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Thomas Melville (captain)
Thomas Melville or Melvill may refer to: * Thomas Melvill (1726–1753), Scottish natural philosopher * Thomas Melvill (American patriot) Thomas Melvill or Thomas Melville (January 16, 1751 – September 16, 1832) was a merchant, member of the Sons of Liberty, participant in the Boston Tea Party, a major in the American Revolutionary War, a longtime fireman in the Boston Fire Depart ... (1751–1832), American merchant, participant in the Boston Tea Party, Revolutionary War major and state legislator * Thomas Melville, younger brother of Herman Melville * Thomas Melville (Southgate) (died 1942), member of Southgate Urban District Council * Thomas Melville (writer), American priest, activist and writer {{hndis, Melville, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Melvill
Thomas Melvill(e) (1726 – December 1753) was a Scottish natural philosopher, who was active in the fields of spectroscopy and astronomy. Biography The son of Helen Whytt and the Rev Andrew Melville, minister of Monimail (d. 29 July 1736), Melvill was a student at the University of Glasgow. In 1749, with Alexander Wilson, his landlord and later the first professor of astronomy at the University, they made the first recorded use of kites in meteorology. They measured air temperature at various levels above the ground simultaneously with a train of kites. He most notably delivered a lecture entitled ''Observations on light and colours'' to the Medical Society of Edinburgh in 1752, in which he described what has been seen as the first flame test. ; see pp. 33–36. In it he described how he had used a prism to observe a flame coloured by various salts. He reported that a yellow line was always seen at the same place in the spectrum; this was derived from the sodium which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Melvill (American Patriot)
Thomas Melvill or Thomas Melville (January 16, 1751 – September 16, 1832) was a merchant, member of the Sons of Liberty, participant in the Boston Tea Party, a major in the American Revolutionary War, a longtime fireman in the Boston Fire Department, state legislator, and paternal grandfather of writer Herman Melville. Life and work Melvill was born on January 16, 1751 in Boston, Massachusetts to Scottish-born merchant Allan Melvill (1728-1761) and Jean Cargill (ca. 1730-1759). His paternal grandfather, Thomas Melvill was minister of Scoonie, Fifeshire, Scotland. Melvill was orphaned at the age of 10 and was raised by his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cargill, a relative of the eccentric Dr. John Abernethy. He intended to become a minister, and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), from which he graduated in 1769. In July 1773, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by Harvard College. Melvill was a close friend of Samuel Adams. Career "W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Melville
Herman Melville (Name change, born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American people, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance (literature), American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are ''Moby-Dick'' (1851); ''Typee'' (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and ''Billy Budd, Billy Budd, Sailor'', a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a #Melville revival and Melville studies, Melville revival, and ''Moby-Dick'' grew to be considered one of the great American novels. Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler ''Acushnet'', but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. ''Typee'', his first b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Melville (Southgate)
Thomas Melville (7 October 1852''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950''''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 13 November 1942) was a Scottish Presbyterian resident in London who was a member of Southgate Urban District Council and chairman of the council during the First World War. Early life and family Thomas Melville was born in Edinburgh to Thomas Melville and his wife, Agnes Allan. He moved to London, where he married Mary Elizabeth Turner (died 20 October 1925) in 1881. They lived in Tottenham before moving to Southgate prior to 1891. He worked as a tobacco merchant. Local affairs Melville was instrumental in establishing the Presbyterian Church in Fox Lane, Palmers Green, which opened in 1914, and attracted a large number of emigrant Scots to the area. The church was demolished in the 1980s. He was a member of Southgate Urban District Council and chairman of the council during the First World War. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
