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Thomas Quinn (actor)
Thomas Quinn may refer to: * Thomas Quinn (author) (born 1951), author of historical novels * Thomas Quinn (MP) (1838–1897), Irish Nationalist politician and builder * T. Vincent Quinn (1903–1982), U.S. Representative from New York See also * Tom Quinn (other) {{human name disambiguation, Quinn, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Quinn (author)
Thomas Quinn (born 1951) is an author of historical novels. Life Quinn was born in Newark, New Jersey to Elmer and Barbara Quinn. He attended Cornell University 1969-1973 and graduated with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. He worked in sales and marketing for seventeen years for Procter & Gamble. Since then, he has been president of a division of the Irish Dairy Board and vice president for sales for Warner-Lambert Consumer Healthcare, CIGNA Healthcare, and Travel click. Quinn lives in Maryland. He visited Venice in 1999 and decided to write his first book when he could not find a novel set there, similar to his favorite book, ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. The first book in the trilogy, ''The Lion of St. Mark'', took him four years to write and publish. It begins in 1452 with the attempt to save Constantinople from Turkish siege and ends in 1472. Much of the book concerns the rivalry between two powerful patrician families, the Zianis and the Soranzos and Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Quinn (MP)
Thomas Quinn (1838 – 3 November 1897) was an Irish nationalist politician and a successful builder in London. A member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny City from 1886 to 1892 and Treasurer of the Irish National League and the Irish Land League of Great Britain. In the Split in the Irish Parliamentary Party over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, he began as a supporter of Parnell but changed allegiance to the Anti-Parnellite majority in May 1891. Early life Quinn had a humble background. He was the son of Matthew Quinn of Longford, Co. Longford. He was educated at Longford and Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. At an early age he went to London, where he lived for the rest of his life. He learned the building trade as a journeyman carpenter, eventually creating a large building business of his own, and winning government contracts. He was one of the pioneers of the building of flats. In 1863 he married Mary, daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |