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Thomas Barker (North Carolina)
Thomas Barker may refer to: *Thomas Barker (academic), principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, 1777–1785 * Thomas Barker (Australian politician) (1799–1875), Australian politician in New South Wales * Thomas Barker (cricketer, born 1798) (1798–1877), English cricketer *Thomas Barker (cricketer, born 1812) (1812–1873), English cricketer * Thomas Barker (fishing guide) ( 1591–1651), British author who wrote about fishing * Thomas Barker (mathematician) (1838–1907), Scottish mathematician and professor of pure mathematics *Thomas Barker (meteorologist) (1722–1809), weather observer *Thomas Barker (painter) (1769–1847), British painter of landscape and rural life * Thomas F. Barker (1828–1896), political figure in New Brunswick * Thomas Henry Barker (1841–1917), secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce * Thomas Holliday Barker (1818–1889), English temperance advocate and vegetarian *Thomas Jones Barker (1815–1882), English historical and portrait painter * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (academic)
Thomas Barker ( – 18 August 1785) was an English clergyman and Oxford academic. Barker was born in Lancashire and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1745, at age 17. He graduated B.A. in 1749, M.A. in 1751, B.D. & D.D. in 1778. Becoming a Fellow of Brasenose in 1750, Barker was a member of the Red Herring dining club, which had Jacobite associations and ceased meeting in 1761, at the end of its existence. Barker was elected Principal of Brasenose on 14 September 1777. He died in Manchester on 18 August 1785, and was buried there. He was succeeded after his death by William Cleaver William Cleaver (1742–1815) was an English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, and bishop of three sees. Life He was the eldest son of the Rev. William Cleaver, who wa .... During Barker's time, Brasenose was the butt of satirical humour in Hannah Cowley's 1779 play ''Who's the Dupe?'', for pedantry, provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (Australian Politician)
Thomas Barker (25 March 1799 – 12 March 1875) was an Australian politician and an appointed member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1853 and 1856. He was also an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 1 term from 1856 until 1858. Early life Barker was born in London. He was the son of James Barker (who died in 1808) and he was then raised by a guardian. He was educated at home and apprenticed to an engineer, John Dickson . Barker accompanied Dickson when he migrated to Australia in 1813 and with Dickson and his brother, James Barker, he constructed and built a number of steam driven flour mills. He made a substantial fortune in the flour milling business and also constructed cotton and woolen mills. He invested in land in the Goulburn Plains district and also invested in the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney and infrastructure projects including the Sydney Railway Company. He was an early benefactor to Sydney Grammar School and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (cricketer, Born 1798)
Thomas Barker (15 November 1798 – 2 March 1877) was an English professional cricketer, who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1845. He was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm fast bowler. He became an umpire when his playing career ended. Barker was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire. He was a member of the former Nottingham Cricket Club which evolved into Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club during his career and he was mainly associated with these two clubs. He also played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and he represented the Players in the Gentlemen v Players fixture. He bowled at an extremely fast pace, using a roundarm action. William Denison wrote of his style: "So violent was it, that he sometimes ran up to the crease and propelled his instrument of attack as though his head would follow the ball."Notts County Cricket Club site. Barker made 72 known appearances in first-class cricket. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (cricketer, Born 1812)
Thomas Rawson Barker (9 April 1812 – 26 April 1873) was an English first-class cricketer, whose career spanned the 1833 to 1849 seasons. He was an amateur who appeared in only nine matches due to his business commitments. He played for Sheffield Cricket Club, whose team was sometimes called Yorkshire, and for other clubs in the county. Barker was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium pace bowler using the roundarm style. He appeared in what is sometimes called the inaugural Yorkshire first-class match at the Hyde Park Ground, Sheffield, in 1833 against Norfolk, although at this time Yorkshire was still the Sheffield Club. In doing so, he became the first non-Yorkshire born player to play first-class cricket for a team called Yorkshire. Barker played in nine first-class matches from 1833 to 1849, scoring 121 runs at 11 with a top score of 37, and taking 38 wickets at an estimated 7.93, with a best analysis of five for 11. A lead me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (fishing Guide)
Thomas Barker ('' fl''.1591–1651) was an English fishing guide and author. Life For more than sixty years, he practised the art of angling, and "spent many pounds in the gaining of it". In the dedicatory address to Lord Montague, the author tells us that he was born at " Bracemeol in the liberty of Salop (ie Meole Brace in the vicinity of Shrewsbury, Shropshire), "being a freeman and burgess of the same city(''sic'')". Barker is described by Hugh Chisholm, in his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' (1911) article on Izaak Walton, as being "a retired cook, and humorist".''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' (1911), Volume 28, p. 301;article on Izaak Walton by Hugh Chisholm, who misdate's Barker's "own treatise" to 1659. Treatise At the time of writing his treatise he was living in Westminster, and seems to have gained a livelihood by accompanying gentlemen on fishing expeditions, or giving instruction at home in the use of baits and tackle. The following invitation in the dedicatory address ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (mathematician)
