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Thomas Wise (other)
Thomas Wise or Tom Wise may refer to: *Sir Thomas Wise (died 1630) (died 1629), English politician, MP for Bere Alston, 1621 *Thomas James Wise (1859–1937), manuscript forger *Thomas Wise (died 1641) (–1641), English politician * Thomas Wise (priest) (1671–1726), clergyman of the Church of England *Thomas A. Wise (1865–1928), American actor and president of The Lambs *Thomas Dewey Wise (born 1939), American politician in the state of South Carolina * Thomas Alexander Wise (1802–1889), Scottish physician, medical author, polymath and collector *Tom Wise (politician) Thomas Harold Wise (born 13 May 1948) is a former Independent (politician), Independent and UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England (European Parliament constituency), East of England. A former police officer, he wa ... (born 1948), Independent and UKIP member of the European Parliament See also * Thomas Wyse (1791–1862), Irish politician {{hndis, Wise, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wise (died 1630)
Sir Thomas Wise (c. 1576–1630), KB, of Sydenham in the parish of Marystow and of Mount Wise in the parish of Stoke Damerel in Devon, was Sheriff of Devon in 1612 and in 1621 served as a member of parliament for Bere Alston in Devon. Origins Wise was the second son and eventual heir of Thomas Wise (1546–1593) of Sydenham, by his wife Mary Buller, a daughter of Richard Buller (died 1556) of Shillingham in Cornwall (ancestor of the prominent Buller family of Morval and of the Buller Baronets). The Wise family is earliest recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon in the person of John Wise (fl.1403) of Sydenham, living in 1403. The family can however be traced to Westcountry roots from the eleventh century.Venning & Hunneyball They provided a Knight of the Shire (Member of Parliament for Devon) in three of the Parliaments of King Henry VI (1422–1461). In about 1400 the manor of Stoke Damerel, within which was situated the estate later called Mount Wise, was inherited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas James Wise
Thomas James Wise (7 October 1859 – 13 May 1937) was a bibliophile and thief who collected the Ashley Library, now housed by the British Library, and later became known for the literary forgeries he printed and sold. Collecting career Wise began collecting books as a schoolboy, spending his pocket money at the barrows in Farringdon Street. He was a keen collector of first editions in original condition. His interests were poetry followed by drama and his collection dating back to Elizabethan publications was an exhaustive representation. His collection was funded by selling duplicates and acting as an agent for wealthy collectors such as John Henry Wrenn. Wise was given an honorary M.A. degree by the University of Oxford and elected an honorary Fellow of Worcester College for his services to bibliographical science. He became a member of the Consultative Committee of the Friends of the Bodleian and was elected President of the Bibliographical Society in 1922–1924. Forger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wise (died 1641)
Thomas Wise (c. 1605 – 18 March 1641) of Sydenham in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times between 1625 and 1641. Biography Wise was the son of Sir Thomas Wise by his wife Margaret Stafford, daughter of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon. His father had been an MP and had built houses at Mount Wise at Stoke Damerel and at Sydenham.John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain ' In 1625 Wise was nominated by Robert Rolle (died 1633) of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon, as a Member of Parliament for his pocket borough of Callington, which manor had been acquired by him in 1601. Thus in 1625 he served in the Useless Parliament. He was then elected MP for Bere Alston in the parliaments of King Charles of 1625, 1626 and 1628 to 1629. Wise inherited the family estates on the death of his father in 1629. He was High Sheriff of Devon in 1638. In April 1640, Wise was elected Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wise (priest)
Thomas Wise D.D. (1670/71–1726) was an eighteenth-century clergyman of the Church of England. Life He was born at Drayton, Vale of White Horse, the son of John Wise from Dorchester, Oxfordshire. Charles William Boase, ''Register of the rectors, fellows, and other members of the foundation of Exeter College, Oxford'' (1894), p. 126. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he was fellow 1694–1726. He became rector of St Alphege Church, Canterbury (1709), vicar of Bekesbourne (1711), Six Preacher of Canterbury Cathedral (1711), prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral (1720), and was chaplain to the Princess of Wales Princess of Wales (Welsh: ''Tywysoges Cymru'') is a courtesy title used since the 14th century by the wife of the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton). The title was firs ... (1721) and the Duke of Ormonde. Works In 1706 he published an abridgement of Ralph Cudworth's ''Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas A
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 Dewey Wise
Thomas Dewey Wise (born August 30, 1939) is a former American politician in the state of South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = .... He served in the South Carolina Senate as a member of the Democratic Party from 1972 to 1984, representing Charleston County, South Carolina. He is a lawyer. References 1939 births Living people Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Democratic Party South Carolina state senators {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Alexander Wise
Dr Thomas Alexander Wise MD HEICS FRSE FRCS FRCPE (1802–1889) was a 19th-century Scottish physician, medical author, polymath and collector. He travelled in India, Tibet, China and Japan. He specialised in Tibetan maps and artefacts. He was founder and first Principal of the Hooghly Mohsin College in 1834 and founder of the Hooghly Imambarah Hospital. . Life He was born in or near Dundee on 13 June 1802 the second son of Thomas Wise of Hillbank in Forfarshire. His father had been a physician in Jamaica. He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MD in 1824. He went to India with the Indian Medical Service and worked first in Dum Dum. This brought him closer to his two brothers already in India: Josiah Patrick wise, a merchant, and an older brother serving in the East India Company. He retired on health grounds in 1851 and returned to Scotland. In 1855 he was living at 17 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's New Town. He also had property at Inchyra near D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wise (politician)
Thomas Harold Wise (born 13 May 1948) is a former Independent (politician), Independent and UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England (European Parliament constituency), East of England. A former police officer, he was elected in 2004 as a member of the UK Independence Party but later had the Whip (politics), whip withdrawn when allegations of misuse of parliamentary expenses surfaced in ''The Sunday Telegraph''. Following an inquiry carried out by the European Anti-Fraud Office, Wise was formally charged with false accounting and money laundering by Bedfordshire Police. After initially pleading not guilty, he admitted the charges and was sentenced in November 2009 at Southwark Crown Court to a two-year term of imprisonment. He is thought to be the first MEP to be jailed for expenses fraud. Sentencing him, the judge said that Wise had engaged in "deliberate and blatant dishonesty" and had set about to defraud the European Parliament almost as soon as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
