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Thomas Swan
Thomas Swan may refer to: * Thomas Swan (company), a chemicals company in England * Thomas Walter Swan (1877–1975), U.S. Court of Appeals judge * Thomas Swan (abolitionist) (1795–1857), British abolitionist Baptist minister See also * Thomas Swann (other) {{dab, hn=Swan, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Swan (company)
Founded in England in 1926, Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. is a leading independent manufacturer of performance and fine chemicals. The company manufactures over 100 products, from kilogram to multi-tonne quantities, and offers an experienced and flexible custom manufacturing service. With offices in the United States and China and a global network of distributors, Thomas Swan exports to over 80 countries worldwide and is well placed to service British and international markets. History Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. was founded by ‘Tommy’ Swan at its present site in Consett, County Durham in the North East of England. From early beginnings as a road surfacing company, using the waste product (slag) from the local steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ... industry as a raw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Walter Swan
Thomas Walter Swan (December 20, 1877 – July 13, 1975) was a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Education and career Born in Norwich, Connecticut Swan received an B.A. degree from Yale University in 1900. He graduated as a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1903. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1903 to 1916. He was a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1904, and in 1908. He was Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School from 1916 to 1927. Federal judicial service Swan was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Henry Wade Rogers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1926, and served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1951 to 1953. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1953. Swan died on July 13, 1975 at his home in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Swan (abolitionist)
Thomas Swan (1795 – 1857) was a British abolitionist baptist minister. He worked in India before leading the Cannon Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Life Swan was born in 1795. He was employed by the Baptist Missionary Society and he taught theology in Serampore College in India where his and his wife Elizabeth's first child was born. He returned to Britain in 1828 to lead the large Cannon Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. In 1837 his grateful congregation awarded him a silver medal in celebration of the chapel's centenary. In 1839 Swan became the President of the Baptist Union. and the Birmingham Anti-Slavery Society became the Birmingham Branch of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. This society was planning a major convention in 1840 with Bitmingham Quaker Joseph Sturge taking the lead. Swan was able to meet the Jamaican missionary William Knibb who Swan and Joseph Sturge had worked hard to support. They were both based in Birmingham and the frequent let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |