Thomas Smith
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- Sir Thomas Smith (diplomat)Thomas Smith (diplomat)Sir Thomas Smith was an English scholar and diplomat.He was born at Saffron Walden in Essex. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1530, and in 1533 was appointed a public reader or professor. He lectured in the schools on natural philosophy, and on Greek in...
(1513–1577), English scholar and diplomat - Thomas Smith (politician)Thomas Smith (politician)Thomas Smith was the governor of colonial South Carolina from 1693 to 1694, a planter, a merchant and a surgeon. He arrived in Charles Town in 1684 with his first wife Barbara Atkins and his sons Thomas and George. He was a Cacique by 1690 and was made Landgrave by the Lords Proprietors on 13 May...
(c. 1648–1694), governor of Carolina - Thomas Smith (Royal Navy officer) (died 1762), governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Thomas Smith (jurist)Thomas Smith (jurist)Thomas Smith was a politician and jurist from Pennsylvania. Smith was born near Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He attended the University of Edinburgh, and then migrated to the United States, where he settled in Bedford, Pennsylvania on February 9, 1769. He became a deputy surveyor that same...
(1745–1809), politician and judge from Pennsylvania - Thomas Smith (Pennsylvania congressman)Thomas Smith (Pennsylvania congressman)Thomas Smith was a Federalist member of the United States House of Representatives who served Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1815 to 1817....
(before 1782–1846), Federalist member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Thomas Smith (Indiana congressman)Thomas Smith (Indiana congressman)Thomas Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Smith was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1818, he moved to Rising Sun, Indiana, where he learned the trade of tanning. He then moved to Versailles, Indiana in 1821 and established a tanyard...
(1799–1876), member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana - Thomas Smith (Upper Canada politician)Thomas Smith (Upper Canada politician)Thomas Smith was a land surveyor, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1796 to 1800....
(1754–1833), land surveyor, merchant and politician in Upper Canada - Thomas Smith (scientist), American geophysicist
- Thomas Alexander SmithThomas Alexander SmithThomas Alexander Smith represented the 1st congressional district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1905 to 1907....
(1850–1932), educator and congressman from Maryland - Thomas B. SmithThomas B. SmithThomas B. Smith was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1916 until 1920. He was a Republican....
, mayor of Philadelphia 1916–1920 - Thomas Berry Cusack SmithThomas Berry Cusack SmithSir Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith PC was an Irish politician and judge.The younger son of Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet, Baron of the Exchequer and his wife Hester Berry, and grandson of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1801 to 1806, he was educated at...
(1795–1866), Irish judge - Thomas Eustace SmithThomas Eustace SmithThomas Eustace Smith was an English shipping magnate and Liberal Party politician. He was elected at the 1868 general election as the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields, having stood unsuccessfully in Dover at the 1865 general election...
(1831–1903), British Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields, 1868–1885 - Thomas F. X. SmithThomas F. X. SmithThomas Francis Xavier Smith was a reformist politician and author. He served as mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, from 1977 to 1981.-Career:...
(1928–1996), mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey - Thomas Francis SmithThomas Francis SmithThomas Francis Smith was a lawyer and politician from New York.Smith was born in New York City on July 24, 1865. He attended St. Francis Xavier College, Manhattan College, and the New York Law School from 1899 to 1901...
(1865–1923), lawyer and congressman from New York - Thomas M. SmithThomas M. SmithThomas M. Smith is the current District Attorney of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. Smith was sworn into the elected office on January 19, 1999...
, district attorney of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama - Thomas S. Smith (New Jersey)Thomas S. Smith (New Jersey)Thomas S. Smith was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 until his death, where he represented the 11th legislative district...
(1917–2002), member of the New Jersey General Assembly - Thomas Vernor SmithThomas Vernor SmithThomas Vernor Smith , who wrote under the byline T. V. Smith, was an American philosopher, scholar, and politician from Illinois, as well as an officer in the United States Army.-Biography:...
(1890–1964), congressman from Illinois, Army officer and professor - Thomas Whistler SmithThomas Whistler SmithThomas Smith was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1857 until 1859.-Early life:...
