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Thomas Read (other)
Thomas Read may refer to: *Thomas Read (naval officer) (1740–1788), officer of the Pennsylvania Navy during the American Revolutionary War *Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872), American poet and portrait painter *Thomas Read (politician) (1881–1962), American politician in Michigan * Thomas L. Read (born 1934), American composer, music pedagogist, conductor and violinist *Thomas Herbert Bert Read Thomas Herbert Read was an English footballer. His regular position was at full back. He was born in Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the C ... (), English footballer See also * Thomas Reed (other) * Thomas Reid (other) {{hndis, Read, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Read (naval Officer)
Thomas Read (1740 in New Castle, Delaware – 26 October 1788 in White Hill, New Jersey) was the first naval officer to obtain the rank of commodore in command of a fleet of the Continental Navy. Biography Thomas Read was the son of John and Mary (Howell) Read, and the younger brother of U.S. statesman George Read. A brother worked in Havana, and Read early took up a life on the ocean, where he was master of vessels in the trans-Atlantic and West Indies trade. He was appointed, on 23 October 1775, commodore of the Pennsylvania Navy, having as the surgeon of his fleet Benjamin Rush, and while holding this command he made a successful defence of the Delaware River. He was appointed, 7 June 1776, to the highest grade in the Continental Navy, and assigned to one of its four largest ships, the 32-gun frigate ''George Washington'', then being built on the Delaware River. While awaiting the completion of his ship he volunteered for land service, and was sent as captain by the commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan Read
Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872), was an American poet and portrait painter. Biography Read was born in Corner Ketch, a hamlet close to Downingtown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1822. Beside painting, Read wrote a prose romance, ''The Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard'', and several books of poetry, including ''The New Pastoral'', ''The House by the Sea'', ''Sylvia'', and ''A Summer Story''. Some of the shorter pieces included in these, e.g., ''Sheridan's Ride'', ''Drifting'', ''The Angler'', ''The Oath'', and ''The Closing Scene'', have great merit. Read was briefly associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His greatest artistic popularity took place in Florence. Among portraits he painted were Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning and William Henry Harrison. Read died from injuries sustained in a carriage accident, which weakened him and led him to contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Read (politician)
Thomas Read (May 28, 1881 – April 7, 1962) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives including as its Speaker during the 50th Legislature, as the lieutenant governor of Michigan under Alex J. Groesbeck, as a member of the Michigan State Senate, and as Michigan Attorney General. Born in Rochester, New York of English and Scottish ancestry to Thomas and Jane Read on May 28, 1881, Read was either a candidate for or served in nearly all state-level offices in Michigan (he was never a candidate for or elected Michigan Secretary of State, Secretary of State). He was a candidate in the primary for Governor of Michigan in 1924, losing to Alex J. Groesbeck, and 1940, losing to Luren Dickinson. Read was a presidential elector for Michigan in 1928, casting a ballot for Herbert Hoover, and a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia which nominated Wendell Willkie (who eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas L
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] |
Bert Read
Thomas Herbert Read was an English footballer. His regular position was at full back. He was born in Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t .... He played for Stretford, Manchester City and Manchester United. References External linksMUFCInfo.com profile English men's footballers Manchester United F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Year of death missing Year of birth missing Men's association football defenders Footballers from Manchester {{England-footy-defender-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Reed (other)
Thomas or Tom Reed may refer to: Politicians and military * Thomas Buck Reed (1787–1829), senator from Mississippi * Thomas Reed (British Army officer) (1796–1883), British general * Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902), Speaker of the House of Representatives from Maine * Thomas C. Reed (born 1934), American Secretary of the Air Force and nuclear weapons designer * Tom Reed (politician) (born 1971), representative for the state of New York Others * Thomas German Reed (1817–1888), English actor, composer, and theatrical manager * Thomas Reed (architect) (1817–1878), Danish architect * T. S. Reed (Thomas Sadler Reed, 1818–1914), public servant in South Australia * Tom Reed (screenwriter) (1901–1961), American screenwriter * Tom Reed (bishop) (1902–1995), Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide * Tom Reed (American football) (1945–2022), American football coach * Tom Reed (judoka) (born 1986), British judoka See also *Thomas Read (other) * Thomas Reid (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
