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Thomas Grant (actor)
Thomas Grant may refer to: Sports * Tom Grant (baseball) (born 1957), American baseball player * Thomas Grant (cricketer) (1879–1934), Australian cricketer * Oliver Grant (rugby union) (Thomas Oliver Grant, born 1933), Scottish rugby player * Thomas Grant (footballer) (born 1995), Scottish footballer * Tommy Grant (Canadian football) (1935–2011), Canadian football player * Tommy Grant (ice hockey) (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player Other * Sir Thomas Tassell Grant (1795–1859), English inventor * Thomas Grant (bishop) (1816–1870), Catholic bishop * Thomas Vincent Grant (1876–1966), Canadian senator * Thomas Grant (barrister) (born 1969), English barrister and author * Tom Grant (jazz musician) (born 1946), American smooth jazz pianist and vocalist * Tommy Grant (EastEnders) (appeared 2004), character in the television series ''EastEnders'' {{hndis, Grant, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Grant (baseball)
Thomas Raymond Grant (born May 28, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs in . He was primarily used as an outfielder but was also used as a pinch hitter. Early life and education Grant graduated from Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton, Massachusetts and then attended the University of New Haven. While at the University of New Haven, Grant played on three NCAA College World Series teams and hit 26 home runs for UNH from 1976 until 1979. A power hitter, Grant helped take UNH to four NCAA postseason berths. and was inducted into the university's hall of fame in 1991. In 1977, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 1978 with the Wareham Gatemen. Professional baseball career Grant was signed by the Chicago Cubs on June 9, 1979 and made his major league debut on June 17, 1983, when the Cubs called him up from Iowa after Leon Durham suffered an inj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grant (cricketer)
Thomas Grant (20 December 1879 – 1934) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1907. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers References External links * 1879 births 1934 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Grant (rugby Union)
Thomas Oliver Grant is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p138 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Hawick. Provincial career He played for the Scottish Border XV in their match against Royal Air Force Rugby Union in 1962. He played for South of Scotland. He played for Provinces District - the combined north–south side - in their match against Canada on 28 November 1962. He played for Blues Trial in the 3rd and last trial match of the 1962-63 season; the Blues edging a 23–20 win over Whites Trial White is a racialized classification of people and a skin color specifier, generally used for people of European origin, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, and point of view. Description of populations as .... International career He was capped for six times between 1960 and 1964. Family His brother Derrick Grant was also capped for Scotland. References ;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grant (footballer)
Thomas Grant (born 31 May 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Alloa Athletic. He is the son of former Aberdeen player Brian Grant. Career Born in Aberdeen, Grant began his career at Falkirk. He made his debut on 10 November 2012, replacing Jonathan Flynn for the final four minutes of a 2–1 Scottish Football League Division One loss at Raith Rovers. He made 23 appearances in his first season, scoring the opening goal of a 2–0 win at Dumbarton on 23 February 2013. On 3 August 2013, he scored the final goal of Falkirk's 3–0 win over Clyde in the first round of the Scottish League Cup. For much of the 2013–14 season he suffered from the effects of a virus and was unable to play football, making only 8 appearances compared to 27 in the previous campaign. In January 2015, Grant was loaned to Scottish League Two team Arbroath for the remainder of the season. He scored twice in eleven matches there: in a 3–1 loss at Berwick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Grant (Canadian Football)
Tommy Grant (January 9, 1935 – October 18, 2011) was a professional Canadian football player who played for 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Junior football Tommy Grant played for the Windsor AKO Fratmen junior team that played in the Canadian Junior final. CFL Grant played 13 years with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1956 to 1968 and one more with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1969. An all-star twice (as a running back and flanker) he rushed for 559 yards and caught 329 passes for 6542 yards in his career. He won the Gruen Trophy as the best rookie in the East in 1956 and the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1964. He played in nine Grey Cup games, all with Hamilton, winning four of them. Grant was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Grant (ice Hockey)
Tommy Grant (born August 29, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played professionally for the Aalborg Pirates in the Metal Ligaen. Playing career On March 29, 2011, the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League signed Grant as an undrafted free agent to a two-year entry-level contract. On January 16, 2013, the Rangers traded Grant to the San Jose Sharks, along with a conditional pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Brandon Mashinter. Grant played with the Sharks affiliates, the Worcester Sharks and the San Francisco Bulls before he was not tendered a qualifying offer at season's end, releasing him to free agency. During the 2013–14 season, Grant served as an Alternate captain for the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL, contributing with 23 goals and 50 points in 64 games. On June 11, 2014, Grant pursued a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Aalborg Pirates of the Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tassell Grant
