other people JamesThomson image JamesThomson 1822 1892 .JPG right 300px JamesThomson 16 Feb 1822 8 May 1892 was an engineer and physicist whose reputation is substantial though it is overshadowed by that of his younger brother William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson Lord Kelvin . Biography Born in Belfast , he grew up mostly in Glasgow . His father JamesThomson mathematician James was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1832 onward and his younger brother was to become William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin . James attended Glasgow University from a young age and graduated 1839 with high honors in his late teens. After graduation he served brief apprenticeships with practical engineers in several domains and then gave a considerable amount of his time to theoretical and mathematical engineering studies, often in collaboration with his brother, during his twenties in Glasgow. In his late twenties he entered into private practice as a professional engineer with special ... from 1884 to 1886. He died in Glasgow in 1892. Legacy JamesThomson is known for his work on the improvement ... JamesThomson s main published research reports in physics and engineering were republished as a 500 ... Thomson, James physicist cite DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1822 1892 cite book last Thomson first James title Collected Papers in Physics and Engineering by JamesThomson editor Joseph Larmor & JamesThomson publisher Cambridge University Press year 1912 url http www.archive.org details collectedpapersi00thomrich Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE ... Thomson, James Category 1822 births Category 1892 deaths Category People from Belfast Category British engineers Category Glaciologists Category Fellows of the Royal Society de JamesThomson ... including glacier motion , where he extended the work of James David Forbes . He studied the experimental ... that Thomson is the first to use the words radian , interface and apocentric in English, though he ... more details
distinguish James Thompson disambiguation James or Jamie, or Jim, or Jimmy Thomson may refer to TOC right Politicians JamesThomson Pittsburgh mayor 1790 1876 , 19th century political figure James William Thomson 1828 1907 , New Zealand politician James Francis Thomson 1891 1973 , American politician from Michigan James C. Thomson, Jr. 1931 2002 , American statesman, historian, journalist, and anti Vietnam War activist Sports Association footballers JamesThomson Scottish international footballer ... born 1884 James Hunter Thomson , Scottish born footballer whose clubs included Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth and Bury JamesThomson footballer , Scottish footballer who played for a number of clubs ... Thomson Australian rules footballer JamesThomson racing driver , 1981 British Hill Climb Championship ... Car Championship and auto racing commentator Other professions JamesThomson poet 1700 1748 , Scottish poet and playwright JamesThomson weaver poet 1763 1832 , Scottish poet JamesThomson minister 1768 1855 , Scottish editor of the Encyclop dia Britannica JamesThomson mathematician 1786 1849 , Irish professor of mathematics, father of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin JamesThomson engraver 1788 1850 , English engraver, known for his portraits JamesThomsonengineer 1822 1892 , engineer and professor, older brother of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin JamesThomson entomologist 1828 1897 JamesThomson B.V. 1834 1882 , Scottish poet, author of The City of Dreadful Night JamesThomson architect died 1927 , Scottish architect, City Architect of Dundee James M. Thomson 1878 1959 , American newspaper publisher James S. Thomson 1892 1972 , President of the University of Saskatchewan and Moderator of the United Church of Canada James F. Thomson philosopher 1921 1984 , English philosopher who devised Thomson s Lamp and coined the word supertask JamesThomson executive , current as of 2007 CEO of RAND Corporation JamesThomson cell biologist born 1958 , stem cell researcher Jamie Thomson ... more details
Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name James Sutherland Thomson honorific suffix image office Chancellor education President of the University of Saskatchewan predecessor Walter Charles Murray successor Walter P. Thompson term start 1937 term end 1949 office2 Moderator of the United Church of Canada Moderator of the United Church of Canada predecessor2 George Dorey successor2 Angus J. MacQueen term start2 1956 term end2 1958 birth date Birth date 1892 04 30 birth place Stirling, Scotland death date Death date and age 1972 11 18 1892 04 30 death place Montreal, Quebec nationality spouse party relations children residence alma mater occupation profession religion James Sutherland Thomson April 30, 1892 &ndash November 18, 1972 was a Canadian academic, President of the University of Saskatchewan , and Moderator of the United Church of Canada . Biography Born in Stirling , Scotland, he was educated at the University of Glasgow . He studied theology at Trinity College, Glasgow and was ordained into the Church of Scotland in 1920. In 1930, he was appointed professor of systematic theology and philosophy of religion at Pine Hill Divinity Hall now part of the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax Urban Area Halifax, Nova Scotia . From 1937 to 1949, he was the second President of the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II, he was general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1942 to 1943. In 1949, he became Dean of the Faculty of Divinity and professor of the philosophy of religion at McGill University . From 1956 to 1958, he was Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1942. References cite web url http www.usask.ca archives history president2.php title Archives work University of Saskatchewan accessdate May 28, 2006 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE ... November 18, 1972 PLACE OF DEATH Montreal, Quebec DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category 1892 births ... more details
