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Thomas Perry (football Referee)
Thomas Perry is the name of: Politics * Thomas C. Perry (1941–2017), American politician and former president of Perry's Ice Cream * Thomas Erskine Perry (1806–1913), British Liberal politician and judge in India * Thomas Johns Perry (1807–1871), Congressman from Maryland * Thomas Perry (Australian politician) (1914–1998) Other * Thomas Perry (luthier) (1738–1818), Irish violin maker * Thomas Sergeant Perry (1845–1928), American editor, critic, translator, and historian * Thomas O. Perry (1847–1927), American mechanical engineer in wind power * Thomas Perry (priest) (1908–1989), Irish Dean of Clonmacnoise, 1961–1979 * Thomas Perry (author) Thomas Perry (born 1947) is an American mystery and thriller novelist. He received a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel. Writings Perry's work has covered a variety of fictional suspense starting with ''Th ... (born 1947), American mystery novelist See also * Tom Perry (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Erskine Perry
Sir Thomas Erskine Perry (20 July 1806 – 22 April 1882) was a British Liberal politician and judge in India. After serving as chief justice of the supreme court in Bombay and as a Member of Parliament in Britain, he served as a member of the Council of India for 21 years. Early and personal life Perry was born in Wimbledon to James Perry and his wife, Anne, in 1806. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, before studying in Munich. Perry unsuccessfully stood for the seat of Chatham at the 1832 general election. Perry married Louisa McElkiney in 1834. After her death in India in 1841, he married Elizabeth Margaret Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, second daughter of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt, in 1855. Career Perry was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1827 before moving to the Inner Temple in 1832. He was called to the bar in 1834 and worked as a law reporter. He was appointed to serve as a judge of the supreme court in Bombay and was kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Johns Perry
Thomas Johns Perry (February 17, 1807 – June 27, 1871) was an American politician. Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Perry completed preparatory studies and also studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Cumberland soon thereafter. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1834 to 1836 and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ..., serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. After Congress, Perry served as associate judge of the sixth judicial district of Maryland from 1851 to 1861 and again from 1864 to 1871. He was also a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. He died in Cumbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Perry (Australian Politician)
Thomas Oswald Perry (17 January 1914 – 8 March 1998) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1965 to 1977. Perry was born in Collie to Lillian Cunningham (née Liddle) and Charles Leonard Perry. He left school at the age of 13, working on his father's farm in Darkan which he eventually took over. Perry served on the West Arthur Shire Council from 1946 to 1965, and was shire president from 1949 to 1958. He entered parliament at the 1965 state election, winning election to the new Lower Central Province The Lower Central Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council, located in the South West (Western Australia), South West and Great Southern (Western Australia), .... Perry was re-elected to a second six-year term at the 1971 election, and retired from parliament at the 1977 election. He died in Collie in March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Perry (luthier)
Thomas Perry ( ga, Tomás de Poire; – November 1818) was an Irish luthier who introduced a type of bowed psaltery known as the cither viol or sultana. He is regarded as one of Ireland's most influential violin makers and is often referred to as 'The Irish Stradivari'. Perry's output was quite prolific and his shop has been credited with making over 4,000 instruments. His violins are usually numbered on the button and inscribed just below the button "PERRY DUBLIN". Biography Perry was probably born in County Laois, Ireland to John Perry, an established violin maker (died 1787), and worked in the Temple Bar of Dublin. Career Perry followed in the footsteps of his father, and began working as a luthier in his shop in Dublin. His earliest documented violin is dated 1764. Perry took over his fathers shop around 1766 and by 1770, Perry had established his business in nearby Anglesea Street. Perry operated the business until he died in 1818. His will indicates that he left his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sergeant Perry
Thomas Sergeant Perry (1845–1928) was an American editor, academic, literary critic, literary translator, and literary historian. He was a lifelong friend and associate of Henry James and a member of the faculty at Harvard University. Early life Thomas Sergeant Perry was born on January 23, 1845, in Newport, Rhode Island. His parents were Christopher Grant Perry and Frances Sergeant Perry. His paternal grandparents were Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, and Elizabeth Champlin Mason Perry. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Sergeant, a judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and Sarah Bache Sergeant. His father's family line goes back to Edward Perry and Mary Freeman Perry who lived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1635. On his mother's side, one of his ancestors is Benjamin Franklin; Perry was his great-great-grandson. He was a childhood friend of Henry James, with whom he attended Reverend W.C. Leverett's school in Newport, Rhode Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Perry (priest)
Thomas Victor Perry (1908-1989) was Dean of Clonmacnoise from 1961 until 1979. Perry was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' p774 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 He served at Carlow, Bolarum, Calicut and Madras; and, during World War II as a Chaplain to the Forces. When peace returned he served incumbencies in Kilmallock, Kilmessan and Trim before his time as Dean Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * .... References 1908 births 1989 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Clonmacnoise 20th-century Irish Anglican priests {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Perry (author)
Thomas Perry (born 1947) is an American mystery and thriller novelist. He received a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel. Writings Perry's work has covered a variety of fictional suspense starting with ''The Butcher's Boy'', which received a 1983 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best First Novel, followed by ''Metzger's Dog'', ''Big Fish'', ''Island'', and ''Sleeping Dogs''. He then launched the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series: ''Vanishing Act'' (chosen as one of the "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association), ''Dance for the Dead'', ''Shadow Woman'', ''The Face Changers'', ''Blood Money'', ''Runner'', and ''Poison Flower''. Perry developed a non-series list of mysteries with ''Death Benefits'', ''Pursuit'' (which won a Gumshoe Award in 2002), ''Dead Aim'', ''Night Life'', '' Fidelity'', and ''Strip''. ''The New York Times'' selected ''Night Life'' for its b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |