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Thoms is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adah Belle Thoms (1870–1943), African-American nurse * Albie Thoms (1941–2012), Australian film director * Alexander Thoms (1837–1925), Scottish mineralogist * Arne Thoms (born 1971), German tennis player * Art Thoms (born 1947), American football player * Bill Thoms (1910–1964), Canadian ice hockey player *Bob Thoms (1826–1903), English cricket umpire * Bobby Thoms (1909–2003), Australian rules footballer *Daniela Anschütz-Thoms (born 1974), German speed skater * Frederic Count de Thoms (1669–1746), German art collector * George Thoms (1927–2003), Australian cricket player * Harry Thoms (1896–1970), English footballer *Jerome Thoms (1907–1977), American film editor * Jim Thoms (1918–2005), Australian rules footballer * Kevin Thoms (born 1979), American actor * Laurence Thoms (born 1980), Fijian alpine skier *Lothar Thoms (1956–2017), German cyclist * Paul Thoms (1932–2012), Canadian surveyor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adah Belle Thoms
Adah Belle Samuels Thoms (January 12, 1870 – February 21, 1943) was an African American nurse who cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (serving as President from 1916-1923), was acting director of the Lincoln School for Nurses (New York), and fought for African Americans to serve as American Red Cross nurses during World War I and eventually as U.S. Army Nurse Corps nurses starting with the flu epidemic in December 1918. She was among the first nurses inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame when it was established in 1976.Charlotte Danforth, ''American Heirloom Baby Names : Classic Names to Choose with Pride'', New York : New American Library, c2006, p.4About the American Nursing Association Hall of Fame [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Thoms
James Francis Thoms (25 May 1918 – 3 September 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Thoms, a speedy rover, was good enough to represent the VFL in both 1941 and 1946. Pushed forward in 1946, his final season, Thoms kicked 50 goals and at least one in each of his 19 games for the year. This tally included bags of six against both Geelong and Hawthorn, at Western Oval. His last league appearance was in a Semi Final loss to Melbourne where he brought up the 100th goal of his career. South Australian club West Torrens secured his services for the 1945 finals series. In the 1st semifinal against North Adelaide he kicked a goal on the bell to break the deadlock and put West Torrens into the Grand Final, which they won. The bell had actually sounded before he kicked the ball but because umpire Ken Aplin had not heard it and thus didn't signal the end of the game, the goal was allowed. His younger brother, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trev Thoms
Trevor Thoms (30 October 1950 – 8 December 2010), known as Judge Trev Thoms and Judge Trev, was a British guitarist, best known for being a member of Inner City Unit, Atomgods, and The Steve Gibbons Band. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he played in a blues-rock group with hints of progressive rock and heavy rock called Iron Maiden - not the famous group of the same name - along with Barry Skeels, who later played for Zior and eventually became a tour manager for acts such as Black Sabbath, Saxon, Manowar, and Yngwie Malmsteen (another member of the band was called Steve Drewett, but probably he is not the same person as the one who later founded The Newtown Neurotics). They recorded one album called ''Maiden Voyage''. He later played in the seminal British Blues Boom band, Spirit of John Morgan. He has backed Graham Bond, Gregory Isaacs and Steve Gibbons, and was a member of Steve Peregrin Took's band Steve Took's Horns with Dino Ferari on drums. After ''The Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracie Thoms
Tracie Nicole Thoms is an Emmy-nominated American television, film, and stage actress and singer. She is known for her roles in ''Rent'', ''Cold Case'', '' The Devil Wears Prada'', ''Death Proof'', and the short-lived Fox television series ''Wonderfalls''. Early life and education Thoms was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of Donald H. Thoms, a VP of Programming at PBS and television director, and wife Mariana Davis. She has a younger brother, Austin. She started studying acting at age 10 and later on attended the Baltimore School for the Arts. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University in 1997. She then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of ''Group 30'' (1997–2001), which also included actors Lee Pace and Anthony Mackie. Career Thoms is known for her role of Mahandra McGinty in the television show ''Wonderfalls''. She also played the part of Sasha in the US version of the T.V. series '' As If'', which was cancel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Thoms
Shirley Thoms-Bystrynski (12 January 1925 – 1 July 1999), was an Australian country music singer and pioneer of Australia's country music industry. She was known as ''Australia's Yodelling Sweetheart''. Biography Thoms was born in January 1925, in Toowoomba, Queensland and was raised in a family of seven children. She began her career singing and yodelling songs by Tex Morton and Harry Torrani, and won a Bundaberg talent quest with Torrani's ''Mockingbird Yodel''. In 1941, aged 16, with what is now EMI Records she became the first female solo act to record country music in Australia, as well as the first Queenslander to be featured on disc. This first batch of songs included ""Faithful Old Dog". She went on to tour Australia and New Zealand, entertaining the troops during World War II and writing songs. Thoms became known by the title of ''Australia's Yodelling Sweetheart''. She later toured with Sole Bros Circus and met her first husband John Sole. The couple had a son, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Perring Thoms
