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Tomkins (surname)
Tomkins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Tomkins, British professor of law * Alan Tomkins (1939–2020), American art director * A. Pearce Tomkins (1875–1937), American farmer, lawyer, and politician *Calvin Tomkins (born 1925), American author and art critic * David Tomkins (born 1989), Master Brewer, Dead Weight Brewing Company * Edward Tomkins (1915–2007), British ambassador * Floyd W. Tomkins (1850–1932), Episcopal American deacon * James Tomkins (MP) (c.1569–1636), English Member of Parliament for Leominster 1624–28 *James Tomkins (rower) (born 1965), Australian Olympic rower *James Tomkins (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer * John Tomkins (composer) (1586–1638), Welsh-born organist and composer *Ken Tomkins (1917–1990), Australian politician *Joel Tomkins (born 1987), English rugby player * Leslie Tomkins (born 1948), English art director * Logan Tomkins (born 1992), English rugby player * Oliver Tomkins (1908–1992), Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Tomkins
Adam Tomkins (born 28 June 1969) is a British academic and politician who is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2016 to 2021, when he stood down for that year's elections. Previously a constitutional advisor to the House of Lords Constitution Committee, he was made constitutional advisor to the Scotland Office and Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell in 2015. He was the Convener of the Justice Committee, having previously held the portfolio of strategy, communities, social security, the constitution and equalities. Academia Tomkins was educated at Gillingham School, the University of East Anglia (LL.B., 1990) and the London School of Economics ( LL.M., 1991). He taught at the School of Law of King's College London between 1991 and 2000 and became a fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 2000, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Tomkins
Patrick Tomkins QPM was appointed HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland by Royal Warrant in March 2007 and retired from the post in April 2009. He was formerly the Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police, which he joined in 2002 and was succeeded by David Strang. He initially joined Sussex Police in 1979 and in 1993 transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service as a Chief Superintendent. He served as divisional commander at Paddington Green before being promoted to Commander to attend the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1997, where he took the prize for the best research paper that year . He served as Commander (Crime) for the then 1 Area (Central), where he led a multi-force search for the serial rapist Richard Baker, and was the day shift Gold commander for the policing of the occupation of the Greek Embassy in London in 1999. In 1999 he was seconded to HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (England and Wales) as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner. He was edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tompkins (surname)
Tompkins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron B. Tompkins (1844–1931), American cavalry soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Andrew Tompkins, Australian musician * Angel Tompkins (born 1942), American actress * Anne Tompkins (born 1962), American lawyer * Arthur S. Tompkins (1865–1938), U.S. Representative from New York * Barry Tompkins (born 1940), American sportscaster * Bernard Tompkins (1904–1965), New York politician * Brian Tompkins, Yale Varsity Soccer coach * Caleb Tompkins (1759–1846), U.S. Representative from New York * Charles Henry Tompkins (1830–1915), Union Brigadier General during the American Civil War * Charles Hook Tompkins (1883–1956), American engineer and architect * Chris Tompkins, American songwriter * Christopher Tompkins (1780–1858), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * Cydnor B. Tompkins (1810–1862), U.S. Representative from Ohio * Daniel D. Tompkins (1775–1824), American Vice-President * Darlene Tompki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomkin
Tomkin is the surname of the following people *Albert Tomkin (1915–1989), English football player *Maxim Tomkin (born 1992), Russian ice hockey defenceman *William Tomkin (1860–1940), English painter See also *Tomkins (other) *Tomkin Road railway station Tomkin Road was the first intermediate station on the Cavan and Leitrim Railway in Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe ... in Ireland * Tomkin Tomato (Variety) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tomkins
William Tomkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1628 and in 1640. Tomkins was the son of James Tomkins of Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire, and of Garnestone south of Weobley. Tomkins' father was instrumental in bringing back the franchise for Weobley and Tomkins became one of the first Members of Parliament returned for the borough in 1628. In April 1640, he was elected MP for Weobley in the Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Aft .... References Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown People from Weobley Place of birth unknown English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Tomkins
