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Thomas Gray (other)
Thomas Gray was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of Cambridge University. Thomas Gray may also refer to: * Thomas Grey (chronicler) (died 1369), chronicler, whose surname is often spelled 'Gray' * Thomas Gray (1788–1848), British railway advocate * Thomas Gray (VC) (1914–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Thomas Gray (rower) (born 1936), Canadian Olympic rower * Thomas Gray (surveyor) (1832–1890), Board of Trade * Thomas Gray (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player * Thomas Cecil Gray (1913–2008), English anaesthetist * Thomas Lomar Gray (1850–1908), British engineer * Thomas Ruffin Gray (1800– 1830s), American lawyer and author * Tom Gray (born 1941), American bluegrass musician * Tom Gray (rock musician) (1951–2021), American musician with Delta Moon * Tom Gray (British musician), English rock singer, composer, and activist * Tom Gray (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1944), English footballer * Tom Gray (speed skater) (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, classics, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his ''Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,'' published in 1751. Gray was a Self-criticism, self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet laureate, Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined. His writing is conventionally considered to be Preromanticism, pre-Romantic but recent critical developments deny such Teleology, teleological classification. Early life and education Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill, London. His father, Philip Gray, was a scrivener and his mother, Dorothy Antrobus, was a milliner. He was the fifth of twelve children, and the only one to survive infancy.John D. Baird, 'Gray, Thomas (1716–1771)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gray
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie '' Deep Impact'' * Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' * Tom Cat, a character from the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel ''Mortal Engines'' * Tom Nook, a character in ''Animal Crossing'' video game series * Tom Servo, a robot character from the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' television series * Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom ''Daria'' * Talking Tom, the protagonist from the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' franchise * Tom, a character from the '' Deltora Quest'' books by Emily Rodda * Tom, a cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Gray (rugby Union)
Tommy Gray (20 January 1917 – 3 April 2000) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Full Back and Fly-half. Rugby career Amateur career Gray started with Heriots as a graduate of Heriot's College in Edinburgh. He moved to Northampton to play for the Saints in 1947. He later moved back to Edinburgh to play for Heriots. Provincial career While with Northampton he played for East Midlands. International career Gray played five Services internationals for Scotland between 1942 and 1944. Gray was capped three times for Scotland. Notably he won the Calcutta Cup against England at Murrayfield Stadium Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest sta ... in 1950 by kicking the match-winning conversion. Outside of rugby As a King's Own Scottish Borderer, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Gray
Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 film), a British operetta film based on the Who's album ''Tommy'' * ''Tommy'' (2015 film), a Telugu drama film * ''Tommy'' (TV series), a 2020 American drama series Literature * ''Tommy'' (King poem), by Stephen King, 2010 * ''Tommy'' (Kipling poem), by Rudyard Kipling, 1892 Music * ''Tommy'' (The Who album), 1969 ** ''Tommy'' (London Symphony Orchestra album), 1972 ** ''Tommy'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack to the 1975 film ** ''The Who's Tommy'', a stage production, premiered 1992 * ''Tommy'' (The Wedding Present album), 1988 * ''Tommy'' (Dosh album), 2010 * ''Tommy'' (EP), a 2017 EP by Klein * ''Tommy'', a 2022 EP by Kiesza * ''Tommy'', a 1965 album by Tommy Adderley * ''Tommy'', a 1970 EP by The Who * "Tommy", a 1991 song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gray (speed Skater)
Thomas James Gray (January 6, 1945 – April 25, 2019) was an American speed skater who specialized in the 500-meter sprint. In this event he finished in 14th and 21st place at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, respectively. He won this distance at the 1966 world championships and finished second in 1967. He attended the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ... and in the late 1960s served in the US Air Force. Personal bests: *500 m – 39.5 (1964) *1000 m – 1:26.0 (1968) *1500 m – 2:13.1 (1964) *5000 m – 9:09.0 (1972) *10000 m – 19:23.0 (1972) References External links * 1945 births 2019 deaths American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gray (footballer, Born 1875)
Thomas Gray (24 July 1875–1944) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bury and Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo .... References 1875 births 1944 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Bury F.C. players Footballers from Grimsby {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gray (British Musician)