Thomas Barker (1838–1907) was a Scottish mathematician, professor of pure mathematics at Owens College. Life Born 9 September 1838, he was son of Thomas Barker, farmer, of Murcar, Balgonie, near Aberdeen, and of his wife Margaret. Three other children died in infancy. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, and at King's College in the same town, where he graduated in 1857 with distinction in mathematics. Barker entered Trinity College, Cambridge as minor scholar and subsizar in 1858. He became foundation scholar in 1860, Sheepshanks astronomical exhibitioner in 1861, and came out in the Mathematical Tripos of 1862 as senior wrangler; he was also first Smith's prizeman. He was elected to a fellowship in the autumn of 1862, and was assistant tutor of Trinity till 1865, when he was appointed professor of pure mathematics in Owens College, Manchester. He held this post for twenty years. Barker was a follower of Augustus De Morgan and George Boole. He was interested in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (meteorologist)
Thomas Barker (1722 – 29 December 1809) was a Rutland squire who kept a detailed weather record at Lyndon Hall from 1736 to 1798. Life and work Thomas Barker was born at Lyndon Hall, Lyndon, Rutland, England in 1722. The son of Samuel Barker and grandson of William Whiston, he came from a distinguished local family, which had lived in Lyndon from the time of Henry VIII. He married Anne White, sister of Gilbert White the famous naturalist. The couple had five children, a son and four daughters. Thomas Barker was a vegetarian, having discovered in early childhood that his constitution was unsuited to the consumption of meat. Barker's meteorological records have proved a valuable resource for those researching the 18th century British climate, because of its early date for instrumental observations, its length and the meticulousness with which it was compiled. He recorded barometric pressure, temperature, clouds, wind and rainfall. (In the early years his thermometer was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barker (painter)
Thomas Barker or Barker of Bath (1769 – 11 December 1847), was a British painter of landscape and rural life. Early life Barker was born in 1769, at Trosnant near the village of Pontypool, in Monmouthshire. His father, Benjamin Barker, was the son of a barrister, and practiced as an artist, but never attempted more than the portraits of horses. He eventually took up employment as a Japanware decorator. From an early age Barker showed a remarkable talent for drawing figures and designing landscapes, although he never took a lesson in either drawing or painting and was entirely self-taught. When he was sixteen his family moved to Bath where the patronage of an opulent coach-builder named Charles Spackman allowed him to follow his talent as an artist. During the first four years he employed himself in copying the works of the old Dutch and Flemish masters. At the age of twenty-one he was sent to Rome with ample funds to maintain his position there as a gentleman. While there h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas F
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 nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Henry Barker
Thomas Henry Barker (18 May 1841 – 9 April 1917) was Secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce from 1884 to 1912. He was made Chevalier of the Order of Saint Anna for his services (along with those of Alfred Lewis Jones) to the duma during the Russian imperial visit to Cowes in 1909. Professional life Barker started his career in 1856 at the age of 161861 Census of England and Wales as a clerk with James Baines & Co., owners of the Black Ball Line of ships (at the time one of the largest shipping companies in Liverpool). Later he moved to work for Reynold, Mann & Co., ship-owners and East India merchants, for whom he travelled extensively to America, Australia, and elsewhere. After this he joined the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce as an assistant to William Blood, who was then Secretary of the Chamber. Blood retired in 1884, and Barker was appointed Secretary in his place, at the age of 43. The Chamber at this time was involved in negotiating around the trade in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Holliday Barker
Thomas Holliday Barker (6 July 1818 – 26 June 1889) was an English temperance and vegetarianism advocate. Biography Thomas Holliday Barker was born in Peterborough on 6 July 1818.Cherrington, Ernest Hurst. (1925)''Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem, Volume 1'' American Issue Publishing Company. p. 275Blocker, Jack S. Fahey, David M; Tyrrell, Ian R. (2003). ''Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Enclyopedia, Volume 1''. ABC-CLIO. pp. 87-88. As a young man he was employed as a clerk for a wine merchant. He worked for Wood & Westhead warehousemen in Manchester from 1844 to 1851.Boase, Frederic. (1965). ''Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons Who Have Died Between the Years 1851-1900, Volume IV''. Frank Cass & Co. p. 267 Then he became an accountant and commission agent at an office on Princess Street, Manchester. He suffered from poor health and became teetotal. In 1837, he signed an abstinence pledge and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jones Barker
Thomas Jones Barker (19 April 1813 – 29 March 1882) was an English historical, military, and portrait painter. The Barkers of Bath Thomas Jones Barker was born at Bath in 1815, into a family of artists. His grandfather, Benjamin Barker, was "a failed barrister…who painted horses with limited success" and eventually became "foreman and enamel painter at the japan works, Pontypool, expert at painting sporting and animal figures." His father was the prominent painter Thomas Barker, also called Barker of Bath. His uncles Benjamin Barker, Jr., and Joseph Barker were also painters, as was his younger brother, John Joseph Barker, and his cousin, Marianne A. Barker, daughter of his uncle Benjamin. Career in France After studying under his father, in 1834, at age 19, he moved to Paris and became a student of Horace Vernet. He made his debut at the Paris Salon of 1836 with three paintings, including ''Beauties of the Court of Charles II'', which received a bronze medal. (His fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
