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Thomas Harper (clergyman)
Thomas or Tom Harper or Tommy Harper may refer to: *Tom Harper (actor) (born 1977), British film and television actor * Tom Harper (American football) (c. 1937–1989), American football coach *Tom Harper (director) (born 1980), British director of ''The Borrowers'' (2011) and ''The Woman in Black: Angel of Death'' (2014) *Tom Harper, pseudonym for novelist Edwin Thomas *Tommy Harper (born 1940), baseball player * Thomas Morton Harper (1821–1893), English theologian and preacher *Thomas Harper (1829–1899), Mormon pioneer, bishop and namesake of Harper Ward, Utah *Thomas Harper, fictional character in the film '' Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'' *Thomas Harper (trumpeter) (1786–1853), English trumpet player See also * Thomas Harpur (born 1944), Irish former cricketer *Tom Harpur Thomas William Harpur (1929–2017), known as Tom Harpur, was a Canadian biblical studies, biblical scholar, columnist, and broadcaster. An ordained Anglicanism, Anglican priest, he was a proponent of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harper (actor)
Tom Harper is a British actor. Early life and education Tom Harper, the actor (not to be confused with the director of the same name) was born in 1977. His full name is Thomas L. Harper. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. Career Harper has appeared in over a dozen films and more than ten television productions. His first screen role was as Acastus in '' Jason and the Argonauts'' (2000), a two-part, fantasy-adventure television film. Harper has since appeared in other television productions including episodes of the television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', ''Foyle's War'', ''Silent Witness'', Midsomer Murders, and '' Spooks: Code 9''. His film work includes appearing in ''The Upside of Anger ''The Upside of Anger'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Binder and starring Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood. The film was produced by Jack Binder, Alex Gartner and Sammy Lee, rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harper (American Football)
Tom Harper (c. 1933 – May 24, 1989) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University Wake Forest University is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the un ... in 1972, compiling a record of 2–9. Head coaching record References 1930s births 1989 deaths Clemson Tigers football coaches Eastern Kentucky Colonels football coaches Iowa State Cyclones football coaches Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) coaches Kentucky Wildcats football players North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches Oklahoma State Cowboys football coaches Virginia Tech Hokies football coaches Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches {{1970s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harper (director)
Tom Harper (born 7 January 1980) is a British film and television film director, director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work on ''The Aeronauts (film), The Aeronauts,'' ''Wild Rose (film), Wild Rose'', ''Peaky Blinders (TV series), Peaky Blinders'', and the BBC TV mini-series ''War & Peace (2016 TV series), War & Peace''. Early life and education Harper grew up in a Quaker family. He "credits Quakerism with setting the tone in his attitudes towards pacifism and non-violence." Harper attended Acland Burghley School before going on to study at The University of Manchester. Career Harper began his career making short films. He wrote and directed ''Cubs'' in 2006 about urban fox hunting which was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best Short Film category and won a BIFA. Harper then moved on to direct a range of film and television work which includes ''Misfits (TV series), Misfits'', ''The Scouting Book for Boys ''(2009), ''This Is England '86'', ''The Borrowers (2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Thomas (novelist)
Edwin Thomas (born 1977) is an English historical novelist. He was born in 1977 in Frankfurt, West Germany, and grew up in Belgium and Connecticut, United States. He studied history at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he met his future wife Emma and did significant work in the theatre. He now lives in York with his wife and young son, Owen. Biography After three years working at a local actuarial firm to pay the bills, he decided to start working part-time and focus on writing, He saw an advert for the Debut Dagger competition. He entered it with the first chapter of what became The Blighted Cliffs and finished runner-up. Eventually, he found an agent and a publisher. He writes naval historical novels about Napoleon wars centered on the eponymous Lieutenant Martin Jerrold. His other series, written under the pseudonym Tom Harper, is centered on the First Crusade. His novel ''The Book of Secrets'' interweaves a present-day mystery with a historical account of the inventor of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Harper
Tommy Harper (born October 14, 1940) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and third baseman. He played with the Cincinnati Reds (1962–67), Cleveland Indians (1968), Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–71), Boston Red Sox (1972–74), California Angels (1975), Oakland Athletics (1975), and the Baltimore Orioles (1976). High School and college Harper played at Encinal High School in Alameda, California, where his teammates included Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Stargell and MLB player Curt Motton. He starred collegiately for San Francisco State University. Cincinnati Reds Harper signed as an amateur free agent with the Reds before the 1960 season (as Major League Baseball had yet to institute a draft) and was assigned to Class B Topeka, where he had modest success. After hitting .324 for Topeka the following season, he was promoted all the way up to AAA San Diego where he hit .333 with 24 home runs and was even called up to the major league club, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Morton Harper
Thomas Morton Harper (26 September 1821 – 29 August 1893) was an English Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher. Born in London of Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the city, he was educated first at St Paul's School (London); then at Queen's College, Oxford. Having taken his B.A. degree, he subsequently received orders in the Anglican Church, in which he worked for five years as a curate. His first mission was in Barnstaple in Devon. Here he manifested High Church proclivities and took a vigorous part in ecclesiastical controversies in the local press. Getting into collision with his bishop on some points of doctrine, he left Devon and purchased a small proprietary chapel in a poor district in Pimlico, London. But his ritualistic views and practices here again brought him into conflict with his diocesan Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London. He was obviously drifting steadily towards the Catholic Church. The final impulse came from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper Ward, Utah
Harper Ward is an unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. It is located along Utah State Route 38 for between Brigham City and Honeyville. Previously known as Call's Fort (1855–1906), it was renamed Harper Ward in 1906 in honor of Thomas Harper, who served as LDS branch president (1866–1877) and later as the first LDS bishop (1877–1899) in the area. History In 1852, John Gibbs and George Foster moved from Brigham City and began to homestead the land, creating the first permanent settlements in the area. They were joined by a few other families in 1853. In 1855, following a visit from President Brigham Young, Anson Call constructed a fort in the area, which would give the community its name for the next fifty years. Thomas Harper was hired to manage Call's farm in the spring of 1856. John Gibbs became the first branch leader (1853–1856, 1858–1860), and was succeeded by Joseph Tomlinson (1856–1858), Chester Loveland (1860–1865), Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Recruit
''Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'' is a 2014 American action thriller film based on the character Jack Ryan created by author Tom Clancy. It is the fifth film in the ''Jack Ryan'' series and the second reboot thereof. Unlike its predecessors, it is not an adaptation of a particular Clancy novel, but rather an original story. Chris Pine stars in the title role, becoming the fourth actor to play Ryan, following Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars alongside Kevin Costner, and Keira Knightley. The original screenplay was written by Adam Cozand and David Koepp. The film was produced by Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, David Barron and Mark Vahradian, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Paul Schwake and Tommy Harper as executive producers. The film score was composed by Patrick Doyle. The film was released in the United States on January 17, 2014. It grossed over $130 million and was met with mixed critical reviews. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