other people JamesThomson File JamesThomson b1786.jpg thumb JamesThomsonJamesThomson 1786 1849 was an Irish people Irish mathematician , notable for his role in the formation of the thermodynamics school at Glasgow University . He was father of the engineer and physicist JamesThomsonengineerJamesThomson and the physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin William Thomson, Lord Kelvin , Life Born on 13 November 1786, he was fourth son of JamesThomson, a small farmer at Annaghmore, near Ballynahinch , County Down the house was later called Spamount , by his wife, Agnes Nesbit. His early education was from his father. At the age of eleven or twelve he had found out for himself the art of sundial dialling . His father sent him to a school at Ballykine , near Ballynahinch, kept by Samuel Edgar, father of John Edgar Rev. John Edgar . Here Thomson soon rose to be an assistant. Wishing to become a minister of the presbyterian church, he in 1810 entered Glasgow University, where he studied for several sessions, supporting himself by teaching in the Ballykine school during the summer. He graduated M.A. in 1812, and in 1814 he was appointed headmaster of the school of arithmetic, bookkeeping, and geography in the newly established Royal Belfast Academical Institution Academical Institution ... Thomson married, in 1817, Margaret, eldest daughter of William Gardiner of Glasgow she died in 1830 , by whom he had four sons and three daughters. James 1822 1892 and William, afterwards Lord Kelvin 1824 1908 , were the two elder sons. References cite DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1786 1849 External links http www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk biography ?id WH2099&type P JamesThomson at University of Glasgow http www groups.dcs.st and.ac.uk history Biographies Thomson James.html Attribution DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1786 1849 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category Irish mathematicians Category Irish Presbyterians Category People ... more details
JamesThomson died 1927 was the former City Engineer, City Architect, and Housing Director of Dundee ... and City Architect, which the latter office embraced the duties of Housing Director. Thomson was relieved of the office of City Engineer and became City Architect and Housing Director. Thomson ... time . ref Obituary Report, JamesThomson, Dundee Public Library Archive, November 10, 1927 ref .... ref name planning1927 The Courier, Pioneer in Town Planning Mr. JamesThomson Dies in Caird Hall, Friday November 10, 1927 ref Thomson s report on the development of the city issued in 1918 was an example ... 14 , 1927. ref The Courier, Funeral of Mr. JamesThomson, Nove. 15, 1927 ref Sources McKean, Charles ... in Town Planning Mr. JamesThomson Dies in Caird hall, Friday Nov. 11, 1927 The Courier, Funeral of Mr. JamesThomson, Nove. 15, 1927 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1927 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category Scottish architects Category People from Edinburgh ... Estate and the first ever district heated housing scheme at Logie, Dundee Logie . After Thomson s death in 1927 his former assistant, James MacLellan Brown , as Deputy City Architect, remodelled Burnet ... his direction. Career He became the Assistant Burgh Engineer after the constructions of Perth Road and tramlines ... 1906, he was given the post of City Engineer in succession to Mackison, becoming, in pursuance of the Council s Policy of Consolidation, the joint holder of the offices of City Architect and Engineer ... in association with his son Frank Thomson. He spent 55 years in the service of the corporation. His ... housing scheme at Logie .Thomson s ideas for extending City Centre, Dundee City Square were developed again in 1924, when the cole des Beaux Arts Ecole de Beaux Arts trained John James Burnet Sir John James Burnet was commissioned to produce designs for the east and west wings to Town square City Square ... more details
JamesThomson December 18, 1790 &ndash August 10, 1876 , served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1841 to 1842. Early life Thomson was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania , in 1790 and arrived in Pittsburgh in 1812. From 1812 to 1825, he operated a jewelry store, making and repairing watches on Market Street. In 1825, he began an engine building business. After one term as mayor, Mr. Thomson renewed his energies in the engine fabrication industry. His firm also built railroad freight cars. From 1853 until 1871, Thomson was the engineer for the Pittsburgh Gas Works . He is buried in Allegheny Cemetery . seealso List of Mayors of Pittsburgh start box succession box before William W. Irwin title Mayor of Pittsburgh years 1841&ndash 1842 after Alexander Hay mayor Alexander Hay end box Sources http www.spdconline.org history Facts PghMayors.html South Pittsburgh Development Corporation dead link date September 2010 http politicalgraveyard.com bio thompson5.html Political Graveyard Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thompson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1790 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1876 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thompson, James Category 1790 births Category 1876 deaths Category American businesspeople Category Mayors of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Category People from Franklin County, Pennsylvania ... more details
