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Thomas Harris (other)
Thomas Harris (born 1940) is an American author. Thomas Harris may also refer to: Politicians * Thomas Harris (Serjeant-at-Law) (1547–1610), English politician, MP for Truro, Callington, Portsmouth and Bossiney * Thomas Harris (died 1622), MP for Maldon * Thomas Harris (died 1628) (1550–1628), MP for Shrewsbury *Thomas K. Harris (died 1816), US congressman from Tennessee *Thomas L. Harris (1816–1858), U.S. Representative from Illinois * Thomas Harris (mayor) (1817–1884), Canadian mayor of Victoria, British Columbia *Thomas R. Harris (1836–1894), political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *Thomas Alexander Harris (1826–1895), Confederate politician & Missouri State Guard (Confederate) general *Thomas Harris (Irish politician) (1895–1974), Irish politician Military *Thomas Alexander Harris (1826–1895), Missouri State Guard (Confederate) general and Confederate Congressman, American Civil War *Thomas James Harris (1892–1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harris
William Thomas Harris III (born 1940/1941) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, the most notable being '' The Silence of the Lambs'', which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in major categories.Conklin 1999 Biography Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in grade school and then blossomed in high school. He attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he majored in English and graduated in 1964. While in college, he worked as a reporter for the local newspaper, the '' Waco Tribune-Herald'', covering the police beat. In 1968, he moved to New York City to work for ''Associated Press'' until 1974 when he began work on his debut novel, '' Black Sunday''. Personal life Little is known about Harris' pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harris (cricketer)
Thomas Harris (9 May 1845 – 28 March 1918) was an English soldier and amateur cricketer who was born in British India. He was born at Bellary in British India in 1845.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 224–225.Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) Harris served with the British army from 1863 to 1893, rising to the rank of Major when he retired.Lieutenant-colonels , 1894, p.46a. Retrieved 2017-10-23. He served with the |
Tomás Harris
Tomás "Tommy" Joseph Harris (10 April 1908 – 27 January 1964) was a Spanish-speaking MI6 officer who worked with Juan Pujol García, an important double agent for the British during World War II, in what became known as the Garbo deception. Born of a Spanish mother, Enriqueta Rodriguez, and an English father, Lionel Harris, an art dealer specialising in Spanish paintings, he grew up in a Jewish household in Hampstead, his mother having converted to Judaism at the time of the marriage, Harris continued his father's successful art dealing business, and was essentially an amateur artist himself. Harris had an important collection of Spanish prints, especially those of Goya, which was mostly acquired by the British Museum after his death. In fact, Harris, while still alive, had placed his collection on indefinite loan in the British Museum. The British Museum has 708 objects formerly in his collection, including 22 prints he made himself, and in 1981 published Juli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Britton Harris IV
Thomas Britton "Britt" Harris IV was the chief investment officer of the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company. The investment management company oversees the assets of The University of Texas and Texas A&M University. In 2013 Harris was announced as the recipient of the ''aiCIO'' Lifetime Achievement Award. He founded and has led Titans of Investing since 2006. Career Harris graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in finance in 1980. He began his career at Texas Utilities, leaving to join Asea Brown Boveri. He was then named chief investment officer of Verizon Investment Management, Verizon Communications' employee benefit trust. He subsequently left Verizon to serve as the chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates, at the time the largest hedge fund in the world. Harris spent only six months at Bridgewater due to a culture fit problem, however Ray Dalio, the firm's founder and chief executive following Harris' departure, noted that "Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Spencer Harris
Thomas Spencer Harris (1836 or 1831 – 1893) was an early California newspaperman. Born in 1836 (or 1831) in Ohio, Harris probably hailed from Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U .... He traveled to the Pacific Coast in 1859, and three years later, joined the 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry. From 1874 through 1883, he worked as an editor and newspaper publisher in California mining camps, and founded ten newspapers, including the ''Panamint News'' (November 26, 1874), the first in the Death Valley area. References 1830s births 1893 deaths 19th-century American newspaper founders 19th-century American newspaper editors 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Businesspeople from Cleveland Death Valley American male journalists 19th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bradley Harris
