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Tom Burns
Thomas Burns, Tommy Burns or Tom Burns may refer to: Politics * Thomas Burns (politician) (born 1960), Nationalist Northern Irish politician * Thomas Edward Burns (born 1927), Unionist Northern Irish politician * Tom Burns (Australian politician) (1931–2007), former leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland Sports * Thomas H. Burns (1879–1913), Hall of Fame Champion jockey * Oyster Burns (Thomas P. Burns, 1864–1928), Major League Baseball player * Tom Burns (baseball) (1857–1902), Major League Baseball player * Tom Burns (footballer) (1916–1993), Australian rules footballer * Tommy Burns (Australian boxer) (1922–2011), Australian Boxing Hall of Famer * Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer) (1881–1955), Canadian heavyweight boxing world champion * Tommy Burns (Canadian football) (1910–1942), all-star and Grey Cup champion * Tommy Burns (diver) (c1867–1897), English champion diver * Tommy Burns (footballer) (1956–2008), Scottish football player and manager (Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (footballer)
Tom Burns (13 October 1916 – 16 July 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong 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). He served in the Australian Air Force during World War Two. Notes External links * * 1916 births 1993 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force airmen {{AFL-bio-1916-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (Australian Politician)
Thomas James Burns AO (27 October 1931 – 4 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996. He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996. Burns had previously served as the Federal President of Labor between 1970 and 1973, playing a key role in modernising the party prior to the election of Gough Whitlam as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972. Early life and career Tom Burns was born in Maryborough, Queensland in October 1931. After attending Brisbane Grammar School, he spent six years in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming involved in politics. Burns worked as an organiser for the Labor Party between 1960 and 1965 before his promotion to the position as Queensland State Secretary of the ALP. As State Secretary, he played a critical role in persuading the Queensland delegates to the National Executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burns (politician)
Thomas Burns MLA (born 29 August 1960) is a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for South Antrim from 2003 to 2011. Burns was first elected to Antrim Borough Councillor in 1997. He is currently the Chairman of his local branch of the SDLP. He lost his seat in the 2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election, but was easily returned to the Borough Council.In the first round, and with the most first-preference votes in the South East districtElection results, Antrim Borough Council, retrieved 13 May 2011. Membership * Vice Chairman of the Council's planning committee * Crumlin Development Association * Chairman of Camlin Credit Union in Crumlin * Member of Citizens Advice Bureau * Board of Governors of two local schools, St Josephs Primary School and Crumlin High School. A keen supporter of the Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burns (minister, Born 1796)
Thomas Burns (10 April 1796 – 23 January 1871) was a prominent early European settler and religious leader of the province of Otago in New Zealand. Early life Thomas Burns was born at Mossgiel, Mauchline, on 10 April 1796. He was the third son of estate manager Gilbert Burns and Jean Breckenridge, and nephew of Robert Burns. In his childhood Thomas attended Haddington Grammar School (where Edward Irving was his teacher) and then the University of Edinburgh, where he studied theology. He was employed as a tutor in the family of Sir Hew Dalrymple, of North Berwick before being was ordained as minister of the parish of Ballantrae on 13 April 1826. From Ballantrae he was translated to the parish of Monkton, Ayrshire, on 18 May 1830. In 1830 he married Clementina Grant, the daughter of an episcopal minister in Edinburgh. The couple lived in Monkton, where Clementina's uncle had been Presbyterian minister. He moved to the Free Church, Portobello, on 25 June 1846. In 1847 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Byrnes
Thomas Patrick Byrnes (February 19, 1923 – January 9, 1981) was an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately for Seton Hall University. He began his professional career playing for the New York Knicks of the Basketball Association of America for three seasons, before being traded to the Indianapolis Jets with cash considerations for Ray Lumpp on January 26, 1949."Tommy Byrnes Stats" Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 18, 2017. He spent his final two seasons playing for the Baltimore Bullets, and |
Tom R
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie '' Deep Impact'' * Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel ''The Great Gatsby'' * Tom Cat, a character from the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons * Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' * Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel ''Mortal Engines'' * Tom Nook, a character in ''Animal Crossing'' video game series * Tom Servo, a robot character from the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' television series * Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom ''Daria'' * Talking Tom, the protagonist from the ''Talking Tom & Friends'' franchise * Tom, a character from the '' Deltora Quest'' books by Emily Rodda * Tom, a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (sociologist)
Tom Burns FBA (1913 - 2001) was an English sociologist, author and founder of the Sociology department at Edinburgh University. Early life Burns was born on 16 January 1913 in Bethnal Green, East London. He attended Hague Street LCC elementary school and Parmiter's foundation school before reading English Literature at Bristol University. Career A Fellow of the British Academy, Tom Burns was Professor of Sociology at Edinburgh University from 1965 to 1981, and also taught at Harvard and Columbia. He is best known for his studies of the organization of the BBC, local government, the electronics industry and the National Health Service. He also wrote on his experiences as a non-combatant prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War. His early interests were in urban sociology, and he worked with the West Midland Group on Post-War Reconstruction and Planning. While he was at Edinburgh his particular concern was with studies of different types of organization and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (publisher)
Thomas Ferrier Burns (21 April 1906 – 8 December 1995), publisher and magazine editor, was an important figure in mid-20th-century Catholic publishing in Britain. Life Burns was born in Vina Del Mar, Chile, to Clara (née Swinburne) and David Burns. His father was a Scotsman and his mother was a Chilean of English and Basque descent. Burns was brought up in England and educated at Jesuit schools, first at Wimbledon College and then at Stonyhurst College. His first job, in 1926, was on the staff of the newly founded publishing firm Sheed & Ward. In 1935 he moved to Longman's. At Longman's he backed Graham Greene's project to write about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico, which led directly to ''The Lawless Roads'' (1939) (US title ''Another Mexico''), and indirectly to ''The Power and the Glory'' (1940). From 1940 to 1944 he was press attaché to Sir Samuel Hoare, British ambassador to Spain. In 1944 he married a Spanish bride, Maria Isabel Marañón, daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (bishop)
Thomas Matthew Burns KC*HS (born 3 June 1944) is a British Roman Catholic bishop. On 16 October 2008 he was appointed as Bishop of Menevia by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming so on 1 December 2008 when he took possession of his new see, on which day he ceased to be Bishop of the Forces. He is now bishop promoter for the Apostleship of the Sea, A Catholic organisation which provides pastoral and practical assistance to all seafarers. It was announced in July 2019 that Burns had retired from the role of Bishop of Menevia after 11 years. Life and ministry Tom Burns was born in Belfast, but his family later moved to Lancashire. After studying at St. Mary's College, Blackburn, a sixth form in an Exeter school and a monastery in Paignton, Burns was ordained to the priesthood on 16 December 1971 for the Society of Mary. On 24 May 2002, he was appointed to head the military ordinariate of Great Britain, the Bishopric of the Forces. He received his episcopal consecration on the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas S
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 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas J
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court and its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but was frustrated over the church's insufficient attempts to combat racism. He abandoned his aspiration of becoming a clergyman to attend the College of the Holy Cross and, later, Yale Law School, where he was influenced by a number of conservative authors, notably Thomas Sowell, who dramatically shifted his worldview from progressive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Burns (minister, Born 1853)
Reverend Thomas Burns (1853–1938) was a Scottish minister and strong campaigner for the blind. As Chair of the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh he was the creator of the Thomas Burns Home which was named after him. He was also an author on several historical subjects. Life He was born in Lesmahagow on 3 March 1853 the son of Rev Thomas Burns and Agnes MacLeod McNaughton. He was educated at Glasgow High School then Glasgow University. He was licensed as a Church of Scotland minister by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1876 and ordained into Melville parish, near Montrose, Aberdeenshire in 1877. From there in 1882 he moved to the Lady Glenorchy's Church on Roxburgh Street in Edinburgh's Southside, where he served for most of his life. In Edinburgh he also took on many additional duties, joining the Edinburgh School Board in 1888, and in 1894 taking on his most famous role, as Chairman of the Royal Blind School. In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
