Thomas Trotter (academic)
Thomas Trotter may refer to several people: * Thomas Trotter (impresario), (1779–1851), English theatrical impresario * Thomas Trotter (physician), (1760–1832), Scottish naval doctor and abolitionist * Thomas Trotter (trade unionist), (1871–1932), English trade unionist * Thomas Trotter (musician) Thomas Andrew Trotter (born 4 April 1957) is an English concert organist. He is Birmingham City Organist, organist of St Margaret's, Westminster, visiting Fellow in Organ Studies in the Royal Northern College of Music and president of St Alba ...

Thomas Trotter (impresario)
Thomas Trotter (1779–8 September, 1851; Worthing), was an English theatrical impresario active in English provincial theatre in the early nineteenth century. He was based in Worthing, but opened theatres at a number of other locations. Theatrical career Thomas was based in Hythe, Kent when he first acted on the stage in 1794, aged 15. Trotter was a member of the Prestonian Lodge of Perfect Friendship, a freemasonic lodge founded in 1797 and meeting at the Kings's Arms, Grays, Essex. His membership documentation refers to him as a comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience dir .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Trotter, Thomas 1779 births 1851 deaths ...
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Thomas Trotter (physician)
Thomas Trotter (1760 – 1832) was a Scottish naval physician and author who was a leading medical reformer in the Royal Navy and an ardent critic of the slave trade. Trotter was born in Melrose, Roxburghshire, and studied medicine under Alexander Monro (secundus) in Edinburgh. His major work, the ''Medicina Nautica'', was published in 1802 and provides a detailed examination of the state of naval medicine during the French Revolutionary Wars. Trotter was a champion of vaccinations for naval medical staff, and as the Navy's Physician of the Fleet he required that all naval surgeons and assistants be inoculated against smallpox. Influenced by his career in the Royal Navy, Trotter was also a key figure in the development of modern theories of alcohol addiction, describing habitual alcohol consumption as a 'disease of the mind'. After an extensive naval career, Trotter retired to private practice in 1802 and died in 1832. Life Trotter was born in Roxburghshire in 1760. He enliste ...
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Thomas Trotter (trade Unionist)
Thomas Ernest Newlands Trotter (10 November 1871 – 22 November 1932) was a British trade unionist. Born in Durham, Trotter was educated at the Fulwell School in Sunderland. Orphaned in his youth, he was brought up by an aunt and uncle. In 1886, he began working as a clerk for the Durham Miners' Association (DMA). Despite never working as a miner, he was elected as an agent for the union. In 1915, he became the DMA's treasurer, and served in the post until his death. He also served on the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain on several occasions from 1916 to 1931.Margaret 'Espinasse and Anthony Mason, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.3, pp.186-187 Although Trotter did not enter politics, he was a founder member of the City of Durham branch of the Labour Party in 1918, and campaigned for the formation and entry to the Football League of Durham City A.F.C. Durham City Association Football Club is a football club based in Durham, England. ...
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