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	Colonial Hall: Biography of Charles Thomson
		Charles was educated at New London, in Pennsylvania, by Dr. Allison, and became a teacher in the Friend's Academy, at New Castle.
		Thomson kept the records of the proceedings of Congress, until the new organization of the government under the Federal Constitution, in 1789.
		Watson relates that Thomson bad just come into Philadelphia, with kis bride, and was alighting from his chaise, when a messenger from the delegates in Carpenter's Hall came to him, and said they wanted him to come and take minutes of their proceedings, as he was an expert at such business.
	www.colonialhall.com /thomson/thomson.php (614 words)

	Charles Thomson, agent led ATF probe into blasts - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Obituaries - News
		Charles Renfrew Thomson, who led the federal ATF investigations into the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, died July 3 in his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 61.
		Thomson worked out of the Boston ATF office from 1985 to 1989, investigating and enforcing gun laws and heading arson teams on the East Coast, according to his former wife.
		Thomson was a quiet and unassuming man who loved to fish in the trout stream behind his New Hampshire yard, his family said.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/07/10/charles_thomson_agent_led_atf_probe_into_blasts (959 words)

	Charles Thomson biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Thomson served as the secretary of the Continental Congress through its entirety (1774-1789).
		Thomson is also noted for designing the Great Seal of the United States.
		Thomson was born in Maghera in what is now Northern Ireland, and later became a Philadelphia merchant and politician.
	charles-thomson.biography.ms (179 words)

	Blog of Death: Charles R. Thomson
		Charles Renfrew Thomson, a federal firearms and explosives investigator, died on July 3 of cardiovascular collapse.
		Born in Manhattan and raised in Amesbury, Mass., Thomson was a descendant of Josiah Bartlett, a founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
		Thomson returned to Massachusetts as director and special agent in charge of the Boston division in 1998, and retired in 1999.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001466.html (440 words)

	Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799 - September 19, 1841) was the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.
		He was the son of John Buncombe Poulett Thomson, a London merchant.
		After some years spent in his father's business in Russia and in London he was returned to the House of Commons for Dover in 1826.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Charles_Poulett_Thomson (516 words)

	Congress Adopts Charles Thomson's Design for the Great Seal - The Eagle and Pyramid (1782)
		On June 13, 1782, Charles Thomson was given the task of coming up with a suitable device for America's Great Seal.
		Although not a well-known founder, Charles Thomson was at the heart of the American Revolution.
		It is important to know that Charles Thomson did not include his sketch or any other artwork in his final report to Congress.
	www.greatseal.com /committees/finaldesign (399 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		In the House of Commons, according to one critic, Thomson was looked upon as a “bore”; his voice was “thin and effeminate” and his personal appearance “characteristic of a barber’s apprentice.” He rarely spoke on the “exciting party questions of the day,” his brother Scrope noted, and his speeches on commercial matters were considered dogmatic.
		Thomson expanded the responsibilities of the board and exercised a new control over private bills, especially railway and bank charters; when he sought to exert his authority to supervise colonial legislation, he plunged the Colonial Office into a bitter dispute with the Upper Canadian House of Assembly over currency and banking legislation.
		Thomson’s primary goal was to get the support of the Canadians for a union acceptable to the British government, and to persuade them of the benefits of union he carried with him the promise of an imperial guarantee for a large loan.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37815 (4446 words)

	Harriton House
		Charles Thomson's second major interest in retirement was to return to his classical studies.
		Charles Thomson died at Harriton in August 1824 at the age of 95.
		Charles and Hannah had never had any children and the estate passed to Hannah's great-great niece, Naomi McClenahan, who was 13 years old at the time of her inheritance.
	www.harritonhouse.org /history.htm (1259 words)

	Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Biography / Biography of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Biography Biography
		The Scottish physicist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869-1959) was the inventor and developer of the Wilson cloud chamber.
		Charles Wilson was born on Feb. 14, 1869, in Glencorse near Edinburgh.
		He received his first undergraduate training at Owens College, now part of the University of Manchester, and from there, at the age of 19, he went to Cambridge University with the realization that physics and not medicine was to be his life's vocation.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-charles-thomson-rees-wilson (659 words)

	Thomson, Charles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Le PDG de Thomson Charles Dehelly, lundi à Hong Kong Le groupe d'électronique grand public français Thomson a confirmé lun.
		Le PDG de Thomson, Charles Dehelly Les groupes d'électronique grand public français Thomson et japonais Matsuhita Electric.
		Dongsheng Li, Pdg de TCL, et son homologue chez Thomson Charles Dehelly, lundi à Hong Kong Le groupe d'électronique grand.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/ThmsnC1.asp (673 words)

	C.T.R. Wilson - Biography
		Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was born on the 14th of February, 1869, in the parish of Glencorse, near Edinburgh.
		When standing on the summit of Ben Nevis, the highest of the Scottish mountains, in the late summer of 1894, Wilson was struck by the beauty of coronas and "glories" (coloured rings surrounding shadows cast on mist and cloud), and he decided to imitate these natural phenomena in the laboratory (early 1895).
		Rutherford that the conductivity was indeed due to ionization of the gas, there was no longer any doubt that ions in gases could be detected and, photographically, recorded and thus studied at leisure.
	nobelprize.org /physics/laureates/1927/wilson-bio.html (930 words)

