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Thomas Hawkins (Archdeacon Of Worcester)
Thomas or Tom Hawkins may refer to: * Sir Thomas Hawkins (died 1640), 17th-century English poet and translator *Thomas Hawkins (pirate) (died 1690), English pirate active off America's New England coast *Thomas Hawkins (literary editor) (1729–1772), English Anglican priest and academic *Thomas Jarman Hawkins (1809–1885), Australian politician *Thomas R. Hawkins (1840–1870), American soldier *Thomas Hawkins (geologist) (1810–1889), English fossil collector * Thomas W. Hawkins Jr. (born 1938), American mathematician, recipient of the Chauvenet Prize in 1997 *Thomas Fisher (MP) (died 1577), or Thomas Hawkins, English politician *Tom Hawkins (basketball) (1936–2017), American basketball player * Tom Hawkins (footballer, born 1988), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * Tom Hawkins (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1907), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne *Tom Hawkins (writer) Thomas Donald Hawkins (January 11, 1927 – September 23, 1988), who was born in Pang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Hawkins
Sir Thomas Hawkins (died c.1640) was an English poet and translator. Life He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hawkins, knight-banneret, of Nash Court, Kent, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Cyriac Pettit, of Boughton-under-the-Blean in the same county. John Hawkins M.D., and Henry Hawkins the Jesuit, were his brothers. He succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father, 10 April 1617, and was knighted by James I at Whitehall Palace 4 May 1618. Hawkins was a friend and correspondent of James Howell, who mentions him in the ''Epistolæ Ho-elianæ'', and he was also acquainted with Edmund Bolton, who selected him in 1624 to be one of the original 84 members of his projected Royal Academy. Like all the members of his family, he was a staunch recusant. On 11 December 1633 an attempt was made under a council-warrant to search his house for Father Symons, a Carmelite friar, and others. Lady Hawkins would not admit the officers without a special warrant, saying that her hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hawkins (pirate)
Thomas Hawkins (died 1690) was a pirate briefly active off New England. He was known for sailing with Thomas Pound. History Thomas Pound collected a group of sailors in August 1689 and hired Thomas Hawkins to transport them to Nantasket. En route Pound asked Hawkins to divert his fishing vessel to pick up a few more sailors. Once aboard they brandished arms and Pound announced that he intended to take up piracy, ostensibly to sail against the French in the West Indies. Hawkins willingly joined them. They soon captured the ketch ''Mary'', transferring to it and releasing their prisoners aboard Hawkins’ smaller ship. A ship crewed by militia members from Salem and Marblehead searched for Hawkins and Pound but missed them. Near Casco Bay, Maine they took aboard soldiers from nearby Fort Loyal, who deserted to join the pirates. They stole arms and a cannon when they slipped out in the night. Off Cape Cod they captured the sloop ''Good Speed'', again transferring to the larger ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hawkins (literary Editor)
Thomas Hawkins (1729 - 23 October 1772) was an English Anglican priest, academic and literary editor. He edited the second edition of the Hanmer Shakespeare— Sir Thomas Hanmer's Shakespeare edition—which appeared in 1771. His historical work ''The Origin of the English Drama'' appeared shortly after his death, in 1773. Life Son of John Hawkins of Oxford, he matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1746, aged 17. He graduated B.A. in 1750, was ordained priest by Thomas Secker in 1752, and graduated M.A. in 1753. He became chaplain of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1754. In his later years, he became involved in the scholarly projects of Sir John Hawkins. According to Davis, while Thomas Hawkins and Sir John were friends, a family relationship has not been traced. Works The new edition of the Hanmer Shakespeare was launched in 1769 by a letter from Thomas Percy to Thomas Warton. Thomas Hawkins was brought by the Oxford University Press, and was paid £250 for his editorial wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jarman Hawkins
Thomas Jarman Hawkins (1809 – 12 December 1885) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Walmer in Kent to Thomas Fitzherbert Hawkins and Elizabeth Lilly. The family migrated to Sydney in 1822, and Hawkins became a farmer near Bathurst. Around 1837 he married Ann Bowling, with whom he had four children. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ... for East Macquarie in 1859, but he resigned in 1860. From 1875 to 1881 he was Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Western District. Hawkins died near Bathurst in 1885. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Thomas Jarman 1809 births 1885 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas R
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 Hawkins (geologist)