File A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems, frontispiece.png thumb portrait of Thomson from A Voice from the Nile, and Other Poems, JamesThomson November 23, 1834 &ndash June 3, 1882 , who wrote under ..., four years after Thomson s death, Henry Stephens Salt wrote his first major biography, The Life of JamesThomson B.V. . Thomson s pseudonym , Bysshe Vanolis , derives from the names of the poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Novalis . He is often distinguished from the earlier Scottish poet JamesThomson poet JamesThomson by the letters B.V. after the name. References Reflist Attribution DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1834 1882 External links Commons cat JamesThomson B.V. wikiquote Wikisource author http vasthead.com ThomsonJamesThomson Poetry Works http www.tomleonard.co.uk online poetry a prose jamesthomson bv.html Essay on The City of Dreadful Night Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1834 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1882 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category Scottish writers Thomson, James BV Category 1834 births Thomson, James BV Category 1882 deaths Thomson, James BV Category Scottish poets Thomson, James BV Category Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ... Thomson B.V. es JamesThomson B.V. la Iacobus Thomson nl JamesThomson 1834 1882 nn JamesThomson 1834 1882 pl JamesThomson B.V. ... environment. Life Thomson was born in Port Glasgow , Scotland , and, after his father suffered a stroke ... books?id 4zxQ5dr61X8C isbn 9780618493371 page 785 ref More than a decade later, Thomson ... . For the remaining 19 years of his life, starting in 1863, Thomson submitted stories, essays and poems ..., alcoholism and chronic depression which plagued Thomson s final decade. Increasingly isolated from ... Thomson s downward slide. Thomson s remaining poems rarely appear in modern anthologies, although ... more details
James Allan Thomson 1881&ndash 1928 was a notable New Zealand geologist, scientific administrator and museum director. He was born in Dunedin , Dunedin Northern Otago , New Zealand in 1881. ref name DNZB Thomson DNZB title James Allan Thomson first N. De B. last Hornibrook id 3t33 accessdate December 2011 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James Allan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Geologist, scientific administrator, museum director DATE OF BIRTH 1881 PLACE OF BIRTH Dunedin, Dunedin Northern Otago, New Zealand DATE OF DEATH 1928 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Allan Category 1881 births Category 1928 deaths Category New Zealand people NewZealand bio stub ... more details
distinguish James F. Thomson philosopher Other people2 JamesThomson disambiguation JamesThomsonJames Francis Thomson was an United States American politician from the state of Michigan . Thomson was born in Jackson County, Michigan , November 19, 1891. He was the son of James C. Thomson and Mary Dack Thomson. He resided in Jackson, Michigan Jackson became a farmer and married Florence Elvira Sanford. Thomson was a member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Jackson County 2nd District, 1929 30 defeated in primary, 1924, 1932. He was elected Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1936 1939 and Chairman of Jackson County Republican Party, 1939 1941, 1950. He was a candidate in primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan , 1940. Thomson was Jackson County Treasurer from 1943 1962. He was a delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Jackson County 2nd District, 1961 1962. He was a Methodist and member of the The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry Grange , the Freemasons , the Kiwanis , the Lions Clubs International Lions and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Odd Fellows . James F. Thomson died in Tompkins Township, Michigan Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan on April 21, 1973. References http politicalgraveyard.com bio thomson.html S1P0QVIOW Political Graveyard s start s ppo succession box before Howard C. Lawrence title Michigan Republican Party Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party years 1937&ndash 1940 after Leslie B. Butler s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James Francis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1891 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1973 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Francis Category 1891 births Category 1973 deaths Category Members of the Michigan House of Representatives Category Michigan Republican Party chairs Category Michigan Republicans Category People from Jackson County, Michigan Michigan politician stub ... more details
James Noel Thomson 1888 1979 was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War II . As part of Iraqforce Paiforce , Major General Thomson commanded the Indian 6th Infantry Division during Anglo Soviet invasion of Persia . Command history 1934 1937 Assistant Master General of Ordnance, India 1938 1941 Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command, India 1939 Aide de Camp to the King 1941 1943 General Officer Commanding, Indian 6th Infantry Division , Iraq and Persia 1943 Deputy Master General of Ordnance, India 1946 Retired See also Iraqforce References http www.generals.dk general ThomsonJames Noel Great Britain.html Profile Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1888 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1979 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson Category 1888 births Category 1979 deaths Category Indian Army World War II generals sl James Noel Thomson ... more details
