Thomas Brown
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Thomas Brown may refer to:
- Thomas BrunceThomas BrunceThomas Brunce was a 15th century Bishop of Rochester and then Bishop of Norwich.-Life:...
(died 1445), also known as Thomas Brown, English Bishop of Rochester & of Norwich - Thomas Brown (businessman)Thomas Brown (businessman)Thomas Brown, was the colonial era husbandman, businessman, and land speculator who along with his brother Basil acquired the bulk of the lands towards the end of the American Revolution from non-other than the somewhat infamous Thomas CresapColonel Cresap had worked with Delaware Chief Nemacolin...
(1738–1797), American husbandman, businessman, and land speculator - Thomas Brown (engineer)Thomas Brown (engineer)Thomas Brown was an English surveyor, civil engineer, businessman and landowner.Born at Disley in Cheshire, he had interests in coal-mining, particularly in the Haughton and Hyde areas of Greater Manchester, as well as lime burning and mineral extraction interests...
(1772–1850), English surveyor, engineer, businessman, and landowner - Thomas Brown (loyalist)Thomas Brown (loyalist)Thomas 'Burnfoot' Brown was an English Loyalist during the American Revolution.Intending to become a quiet colonial landowner, he lived instead a turbulent and combative career...
(1750–1825), American Revolution commander of King's Rangers in Georgia - Thomas Brown (naturalist)Thomas Brown (naturalist)Captain Thomas Brown was a British naturalist and malacologist.Born in Perth, Scotland, he was educated at the Edinburgh High School. At the age of twenty, he joined the Forfar and Kincardine Militia, raising to the rank of captain in 1811. When he was quartered in Manchester, he became...
(1785–1862), English naturalist - Thomas Brown (philosopher)Thomas Brown (philosopher)Thomas Brown FRSE was a Scottish metaphysician.He was born at Kirkmabreck, Kirkcudbright, where his father Rev. Samuel Brown was parish clergyman. He was a wide reader and an eager student...
(1778–1820), Scottish philosopher - Thomas Brown (Florida politician) (1785–1867), American politician, second Governor of Florida, 1849–1853
- Thomas Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirist
- Thomas Brown (sport shooter)Thomas Brown (sport shooter)Thomas Granville Brown was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
(1885–1950), American Olympic sport shooter - Thomas Brown (Western Australian politician)Thomas Brown (Western Australian politician)Thomas Brown was an early settler in colonial Western Australia, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council....
(1803–1863), Australian pastoralist and politician - Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician)Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician)Thomas Brown was an Australian farmer and politician, born near Forbes, New South Wales, to Mitchell Brown, a domestic servant, and his wife Isabella, née Abernethy....
(1861–1934), Australian farmer and politician - T. Allston BrownT. Allston BrownThomas Allston Brown was an American theater critic, newspaper editor, talent agent and manager, and theater historian, best known for his History of the American Stage, published in 1872. Brown was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts...
(1836–1918), Thomas Allston Brown,, American theater historian - Thomas Edward BrownThomas Edward BrownThomas Edward Brown , commonly referred to as T.E. Brown was a Manx poet, scholar and theologian.Brown was born at Douglas, Isle of Man. His father, the Rev. Robert Brown, shared with the parish schoolmaster in tutoring the clever boy until, at the age of fifteen, he was entered at King William's...
(1830–1897), Manx poet, scholar, and divine - Thomas H. BrownThomas H. BrownThomas H. Brown was twice Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.-Career:Brown served as an alderman and President of the Common Council of Milwaukee before serving as Mayor from 1880 to 1882 and 1888 to 1890. He was a Republican....
, former mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Thomas P. Brown, Jr. (born 1921), American amateur tennis player
- Thomas Brown (cricketer)Thomas Brown (cricketer)Thomas Brown was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Sussex. He was born in Ampthill and died in Isleworth....
(1854–1936), cricketer - Thomas Storrow BrownThomas Storrow BrownThomas Storrow Brown was a journalist, writer, orator, and revolutionary in Lower Canada .- Biography :...
