Tomlinson
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Tomlinson may refer to:
As a surname, Tomlinson may refer to:
Tomlinson as a first name:
- Tomlinson v Congleton Borough CouncilTomlinson v Congleton Borough CouncilTomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003] is a 2003 court case in England from the House of Lords regarding the torts of negligence and occupiers' liability ....
, an English court case in Occupiers' Liability
As a surname, Tomlinson may refer to:
- Ambrose Jessup TomlinsonAmbrose Jessup TomlinsonAmbrose Jessup Tomlinson a former Quaker, united with the Holiness Church at Camp Creek in 1903. With his drive, vision, and organizational skills, he was elected the first general overseer of the Church of God in 1909. He also served as the first president of the church's Lee University...
, founder of the Church of God of ProphecyChurch of God of ProphecyThe Church of God of Prophecy is a Christian denomination with beliefs and principles similar to Pentecostal Holiness Christian faith. It is one of five Church of God bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee that descended from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Barney Creek...
. - Charles TomlinsonCharles TomlinsonAlfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE is a British poet and translator, and also an academic and artist. He was born and raised in Penkhull in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.-Life:...
, British poet and translator - Charles Tomlinson (scientist)Charles Tomlinson (scientist)Charles Tomlinson FRS was a British scientist.-Biography:He studied science under George Birkbeck, the founder of the London Mechanics' Institute. For a while, he had a school with his brother Lewis, at Salisbury...
- Claire Tomlinson, presenter for Sky Sports.
- Craig TomlinsonCraig TomlinsonCraig Tomlinson is a Jamaican footaller currently for North Sound SeaWolves in the USL Premier Development League.-College and amateur:...
, Jamaican soccer player - David TomlinsonDavid TomlinsonDavid Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug.-Early life:Born...
, actor - Denis TomlinsonDenis TomlinsonDenis Stanley Tomlinson was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1935. He was born in Umtali, Rhodesia and died in Durban, Natal....
, South African cricketer - Eleanor TomlinsonEleanor TomlinsonEleanor May Tomlinson is an English actress. She was born in London, but at a young age, she moved with her family to Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Career:...
, English actress - Ernest TomlinsonErnest TomlinsonErnest Tomlinson is an English composer, particularly noted for his Light music compositions. He is sometimes credited as Alan Perry.-Life:...
, English composer - Frederik Rothmann Tomlinson (1908-1991), Southafrican agricultural economist and leader of the "Tomlinson Commission"
- G.A. Tomlinson, British physicist after whom the Tomlinson modelTomlinson modelAlso: Prandtl-Tomlinson-Model. One of the most popular models in nanotribology widely used as the basis for many investigations of frictional mechanisms on the atomic scale. Essentially, a nanotip is dragged by a spring over a corrugated energy landscape. A "frictional parameter" η can be...
is named. - G.H. Tomlinson, Canadian inventor of the chemical pulp process recovery boilerRecovery boilerRecovery boiler is the part of Kraft process of pulping where chemicals for white liquor are recovered and reformed from black liquor, which contains lignin from previously processed wood. The black liquor is burned, generating heat, which is usually used in the process or in making electricity,...
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- Gerald TomlinsonGerald TomlinsonGerald Tomlinson was a crime writer. He was a member of Mystery Writers of America in 1993. He was a member of the the Society for American Baseball Research serving on the publications committee from 1990 through 1991....
, New Jersey author - Gideon TomlinsonGideon TomlinsonGideon Tomlinson was a United States Senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut....
, of the Tomlinson Bridge of Fair Haven - Graeme TomlinsonGraeme TomlinsonGraeme Murdoch Tomlinson is an English former footballer who played as a forward.-Career:Born in Watford, Tomlinson played in the Football League for Bradford City, Manchester United, Luton Town, Bournemouth, Millwall, Macclesfield Town and Exeter City, scoring 20 goals in 136 appearances...
, English footballer - Ian TomlinsonDeath of Ian TomlinsonIan Tomlinson was an English newspaper vendor who collapsed and died in the City of London after coming into contact with the police while on his way home from work during the 2009 G-20 summit protests. A first postmortem examination indicated he had suffered a heart attack and had died of natural...
, a British newspaper vendor who died in central London after being beaten by police during the 2009 G-20 protests - Harold TomlinsonHarold TomlinsonHarold Tomlinson was a 20th century British architect.Tomlinson was based at the University of Cambridge School of Architecture. There he supervised the Scottish architect Frank James Connell....
, British architect - Ian Tomlinson (athlete), an Olympic athlete from Australia
- Ike TomlinsonIke Tomlinson-External links:*...
(1910–2000), head coach of the Arkansas State college football program - Isaac TomlinsonIsaac TomlinsonIsaac "Ike" Tomlinson was an English footballer who played at outside-left for various clubs in England and Scotland in the 1900s, spending the largest part of his career with Chesterfield.-Football career:...
(1880–1970), English footballer with Chesterfield, Southampton and Portsmouth - James TomlinsonJames TomlinsonJames Andrew Tomlinson is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler.Having made his way through the Cardiff UCCE side, he got a chance to perform for the Hampshire second XI, and spent a season with Wiltshire in 2001.His best bowling for Hampshire was a...