James McIlhany Thomson February 13, 1878 September 25, 1959 was an United States American newspaper publisher, best known for his long tenure as head of the New Orleans States Item and his political role within the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party . Early years Thomson was born in Jefferson County, West Virginia . ref name politicalgraveyard.com See http politicalgraveyard.com bio thomson ref He attended the Johns Hopkins University , where he and fellow classmate Edgeworth Smith founded the Johns Hopkins News Letter in 1896. Career Shortly after graduating, Thomson became editor of the Norfolk, Virginia Dispatch , where he worked from 1900 1906. ref ibid. ref From 1906 to 1941, Thomson served in the position he would hold for most of his life, as publisher of the New Orleans States Item , then known simply as the Item . ref ibid. ref The New Orleans States Item was later merged with the present day Times Picayune . Political involvement Thomson married Genevieve Champ Clark in 1915, whose father, James Beauchamp Clark, had been a Democratic nominee for president in 1912. ref See http politicalgraveyard.com bio clark5.html R9M0ISMJW ref Thomson himself would serve as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920, 1924, and 1944 for the state of Louisiana . ref name politicalgraveyard.com His nephew, also named James M. Thomson Virginia James McIlhany Thomson , served as the Democratic representative of Alexandria, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly from 1956 to 1978. ref ibid. ref References Ibid date July 2010 references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James M. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1878 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1959 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James M. Category 1878 births Category 1959 deaths Category American newspaper publishers people Category Johns Hopkins University alumni Category People from Jefferson County, West Virginia ... more details
For the weaver poet of the same name JamesThomson weaver poet other people JamesThomson Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name JamesThomson image JamesThomson Scottish ... JamesThomson 11 September 1700 &ndash 27 August 1748 was a Scotland Scottish poet and playwright ..., 1700 1725 JamesThomson was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire around 11 September 1700 and baptised ... of the Life and Writings of Mr. JamesThomson , in The Works of JamesThomson 1762 , vol. i, p.i. ref The fourth of nine children of Thomas Thomson and Beatrix Thomson n e Trotter . ref Sambrook, James, JamesThomson 1700 1748 A Life Oxford Clarendon Press, 1991 ref Beatrix Thomson was born in Fogo ... Sheilds , Mr JamesThomson in Theophilus Cibber , Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland ... . ref name accessed 2 May 2008 James Sambrook, Thomson, James 1700 1748 , Oxford Dictionary of National ... Divinity Hall to become a minister. ref Drennon, Herbert, JamesThomson s Contact with Newtonianism ... to publish his verse. ref name accessed 2 May 2008 Image JThomson.gif right thumb JamesThomson ... . Thomson, James. The Seasons, by ... A New Edition. Adorned with A Set of Engravings, from Original ... Heron , Perth R. Morison, 1793 Thomson, James. Poems , edited by William Bayne 1858 1922 William Bayne , London Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1900 , Series The Canterbury poets . Thomson, James. The Seasons ... ISBN 0 19 812713 8. Thomson, James. Liberty, The Castle of Indolence and other poems , edited with introduction ... Bayne 1858 1922 Bayne, William , Life of JamesThomson , Edinburgh Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier ... links Commons JamesThomson wikiquote NSRW Poster JamesThomson cite DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1700 1748 http rpo.library.utoronto.ca poet 329.html Selected Poetry of JamesThomson 1700 1748 , Representative ... . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 11 September 1700 PLACE ..., London Richmond upon Thames , England DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category 1700 births Category 1748 ... more details
Dr. James A. Thomson was the RAND Corporation s president and chief executive officer from August 1989 through October 2011 and a member of the RAND staff since 1981. Professional History Dr. Thomson previously served as director of RAND s research programs in national security, foreign policy, defense policy, and arms control vice president in charge of the Project AIR FORCE division and executive vice president. From 1977 to January 1981, Dr. Thomson was a member of the United States National Security Council National Security Council staff at the White House , where he was primarily responsible for defense and arms control matters related to Europe. He was on the staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense , 1974 1977. Affiliations Dr. Thomson is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations , New York the International Institute for Strategic Studies , London and the board of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council . He is a director of AK Steel Corporation , Encysive Pharmaceuticals , and Object Reservoir . Education Dr. Thomson holds a B.S. in physics from the University of New Hampshire 1967 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Purdue University . He was a postdoctoral research associate in physics 1972 and did basic research in experimental nuclear physics 1972 1974 at the University of Wisconsin Madison . He has honorary doctorates from Purdue University , Pepperdine University , and the University of New Hampshire . Articles http www.rand.org pubs authors t thomsonjames a.html Unclassified Work at RAND External links http www.physics.purdue.edu alumni hondegree thomson.shtml Doctor of Science honorary degree recipient http www.enterpriseleadership.org listen podcast thomsonJamesThomson Mission Possible Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people ... more details
