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Bobby Thomson Biography

baseball playerBorn: 10/25/1923Birthplace: Glasgow, ScotlandDied: 8/16/2010 (Savannah, Ga.) Robert Brown Thomson came to the United States at age 2 and grew up…

Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron, 1871–1937, British physicist, b. New Zealand. Rutherford left New Zealand in 1895, having earned three degrees from the Univ. of New Zealand…

Thomson, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Charles, 1729–1824, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Co. Londonderry (now Derry), Ireland. Emigrating to America in 1739, he later taught school and became a…

Thomson, Sir George Paget

(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Sir George Paget, 1892–1975, English physicist; son of Sir Joseph John Thomson. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Aberdeen (1922–30) and from 1930 to 1952…

Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, BaronSydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baronsĭdˈənəm [key], 1799–1841, British statesman. Entering Parliament (1826) as a Liberal with…

Coffin, Charles Albert

(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Charles Albert, 1844–1926, American businessman, b. Fairfield, Maine. After working in his uncle's shoe business in Lynn, Mass., he established his own shoe factory, Coffin and…

Stevens Thomson MASON, Congress, VA (1760-1803)

Senate Years of Service: 1794-1803 Party: Democratic Republican MASON Stevens Thomson , a Senator from Virginia; born in Chappawamsic, Stafford County, Va., December 29, 1760; attended William…

Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees, 1869–1959, Scottish physicist, educated at Manchester and Cambridge universities. He was Jacksonian professor of natural philosophy at Cambridge from 1925…