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Thurman Formation
Thurman may refer to: Places In the United States: *Thurman, Indiana *Thurman, Iowa *Thurman, Kansas *Thurman, New York *Thurman, Ohio *Thurman Cafe, in Columbus, Ohio People ;Surname *Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895), American politician and vice-presidential candidate *Andrew Thurman (born 1991), American baseball player *Annie Thurman (born 1996), American actress *Arthur Thurman (1879–1919), American racecar driver *Arthur Thurman (footballer) (1874–1900), English footballer *Bob Thurman (1917–1998), American baseball player * Ernestine Hogan Basham Thurman (1920 - 1987), American entomologist and researcher *Howard Thurman (1899–1981), African American theologian and civil rights leader *Jameer Thurman (born 1995), American football player *James D. Thurman (born 1953), American general who commanded V Corps *John Thurman (other) *Karen Thurman (born 1951), U.S. Representative *Lucy Thurman (1849–1918), temperance activist and president of the National Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurman, Indiana
Thurman is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana, Milan Township, Allen County, Indiana, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History A post office was established at Thurman in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1899. Geography Thurman is located at . References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Thurman
Karen L. Thurman (born January 12, 1951) is a former U.S. Representative from Florida, serving five consecutive terms from 1993 to 2003. She is a Democrat. Early life and education She was born on January 12, 1951, in Rapid City, South Dakota, but has spent most of her life in Florida. She received her associate degree from Santa Fe College in Gainesville in 1970 and later her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida in 1973. She is married to John Thurman. They have two children, McLin (Macky) and Liberty Lee, and make their home in Dunnellon, Florida. Early political career Thurman was first elected to public office in 1974, when she won a seat on the city council of Dunnellon, Florida, on which she served until 1983. She served as Mayor of Dunnellon from 1979 to 1981. She served in the Florida State Senate from 1983 to 1993. Tenure in Congress Florida gained three congressional districts after the 1990 census. One of them was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurman Arnold
Thurman Wesley Arnold (June 2, 1891 – November 7, 1969) was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943. He later served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Before coming to Washington in 1938, Arnold was the mayor of Laramie, Wyoming, and then a professor at Yale Law School, where he took part in the legal realism movement, and published two books: ''The Symbols of Government'' (1935) and ''The Folklore of Capitalism'' (1937). A few years later, he published ''The Bottlenecks of Business'' (1940). Early life and education Thurman was born in the frontier ranch town of Laramie, Wyoming, which grew to be a small city and location of the University of Wyoming. He was the son of Annie (Brockway) and Constantine Peter Arnold. He began his university studies at Wabash College, but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Thurman
Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel '' The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life'' (1929), which explores discrimination within the black community based on skin color, with lighter skin being more highly valued. Early life Thurman was born in Salt Lake City to Beulah and Oscar Thurman. When Thurman was less than a month old, his father abandoned his wife and son. It was not until Wallace was 30 years old that he met his father. Between his mother's many marriages, Wallace and his mother lived in Salt Lake City with Emma Jackson, his maternal grandmother. Jackson ran a saloon from her home, selling alcohol without a license."Wallace Thurman", in ''Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance'', ed. by Aberjhani & Sandra West, pp. 328–330 Thurman's early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and former model. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British ''Vogue'', Thurman starred in ''Dangerous Liaisons'' (1988). She rose to international prominence with her performance as Mia Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film ''Pulp Fiction'', for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse, she reunited with the director to play the main role in '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' and '' 2'' (2003, 2004), which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations. Established as a Hollywood actress, Thurman's other notable films include ''Henry & June'' (1990), '' The Truth About Cats & Dogs'' (1996), '' Batman & Robin'' (1997), ''Gattaca'' (1997), ''Les Misérables ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Thurman
Tony Thurman (born March 15, 1962) is a former American football defensive back who played college football at Boston College. He was a consensus All-American in 1984. Thurman finished his college career with 25 interceptions. He was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. He was named an ACC ACC most often refers to: * Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US *American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ... Legend in 2010. References External linksTony Thurman video {{DEFAULTSORT:Thurman, Tony Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Bailey Thurman