(1824–1859), New South Wales politician - Thomas Smith (Australian politician)Thomas Smith (Australian politician)Thomas Smith was an Australian politician.Born in Warwick to hatter Benjamin Smith and his wife Mary Ann, he arrived in Melbourne in July 1856. Apprenticed as a hatter, he was in business in South Melbourne from 1871. From 1888 to 1889 he was Mayor of South Melbourne...
(1846–1925), Victorian politician - Thomas Smith (Chester MP)Thomas Smith (Chester MP)Sir Thomas Smith was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644.Smith was the son of Laurence Smith, of Hatherton, Cheshire and his wife Anne Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Randall Mainwaring of Over Peover. He was knighted on 21 July 1615...
, English politician who sat in the House of Commons, 1640–1644 - Thomas Barlow SmithThomas Barlow SmithThomas Barlow Smith was a merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1874, from 1878 to 1882 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of...
(born 1839), merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada - Thomas Smith (1609–1642), English Member of Parliament
- Thomas Smith (East India Company)Thomas Smith (East India Company)Sir Thomas Smith or Smythe , was an English merchant and politician. He was the first governor of the East India Company.-Early life:...
(1588-1625), English merchant and politician
Military
- Thomas Smith (soldier)Thomas Smith (soldier)Thomas Smith , was an English soldier, of Berwick-upon-Tweed.Smith as he styles himself on the title-page of the first edition of ‘The Art of Gunnery: wherein is set forth a number of serviceable secrets and practicall conclusions belonging to the Art of Gunnerie, by Arithmeticke skill to be...
, English soldier - Thomas Benton SmithThomas Benton SmithThomas Benton Smith was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1838–1923), Confederate brigadier general - Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor)Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor)Thomas Smith was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Natural Bridge....
(1838–?), American Civil War sailor - Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869), American Indian Wars soldier
- Thomas J. Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier
- Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878)Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878)Thomas Smith was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor....
(1856–?), American sailor - Thomas Kilby SmithThomas Kilby SmithThomas Kilby Smith was a lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and then in the postbellum United States Army...
(1820–1887), lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio
Business and professional
- Thomas Smith (judge)Thomas Smith (judge)Sir Thomas Smith , was the English master of requests.-Family and identity:Smith was born at Abingdon in Berkshire , about 1556. He was the son of Thomas Smith, who is almost certainly to be identified with the Thomas Smith who was Mayor of Abingdon in 1584...
(1556–1609), Master of Requests - Thomas Smith (banker) (1631–1699), founder of the first bank in England outside London
- Thomas Smith (engineer)Thomas Smith (engineer)Thomas Smith was a Scottish businessman and early lighthouse engineer. Born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, his father drowned in Dundee harbour when he was young...
(1752–1814), Scottish businessman and lighthouse engineer - Thomas A. SmithThomas A. SmithThomas A. Smith is the founder and former president of Seismic Micro-Technology , an international provider of software systems for seismic interpretation in the oil and gas industry, incorporated in 1984. Shortly after, he launched the Kingdom seismic interpretation software...
, geophysicist - Thomas Southwood SmithThomas Southwood SmithThomas Southwood Smith , English physician and sanitary reformer, was born at Martock, Somersetshire.While a medical student in Edinburgh he took charge of a Unitarian congregation. In 1816 he took his M.D...
(1788–1861), English physician - Thomas Smith (barrister) (1915–1988), lawyer, soldier and academic
- Thomas Smith (finance professor)Thomas Smith (finance professor)Thomas Smith is an Australian finance academic. Smith has been a professor at the Australian National University since 2003. Prior appointments were at the Australian Graduate School of Management and Duke University ....
(born 1958), Australian finance professor - Thomas Smith & Sons (Rodley) Ltd, crane manufacturers of Rodley, West YorkshireRodley, West YorkshireRodley is a village on the outskirts of west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with a recorded history dating back a thousand years. The earliest use of the name on record appears to be RODELE who was listed as a tenant in the Domesday Book of 1086, and REDLEGA who was recorded in Yorkshire in 1157...
, UK - Thomas S. SmithThomas S. SmithThomas S. Smith , served as the 13th president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, from 1969 to 1979.Smith came to Lawrence from Ohio University, where he had spent two years as provost, assuming the president’s office on July 1, 1969...