Thomas Bradley Harris (October 29, 1826 in New York City; – May 22, 1866 in Ellena, Borneo) was an American businessman and co-founder of the American colony of "Ellena" together with Joseph William Torrey on the island of Borneo. Early life Harris was born in New York on October 29, 1826. He was a professional merchant for ship equipment at the corner of South Street and Maiden Lane. At the first, he was working alone but later with his business partner named Nathan Gilette Pond, where they established the Harris & Pond company. The business premises had already opened by his father in 1805, and since working there they began to exported large quantities of butter to British Hong Kong. This export business was so successful that the trademark was soon copied by other exporters and stuck on its own goods. Further career In 1862, Harris left New York to set up his own branch of business in Hong Kong and put an end to unfair business competition in his country. He left hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Maxwell Harris
Professor Thomas Maxwell Harris FRS (8 January 1903 – 1 May 1983)HARRIS, Thomas Maxwell ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 was an English . Education and career He was educated at , York, Wyggeston School, Leicester, and |
Thomas Allen Harris
Thomas Allen Harris is a critically acclaimed, interdisciplinary artist who explores family, identity, and spirituality in a participatory practice. Since 1990, Harris has remixed archives from multiple origins throughout his work, challenging hierarchy within historical narratives through the use of pioneering documentary and research methodologies that center vernacular image and collaboration. He is currently working on a new television showFamily Pictures USA which takes a radical look at neighborhoods and cities of the United States through the lens of family photographs, collaborative performances, and personal testimony sourced from their communities.. Harris’ participatory practice grew out of deeply collaborative work he engaged in early in his career with a vanguard of queer filmmakers of color, including Cheryl Dunye, Yvonne Welbon, Raul Ferrera Balanquet, Shari Frilot, and Marlon Riggs. As a staff producer for WNET (New York’s PBS affiliate) on their show THE ELEVEN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lake Harris
Thomas Lake Harris (May 15, 1823 – March 23, 1906) was an Anglo- American preacher, spiritualistic prophet, poet, and vintner. Harris is best remembered as the leader of a series of communal religious experiments, culminating with a group called the Brotherhood of the New Life in Santa Rosa, California. Biography Early life Thomas Lake Harris was born May 15, 1823, at Fenny Stratford in Buckinghamshire, England. His parents were strict Calvinistic Baptists and very poor. When Harris was five years old his parents emigrated from England, settling in the town of Utica, New York.Hinds, William Alfred (1908) American Communities and Co-operative Colonies'. Second Revision. Chicago, IL: Charles H. Kerr & Co., pg. 422. His mother died when he was still a young boy and Harris was forced by circumstances to help support the family from the age of 9. At the age of 21 Harris became a Universalist minister, preaching to the congregation of the Fourth Universalist Society in the City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Anthony Harris
Thomas Anthony Harris (April 18, 1910 – May 4, 1995) was an American psychiatrist and author who became famous for his self-help manual ''I'm OK, You're OK'' (1967).THOMAS A. HARRIS Psychiatrist and Author obituary in , May 7, 1995 The book was a bestseller and its name became a during the 1970s. Career Harris received his Bachelor of Science degree from the |
Thomas Harris (theatre Manager)
Thomas Harris (died 1820) was an English theatre manager, who became proprietor of Covent Garden Theatre. Life His background was in business. In the autumn of 1767, with George Colman the elder, John Rutherford, and William Powell, he purchased from John Beard the patent of Covent Garden Theatre. The theatre opened 14 September 1767, with '' The Rehearsal'', in which Powell spoke a prologue by William Whitehead. Colman took on a management role, but a serious quarrel broke outbetween Harris and Colman arose during the first season, driven by the ambitions of Jane Lessingham, an actress with whom Harris lived. Colman, with whom Powell sided, barricaded the theatre, and Harris, supported by Rutherford, broke it forcibly open. Legal proceedings and a pamphlet war followed. On 23 July 1770 a legal decision of the commissioners of the Great Seal reinstated Colman as acting manager, subject to the advice and inspection, but not the control, of his fellows. Powell meanwhile had died 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harris (surgeon)
Thomas Harris (January 3, 1784March 4, 1861) was a U.S. naval officer. He served as the second chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Career Harris was born in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, to William Harris and Mary Campbell Harris. He attended the Brandywine Academy in Chester County. On 19 April 1809, Dr. Harris graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania. He entered the U.S. naval service during the War of 1812, and remained there for the rest of his life. He was appointed a surgeon in the navy on 20 July 1812. On 22 September of that year he was ordered to the then commanded by Jacob Jones. He thus took part in the celebrated engagement between the ''Wasp'' and on 18 October, in which the ''Frolic'' was captured. Later in the day, the ''Wasp'' and her prize were taken by the British ship of the line HMS ''Poictiers'' and carried to Bermuda. The officers and crew of the ''Wasp'' were shortly returned to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
