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Thomas Davidson (comics)
Thomas Davidson may refer to: *Thomas Davidson (printer) (fl. early 16th century), Scottish printer in the reign of James V *Thomas Davidson (palaeontologist) (1817–1885), Scottish palaeontologist *Thomas Davidson (poet) (1838–1870), Anglo-Scottish poet *Thomas Davidson (philosopher) (1840–1900), Scottish philosopher *Thomas Davidson (painter) (1842–1919), English painter *Thomas G. Davidson (1805–1883), U.S. Representative from Louisiana *Thomas Scott Davidson (1858–1933), Canadian auctioneer and politician *Thomas Davidson (naval architect) (1828–1874), naval constructor in the United States Navy *Thomas Whitfield Davidson (1876–1974), U.S. federal judge *Tommy Davidson (born 1963), American actor *Tommy Davidson (footballer) (1873–1949), Scottish footballer *Rex Davidson (Thomas Rex Davidson, 1927–2017), Australian cricketer *Thomas Davidson (South African cricketer) (1906–1987), South African cricketer {{hndis, Davidson, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (printer)
Thomas Davidson was licensed to be the King's Printer in Scotland during the reign of James V. He was born in Birse, Aberdeenshire, a son of Thomas Davidson of Auchenlayes, close to the beginning of the 16th century. His family held lands near to Huntly and on the monastic estates of Monymusk. Davidson did not remain in Aberdeenshire and is on record as being a Burgess of Edinburgh in 1528, the year the king finally came to power after a fifteen-year minority. Davidson's Edinburgh press probably began operations around this time. His productions over the next decade-or-so included the first edition of Bellenden's '' The hystory and croniklis of Scotland'', 1536, as well as a commission from the king to publish '' The New Actis and Constitutionis of Parliament'', the first ever printed edition of Scottish legislation. After many years in preparation this latter title appeared in 1542 and two of the three surviving copies are printed on vellum. Other works Davidson is thought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (palaeontologist)
Thomas Davidson (17 May 181714 October 1885) was a British palaeontologist. Biography He was born in Edinburgh. His parents possessed considerable landed property in Midlothian. Educated partly in the University of Edinburgh and partly in France, Italy and Switzerland, and early acquiring an interest in natural history, he benefited greatly by acquaintance with foreign languages and literature, and with men of science in different countries. He was induced in 1837, through the influence of Leopold von Buch, to devote his special attention to the brachiopoda, and in course of time he became the highest authority on this group. The great task of his life was the ''Monograph of British Fossil Brachiopoda'', published by the Palaeontographical Society (1850–1886). This work, with supplements, comprises six quarto volumes with more than 200 plates drawn on stone by the author. He also prepared an exhaustive memoir on ''Recent Brachiopoda'', published by the Linnean Society. He m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (poet)
Thomas Davidson (7 July 1838 in Oxnam, near Oxnam Water, a tributary of the River Teviot – 29 April 1870 in Bank End, Jedburgh) was a Scottish poet born to parents from Northumberland, England. Life Thomas's education was at a number of village schools then - after showing an early interest in reading and poetry-writing - from 1854 at the Nest Academy at Jedburgh and from 1855 to 1859 at the University of Edinburgh. At university, in 1859, he won second prize in rhetoric for ''Ariadne at Naxos'', a poem sent to William Makepeace Thackeray by one of Thomas's friends and published in the Cornhill Magazine's December issue the following year. After university, in 1859, Thomas acted on his early callings to the Christian ministry and began the first of the United Presbyterian Church's prescribed five autumnal sessions of the theology course, and was licensed as a preacher on 2 February 1864. He continued to write poetry in this time (working as an assistant schoolmast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (philosopher)
Thomas Davidson (25 October 1840 – 14 September 1900) was a Scottish-American philosopher and lecturer. Biography Davidson was born of Presbyterian parents at Old Deer, near Aberdeen. After graduating from Aberdeen University (1860) as first graduate and Greek prizeman, he held the position of rector of the grammar school of Old Aberdeen (1860–1863). From 1863 until 1866, he was master in several English schools, spending his vacations on the continent. In 1866 he moved to Canada, to occupy a place in the London Collegiate Institute. In the following year, he came to the United States, and, after spending some months in Boston, moved to St. Louis, where, in addition to work on the New York ''Round Table'' and the ''Western Educational Monthly'', he was classical master in the St. Louis high school, and subsequently principal of one of the branch high schools. In 1875, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled extensively, and became a proficient linguist, acquiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (painter)
Thomas Davidson RA (17 January 1842 – November 1919) was an English painter specialising in historical naval scenes. Life Davidson was born on 17 January 1842 in St George Hanover Square, London, England. He lost his hearing at age four, whereupon he was sent as a private pupil to the Old Kent Road Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and subsequently attended a "hearing" school in Clapham. Showing a flair for art, Davidson was admitted to the National Art Training School, Marlborough House (later the Royal College of Art); he went on to study under Francis Stephen Cary (1808-1880), James Mathews Leigh (1808-1860), and Alexander Johnston (1815-1891), before spending ten years at the Royal Academy, where he won the academy's silver medals. In 1871, Davidson married artist Charlotte Douglas McHeath (1851-1930) in Marylebone; records show that in 1881 they were living with their six children at 82 Park Road, Hampstead, and in 1901 at 101 Greencroft Gardens, Hampstead. Davidson re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas G
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 novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Scott Davidson
Thomas Scott Davidson (March 11, 1858 – June 6, 1933) was a Canadian politician and auctioneer. He represented Brant North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Liberal member. He was born in South Dumfries Township, Canada West, the son of James Davidson. He served on the council for Brant County and was warden in 1900. In 1892, he married Marion Bullock. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the federal parliament in 1926. He died in Paris, Ontario Paris (2021 population, 14,956) is a community located in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada. It lies just northwest from the city of Brantford at the spot where the Nith River empties into the Grand River. Paris was voted "the Prettiest Littl ... in 1933. External links *''History of the county of Brant'', FD Reville (1920) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Davidson (naval Architect)
Thomas Davidson (28 August 1828 – 18 February 1874) was a naval constructor for the United States Navy. Biography Davidson was born in Nottingham, England on 28 August 1828. He came to the United States at the age of four with his parents, and settled in Philadelphia. Early on, he developed a talent for mechanical invention and construction, following which he was apprenticed to the trade of ship building with Matthew Van Dusen, while also studying mathematics with his brother George Davidson. His capabilities soon attracted the attention of John Lenthall, then chief constructor of the U. S. Navy. In 1850, at the age of 22, he built his first vessel "from the stumps" on the banks of the James River, and soon after entered into business in Philadelphia. In 1861, he was appointed quartermaster over the ship carpenters in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and in 1863 was promoted to assistant naval constructor. He attained the full grade in 1866 with the relative rank of commander, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whitfield Davidson
Thomas Whitfield Davidson (September 23, 1876 – January 26, 1974) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Education and career Born in Harrison County, Texas, Davidson read law to enter the bar in 1903. He briefly attended East Texas State Normal College (now Texas A&M University–Commerce) before studying at the University of Chicago and then Columbia University. He was in private practice in Marshall, Texas from 1903 to 1907. He was the city attorney of Marshall 1907 to 1914, thereafter resuming his private practice in Dallas, Texas until 1920. Davidson was a member of the Texas Senate from 1920 to 1922, and was lieutenant governor of Texas from 1923 to 1925 serving under Governor Pat Morris Neff. He then returned to private practice in Dallas until 1936. Federal judicial service On January 22, 1936, Davidson was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Davidson
Thomas Davidson (born November 10, 1963) is an American comedian and actor. He was an original cast member on the sketch comedy TV show ''In Living Color'', Mitchell on ''Between Brothers'' (1997-1999), Dexter on ''Malcolm & Eddie'' (1999-2000), Oscar Proud on ''The Proud Family'' (2001-2005) & its 2022 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, revival, Rushon in ''Booty Call'' (1997), Womack in ''Bamboozled'' (2000), ''Black Dynamite'' (2009) and its subsequent television series. In 2022, Davidson appeared on Storybound reading from his book, ''Living in Color: What's Funny about Me''. Early years Born Anthony Reed in Greenville, Mississippi, Davidson was abandoned in the trash at 18 months old, before being rescued by the woman who became his adoptive mother. He was a child of an interracial adoption, being that his adoptive parents are white. His parents changed his name to Thomas Davidson when they adopted him. He has two older white siblings, Michael and Beryle. He and his fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Davidson (footballer)
Thomas Davidson (30 April 1873 – 16 April 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer, best remembered for his time as a full back in the Football League with Bury. He made over 110 league appearances and won the 1900 FA Cup with the club. Honours Bury * FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...: 1899–1900 Career statistics References Scottish men's footballers Brentford F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks Dykehead F.C. players Bury F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Southern Football League players 1873 births Footballers from West Lothian 1949 deaths Newcastle United F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Davidson
Thomas Rex Davidson (30 July 1927 – 11 January 2017) was a Tasmanian cricketer. He played first class cricket for Tasmania twelve times between the 1949–50 season and the 1955–56 season. He and Bertie Brownlow alternated in that period as the side's wicket-keeper. Brownlow was preferred for his skills behind the stumps, whereas Davidson proved to be the better batsman of the two, contributing to the lower order with scores of over 50 on four occasions. Davidson filled in as captain of the side for two games in the 1952–53 season, due to the absence through injury of then permanent captain Emerson Rodwell Edwin Emerson Rodwell, MM (12 April 1921 – 27 February 2011) was an Australian soldier, cricket player, umpire, commentator and administrator. He fought in World War II, in New Guinea, and Borneo, and was awarded the Military Medal. Rodwell w ..., but Tasmania lost both games under his captaincy. References External links * 1927 births 2017 deaths Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
