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Thomas Buchanan (historian)
Thomas (or Tom) Buchanan is the name of: *Thomas Buchanan (moderator) (died 1599) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1588 *Thomas Buchanan (Liberal politician) (1846–1911), Scottish Liberal politician, Under-Secretary of State for India *Thomas Buchanan (Unionist politician) (born 1963), Northern Ireland politician *Thomas Buchanan (Governor of Liberia) (1808–1841), first governor of Liberia and cousin of James Buchanan, president of the United States * Thomas Buchanan (priest) (1833–1924), Archdeacon of Wilts from 1874 until 1911 *Thomas Buchanan Read Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872), was an American poet and portrait painter. Biography Read was born in Corner Ketch, a hamlet close to Downingtown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1822. Beside painting, ... (1822–1872), American poet and painter * Tom Buchanan (historian) (born 1960), British historian *Tom Buchanan, a fictional character in ''The Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan (moderator)
Thomas Buchanan (c. 1520–1599) was a Church of Scotland minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1588. Life He was the son of Thomas Buchanan of Drummakill and his wife, Giles Cunningham. His paternal uncle was the senior Scottish churchman and historian, George Buchanan. He studied at St Salvator's College in St Andrews and became a "regent" (the equivalent of Fellow) at the college around 1538. He probably spent many years as a teacher before becoming joint Rector of the High School in Edinburgh in February 1569.Fasti Ecclesiastae Scoticana by Hew Scott At this time the school was housed in St Mary's in the Fields on the outskirts of the town. King James VI formally inducted him in the role in the Spring of 1569. In 1571 he moved to be Master of the Grammar School in Stirling. In 1573 he described as having been a member of the "Royal Household" for many years, and therefore must be presumed to have also been a courtier. In August 1578 King James prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan (Liberal Politician)
Thomas Ryburn Buchanan PC FRSE (2 April 1846 – 7 April 1911) was a Scottish Liberal politician and bibliophile. Background and education He was born in Glasgow the son of John Buchanan of Dowanhill. His brother was the eminent chemist and explorer John Young Buchanan (1844-1925). He was educated at Sherborne School and Balliol College, Oxford. He later became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar. Political career In 1880 Buchanan unsuccessfully contested Haddington in the 1880 general election but was successfully returned to Parliament for Edinburgh in an 1881 by-election. This constituency was abolished in 1885 and he was elected for the newly created constituency of Edinburgh West as a Liberal Unionist. However, in 1888 Buchanan announced that he supported William Ewart Gladstone's Home Rule policy. He resigned his seat and was elected by a narrow majority as a Gladstonian and Home Ruler the same year. Buchanan lost the Edinburgh West s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan (Unionist Politician)
Thomas Buchanan (born 30 July 1963) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Buchanan has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone since 2003. He is also one of the DUP's members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. He was educated at Langfield Primary School, Castlederg Secondary School, and at Omagh Technical College. In 1993 he was elected to Omagh District Council and became its youngest member and in 2004 was voted Vice Chairman. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2003 being the only member from the DUP for West Tyrone until the 2007 election when he was joined by Allan Bresland who is originally from Donemana and is a member of Strabane District Council. In July 2010, he complained about a display of bunting inside an Omagh bank that celebrated a success by the Tyrone GAA team. The bank had been sponsoring the Ulster Championship. Buchanan accused the Gaelic A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan (Governor Of Liberia)
Thomas Buchanan (November 19, 1808 – September 3, 1841) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the first official governor of Liberia for the American Colonization Society. He was a relative of James Buchanan, who later became the 15th president of the United States. Career Buchanan served in the 1830s as the envoy of the American Colonization Society (ACS) to the colony of Liberia, which was founded by the ACS on the coast in West Africa in 1821. He worked first as an administrator in Grand Bassa before moving to Monrovia in 1839. On April 1, Buchanan was appointed as the first governor of the colony, serving until his death on September 3, 1841. He died from a fever—either yellow fever or malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. ...—and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan (priest)
Thomas Boughton Buchanan (1833 – 28 June 1924) was a cleric in the Church of England. He was the Archdeacon of Wilts from 1874 until 1911. Born in 1833, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1857. After a curacy in Wilton he was rector of Wishford Magna from 1863. Appointed a chaplain to George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury, in 1870, the following year he became vicar of Potterne. He was rector of Poulshot from 1891 to 1905 and a Residentiary Canon at Salisbury Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury. The buildi ... from 1894. During his incumbency at Poulshot, where the church was some distance from the village, he instigated the provision of a chapel-of-ease which was built in 1897 on land adjacent to his rectory. He died on 28 June 1924. Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Buchanan Read
Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872), was an American poet and portrait painter. Biography Read was born in Corner Ketch, a hamlet close to Downingtown, in Chester County, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1822. Beside painting, Read wrote a prose romance, ''The Pilgrims of the Great St. Bernard'', and several books of poetry, including ''The New Pastoral'', ''The House by the Sea'', ''Sylvia'', and ''A Summer Story''. Some of the shorter pieces included in these, e.g., ''Sheridan's Ride'', ''Drifting'', ''The Angler'', ''The Oath'', and ''The Closing Scene'', have great merit. Read was briefly associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His greatest artistic popularity took place in Florence. Among portraits he painted were Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning and William Henry Harrison. Read died from injuries sustained in a carriage accident, which weakened him and led him to contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Buchanan (historian)
Thomas C. Buchanan (born 1960) is a British historian. He has been a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, since 1991, and in 2014 he was awarded the title of Professor of Modern British and European History by the University of Oxford. He specialises in foreign influences on British left-wing politics (particularly the Spanish Civil War and China); Catholic politics, conflict and peace in modern Europe; and humanitarianism in post-war Britain. Early life and education Born in 1960,"British trade union internationalism and the Spanish Civil War" ''SOLO: Bodleian Libraries Online''. Retrieved 5 March 2023. Buchanan studied history at |
The Great Gatsby
''The Great Gatsby'' is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts First-person narrative, first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore (Long Island), North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