Sue Bailey Thurman (née, Sue Elvie Bailey; August 26, 1903 – December 25, 1996) was an American author, lecturer, historian and civil rights activist. She was the first non-white student to earn a bachelor's degree in music from Oberlin College, Ohio. She briefly taught at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, before becoming involved in international work with the YWCA in 1930. During a six-month trip through Asia in the mid-1930s, Thurman became the first African-American woman to have an audience with Mahatma Gandhi. The meeting with Gandhi inspired Thurman and her husband, theologian Howard Thurman, to promote non-violent resistance as a means of creating social change, bringing it to the attention of a young preacher, Martin Luther King Jr. While they did not actively protest during the Civil Rights Movement, they served as spiritual counselors to many on the front lines, and helped establish the first interracial, non-denominational church in the United States. Thurman pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Thurman
Samuel D. Thurman (1913–1995) was an American lawyer, having been Distinguished Professor at S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of Utah in 1988. Thurman was born and raised in Salt Lake City. His father was also a lawyer. He received his law degree from Stanford University, after which he was for a time in private practice with his father. Thurman was a member of the academic advisory committee of the Second Restatement of Torts.RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OFTORTS (1965). In the early 1980s, he was a professor at Pepperdine University's School of Law, where he taught tort law. Thurman was a Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several .... References 1913 births 1995 deaths Stanford University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thurman
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 3, 1941) is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, before retiring in June 2019. This was the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West. He also is the co-founder and president of the Tibet House US New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kanjur into English. He is the father of actress Uma Thurman. Early life Thurman was born in New York City, the son of Elizabeth Dean Farrar (1907–1973), a stage actress, and Beverly Reid Thurman, Jr. (1909–1962), an Associated Press editor and U.N. translator (French and English). He is of English, German, Scottish, and Irish descent. His brother, John Thurman, is a professional concert cellist who performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy from 1954 to 1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Thurman
Robyn Thurman, writing under the name Rob Thurman, is a New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' Best Selling American novelist. To date, she has written three series and two short stories, totaling 17 books, and has been published in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Her Cal Leandros series and her Trickster series share the same universe, and are classified as urban fantasy. Her Korsak Brothers series is a Science fiction, sci-fi Thriller (genre), thriller. In the short story anthology Wolfsbane and Mistletoe she was featured among other prominent urban fantasy writers like Charlaine Harris, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, and Patricia Briggs. Thurman did not reveal her gender initially, leaving the About the Author section ambiguous until the ''Deathwish'' novel in the Cal Leandros series. Bibliography Cal Leandros series #''Nightlife'' (2006) #''Moonshine'' (2007) #''Madhouse'' (2008) #''Deathwish'' (2009) #''Roadkill'' (2010) #''Blackout'' (2011) #''Doubletake'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odell Thurman
Odell Lamar Thurman (born July 9, 1983) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia. Early years Odell Thurman attended Jasper County High School in Monticello, Georgia. While there, he was a Macon Telegraph first-team All-Purpose All-State selection at both linebacker and fullback, and won Class AA honorable mention All-State honors from the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', and was invited to play in the 2001 Georgia-Florida all-star game. As a senior, he rushed for 1,187 yards and recorded 153 tackles. His high school football coach was Steve Patterson. College career Odell Thurman played two years and 23 games at the University of Georgia where he was named an All- SEC player. Thurman was also a semi-finalist for the 2004 Dick Butkus Award. He entered the NFL draft after his junior season. The signature play of his career at Georgia came in a 26-7 win over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Thurman
Nicholas-Devon Thurman (born June 12, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Houston Cougars football, Houston. High school career Thurman played high school football at Lake Highlands High School. Thurman was a three star recruit coming out of high school and committed to the University of Houston to play football. College football career Thurman played in 44 games in his career at Houston, recording 92 Tackle (football move), tackles, 15 Tackles for loss, tackles-for-loss, and 4.5 Quarterback sack, sacks. Thurman was named to the 2018 Senior Bowl watch list going into his senior season. Professional career Houston Texans Thurman signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 14, 2018. He was waived during final roster cuts on September 1, 2018. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thurman signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on April 4, 2019. He was waived on April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
