Thomas Farmer (burgess)

	Thomas Farmer (burgess) Thomas Farmer may refer to: * Thomas Farmer (MP) (1546–1621), English MP for Norfolk Thomas Farmer (composer) (fl. 1685), English composer Tom Farmer (born 1940), Scottish entrepreneur * Tom Farmer (American football) (1921–1980), American football halfback Thomas Fermore or Farmer (died 1609), MP for Chipping Wycombe Thomas Fermor Thomas Fermor (by 1523–1580) was an English politician. He was born a younger son of merchant Richard Fermor and was the brother-in-law of John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt He became a merchant of the staple and a member of the Grocer's C ... (died 1580), MP {{hndis, Farmer, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Farmer (MP) Thomas Farmer (ca. 1546–1621), of East Barsham, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk in 1586. References 1546 births 1621 deaths People from North Norfolk (district) English MPs 1586–1587 Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Farmer (composer) Thomas Farmer ( fl. 1685) was an English composer. Life Farmer was originally one of a company of musicians in London and played in the waits. He took the degree of Mus. B. at Cambridge in 1684. The date of his death is fixed only by the fact that Henry Purcell wrote an elegy on him to words by Nahum Tate, published in ''Orpheus Britannicus'', ii. 35, and beginning "Young Thyrsis' fate ye hills and groves deplore". This establishes the fact that Farmer died before November 1695, and probably he died young. John Hawkins stated that his house was in Martlet Court, Bow Street, Covent Garden. Works He contributed songs to John Playford's ''Choice Ayres, Songs, and Dialogues'' (second edition, 1675). One of these is described as "in the Citizen turn'd Gentleman"; this was the sub-title of Edward Ravenscroft's '' Mamamouchi'', produced 1675. ''Apollo's Banquet'' contains "Mr. Farmer's Magot", for violin. His instrumental compositions are entirely for strings, in three or four parts. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tom Farmer Sir Thomas Farmer, (born 10 July 1940) is a Scottish entrepreneur. Early life One of seven siblings in a devoutly Catholic family, in 1964 Farmer founded his own tyre retailing business which he sold in 1969 for £450,000. Farmer retired to the United States, but became bored and decided to find a new challenge. Business career Farmer returned to Edinburgh to found the Kwik Fit chain of garages in 1971. The firm grew quickly, mainly through acquisition, including opening in the Netherlands in 1975. Farmer was named Scottish Businessman of the Year in 1989. After building the chain to become the world's largest independent tyre and automotive repair specialists with over 2,000 centres operating in 18 different countries, Farmer sold the firm to Ford in 1999 for more than £1 billion. He is the first Scot to be awarded the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal for philanthropy. Farmer owned 90% of Hibernian, a professional football club based in Edinburgh in 2003. He invested nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tom Farmer (American Football) Thomas Manduis Farmer (April 17, 1921 – July 1, 1980) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Los Angeles Rams (1946) and the Washington Redskins (1947–1948). He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the second round of the 1943 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams The Cleveland Rams were a professional American football team that played in Cleveland from 1936 to 1945. The Rams competed in the second American Football League (AFL) for the 1936 season and the National Football League (NFL) from 1937 to 194 .... References 1921 births 1980 deaths American football halfbacks Iowa Hawkeyes football players Los Angeles Rams players Washington Redskins players Players of American football from Cedar Rapids, Iowa {{runningback-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Fermore Thomas Fermore alias Draper or Farmer (died 1609), of Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Wycombe High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ... in 1563. References 16th-century births 1609 deaths People from Great Marlow English MPs 1563–1567 {{1563-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]