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Tommy West (baseball)
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy West may refer to: Nobility *Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (1391/2–1416) *Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c. 1457–1525), courtier and military commander *Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (c. 1475–1554) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (c. 1556–1602), MP for Aylesbury, member of Elizabeth I's Privy Council *Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), Englishman after whom Delaware was named Politics and law * Thomas West (MP for Lymington) (died 1618), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lymington * Thomas West (MP died 1622), English politician; MP for Chichester, Mitchell and Hampshire *Thomas West (Australian politician) (1830–1896), New South Wales politician * Thomas F. West (1874–1931), American lawyer; Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court *Thomas G. West (born 1945), American professor of politics *Thomas West (American politician) (born 1964), American politician in the Ohio House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas West, 1st Baron West
Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365 – 19 April 1405) was an English nobleman and member of parliament. Biography He was the only son of Sir Thomas West (1321–3 September 1386) of Hempston Cauntelow in Devon (named after its lords the Cantilupe family whose heiress Eleanor de Cantelowe married Sir Thomas West (1251–1344)), by his wife Alice FitzHerbert (died 1395), a sister and co-heiress of Sir Edmund FitzHerbert, both children of Sir Reynold Fitzherbert of Midsomer Norton, Somerset, members of the venerable Winchester family. Sir Thomas West (d.1386) had fought in the Battle of Crécy and the subsequent siege of Calais under the command of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. The younger Thomas almost certainly served alongside his father under King Richard II; one of them was in active service in Calais in 1386, the year of his father's death. A knight banneret, he served in Ireland with the Duke of Aumale in 1399, and attended Richard's young Queen Isabella of Valois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas West (Wisconsin)
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy West may refer to: Nobility *Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (1391/2–1416) *Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c. 1457–1525), courtier and military commander *Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (c. 1475–1554) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (c. 1556–1602), MP for Aylesbury, member of Elizabeth I's Privy Council *Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), Englishman after whom Delaware was named Politics and law * Thomas West (MP for Lymington) (died 1618), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lymington * Thomas West (MP died 1622), English politician; MP for Chichester, Mitchell and Hampshire *Thomas West (Australian politician) (1830–1896), New South Wales politician * Thomas F. West (1874–1931), American lawyer; Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court *Thomas G. West (born 1945), American professor of politics *Thomas West (American politician) (born 1964), American politician in the Ohio House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom West
Joseph Thomas West III (November 22, 1939 – May 19, 2011) was a technologist and the protagonist of the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book ''The Soul of a New Machine''. West began his career in computer design at RCA, after seven years at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a job he'd gotten right out of college. He started working for Data General in 1974. He became the head of Data General's Eclipse group and then became the lead on the Eagle project, building a machine officially named the Eclipse MV/8000. After the publication of ''Soul of a New Machine'', West was sent to Japan by Data General where he helped design DG-1, the first full-screen laptop. His last project in 1996, a thin Web server, was intended to be an internet-ready machine. West retired as Chief Technologist in 1998. Personal life West was married to Elizabeth West in 1965; they divorced in 1994. The couple had two daughters, Katherine West and librarian Jessamyn West. West married Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Summers West
Thomas Summers West (18 November 1927 – 9 January 2010) was a British chemist. Life Early years He was born in 1927 in Peterhead, Scotland and educated at Old Tarbat Public School in Portmahomack and then Tain Royal Academy. He then studied chemistry and obtained a BSc degree at Aberdeen University. He married Margaret Officer Lawson in 1952 and had three children, Ann (Cochennec, Yvon), Ruth (Byrd) and Tom. Scientific career He moved to Birmingham University in 1949 to carry out research in analytical chemistry under Professor Ron Belcher and obtained his PhD in 1952 and his D.Sc in 1962. In 1956 he was awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry for advances in chemistry. In 1963 he moved to Imperial College in London as Reader in Analytical Chemistry and became Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Imperial College in 1965. He established a world-famous research team that included Roy Dagnall, Gordon Kirkbright and Bernard Fleet who were pione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas James West
Thomas James West (1855 – November 1916) was an English-born theatre entrepreneur. He toured stage companies in the US, New Zealand and Australia and in 1908 established West's Pictures in Australia. Over the next few years it became one of the most significant film exhibitors in Australia and New Zealand, eventually branching out into production. In 1912 this company merged with Australasian Films Australasian Films, full name Union Theatres and Australasian Films, was an Australian film distribution and production company formed in 1913 that was wound up in the 1930s to merge into Greater Union. The Union Theatres and Australasian Films d .... References English theatre managers and producers Australian film producers British emigrants Immigrants to Australia 1855 births 1916 deaths 19th-century English businesspeople 19th-century Australian businesspeople {{film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas West (priest)