, English cricketer - Jane TomlinsonJane TomlinsonJane Emily Tomlinson, CBE was an amateur English athlete who became well known in the United Kingdom for raising £1.85 million for charity by completing a series of athletic challenges, despite suffering from terminal cancer.Having had treatment for breast cancer in 1991, aged 26; the disease...
, British campaigner and fund raiser for cancer charities - John TomlinsonJohn TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson may refer to:*John Tomlinson , British educationalist*John Tomlinson , English opera singer*John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , Lord Tomlinson of Walsall, former MP and MEP...
- John Tomlinson (educationalist)John Tomlinson (educationalist)Professor John Tomlinson was a leading British educationalist. He began his career as a teacher before becoming a local authority education officer and later professor of education at University of Warwick....
(1932–2005), British educationalist - John Tomlinson (singer)John Tomlinson (singer)Sir John Rowland Tomlinson CBE is an English bass. He was born in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK.Tomlinson studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and with Otakar Kraus. John sings regularly with the Royal Opera and English National Opera, and has appeared with all the major British...
(born 1946), English opera singer - John Tomlinson, Baron TomlinsonJohn Tomlinson, Baron TomlinsonJohn Edward Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson , is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He is currently a life peer in the House of Lords, and was previously a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1979, and an Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999.Born in London, Tomlinson was educated...
(born 1939), Lord Tomlinson of Walsall, former MP and MEP - John Tomlinson (comics)John Tomlinson (comics)John Tomlinson is a British comic book writer known for his work on various 2000 AD strips.-Biography:Tomlinson worked at Marvel UK in the early 1990s and helped nurture various talents, including Matthew Bingham and John Freeman. He has co-written strips with Nick Abadzis.He was editor of 2000 AD...
, comics writer for 2000 AD
- John Tomlinson (educationalist)
- Kenneth TomlinsonKenneth TomlinsonKenneth Y. Tomlinson is a former editor at Reader's Digest and American government official. He is the former chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which manages Voice of America radio, and formerly Chairman of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which manages funds...
, American government official - LaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, Professional Football Player in the NFL - LeShay TomlinsonLeShay TomlinsonLeShay Tomlinson is a young Hebrew Israelite actress, best known for her role as Cathy in R. Kelly's hip hopera, Trapped in the Closet...
- Paul TomlinsonPaul TomlinsonPaul A. Tomlinson is a retired English football player who played as a goalkeeper for Sheffield United, Birmingham City on loan and Bradford City....
, English footballer - Ray TomlinsonRay TomlinsonRaymond Samuel Tomlinson is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANET. Email had been previously sent on other networks such as AUTODIN and PLATO. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet...
, American inventor, originator of the '@' separator used in e-mail addressing - Reg Tomlinson (1914–1971), English footballer with Grimsby and Southampton
- Richard TomlinsonRichard TomlinsonRichard Tomlinson is a New Zealand-born British former MI6 officer who was imprisoned during 1997 for violating the Official Secrets Act 1989 by giving the synopsis of a proposed book detailing his career in the Secret Intelligence Service to an Australian publisher...
, former British MI6 officer - Richard H. TomlinsonRichard H. TomlinsonRichard H. Tomlinson, OC is a Canadian chemist and philanthropist. He is best known as a founding director of Gennum Corp., a Canadian manufacturer of semiconductors and semiconductor-based products, and for making one of the largest single donations to a Canadian university.He studied at Bishop's...
, Canadian philanthropist - Ricky TomlinsonRicky TomlinsonEric Tomlinson , known by his stage name Ricky Tomlinson, is an English actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker and James "Jim" Royle in The Royle Family....
, British actor - Roger TomlinsonRoger TomlinsonRoger F. Tomlinson, CM is an English geographer and the primary originator of modern computerized Geographic Information Systems , and has been acknowledged as the "father of GIS".Dr...
, originator of the Geographic Information Systems - Stuart TomlinsonStuart TomlinsonStuart Charles Tomlinson is an English football goalkeeper who plays for League Two side Port Vale. Though a solid all-round keeper, he is a particularly strong shot-stopper....
(born 1985), English footballer - Tommy TomlinsonTommy TomlinsonRobert M. Tomlinson is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who has represented the 6th District since 1995. He was previously a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 18th District from 1991 to 1994...
, Pennsylvania State Senator - Trent TomlinsonTrent TomlinsonTrent Tomlinson is an American country music artist. After several failed attempts at finding a record deal, Tomlinson was signed to Lyric Street Records in 2005, with his debut album Country Is My Rock, released in early 2006. This album produced three Top 40 singles on the U.S...
, American country music singer-songwriter
Tomlinson as a first name:
- Tomlinson HolmanTomlinson HolmanTomlinson M. Holman is an American film theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably the Lucasfilm THX sound system. He developed the world's first 10.2 sound system. Earlier, Holman developed what was known as the Holman Preamplifier, for the Apt Corporation. He holds a...
, American film theorist and educator