JamesThomson 1768 1855 was a Scottish minister and editor of the Encyclop dia Britannica Third Edition Encyclop dia Britannica . Life Born in May 1768 at Crieff in Perthshire , was the second son of John Thomson by his wife, Elizabeth Ewan Thomas Thomson chemist Thomas Thomson was his younger brother. James was educated at the parish school, and afterwards went to Edinburgh University . He was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Haddington on 6 August 1793, and frequently assisted his uncle, John Ewan, minister of Whittingham, East Lothian . On 26 August 1805 Thomson was ordained minister of Eccles, Berwickshire . In 1842 he received the honorary degree of D.D. from the university of St. Andrews , and in 1847 he resigned his charge and retired to Edinburgh. In 1854 he moved to London, where he died on 28 November 1855. Works In 1795 Thomson became associated with George Gleig , bishop of Brechin, as co editor of the third edition of the Encyclop dia Britannica . He wrote articles himself, including those on Scripture , Septuagint , and Superstition that on Scripture was retained in later editions. During the same period he prepared an edition of The Spectator with short biographies of the contributors Newcastle, 1799, 8 volumes . In 1796 he became tutor to the sons of John Stirling ... in Berwickshire in his brother s Annals of Philosophy . Family On 10 October 1805 Thomson married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James Skene of Aberdeen , second son of George Skene of Skene, Aberdeenshire . She died in 1851, leaving three sons Robert Dundas ThomsonJamesThomson, chairman of the government bank of Madras Andrew Skene Thomson and a daughter Eliza. References cite DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1768 1855 Attribution DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1768 1855 DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James ... were contributors to the Literary Journal founded in 1803 by James Mill , James writing the philosophic .... Thomson was also the author of Rise, Progress, and Consequences of the new Opinions and Principles ... more details
Refimprove date September 2011 Notability date September 2011 Professor Samuel James Sam Thomson 27 September 1922 4 March 2006 was a Scottish chemist and author, and was Reader, Titular Professor and Director of Chemical Laboratories at the University of Glasgow . Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton , South Lanarkshire , Thomson was educated at Hamilton Academy . He entered the University of Glasgow in 1940, interrupting his studies to join the army in 1943. Commissioned into the Royal Signals Thomson served as a Lieutenant in India and Malaya and, returning to Glasgow in 1946, graduated BSc in 1947 and PhD in 1951, and later, DSc in 1966. File Westquad.JPG thumb University of Glasgow West Quadrangle right After six years as Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Durham 1951 57 , Thomson returned to the University of Glasgow as Lecturer in Chemistry, thereafter promoted to Senior Lecturer, in 1961 Reader, in 1968 and, in 1973, Titular Professor. In 1970 Thomson had also been ... University of Glasgow Archive Services title Papers of Samuel JamesThomson, 1922 2006, chemist, director ... title Biography of Samuel JamesThomson accessdate 18 October 2010 cite web url http www.martinfrost.ws ... s Who title Samuel JamesThomson accessdate 29 October 2010 cite web url http www.rse.org.uk fellowship obits obits alpha thomson sj.pdf publisher Royal Society of Edinburgh title Samuel JamesThomson ... see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Thomson, Samuel James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish chemist ... OF DEATH 4 March 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, Samuel James Category 1922 births Category ... and Head of Department, a post he held until he retired in September 1987. Thomson went on to serve ..., and Fellow in 1955, Thomson was also a member of the Chemical Society , and the Faraday Society . From ... of nuclear warfare. Professor Thomson was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on the 4 March 1974. Author of numerous articles and papers, Thomson co wrote, with Professor Geoffrey ... more details
James McIlhany Thomson August 9, 1924 July 24, 2001 was a member Virginia House of Delegates representing Alexandria, Virginia from 1956 1977. He was Democratic Party United States Democratic Floor Leader of the House from 1968 until his retirement in 1977. Early life and education James M. Thomson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 9, 1924. He was named after his uncle James M. Thomson , the renowned editor of the New Orleans States Item . Thomson attended St. James Episcopal School, in Maryland. He served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II and graduated in 1946 from the Virginia Military Institute and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1950. ref http dela.state.va.us dela Membios.nsf 94f6e9b9c9b5678f85256b1b00732227 d288211980333fd485256c30004e235d?OpenDocument Virginia House of Delegates website ref Political career Thomson was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1955 and served until 1977. From 1968 until 1977, he was the Democratic Floor Leader of the House. Nicknamed Landslide Jim for a number of very close elections. He lost his House seat in the 1977 election by a one term republican and went on to be appointed Commissioner of Insurance for Virginia. Death Thomson died on July 24, 2001 in Berryville, Virginia and was buried in the Thomson family plot at the Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town, WV with his parents and brothers and two aunts. A sister, Gretchen Thomson Byrd, married to Harry F. Byrd, Jr. of Virginia, is buried in the Byrd family plot in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. References reflist 2 s start s par us va hs succession box title Virginia House, District 5 before Newly Created District after Stafford C. Jefferson years 1956 1971 s end Persondata NAME Thomson, James M. ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomson, James McIlhany SHORT DESCRIPTION Former Democratic leader of the Virginia House of Delegates ... Thomson, James M. Category 1924 births Category 2001 deaths Category United States Marines ... more details