(1803–1888), Canadian journalist, orator, and revolutionary - Thomas Townsend BrownThomas Townsend BrownThomas Townsend Brown was an American physicist.-Early and middle years:Brown was born in Zanesville, Ohio; his parents were Lewis K. and Mary Townsend Brown. In 1921, Brown discovered what was later called the Biefeld-Brown effect while experimenting with a Coolidge X-ray tube. This is a vacuum...
(1905–1985), American physicist - Thomas Brown (rugby)Thomas Brown (rugby)Thomas "Tom" Brown is a professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales , and at club level for Coventry R.F.C., Worcester Warriors, Newbury RFC, London Welsh, Cardiff Blues, and Newport Gwent Dragons, playing at Number 8, and at...
(born 1983), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player - Thomas Brown (defensive end)Thomas Brown (defensive end)Thomas Wayne Brown is a former American football defensive lineman who played for three seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at Baylor before he was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eleventh round of the 1980 NFL Draft...
(born 1957), American football defensive end - Thomas Brown (running back) (born 1986), American football running back
- Thomas Watters BrownThomas Watters BrownThomas Watters Brown PC was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland. He was the last holder of both offices...
(1879–1944), Northern Irish politician - Thomas Brown (bishop)Thomas Brown (bishop)Thomas John Brown is an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He is currently the Bishop of Wellington.Brown was educated at the University of Otago in New Zealand and ordained in 1972. After curacies at St Matthew's in Christchurch, New Zealand, and St James the Greater in Leicester, England, he...
(born 1943), Anglican bishop in New Zealand - Thomas Brown (officer of arms)Thomas Brown (officer of arms)Thomas Browne , Garter Principal King of Arms, the second son of John Browne of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, became Bluemantle Pursuivant in 1737, Lancaster Herald in 1743, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms in 1761, and Garter in 1774 until his death...
(1708–1780), Garter Principal King of Arms - Thomas Graham BrownThomas Graham BrownThomas Graham Brown FRS was a Scottish mountaineer and physiologist.-Life and family:Graham Brown was born in Edinburgh 1882; his father – Dr J. J. Graham Brown – was a President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. T...
(1882–1965), Scottish mountaineer and physiologist - Thomas Wilson BrownThomas Wilson BrownThomas Wilson Brown is an American actor, who began his career at the age of eleven by playing Augie, the nephew of Scott Glenn and Kevin Costners' characters in the Lawrence Kasden western classic Silverado....
(born 1972), American actor - Thomas James BrownThomas James BrownThomas James Brown was a British coal miner and Labour Party politician. During a 22-year career in Parliament he became known as the "miner's champion", fighting for compensation for those suffering from industrial diseases, and to improve state pensions.-Miner:Brown was born in Leigh, in the...
(1886–1970), British coal miner and Labour Party politician - Thomas McPherson BrownThomas McPherson BrownThomas McPherson Brown was a renowned rheumatologist who, over a medical career spanning 50 years, pioneered antibiotic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, lupus and other collagen diseases....
(1906–1989), rheumatologist - Thomas Brown (North Carolina politician), member of North Carolina General Assembly of 1779North Carolina General Assembly of 1779The North Carolina General Assembly of 1779 met in three sessions in three locations in the years 1779 and 1780. The first session was held in Smithfield from May 3 to May 15, 1779; the second session in Halifax, from October 18 to November 10, 1779; the third and final session in New Bern, from...
See also
- Tom Brown (disambiguation)
- Tommy Brown (disambiguation)Tommy Brown (disambiguation)Tommy Brown is a former major league baseball player.Tommy Brown may also refer to:* Tommy Brown , recipient of the George Medal* Tommy Brown , American R&B singer...
- Thomas Browne (disambiguation)Thomas Browne (disambiguation)Thomas Browne was an English author.Thomas Browne may also refer to:* Thomas Alexander Browne , Australian writer* Thomas Browne, 4th Viscount Kenmare , Irish landowner and politician...