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Thomas Turner (15th Century MP)
Thomas or Tom Turner may refer to: Politics * Thomas Turner (15th century MP) for Rochester * Thomas Turner (fl.1559), MP for Reading * Thomas Turner (died c. 1586), MP for Bath * Thomas Turner (congressman) (1821–1900), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, 1877–1881 * Thomas G. Turner (1810–1875), governor of Rhode Island *Thomas Frewen Turner, British Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire * Thomas J. Turner (1815–1874), U.S. Representative from Illinois Sports * Thomas Turner (cricketer) (1865–1936), Australian cricketer *Thomas Turner (footballer) (fl. 1884), Scottish international footballer * Thomas Turner (sport shooter) (born 1972), Australian sport shooter * Tom Turner (catcher) (1916–1986), American Major League catcher, 1940–1944 * Tom Turner (first baseman) (1915–2013), American Negro league baseball player Others * Thomas Turner (dean of Canterbury) (1591–1672), Anglican dean * Thomas Turner (diarist) (1729–1793), English diarist * Thomas Turner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner (15th Century MP)
Thomas or Tom Turner may refer to: Politics * Thomas Turner (15th century MP) for Rochester * Thomas Turner (fl.1559), MP for Reading * Thomas Turner (died c. 1586), MP for Bath * Thomas Turner (congressman) (1821–1900), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, 1877–1881 * Thomas G. Turner (1810–1875), governor of Rhode Island *Thomas Frewen Turner, British Member of Parliament for South Leicestershire * Thomas J. Turner (1815–1874), U.S. Representative from Illinois Sports * Thomas Turner (cricketer) (1865–1936), Australian cricketer *Thomas Turner (footballer) (fl. 1884), Scottish international footballer * Thomas Turner (sport shooter) (born 1972), Australian sport shooter * Tom Turner (catcher) (1916–1986), American Major League catcher, 1940–1944 * Tom Turner (first baseman) (1915–2013), American Negro league baseball player Others * Thomas Turner (dean of Canterbury) (1591–1672), Anglican dean * Thomas Turner (diarist) (1729–1793), English diarist * Thomas Turner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Turner (first Baseman)
Thomas Bell Turner (June 22, 1915 – June 17, 2013), nicknamed "High Pockets", was an American Negro league baseball player. Playing career A pitcher and first baseman, Turner played for the Cincinnati Stars in 1936. While in the military during the early 1940s, Turner played for the Service Command Unit baseball team. After returning to civilian life, Turner played briefly in Mexico. Returning stateside, he played for the Chicago American Giants in 1947 and later the Valley Tigers. Personal life Turner was born in Olive Branch, Tennessee. He attended[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wyatt Turner
Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 – April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a PhD in Botany, and helped found both the NAACP and the Federated Colored Catholics. Biography Early life and education He was born in Hughesville, Maryland. His parents, Eli and Linnie (née Gross) were sharecroppers and he was the fifth of their nine children. When he was eight, his father died and he was sent to live with an aunt and uncle, James Henry and Rose Turner. Turner worked in the fields but also attended Episcopal local schools from 1892 onwards after Catholic schools refused to admit him because of his race. From 1895 - 1897 he attended the Howard University Preparatory School. He studied at Howard University gaining B. S. (1901) and M. A. (1905) degrees. In 1901 he attended the Catholic University of America briefly to further improve his scientific knowledge but had to leave because it was too ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas R
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 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Price Turner
Thomas Price Turner (bapt. 17 January 1790 – 18 February 1868) was an English classical musician, and was one of the artist J. M. W. Turner's first cousins.The Great Artists: JMW Turner R.A. William Cosmo Monkhouse 1879 Following the artist's death in 1851, Thomas Price Turner was one of a group of interested parties who contested J. M. W. Turner's will. The first cousins were awarded part of Turner's legacy in 1856. Turner was a professor of music in his native Exeter and was a secondary at Exeter Cathedral from 1820 until 1857. He had his own band. He sang in the 1834 Handel Commemoration in London, as J. M. W. Turner noted on looking at the programme. Two years later Turner's daughter Maria Harriet married a London builder and surveyor, whom she later deserted for another husband. Turner married Maria Pridham in 1865,BMD archives some time after retiring from the Cathedral and only a few years before his death in 1868. Maria had several children (Andrew, Charles, Maria) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hudson Turner
Thomas Hudson Turner (1815–1852) was an English archaeologist and architectural historian, born in London of Northumbrian extraction. He was educated at Mr Law's school in Chelsea and then apprenticed as a printer. His great interest in literature and antiquities led to his appointment in the Record office of the Tower of London. He is best remembered for his work ''Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England: from the Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century'' published in Oxford/London in 1851 and completed by John Henry Parker after his death. He died prematurely aged just 37, his health having suffered as a result of his arduous studies, and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. His grave (plot no.4455) no longer has a headstone or readable memorial. References *''Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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 Turner (microbiologist)
Thomas B. Turner (1902 – September 22, 2002) was an American microbiologist who worked as the dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1957 to 1968. Early life and education Turner was born in Prince Frederick, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's College from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Career Turner joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the 1920s and remained at the university until 1968. During his final eleven he worked as dean of the medical school. During World War II, Turner briefly left Johns Hopkins to manage the United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...'s syphilis eradication program. In the 1980s, Turner became the founding director of the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner (surgeon)
Thomas Turner, FRCS, FLS, (13 August 1793 – 17 December 1873) was an English surgeon known primarily for his involvement in developing medical education outside its then traditional base of London. He established a medical school in Manchester and was both a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Linnean Society of London. Early life The youngest child of Edmund Turner, a banker of Truro, and Joanna his wife, daughter of Richard Ferris, he was born there on 13 August 1793. He was educated at Truro grammar school under its headmaster Cornelius Cardew, and was then apprenticed to Nehemiah Duck, one of the surgeons to St Peter's Hospital, Bristol. Turner left Bristol at the end of his apprenticeship for London, where, in the autumn of 1815, he entered as a student under Astley Paston Cooper, at the united borough hospitals of Guy and St. Thomas. He was admitted a licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries and a member of the London College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner (potter)
Thomas Turner (1749 – February 1809) was an English potter. He was the lessee of the celebrated Salopian porcelain company, or Caughley manufactory, during the later decades of the 18th century. He is not to be confused with the potter John Turner (1737-1787) and his family, of Lane End, Staffordshire, who were active in the same period. Biography Turner was born in 1749, was the eldest son of Richard Turner (1724?–1791), vicar of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, by his wife Sarah. Richard Turner (1753–1788) was his younger brother. It has been supposed that Thomas was brought up as a silversmith. He was, however, only formally apprenticed to his father, to qualify him for the freedom of the city of Worcester. It is probable that he was early connected with the Worcester china works. He was an excellent chemist, was a thorough master of the various processes connected with porcelain manufacture, was a skillful draughtsman, designer, and engraver, and was also a clever mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner (president)
Thomas Turner (September, 1645 – 29 April 1714) was an English churchman and academic, Archdeacon of Essex and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Life The second son of Thomas Turner, Dean of Canterbury, he was born at Bristol on 19 or 20 September 1645; he was a younger brother of Francis Turner. Thomas originally matriculated at Hart Hall on 10 May 1662, but on 6 October 1663 he was admitted to a Gloucestershire scholarship at Corpus, of which he became fellow in 1672. He graduated B.A. on 15 March 1666, M.A. in 1669, B.D. in 1677, and D.D. in 1683. From 1672 to 1695 he was vicar of Milton, near Sittingbourne, Kent, and from 1680 to 1689 rector of Thorley, Hertfordshire. He became rector of Fulham, Middlesex, in 1688, archdeacon of Essex in 1680, canon of Ely in 1686, canon of St Paul's Cathedral in 1682, and precentor in 1690. These preferments, except the sinecure rectory of Fulham and the canonry and precentorship of St. Paul's, he resigned at or shortly af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner (metallurgist)
Thomas Turner Sc., A.R.S.M., F.R.I.C. (Birmingham, 1861–1951) was the first Professor of Metallurgy in Britain, at the University of Birmingham. The University was created in 1900 and the department founded in 1902. He was instrumental in the early development of the sclerometer for testing hardness of metals. He retired in 1926. He was also a leading member of the Christadelphian church. Turner was born in Ladywood, Birmingham in 1861. He married Christian Smith of Edinburgh in 1887 and had two sons and two daughters. He studied metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines in London, and won the annual De la Beche medal awarded in memory of the school's founder. Turner was demonstrator at Mason Science College from 1883, then 1887 lecturer in metallurgy, a new science that "was to develop greatly under his guidance during the next forty years." From 1894-1902 he was Director of Technical Instruction to Staffordshire County Council, but in 1902 was chosen as the first Professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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