Image ArcanaNaturae Frontis.jpg thumb 230px Frontispiece of Arcana Naturae JamesThomson 1828 1897 was an United States American entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera . JamesThomson was of independent means and for most of life lived in France . His collection of Cerambycidae , Buprestidae , Cetoniinae and Lucanidae was eventually sold to Ren Oberth r He was a Member of the Soci t entomologique de France . JamesThomson is not to be confused with Carl Gustaf Thomson 1824 1899 also an entomologist. Image Arcana Naturae 2.jpg thumb 230px left Plate of Arcana Naturae illustrating Batocera wallacei Works Partial list 1857 Monographie des Cicind lides ou, Expos m thodique et critique des tribus, genres et esp ces de cette famille par JamesThomson Paris J. B. Bailli re,1857 http www.biodiversitylibrary.org creator 7443 1858 Voyage au Gabon. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes et des Arachnides recueillis pendant un voyage fait au Gabon en 1856 et en 1857 par M. Henry C. Deyrolle sous les auspices de MM. Le Comte de Mniszech et JamesThomson. Archives Entomologiques , Paris 2 frontispiece 472 p., 14 pls. 1859 Physis Arcana Naturae ou Receuil d Histoire Naturelle .Paris, chez J.B. Bailli re et Fils, 1859. Frontispiece by Hercule Nicolet 1860 1861 Essai d une classification de la famille des C rambycides et mat riaux pour servir une monographie de cette famille , Paris http www.cerambycoidea.com papersEl.asp?Lett T 1864 Thomson, J. 1864. Systema Cerambycidarum ou expos de tous les genres compris dans la famille des c rambycides et familles limitrophes. M moires of the Societe Royale des Sciences de Li ge 19 1 540. 1877 Typi cerambycidarum Musei Thomsoniani Paris, mile Deyrolle ... illustrations d insectes nouveaux ou rares, par JamesThomson http www.biodiversitylibrary.org item ... . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1828 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1897 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category American entomologists Category ... more details
References reflist commonscat cite DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1788 1850 Attribution DNB wstitle Thomson, James 1788 1850 DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category 1788 births Category 1850 deaths Category ...File Thomas Frognall Dibdin.jpg thumb Thomas Frognall Dibdin , engraving by Thomson after Thomas Phillips . JamesThomson 1788 1850 was an English engraver, known for his portraits. He completed his apprenticeship in engraving and then established himself independently, following the dot and stipple style. His engravings and paintings featured both leading figures of his day and those of previous periods. Life He was baptised on 5 May 1788 at Mitford, Northumberland , where his father JamesThomson, who later became vicar of Ormesby in Yorkshire , was then acting as curate . He was sent to London to be articled to an engraver named Mackenzie. After completing and apprenticeship with Mackenzie, he worked for two years under Anthony Cardon , and then established himself independently. He became an accomplished engraver in the dot and stipple style, Thomson died at his house in Albany Street , London, on 27 September 1850. clear Works Image Elizabeth Pepys.jpg thumb 220px Elisabeth Pepys in a stipple engraving by JamesThomson engraver JamesThomson , after a 1666 painting now destroyed by John Hayls . ref http www.npg.org.uk collections search portrait.php?LinkID mp03509&rNo 2&role sit National Portrait Gallery website Elizabeth sic Pepys ref Working mainly on portraits, Thomson was engaged for major illustrated works. These included Edmund Lodge s Portraits of Illustrious Personages , Fisher s National Portrait Gallery of Henry Fisher, Son and Jackson, edited by William Jerdan , Horace Walpole s Anecdotes of Painting , Charles Heath s Book of Beauty , Anne Mee s Gallery of Beauties , the Keepsake , the Court Magazine , and Ancient Marbles in the British Museum . Single plates ... Lawrence, 1827 John Wesley , after John Jackson painter John Jackson , 1828 Charles James Blomfield ... more details
for the 1870s footballer JamesThomson Scottish international footballer JamesThomson born in Dumbarton was a Scotland Scottish professional association football footballer . His regular position was as an outside left . During his career, he played for a number of clubs, including Clydebank F.C. Clydebank , Renton F.C. Renton , Manchester United F.C. Manchester United , Dumbarton Harp F.C. Dumbarton Harp and St. Mirren F.C. St. Mirren . During his time at Manchester United, he made six appearances, scoring one goal, during the 1913 14 Football League season. ref cite book last Joyce first Michael title Football League Players Records 1888 to 1939 publisher SoccerData Tony Brown location Nottingham year 2004 page 259 isbn 978 1 899468 67 6 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish footballer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category 19th century births Category Year of death missing Category Scottish footballers Category Association football wingers Category Clydebank F.C. players Category Manchester United F.C. players Category St. Mirren F.C. players Category Dumbarton Harp F.C. players Category The Football League players Category Renton F.C. players Scotland footy midfielder stub ... more details
Tun Dato Sir James Beveridge Thomson , SSM, PNM, PJK born 24 March 1902, date of death unknown , was the first Chief Justice of the independent Federation of Malaya . Born in Clydebank , Scotland , and graduating from Edinburgh University with first class honours in History, he was called to the English Bar Middle Temple in 1929. Upon the formation of Malaysia , Thomson served as the first Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia until 31 May 1966. References John Victor Morais, Selected Speeches, 1967 John Victor Morais, The Who s who in Malaysia, 1965 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James Beveridge ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish lawyer and judge DATE OF BIRTH 24 March 1902 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Beveridge Category 1902 births Category Year of death missing Category Malaysian judges Category Malaysian people of Scottish descent Category Scottish judges Category Chief Justices of Malaysia Category People from Clydebank Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Barristers and advocates Scotland law bio stub Malaysia bio stub ... more details
For the earlier poet of the same name JamesThomson poet other people JamesThomson Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name JamesThomson image birth date birth date 10 ... Allan Ramsay poet Allan Ramsay JamesThomson 10 September 1763 &ndash 1832 was a Scotland Scottish ... When JamesThomson was born on 10 September 1763 in Edinburgh, his parents were too poor to bring ... e h Cite web last Henderson first Ella title JamesThomson url http www.ma.hw.ac.uk ccc thomson.html ... needed his razors sharpened, and when he sent them to Thomson they were returned well sharpened along with suitable verses for the occasion. ref harvnb Thomson 1801 pp viii ix ref Works With the minister s encouragement, a book of Poems, in the Scottish dialect by JamesThomson, Weaver in Kinleith ... named the Poet s Burn , after JamesThomson, the Weaver Poet , and it runs down the steeply sloping ... e h References reflist Citation last Thomson first James author link title Poems, in the Scottish ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 10 September ... DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James Category 1763 births Category 1832 deaths Category Scottish poets .... The farm where Thomson lived lies higher up the Kinleith Burn to the south of Currie Kirk, and is now ... accessdate 2011 10 16 ref When six years old, Thomson was sent to the History of education in Scotland ... by heart. ref harvnb Thomson 1801 pp iii iv ref He was apprenticed as a weaver when 13 years old, learning ... eyesight soon picked up. Thomson also returned to school to learn to write, but his handwriting remained ..., and for a while Thomson and his wife lived in the parish of Colinton before returning to Kenleith. His weaving supported his family and his grandmother. ref harvnb Thomson 1801 pp v vi ref Thomson ... alive, though not in health. ref harvnb Thomson 1801 p 45 ref A set of four love songs describes ..., p But sad in grief now I maun mourn, p Far, far frae her, o er Logan burn. ref harvnb Thomson ... more details
for the US politician James Francis Thomson other people JamesThomsonJames F. Thomson 1921 1984 was a British philosopher who devised the puzzle of Thomson s lamp a variation on Zeno s paradox , to argue against the possibility of supertask s a word he also coined. Academic career Thomson was born in London in 1921 and graduated from the University of London in 1949. He was an assistant in the Department of Philosophy, and John Stuart Mill Scholar at University College, London , from 1949&ndash 1950. He was Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Harvard and Princeton from 1950&ndash 1951 assistant lecturer at University College from 1951&ndash 1953 and University Lecturer in Moral Science at the University of Cambridge from 1953&ndash 1956. Thomson was appointed Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Corpus Christi College , Oxford , in 1956, and also University Lecturer at Columbia University . He was visiting ... life In 1962 he married the American philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson . They separated in 1976 and divorced in 1980 they remained colleagues until JamesThomson s death in 1984. ref cite web url http jwa.org encyclopedia article thomson judith jarvis work Jewish Women s Archive title Thomson, Judith Jarvis accessdate 23 October 2011 ref Thomson s lamp main Thomson s lamp In a seminal 1954 article ref cite journal last Thomson first James F. title Tasks and Super Tasks journal Analysis volume ... . Analysis XI 1950 51 , pp. 91 101. ref Thomson considered the successful completion of an infinite ... of supertasks, he introduced Thomson s lamp, a thought experiment similar to Paradoxes of Zeno ... to the ordered sequence t 0, t 0.5, t 0.75, t 0.875, ... According to Thomson, although the lamp ... criticised Thomson s argument, by pointing out that the states of the lamp during the experiment do not logically determine the final state of the lamp when t 1. Thomson s conditions for the experiment ... References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thompson, James F. ALTERNATIVE ... more details