Trevor Ramsey Tomkins (12 May 1941 – 9 September 2022) was a British jazz drummer best known for his work in a number of British bands in the 1970s, including Gilgamesh. Biography Tomkins was born in London and studied music at the Guildhall School of Music. He initially learned to play trombone as a teenager before choosing drums on which he made his first professional appearance. In 1962, he joined Don Rendell working with the Rendell and Ian Carr's quintet for seven years until 1969. He recorded several albums with pianist Michael Garrick and Don Rendell in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1970s, he worked with Ian Carr's Nucleus, Giles Farnaby's Dream Band, David Becker and Henry Lowther's Quaternity. He was a popular choice for visiting musicians including Sonny Stitt, Phil Woods and Lee Konitz. He appears on the 1971 album ''First Wind'' by Frank Ricotti and Mike de Albuquerque and on Tony Coe's 1978 album, ''Coe-Existence''. Tomkins was the first cousin of Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school. Life Tomkins was born in St David's in Pembrokeshire in 1572. His father, also Thomas, who had moved there in 1565 from the family home of Lostwithiel in Cornwall, was a vicar choral of St David's Cathedral and organist there. Three of Thomas junior's half-brothers, John, Giles and Robert, also became eminent musicians, but none quite attained the fame of Thomas. By 1594, but possibly as early as 1586, Thomas and his family had moved to Gloucester, where his father was employed as a minor canon at the cathedral. Thomas almost certainly studied under William Byrd for a time, for one of his songs bears the inscription: ''To my ancient, and much reverenced Master, William Byrd'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tomkins (martyr)
Thomas Tomkins (died 16 March 1555) was a 16th-century English Protestant martyr. He was a weaver from Shoreditch, London, and was examined by Bishop Bonner. Despite having been subjected to torture, he insisted that he did not believe in transubstantiation. As a result, he was burned to death at Smithfield on 16 March 1555. His story is recorded in '' Foxe's Book of Martyrs''.p.249-251, John Foxe, '' Foxe's Book of Martyrs'', 2000, Ambassador Publications The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) is the sixth largest Lutheran church body in the United States. The AFLC includes congregations from the former Lutheran Free Church in 27 different U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. The ... References People executed under Mary I of England 1555 deaths Executed British people People executed for heresy 16th-century Protestant martyrs Executed people from London People executed by the Kingdom of England by burning People from the London Borough of Hackney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Tomkins
Silvan Solomon Tomkins (June 4, 1911 – June 10, 1991) was a psychologist and personality theorist who developed both affect theory and script theory. Following the publication of the third volume of his book ''Affect Imagery Consciousness'' in 1991, his body of work received renewed interest, leading to attempts by others to summarize and popularize his theories. Biography The following is a summary based on a biographical essay by Irving Alexander. Silvan Tomkins was born in Philadelphia to Russian Jewish immigrants, and raised in Camden, New Jersey. He studied playwriting as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, but immediately on graduating he enrolled as a graduate student in psychology. However, he withdrew upon completing only the master's degree, finding the Penn Psychology Department's emphasis on psychophysics unfriendly to his interests. Remaining at Penn, he received his PhD in Philosophy in 1934, working on value theory with Edgar A. Singer, Jr. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskia Tomkins
Saskia Tomkins is a British musician and actress, living since 2007 in Ontario, Canada. She plays the violin, viola, cello and Nyckelharpa. She performs and records in several genres, including traditional, modern, jazz and classical music. Early life and education Tomkins grew up in Kent, UK, and began studying the violin at age seven. She studied jazz and popular music at Middlesex University in London, UK, graduating with B. A. in performing arts. Career Tomkins toured in Germany with Robb Johnson and Miranda Sykes in Johnson's band RJ3. She performed on several of Johnson's albums, released on Irregular Records. Tomkins performed with the band Lintilla. In 2006 she won the All Britain Fiddle Championship in the category of Irish slow airs. Tomkins met and married Irish multi-instrumentalist Steáfán Hannigan. The couple moved to Ontario, Canada in 2007. In 2008, Hannigan and Tomkins performed with The Chieftains at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. That year the couple forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Tomkins
Sam Tomkins (born 23 March 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and occasional for the Catalans Dragons in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He is the two time and current and reigning Man of Steel, a title earned in 2012 and 2021. He won three Super League Grand Finals with the Wigan Warriors in 2010, 2013 and 2018, as well as two Challenge Cup finals in 2011 and 2013. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League for two seasons before return to Wigan in the Super League. Background Tomkins was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. He is the younger brother of Joel Tomkins, and the older brother of Logan Tomkins. After his family moved north in the early 1990s, he started playing for Chorley Panthers when he was aged seven. To develop his career further, Tomkins' family moved to Wigan where he played for Wigan St. Patrick's, before receiving a scholarship from Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