Thomas West (1720 – 10 July 1779) was a Jesuit priest, antiquary and author, significant in being one of the first to write about the attractions of the Lake District. Partly through his book, ''A Guide to the Lakes'', the Romantic vision of the scenery and wilderness of the north of England took hold, ushering in a period of continued tourism in the Lakes. Life West was born in Scotland in 1720, and was ordained a Catholic priest. He visited Europe, and received at least some of his education there, specialising in various branches of natural philosophy. He returned to Britain in his later life, moving to Furness in 1774 and residing at the seventeenth century Tytup Hall. West dedicated his remaining years to learning and writing about the area's landscape and history, publishing ''The Antiquities of Furness'' in 1774. He then embarked on his magnum opus, his ''Guide to the Lakes''. ''A Guide to the Lakes'' West had travelled widely throughout continental Europe, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom West (rugby Union)
Tom West (born 11 February 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop, for Saracens in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers and Wasps, also in Premiership Rugby. Club career West worked his way through Wasps’ Junior Academy while a pupil at Radley College prior to joining the Senior Academy in 2015. He made his club debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game at Sale Sharks, and his Premiership debut at home to Saracens in January 2018. Despite making his league debut for Wasps in the 2017/18 season, West would spend the best part of two seasons on loan at Championship side Nottingham, making only twelve first team appearances across three seasons heading into the 2019/20 campaign. He started in the 2020 Premiership Final as Wasps finished runners up to Exeter Chiefs. Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and West was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. On 19 January 2023 he was sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy West (American Football)
Thomas Cleveland West (born July 31, 1954) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive line coach at Middle Tennessee State University. West served as head football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1993), Clemson University (1993–1998) and the University of Memphis (2001–2009), compiling a career college football record of 84–96. West was fired as head coach at Memphis on November 9, 2009 after beginning the season 2–7. ''The Commercial Appeal'', November 9, 2009 West finished the season with Memphis. West attended Gainesville High School (Georgia), Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia, from which he graduated in 1972. There he was a let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 St
Year 194 (Roman numerals, CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus, Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus (194), Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 Roman legion, legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the Defensive wall, city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy West (baseball)
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy West may refer to: Nobility *Thomas West, 1st Baron West (1365–1405) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron West (1391/2–1416) *Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c. 1457–1525), courtier and military commander *Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (c. 1475–1554) *Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (c. 1556–1602), MP for Aylesbury, member of Elizabeth I's Privy Council *Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), Englishman after whom Delaware was named Politics and law * Thomas West (MP for Lymington) (died 1618), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lymington * Thomas West (MP died 1622), English politician; MP for Chichester, Mitchell and Hampshire *Thomas West (Australian politician) (1830–1896), New South Wales politician * Thomas F. West (1874–1931), American lawyer; Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court *Thomas G. West (born 1945), American professor of politics *Thomas West (American politician) (born 1964), American politician in the Ohio House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, elected during the fall elections. If a vacancy occurs in an Assembly seat between elections, it may be filled only by a special election. The Wisconsin Constitution limits the size of the State Assembly to between 54 and 100 members inclusive. Since 1973, the state has been divided into 99 Assembly districts apportioned amongst the state based on population as determined by the decennial census, for a total of 99 representatives. From 1848 to 1853 there were 66 assembly districts; from 1854 to 1856, 82 districts; from 1857 to 1861, 97 districts; and from 1862 to 1972, 100 districts. The size of the Wisconsin State Senate is tied to the size of the Assembly; it must be between one-fourth and one-third the size of the Assembly. Presently, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom West (Kansas Politician)
Thomas James West (June 10, 1925–January 19, 1975) was an American politician who served in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives as a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ... during the 1960s and 1970s. He was originally elected to the Kansas House in 1966, serving one term there before running for the Kansas Senate. He won election to the Senate in 1968 and won re-election in 1972 before resigning from the Senate on September 20, 1973. References 1925 births 1975 deaths Republican Party Kansas state senators Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives 20th-century American legislators Politicians from Topeka, Kansas {{Kansas-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