Peter Perring Thoms (1791 – December 1855) was an English printer and Chinese language translator based in Canton (Guangzhou) and Macau, China. Biography Thomas was born in Exeter, Devon, around 1791. ''Morrison's Chinese Dictionary'' Thoms arrived in Macau on 2 September 1814. He brought with him a European press, movable type, blanks and other printing requisites from London at the East India Company's expense to assist in the printing of Robert Morrison's ''A Dictionary of the Chinese Language'', which contained the largest number of Chinese characters printed to date alongside extensive English text. p. 36 For the task, Thoms employed Chinese assistants to cut partial Chinese fonts using tin alloy. Volume I of the dictionary went to print in 1815, 1822 and 1823 followed by Volumes II and III in 1820 and 1822 respectively. According to Morrison writing in the preface to Volume I of the dictionary, Thoms had to work largely alone, serving as compositor, pressman, reader a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Thoms
Peter Thoms is an English musician and composer best known for playing keyboards and trombone for the synthpop band Landscape. Biography Landscape was formed in 1974 with Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Peter Thoms (trombone, keyboards), and John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds). The band built a following through live performances and touring before releasing their debut album ''Landscape'' in 1980. Their next album in 1981, '' From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus'' led to the top 5 UK hit "Einstein A-Go-Go". Their third album in 1982, ''Manhattan Boogie-Woogie'' was well received as a dance album. After release of this album, Heaton and Thoms left the band and it became the trio Landscape III, which disbanded in 1984. After Landscape broke up, Thoms went into sessions work, appearing with various artists, including Kylie Minogue, Tina Turner, Jools Holland, Roger Waters, Pete Townshend and Midge Ure. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Thoms
Paul Slade Thoms (February 19, 1932 – July 4, 2012) was a land surveyor and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista North from 1971 to 1975 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. The son of James Ernest Thoms and Gertrude Helen Bridger, he was born in Garnish and was educated in Middle Brook. Thoms married Elsie Barrow. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1949 to 1954. Thoms was president of the Gambo Red Cross. From 1967 to 1972, he owned and operated a farm in partnership with his brother Jim. Thoms was ordained an Anglican deacon in 1991 and became a priest in 1992. He was also a member of the Orange Order The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants, particularly those of Ulster Scots heritage. It also ... in Newfoundland. References 1932 births 2012 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Thoms
Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record. His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler Urs Freuler (born 6 November 1958 in Bilten, Canton of Glarus) is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983. He was bor .... He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year. References External links * * * 1956 births 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Thoms
Laurence Thoms (born March 26, 1980) is a Fijian alpine skier who was born in Suva. He represented Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and attracted media attention as a competitor from a tropical nation at the Winter Olympics. Thoms was Fiji's flag-bearer during the Opening Ceremony, being his country's representative, and was the first Pacific Islander to qualify through FIS regulations for the Winter Games He competed in the Slalom and Giant Slalom events. He failed to complete his first run in the Slalom event after 'clipping' a gate, but completed the Giant Slalom and finished fifty-fifth with a time of 2:41.98. Spectators reportedly cheered as they admired the 'Fiji's ice man' competitive speed in the events, and "went crazy when he crossed the finish line". One newspaper described Thoms' participation as exemplifying "the true spirit of the Games". Before taking part in the Olympics, Thoms had worked as a white water rafting guide and ski instructor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Thoms
Kevin Thoms (born July 4, 1979) is an American actor, perhaps best known for providing the voice for Lance in Cartoon Network's ''Sym-Bionic Titan''. Prior to this role, he has been cast in many films and television series including ''Riding In Cars With Boys ''Riding in Cars with Boys'' is a 2001 American biographical film based on the autobiography of the same name by Beverly Donofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties, including being a teen mother, and who later earned a master's degree. The ...'', '' Ed'', '' Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'', as either main roles or minor roles. He has also had a few other voice roles in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', '' Fusion Fall'' (as Lance), '' Aion'', and other video game and animated series. Filmography References 1979 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from New York (state) People from Long Island People from Smithtown, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Thoms
Jerome Thoms (October 7, 1907 – November 1, 1977) was an American film editor. He edited ''Blondie's Big Moment'' (1947), ''Blondie's Holiday'' (1947), '' The Chance of a Lifetime'' (1943), '' A Close Call for Boston Blackie'' (1946), ''The Devil's Mask'' (1946), ''The Crimson Kimono'' (1959), '' Underworld USA'' (1960), ''Shock Corridor'' (1963), ''The Naked Kiss'' (1964), ''West of Sonora'' (1948), and ''So Dark the Night'' (1946). He also edited ''What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?'' (1942) and ''Tireman, Spare my Tires'' (1942). In '' Screaming Mimi'' (1958) he worked with Gene Havlick. Jerome Thoms' editing in ''The Crimson Kimono'' adds a percussive force to many of the action scenes. He worked as art director in ''Escape in the Fog'' (1945). Selected filmography * ''The Sea Bat'' (1930) * ''In the Sweet Pie and Pie'' (1941) * ''She's Oil Mine'' (1941) * ''What's the Matador?'' (1942) * ''Three Smart Saps'' (1942) * '' Sock-a-Bye Baby'' (1942) * ''Dizzy Detectives'' (1943) * ''Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
