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Thomas Barclay (other)
Thomas Barclay may refer to: *Thomas Barclay (scholar) ( 1570–1632), Scottish jurist, professor at Toulouse and Poitiers *Thomas Barclay (diplomat) (1728–1793), American merchant, consul, diplomat *Thomas Henry Barclay (1753–1830), New York lawyer, American loyalist, British official *Thomas Barclay (minister) (1792–1873), minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow *Thomas Barclay (missionary) (1849–1935), British missionary to Formosa (Taiwan) *Thomas Barclay (economic writer) Sir Thomas Barclay (20 February 1853 – 20 January 1941) was a distinguished authority on International Law, a writer on economic subjects and a British Liberal politician. Barclay was born at Dunfermline in 1853, the eldest son of George Bar ... (1853–1941), British Liberal Party MP for Blackburn 1910 * Thomas Swain Barclay (1892–1993), professor of political science at Stanford University {{hndis, Barclay, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barclay (scholar)
Thomas Barclay (c. 1570–1632) was a Scottish jurist, professor at Toulouse and Poitiers. Life Barclay was a native of Aberdeen, but as a young man he studied humane letters and philosophy at Bordeaux. Here he gained the support of Robert Balfour, the Aristotelian scholar. He was called to preside over the at Toulouse, where according to Thomas Dempster, he served his first literary campaign, under Balfour. It was about 1596 that Dempster left Paris, intending to work his way to Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par .... Here Barclay concentrated on law; and accepted the offer of a regius professorship at Poitiers. His reputation procured a recall to Toulouse, where he was still living when Dempster drew up his ''Historia Ecclesiastica'' about 1620. Dempster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barclay (diplomat)
Thomas Barclay (1728January 19, 1793) was an American merchant, consul, and diplomat. He served as the United States' consul in France (1781–1787) and, during his time as a diplomat, negotiated the United States' first treaty, the Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship, with the sultan of Morocco in 1786. He was the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States. Early life Barclay was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, son of Robert Barclay (d. 1779), prosperous linen merchant and ship owner. His mother's name is unknown, but may have been Carsan. After learning the merchant trade in his father's business in Strabane, he arrived in Philadelphia around 1764 in his mid-thirties. There he was active in the large Irish community, where he was a founding member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick (1771), and he became a successful merchant and ship-owner. His firm played a big role in the Irish trade – especially in the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Henry Barclay
Thomas Henry Barclay (October 12, 1753 – April 21, 1830) was an American lawyer who became one of the United Empire Loyalists in Nova Scotia and served in the colony's government. Early life Thomas Henry Barclay came from a prominent New York family, the son of the Reverend Henry Barclay (1712–1764), an Anglican clergyman who served as rector of Trinity Church in New York City, and Mary Rutgers, the daughter of a wealthy brewer. His paternal uncle was merchant Andrew Barclay, who married Helena Roosevelt, granddaughter of Nicholas Roosevelt. After attending King's College (later Columbia University), he studied law with John Jay and was called to the bar in 1775. American Revolutionary War Shortly after his marriage in 1775, his career was interrupted by the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Barclay served with distinction, as a major, in the "Loyal American Regiment", in the British Loyalist forces, throughout the war and, with the confiscation of his New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barclay (minister)
Thomas Barclay D.D. (June 1792 – 23 February 1873) was a minister in the Church of Scotland and Principal of the University of Glasgow. Barclay was born in Unst, one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands in the far north of Scotland. He studied at King's College, Aberdeen, the predecessor institution of the University of Aberdeen, graduating M.A., and relocated to London to work as a journalist. He later returned to Scotland to become a minister in the Church of Scotland. He was appointed Principal of the University of Glasgow in 1858, and worked to raise funds to build the University's new campus in Gilmorehill. He is said to have been popular amongst the students due to his resemblance to Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox. He died in office in 1873. Biography Barclay was born on 14 June 1792, in the manse on Unst, northmost of the Shetland Islands, of which parish his father, the Rev. James Barclay, was minister. He was entered of King's College, Aberdeen, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barclay (missionary)
Thomas Barclay (; 21 November 1849 – 5 October 1935) was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England to Formosa (now called Taiwan) from 1875 until his death. His ministry in southern Taiwan has been compared to the work done in northern Taiwan by George Leslie Mackay. He founded Tainan Theological College and Seminary in 1876. Early life Thomas Barclay was born on 21 November 1849 in Glasgow, the youngest brother of six (he also had one sister). His father was a devout merchant who sold soft goods and fabrics, and claimed French Huguenot ancestry for the family. The younger Barclay was an able student, and matriculated at Glasgow University a few weeks before his 15th birthday (his young age not being unusual in those days). While there he excelled at mathematics and science, studying under Lord Kelvin, Sir William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) and earning a mention in the Encyclopædia Britannica for his authorship of a scientific treatise on "the Specific Inductive Capaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barclay (economic Writer)
Sir Thomas Barclay (20 February 1853 – 20 January 1941) was a distinguished authority on International Law, a writer on economic subjects and a British Liberal politician. Barclay was born at Dunfermline in 1853, the eldest son of George Barclay of Cupar. He was educated at Cupar Academy, the College of Dunkirk, the Johanneum Classical School, Hamburg, University College, London, and the Universities of Paris and Jena. Initially he followed his father's footsteps in being a journalist for ''The Times'' having written articles for various newspapers from 1876 and he was posted to their Paris office. When he was called to the bar in 1881, he then devoted himself to a legal practice. A former Liberal Unionist, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency) between the two general elections of 1910 ( January and December). He was also a deputy Chairman of the International Law Association. From 1899 to 1900 he headed the British Chamber of comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