Thomas Hawkins (22 July 1810 – 15 October 1889) was an English fossil collector and dealer, especially of Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs. He lived in Glastonbury, Somerset. Hawkins paid for fossils exposed by erosion at Lyme Regis on the Dorset Coast, and quarrymen at inland quarries at Street and Edgarley in Somerset. He also collected geological specimens on the Isle of Wight. His early collection was sold to the Natural History Museum for £3,000. Hawkins published a number of texts between the 1830s and 1850s. The two best known are ''Memoirs of Icthyosaurii and Plesiosaurii'' (1835) and ''The Book of the Great Sea Dragons'' – full title ''The book of the great sea-dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, edolim taninimgedolim taninim, of Moses. Extinct monsters of the ancient earth. With thirty plates, copied from skeletons in the author's collection of fossil organic remains, (deposited in the British museum.)'' (London, W. Pickering, 1840). He is buried in Ventnor on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas W
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 Fisher (MP)
Thomas Fisher or Hawkins (died 1577), was an English politician. Early life He was of obscure origin and was usually known by the name of Fisher, because his father was a fishmonger in Warwick. His ability recommended him to John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, who took him into his service, and on 4 May 1542 constituted him high steward and bailiff of his manor of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire. For his exercise of that office during life Fisher had an annuity granted to him, which was confirmed in the reign of Mary I. He became one of the two Members of Parliament for Warwick. Dissolution of the monasteries He contrived to accumulate a vast estate in monastery and church lands. In 1546 he obtained the site of St Sepulchre's Priory, Warwick, with the lands adjacent, and proceeded to pull the monastery to the ground, raising in the place of it a house Hawkyns-nest, or Hawks-nest, also the 'Priory'; now the estate is Priory Park. In 1547, Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hawkins (basketball)
Thomas Jerome Hawkins (December 22, 1936 – August 16, 2017) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'5" (1.96 m) forward, Hawkins starred at Chicago's Parker (now Robeson) High School before playing at the University of Notre Dame, where he became the school's first African-American basketball star.100 Years Remembered in 100 Days: The Hawk Notre Dame Official Athletic Site. December 20, 2004. Retrieved on January 2, 2009. He was then selected by the Minneapolis (later Los Angeles) Lakers in the first round of the 1959 NBA draft, and he would have a productive ten-year career in the league, playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hawkins (footballer, Born 1988)
Thomas John Hawkins (born 21 July 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) tall and weighing , Hawkins has the ability to play as either a full-forward or centre half-forward. He grew up in New South Wales before moving to Victoria to attend Melbourne Grammar School, where his football abilities earned him a spot in the first XVIII in year ten. He played top-level football with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup and Vic Metro in the AFL Under-18 Championships. His accolades as a junior include national and state representation, the Larke Medal as the AFL Under-18 Championships most valuable player, and All-Australian selection. As the eldest son of former Geelong champion Jack Hawkins, Hawkins was drafted by Geelong under the father–son draft rule with the forty-first selection in the 2006 national draft. He made his AFL debut in 2007, which saw former coach, Denis P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hawkins (footballer, Born 1885)
Thomas Edward Hawkins (4 August 1885 – 16 February 1907) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Hawkins had been employed in Melbourne where he caught a serious cold. His father brought him home to Ballarat to recover. Dispute careful nursing by his mother his health deteriorated and he died. Notes External links * * 1885 births 1907 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sydney Swans players Kyabram Football Club players People from North Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1885-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hawkins (writer)
Thomas Donald Hawkins (January 11, 1927 – September 23, 1988), who was born in Pangburn, Arkansas and grew up in Port Angeles, Washington, was an American writer who is the probable author of the Wanda Tinasky letters, once widely thought to be the work of novelist Thomas Pynchon. Hawkins graduated in 1950 from the University of Washington with a degree in English. He married Kathleen Marie Gallaner and worked for Boeing (as did Pynchon) in the early fifties, then in Beaumont, Texas in television, for station KFDM, and in advertising. In 1960, Hawkins moved to San Francisco to join the Beats, supporting himself as a postal worker. After his work was rejected by local Beat publications, he took to self-publishing under the name "Tiger Tim" Hawkins. As a fan of William Gaddis, Hawkins discovered ''newspaper'', the self-published Gaddis fansheet of " jack green". He became convinced that green was Gaddis, a detail that would show up in the Tinasky letters. Tinasky also claimed, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