Tom Gray is a British songwriter, composer, and activist. He is a founding member of the rock band Gomez, and the founder of the Broken Record campaign. He is the recipient of the 2022 Unsung Hero Award presented by the Music Producer’s Guild UK. Work Gray is a founding member and one of three vocalists in the UK indie rock band Gomez. With Gomez, he won the Mercury Prize in 1998. He founded the Broken Record campaign in March 2020 to seek fairer remuneration for music creators, especially from streaming. The campaign helped to initiate a UK parliamentary inquiry into the ‘Economics of streaming’. In April 2021, Gray wrote a letter to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, requesting better rights for creators and for the industry to be referred to the UK Competition and Markets Authority. The letter was co-signed by other 200 notable individuals in UK music industry including The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Chris Martin. As a composer, Gray has work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gray (rock Musician)
Thomas Gray was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of Cambridge University. Thomas Gray may also refer to: * Thomas Grey (chronicler) (died 1369), chronicler, whose surname is often spelled 'Gray' * Thomas Gray (1788–1848), British railway advocate * Thomas Gray (VC) (1914–1940), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Thomas Gray (rower) (born 1936), Canadian Olympic rower * Thomas Gray (surveyor) (1832–1890), Board of Trade * Thomas Gray (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player * Thomas Cecil Gray (1913–2008), English anaesthetist * Thomas Lomar Gray (1850–1908), British engineer * Thomas Ruffin Gray (1800– 1830s), American lawyer and author * Tom Gray (born 1941), American bluegrass musician * Tom Gray (rock musician) (1951–2021), American musician with Delta Moon * Tom Gray (British musician), English rock singer, composer, and activist * Tom Gray (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1944), English footballer * Tom Gray (speed skater) (born 1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ruffin Gray
Thomas Ruffin Gray (1800 - unknown) was an American attorney who represented several enslaved people during the trials in the wake of Nat Turner's slave rebellion. Though he was not the attorney who represented Nat Turner, instead he interviewed him and wrote ''The Confessions of Nat Turner''. Early life Before his family settled in Southampton County, Virginia they lived in Nottoway Parish, Virginia. But he himself only ever lived in Southampton. He was born sometime in the early 1800s, the exact date is unknown. He was the youngest of six children of Thomas and Anne Cocke Brewer Gray. He grew up as the son of a slave owner and when his grandfather died his father inherited 5 slaves and 400 acres of land. Their land they owned was next to the plantation of Joseph Ruffin who was Edmund Ruffins's father's cousin. When Joseph Ruffin died, he freed a slave named Charles and also gave one slave to each of Thomas Gray's children. At some point it's believed that Thomas Gray sold these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Grey (chronicler)
Sir Thomas Grey or Gray (d. before 22 October 1369) of Heaton Castle in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey, an eminent soldier in the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, and his wife, Agnes de Bayles. He was the author of the English chronicle, the ''Scalacronica''. Family Thomas Grey, author of the ''Scalacronica'', was the son of Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton (d. before 12 March 1344) and his wife Agnes de Bayles. Grey had four sisters, who according to Andy King married John de Eure, William de Felton, William Heron, and Gerard Salvayn. Grey's father served almost continuously during the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. In May 1297 Grey's father was left for dead on the field when William Wallace attacked Lanark, but recovered, and was active in various campaigns in the ensuing years. In May 1303 the elder Grey was captured by the Scots at Melrose Abbey, and after his release was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lomar Gray
Thomas Lomar Gray (4 February 1850 – 19 December 1908) was a Scottish engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology. Early life Born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, Gray graduated in 1878 from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in engineering. At Glasgow, he awarded thCleland Medalfor "An Experimental Determination of Magnetic Moments in Absolute Measurements.".Rose Polytechnic Institute. (1909). Career At the recommendation of John Milne, he was hired by the government of Japan as a foreign advisor and arrived in Tokyo in 1879 to assume to post of Professor of Telegraph Engineering in the Physical Laboratories at the Tokyo Imperial University. Later, while working at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, he helped John Milne and James Alfred Ewing develop the first modern seismometers from 1880 to 1895. Although all three men worked as a team on the invention and use of seismographs, John Milne is generally credited with the invention of the first modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cecil Gray
Thomas Cecil Gray Order of the British Empire, CBE Order of St. Gregory the Great, KCSG (11 March 1913 – 5 January 2008) was a pioneering English anaesthetist. Early life Gray was born in Liverpool in 1913. The only son of Thomas and Ethel Gray of Thornton, he was educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire. At the age of 18, he joined the order of monks at the Benedictine college of Ampleforth, but after two months it became clear that this was not the vocation for him and he returned to Liverpool to pursue medicine, qualifying in 1937. Professional life He began a career in General Practice, giving anaesthetics for his patients when they needed surgery. Anaesthesia became his main interest, and he gained a Royal College of Anaesthetists, Diploma in Anaesthetics in 1941. He developed an extensive practice in the leading local hospitals, before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was posted to a mobile neurosurgical unit in Oxford, and later to North Africa. Returning to L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
