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Vernon Thomas
Vernon Thomas (born 1935) is a Kolkata-based Anglo Indian author. He is the author of 119 books, novels and retold stories for children, teenagers and young adults. While most of his books have been brought out by Pauline Publications, as many as 250 short stories of his have been published in journals in India, Italy, the UK and South Africa. Thomas lost his eyesight in 1994 as a result of two faulty cataract operations and continues to write. Honors and awards The Kolkata Archdiocese conferred the Life Time Achievement Award on Vernon Thomas, emulating a similar award bestowed on the veteran writer by the SARNEWS agency. The award consists of a citation and an exquisitely made wooden book, which opens up to an acrylic page where the dedication is engraved. Thomas has been featured in Men Of Achievement and The International Who’s Who of World Authors published by the Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England. A Commerce graduate, Thomas did a postal course in the art ...
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Vernon Thomas (wrestler)
Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas (27 August 1914 – 17 November 1957) was a New Zealand wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. Biography Born on 27 August 1914, Thomas was the son of Rubena Birss and her husband Walter Samuel Thomas. Thomas won four New Zealand national amateur wrestling titles: the welterweight title in 1935, 1936, and 1938; and the lightweight championship in 1937. At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, he won the silver medal in the men's lightweight division. Thomas died on 17 November 1957, and his ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me .... References 1914 births 1957 deaths Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Wrestlers at the 1938 British ...
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The Mummy’s Little Man
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Writers From Kolkata
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More Stories From The Arabian Nights
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Bedtime Stories From India
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Folk Tales From India
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Fairy Tales From India
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Legends From Northern India
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Famous Old Fairy Tales
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Roses For Remembrance
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Just Grandma And Other Humorous Stories
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