Sir Thomas Tassell Grant KCB FRS (1795-15 October 1859) was a notable inventor in the 19th century. He was born in Portsea, Portsmouth, the son of a namesake and his wife Ann (née Tassell) of Soberton, Hampshire.http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=%28Surname=%27grant%27%29&dsqPos=8 In 1829 he invented steam-powered machinery for making ship's biscuits that were stamped into hexagonal shapes, thereby ensuring that there was no waste. This process speeded up the production process and substantially reduced its costs. Other government departments copied the invention, saving the British taxpayer a great deal of money. As a reward Grant was given a £2,000 grant by parliament and received a medal from the French king, Louis Philippe, and a gold medal from the Society of Arts in London. In 1834 he invented a desalination plant which distilled fresh water at sea and was described by the Times in 185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grant (bishop)
Thomas Grant (1816–1870) was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in France to British parents in the years following the defeat of the French at Waterloo. He became known as a great negotiator as the Roman Catholic hierarchy was rebuilt in the United Kingdom. He died of cancer while in Rome to attend the first Vatican Council. Biography Early life Born at Ligny-les-Aires, Arras, France, on 25 November 1816, Thomas Grant was the son of Bernard Grant, an Irishman from Acheson's Mill, near Newry. At about the age of fourteen, during an Orange riot, Bernard's family was burnt out of their home and moved to Drogheda, where he learned the trade of a weaver. At the age of eighteen, Bernard enlisted in the 71st Highlanders, became sergeant, and finally purchased a commission. His mother, Ann M'Gowan, was also Irish by birth, but had moved to Glasgow when still a child. She accompanied her husband to France during the Napoleonic wars, where his regiment saw action as part of the 3rd B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Vincent Grant
Thomas Vincent Grant (December 21, 1876 – December 24, 1966) was a physician, educator and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1927 to 1930 and King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949 as a Liberal. Grant sat for Montague division in the Senate of Canada from 1949 to 1965. He was born in Peakes Station, Prince Edward Island, the son of Allan Grant and Mary Fisher, and was educated there and at Prince of Wales College. He taught school for several years and then was hired by the Charlottetown Post Office. In 1902, he married Minnie Donovan. He later worked as an insurance agent, then attended medical college in Boston and practiced medicine in Cardigan, Vernon River and Montague. He was coroner for Kings County from 1920 to 1930. Grant served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1927 to 1930. He resigned his seat in the provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grant (barrister)
Thomas Paul Wentworth Grant KC (born 1969) is an English barrister and author. He has been appointed Visiting Professor of Politics and Law at Gresham College for 2020–2021 and for 2021-2022. Grant was appointed a Visiting Professor Law at the London School of Economics in 2022 Early life Grant was born in Colchester, Essex. After obtaining a place at Colchester Royal Grammar School he went on to read English at Bristol University, where he studied under the poet Charles Tomlinson and took a first class degree. Grant went on to study law at City University in London. Legal career Grant was called to the Bar in 1993. He completed a pupillage in the Chambers of George Carman QC at New Court in the Temple. His pupil masters included Hugh Tomlinson QC, with whom he appeared in the litigation relating to the construction of the Wembley stadium arch and the claim brought by the estate of the artist Francis Bacon against Marlborough Fine Art. New Court Chambers dissolved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Grant (jazz Musician)
Tom Grant (born February 22, 1946) is an American smooth jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist. Biography Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon, to a musical family. His father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother, Mukunda Goswami, was an avant-garde jazz pianist (as Michael Grant) until becoming a pioneer from the beginning of the Hare Krishna movement. Grant learned to play piano and drums when he was young. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he traveled to New York City in 1970 with Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper. This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Charles Lloyd, and Tony Williams. Grant cut his first solo record for Timeless in 1976, and in 1979 he formed his own band. Beginning in 1983, Grant started recording a series of jazz-influenced pop albums that have variously been called "New Adult Contemporary", "Quiet Storm", "Contemporary Jazz" and "Smooth Jazz"; each have been best-se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |