Thomas Hancock may refer to:
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Thomas Hancock (merchant)
Thomas Hancock (July 17, 1703August 1, 1764) was an American merchant and politician best known for being the uncle of Founding Father and statesman John Hancock. The son of an Anglican preacher, Thomas Hancock rose from obscurity to become one ...
(1703–1764), Boston businessman, uncle of John Hancock
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Thomas Hancock (physician)
Thomas Hancock (1783 – 6 April 1849) was an Irish physician.
Biography
Hancock was born in 1783 of Quaker parents in the south of County Antrim, was educated at Ackford, Yorkshire, was apprenticed to a surgeon at Waterford, and graduated M.D. ...
(1783–1849), Irish physician
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Thomas Hancock (inventor)
Thomas Hancock (8 May 1786 – 26 March 1865), elder brother of inventor Walter Hancock, was an English self-taught manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry. He invented the masticator, a machine that shredded rubber scra ...
(1786–1865), English inventor who founded the British rubber industry
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Thomas Hancock (VC)
Thomas Hancock VC (July 1823 – 12 March 1871) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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(1823–1871), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
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