(1921–2004), president of Lawrence University
Sports
- Thomas Smith (cornerback) (born 1970), American professional football player
- Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1848)Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1848)Thomas Smith was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace round-arm bowler who played first-class cricket for Lancashire. He was born in Glossop....
, English cricketer - Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1854)Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1854)Thomas Smith was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and left-arm bowler who played for Surrey. He was born in Guildford.Smith made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1876 season, against Sussex...
, English cricketer - Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1898)Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1898)Thomas Smith was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batman who played for Queensland. He was born in Talgai and died in Warwick....
(1898–1926), Australian cricketer - Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1899)Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1899)Thomas Smith was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was born in Lambeth and died in Taunton....
(1899–1965), English cricketer - Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1905)Thomas Smith (cricketer, born 1905)Thomas Smith was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Northamptonshire. He was born and died in Northampton.Smith made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1931 season...
(1905–1993), English cricketer - Thomas H. SmithThomas H. SmithThomas Henry Smith was an Irish Australian who had a clear role in the origins of Australian football by being one of the first people to introduce school football games to Australian public schools in 1858 and as one of the founders of the Melbourne Football Club.Smith was a founding member and...
(1830–?), Irish Australian who played a role in the origin of Australian football - R. Thomas Smith (1878–1957), American thoroughbred race horse trainer
Others
- Thomas Smith (bishop)Thomas Smith (bishop)Thomas Smith was an English clergyman, who served as Dean of Carlisle, 1672–1684, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1684–1702...
(1615–1702), Bishop of Carlisle, 1684–1702 - Thomas Smith (scholar)Thomas Smith (scholar)Thomas Smith was an English scholar, expelled Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and non-juring divine.-Early life and academic career:...
(1638–1710), English antiquarian - Thomas Smith (painter)Thomas Smith (painter)Captain Thomas Smith was an artist and mariner who lived somewhere between 1600 and 1700 and completed a self-portrait circa 1680. He lived in Boston and was a Puritan as evidenced by his dress and symbolism in the portrait. The painting also includes the following poem, signed T.S...
(died 1688), American artist and mariner - Thomas Smith (Derby)Thomas Smith (Derby)Thomas Smith was a landscape painter and father of John Raphael Smith of Derby. Smith painted many landscapes including historic houses like Chatsworth and views of the Lake District....
(died 1767), English landscape painter - Thomas L. SmithThomas L. SmithThomas L. "Pegleg" Smith was a mountain man who, serving as a guide for many early expeditions into the American Southwest, helped explore parts of present-day New Mexico...
(1801–1866), also known as "Pegleg", American mountain man - Thomas R. Smith, American poetThe Best American Poetry 1999The Best American Poetry 1999, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Robert Bly.-Poets and poems included:-External links:* , with links to each publication where the poems originally appeared...
- Thomas J. SmithThomas J. SmithThomas James Smith, known as Tom "Bear River" Smith , was a town marshal of Old West cattle town Abilene, Kansas, who was killed and decapitated in the line of duty.-Early life:...
(1830–1870), town marshal of Old West cattle town Abilene, Kansas - Thomas James SmithThomas James SmithThomas James Smith was the founder of Smith & Nephew, one of the United Kingdom's largest medical devices businesses.-Career:After training as a pharmacist at a dispensing chemist in Grantham and then at University College, London, Thomas Smith opened his own chemist's shop in Hull in 1856...
(1827–1896), founder of Smith & Nephew, one of the United Kingdom's largest medical devices businesses - Thomas Sydney SmithThomas Sydney SmithThomas Sydney Smith was an Indian lawyer who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1861 to 1863.- References :...
, Indian lawyer; Advocate General of Madras, 1861–1863 - Thomas Smith (East India Company)Thomas Smith (East India Company)Sir Thomas Smith or Smythe , was an English merchant and politician. He was the first governor of the East India Company.-Early life:...
(1558–1625), English merchant and the first governor of the East India Company - Thomas Assheton Smith I (1752–1828), English landowner and all-round sportsman
See also
- Tom Smith (disambiguation)
- Tommy Smith (disambiguation)
- Thomas Smyth (disambiguation)Thomas Smyth (disambiguation)Thomas Smyth, Thomas Smythe or Tommy Smyth may refer to:*Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Baronet , Irish politician*Thomas Smyth , Irish politician...