Edward Thompson
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- Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton)Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton)Edward Thompson was an English landowner and politician.Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were wine merchants of York; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at Escrick in 1668. He was a particular friend of Andrew Marvell...
(c. 1639–1701), English landowner and politician - Edward Thompson (1697–1742), MP and Lord of the Admiralty
- Edward Thompson (Royal Navy officer)Edward Thompson (Royal Navy officer)Edward Thompson was an English Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of commodore, known also as as a literary figure with the nickname "Poet Thompson".-Life:...
(1738?–1786), English commodore nicknamed "Poet Thompson" for his writings - Edward Hughes ThompsonEdward Hughes Thompson-Early life:On June 15, 1810, Thompson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England. He became a lawyer and practiced out of Millard Fillmore's Buffalo law office.-Political life:...
(1810–1886), American lawyer and politician in Michigan - Edward Healy ThompsonEdward Healy ThompsonEdward Healy Thompson was an English Roman Catholic writer.-Life:He was educated at Oakham School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Having taken Anglican orders, he obtained a curacy at Calne, Wiltshire.After some years of the Anglican ministry at Marylebone, Ramsgate, and elsewhere, he became a...
(1813–1891), English Roman Catholic writer - Edward Maunde ThompsonEdward Maunde ThompsonSir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first Director of the British Museum. He is also noted for his study of William Shakespeare's handwriting in the manuscript of the play Sir Thomas More.-Biography:Thompson's father was Edward Thompson, Custos...
(1840–1929), British palaeographer - Edward Charles Thompson, British Member of Parliament for North MonaghanNorth Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)North Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1885 to 1922....
, 1900–1906 - Edward Herbert ThompsonEdward Herbert ThompsonEdward Herbert Thompson was an American-born archaeologist and diplomat.-Biography:Edward H. Thompson was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Initially inspired by the books of John Lloyd Stephens, Thompson devoted much of his career to study of the Maya civilization...
(1857–1935), US diplomat and archaeologist - Edward H. Thompson (painter)Edward H. Thompson (painter)Edward H. Thompson was born in Cumbria and went against the wishes of his parents to become a painter. In his lifetime he painted as many as ten thousand paintings and most of them of the Lake District....
(1879–1949), British artist - Edward Thompson (engineer)Edward Thompson (engineer)Edward Thompson was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway between 1941 and 1946.- Biography :Edward Thompson was the son of an assistant master at Marlborough College. He was educated at Marlborough before taking the Mechanical Science Tripos at Pembroke College,...
(1881–1949), British railway engineer - Edward K. ThompsonEdward K. ThompsonEdward Kramer Thompson was an American writer and editor. The Smithsonian Magazine called him "one of the great editors of the last half [of the 20th] century." He was the editor of LIFE from its early days as a weekly and was the founding editor of Smithsonian Magazine.-Biography:Thompson was...
(1907–1996), American writer and editor - Edward Thompson (FDNY Commissioner)Edward Thompson (FDNY Commissioner)Edward Thompson was appointed the 19th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on January 1, 1962 and served in that position until his resignation on August 6, 1964...
(born 1913), American firefighter, Fire Commissioner of New York City, 1962–1964 - Edward Arthur ThompsonEdward Arthur ThompsonEdward Arthur Thompson was a British classicist, medievalist and professor at the University of Nottingham from 1948 to 1979. He wrote from a Marxist perspective, and argued that the Visigoths were settled in Aquitaine to counter the internal threat of the peasant bagaudae...
(1914–1994), British historian - E. P. ThompsonE. P. ThompsonEdward Palmer Thompson was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class...
(1924–1993), British historian, socialist, author and peace campaigner - Eddie Thompson (musician)Eddie Thompson (musician)Eddie Thompson b. London 31 May 1925, d. 6 November 1986 was a British jazz pianist.After studying at the same school for the blind as George Shearing, Thompson recorded with Victor Feldman in the late 1940s. In the 1950s he worked with Tony Crombie, Vic Ash, Freddy Randall and Tommy Whittle and...
(1925–1986), English jazz pianist - Eddie ThompsonEddie ThompsonEdward Henry "Eddie" Thompson, OBE was a Scottish businessman, he was the chairman of Scottish football club Dundee United and a well known figure in the Scottish retail industry....
(1940–2008), Scottish businessman and football club chairman - Ed ThompsonEd ThompsonAllan Edward "Ed" Thompson , was an American businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin for two non-consecutive terms, and was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 2002, receiving 11% of the vote in that race. He was elected to his first term as mayor of...
(born 1944), Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin and US Libertarian Party candidate - Ed Thompson (footballer)Ed Thompson (footballer)Edward Peter Thompson is an English footballer goalkeeper who is currently a free agent. He signed for Dagenham & Redbridge from Wingate & Finchley in the summer of 2007, after impressing in a number of pre-season friendly matches. He was released in January 2009 after long-term knee problems and...
(born 1983), English football goalkeeper - For the Commander Edward M. Thompson, see USS MauryUSS Maury (DD-401)The second USS Maury was a in the United States Navy. She was named for Matthew Maury.-History:Maury was laid down 24 March 1936 by Union Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California; launched 14 February 1938; sponsored by Miss Virginia Lee Maury Werth, granddaughter of...
See also
- Edward Thomson (disambiguation)Edward Thomson (disambiguation)Edward Thomson may refer to:*Edward Thomson , American bishop*Edward Deas Thomson , Australian administrator and politician*Edward William Thomson , Canadian farmer and politician...