Other people Jamie Thomson Infobox scientist name James Alexander Thomson image filename only image size ... signature filename only footnotes James Alexander Thomson born December 20, 1958 is an United ... JamesThomson, discovery trumps fame , article from the University of Wisconsin Madison s alumni magazine http www.msnbc.msn.com id 8303756 Stem cell pioneer does a reality check , MSNBC interview with JamesThomson http www.nature.com stemcells 2008 0808 080814 full stemcells.2008.118.html Nature Reports Stem Cells Q&A with JamesThomson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park , Illinois , United States DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, James ... Category University of California, Santa Barbara faculty Category Living people de JamesThomson Zellbiologe es James Alexander Thomson fr James Alexander Thomson ..., J. et al., Science 2007, 318, 1917 1920. ref Thomson s research Human embryonic stem cells can ... and testing, and as a source of cells and tissues for transplantation medicine. In 1998, Thomson ... their derivation involved the destruction of a human embryo. In 2007, Thomson s group contemporaneously ... 1894. ref Education Thomson graduated with a B.S. in biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana ... at the Wistar Institute . Thomson also spent two years 1989 91 as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Primate ... Snags Father of Stem Cell Research Jamie Thomson Setting Up Shop in SB , Santa Barbara Independent ... , May, 4, 2010. ref Awards Thomson is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences National ... Influential People, Time Magazine , May 12, 2008. ref In 2011, Thomson was co recipient, with Dr ... discovery.wisc.edu home morgridge research regenerative biology Morgridge Institute for Research, Thomson Lab http www.lifesci.ucsb.edu mcdb faculty thomson University of California, Santa Barbara Molecular ... more details
Infobox journalist name Robert JamesThomson image caption birthname birth date birth date 1961 03 11 df y birth place Torrumbarry , Australia death date death place education occupation journalist , editing editor alias title Dr. family spouse Wang Ping Robert JamesThomson born 11 March 1961 is an Australian journalist and the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal . He is former editing editor of The Times newspaper in London, England. On 20 May 2008 News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch named Thomson as the paper s new managing editor, succeeding Marcus Brauchli. Thomson holds both the managing editor position as well as the position of editor in chief of Dow Jones & Co., the News Corp. unit that publishes the Journal, according to News Corp. ref name NYTMAG http nymag.com daily intel 2008 04 rupert murdoch and robert thom.html Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thomson A Tale of the Tape Daily Intel New York News Blog New York Magazine Bot generated title ref Biography Thomson was born in Torrumbarry ... of the First XVIII football team. In 1977, Thomson gained a profound interest in tennis ... Thomson became Editor of the US edition of the Financial Times in the summer of 1998, taking ... in London, overseeing the paper s extensive network of correspondents. Thomson had been a correspondent ... True Fiction, published by Penguin Books . Under Thomson, The Times paid more attention to international ... 100 compact. Thomson is married to Wang Ping, the daughter of a general in the Chinese People s Liberation ... Dr Robert Thomson, was given an honorary doctorate and was a keynote speaker at RMIT University s Dec ... publiclectures Robert Thomson lecture online From the editorial desk of The Times , RMIT School of Applied ... Editor of The Times years 2002 2007 after James Harding journalist James Harding s end The Times editors Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, Robert William ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, Robert William Category 1961 births Category Living people Category ... more details
James William Thomson 1828 1907 was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand . Early life Thomson was born in Scotland . He obtained his education at the University of Edinburgh , where he obtained an Master of Arts Scotland MA . He came to New Zealand in 1859 and settled in Balclutha, New Zealand Balclutha . ref name NZETC Thomson cite book title The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Wellington Provincial District year 1897 url http www.nzetc.org tm scholarly tei Cyc01Cycl t1 body d3 d9 d51.html publisher The Cyclopedia of New Zealand author Cyclopedia Company Limited accessdate 27 September 2010 location Wellington chapter Mr. James William Thomson ref Political career Provincial Council He was elected onto the Otago Province Otago Provincial Council in 1864. He remained on the Provincial Council until its abolition in 1876. ref name NZETC Thomson Member of Parliament NZ parlbox header nolist true align right NZ parlbox electorate Clutha New Zealand electorate Clutha party Independent politician start New Zealand general election, 1871 1871 end 75 term 5th NZ parlbox electorate Clutha party Independent politician start New Zealand general election, 1875 76 1876 end 79 term 6th NZ ... Member of Parliament for Bruce years 1890&ndash 1892 s aft after James Allen New Zealand James Allen end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, James William ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Thomson, James William Category Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category 1828 births ... 15th NZ parlbox footer Thomson represented the Clutha New Zealand electorate Clutha electorate from ... resigned. ref name Wilson cite book last Wilson first James Oakley title New Zealand parliamentary ... for election in the New Zealand general election, 1893 1893 election . ref name NZETC Thomson ... Zealand general election, 1905 1905 when he retired. ref name Wilson Minister Thomson was briefly Minister of Lands in the Grey Ministry, 1877 79 Grey Ministry . ref name NZETC Thomson References ... more details
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