Thomas Godfrey (15 January 1904 – 1983) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City, Swindon Town and Walsall. Career Godfrey began his career with his local club Stenhousemuir before joining English club Stoke City in 1927. He was frequently used as a backup player by Tom Mather during this three years at the Victoria Ground making 10 appearances. He then spent the 1930–31 with Walsall playing 42 times scoring twice. Two poor seasons with Swindon Town followed as the "Robins" failed to make much of an impression in the Third Division South and Godfrey went on to play non-league football with Folkestone and Worcester City Worcester City Football Club is an English football club based in Worcester, Worcestershire. The club play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football. Established in 1902, the club play at Claines Lane. Worcester City .... Career statistics Source: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Godfre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Godfrey (inventor)
Thomas Godfrey (January 10, 1704 – December 1749) was a glazier and self-taught mathematician and astronomer in the Pennsylvania Colony, who invented the octant in 1730. A similar octant was also independently invented about the same time by John Hadley in London with Hadley receiving the greater share of the credit for development. He published almanacs and contributed essays on mathematics, astronomy and general topics to the ''Pennsylvania Gazette'' and ''Pennsylvania Journal''. He assisted the Welsh surveyor Lewis Evans in conducting astronomical observations to correct the longitude of Philadelphia on maps published by Evans. He was friends with Benjamin Franklin and a founding member of the Junto club, which was the precursor of the American Philosophical Society. He served as a director of the Library Company of Philadelphia and was a member of American Philosophical Society with the title "mathematician". Early life Godfrey was born January 10, 1704, to Joseph and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Godfrey (writer)
Thomas Godfrey (4 December 1736 - 3 August 1763) was an American poet who died at age 26. He is known for writing ''The Prince of Parthia'', the first play written by an American to be performed by a professional cast, as well for his tribute to Chaucer and Alexander Pope known as '' The Court of Fancy''. His father, also called Thomas Godfrey, was the co-inventor of the first octant, known popularly as Hadley's quadrant. Biography Thomas Godfrey showed talent for artistic expression even at a young age. His father, a Philadelphia inventor, died when Thomas was only 13, and his relatives sent him away to a boarding school in England. Upon returning, he was apprenticed to a watchmaker in Philadelphia, despite his desire to become a painter. Even during this apprenticeship, some of his poems were published in ''American Magazine''. After the apprenticeship, Godfrey joined the military, being involved with the Pennsylvania forces in an expedition against the French-held Fort D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court and its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but was frustrated over the church's insufficient attempts to combat racism. He abandoned his aspiration of becoming a clergyman to attend the College of the Holy Cross and, later, Yale Law School, where he was influenced by a number of conservative authors, notably Thomas Sowell, who dramatically shifted his worldview from progressive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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