	Digital History
		Born in Ulster, Charles Thomson (1729-1824) came to Philadelphia as a young schoolmaster.
		Over the next decade, Thomson continued to be a central figure in the organization of Philadelphia opposition to British trade policies.
		Here, Thomson, writing as a member of the Philadelphia Merchants' Committee, which strongly supported the non-importation efforts, argues that British actions--the imposition of illegal taxes, the bloated customs bureaucracy, the stationing of an army among the people--all were part of a plot to deprive Americans of their liberties.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=292 (418 words)

	Charles Thomson
		Although Pennsylvania conservatives kept him from being elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, Thomson was chosen as its secretary in 1774, continuing until the federal government came to power in 1789.
		Thomson was engaged in the occupation of an indigo-planter until 1786, when, seeking to benefit his declining health, he visited the mineral springs in Virginia, where he died.
		Printed broadside document signed "Cha Thompson Secy", on a full sheet with the Brittania watermark and countermark Crown G R, is a Congressional resolution to raise a corps of 700 troops from the states of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for the defense of the frontiers against Indian hostilities. Dated October 3, 1787.
	www.famousamericans.net /charlesthomson (1237 words)

	Harriton Family Cemetery
		Charles Thomson makes reference to the long-lost "map", and references to it are found in family papers to about 1840.
		His daughter, Hannah Harrison, and her husband Charles Thomson are said to have been buried "nearby".
		Although family tradition tells us that Charles and Hannah Thomson are buried in the cemetery (1824 and 1807 respectively), three bodies were removed in 1838 and taken to the new Laurel Hill Cemetery overlooking the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia amid well-publicized controversy.
	www.lowermerionhistory.org /burial/harriton (779 words)

	Ritchie, Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		The renowned British physicist Joseph J. Thomson was the discoverer of the electron.
		Usually known as the prince of Wales, Charles is also earl of Chester, duke of Cornwall, duke of Rothesay, earl of Carrick, and baron of Renfrew, among other titles.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063779?tocId=9063779&query=charles (675 words)

	Charles Herbert Thomson
		Charles was born in London on 15 May 1908, eldest son of George, a mining engineer, and Marion Thomson (nee Edwards), both from families in Oamaru.
		In 1967, Charles and Kate moved to Nuie Island, where he acted as the chief medical officer for three years – a challenging and vastly different experience from his Hastings days.
		But Charles is also remembered as a kind, loving and fun father (albeit with very high standards and expectations that were at times difficult to live up to), on holiday in Taupo, building boats, fiddling in the workshop with his lathe, and building six grandfather clocks.
	www.nzma.org.nz /journal/116-1183/640 (484 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles Thomson (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Charles Thomson 1729–1824, political leader in the American Revolution, b.
		His pre-Revolutionary activities led John Adams to call him "the Sam Adams of Philadelphia." As secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–89), Thomson kept careful records of all proceedings and full notes of the debates.
		He was the moving spirit in the committee that obtained the design for the Great Seal of the United States.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/ThmsnC.html (221 words)

	Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 - (American Memory from the ...
		Charles Thomson, Philadelphia merchant and politician, was active in colonial resistance against Britain for decades.
		Although Pennsylvania conservatives kept him from being elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, Thomson was chosen as its secretary in 1774, continuing in the position until the federal government came to power in 1789.
		Delegates came and went, but Thomson remained, faithfully recording the debates and decisions that shaped the infant government.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/bdsds/thomson.html (148 words)

	Stella Vine the Stuckist
		Thomson has painted six Gainsborough transcriptions (five of which are on pages here and here) and over made over forty transcription drawings.
		Thomson pointed out the artistic potential of such spontaneity, and her work was transformed.
		Charles Thomson, the co-founder of Stuckism and then married to her (they were living in their own homes), made this offer to her (and recorded it in his diary on 27 September 2001).
	www.stuckism.com /Vine1/Index.html (3205 words)

	Novus Ordo Seclorum -- 07/05/2001
		The great swirling signature of John Hancock, as an example, has caused many a young boy to go home and practice his cursive for as long as several minutes, before deciding stickball was a faster route to fame and fortune than good handwriting.
		Thomson was the Secretary of the Continental Congress.
		Thomson could not possibly have known that the continuing influence July 4, 1776 would have on the planet Earth over the 225 years since he oversaw its signing.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200107\COM20010705d.html (751 words)

	Estate Management and Building Service: Bus Services
		Charles Babbage Road, just west of the raised table at the J J Thomson Avenue/Charles Babbage Road junction.
		Charles Babbage Road, to the east of the Charles Babbage Road/High Cross junction, at the first concrete field access.
		Charles Babbage Road and High Cross are expected to be open to buses from September 2004.
	www.admin.cam.ac.uk /offices/embs/travel/bus.shtml (647 words)

	3am Interview: CAPTAIN STUCKIST - CHARLES THOMSON INTERVIEWED BY MAX PODSTOLSKI
		COPYRIGHT © 2002, 3 A.M. Charles Thomson is the co-founder and sole leader, since Billy Childish's departure, of the UK-based and increasingly international Stuckist art movement.
		The rationale for the interview was to give Thomson the opportunity to respond to my criticisms, and also to find out about his human side.
		Charles Thomson is a happy Aquarian and was born in Romford, Essex in 1953.
	www.3ammagazine.com /artarchives/2002_dec/interview_charles_thomson.html (9019 words)

	CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON RITCHIE - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON RITCHIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON RITCHIE - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON RITCHIE
		In December 1905 he was created a peer, but he was in ill-health, and he died at Biarritz on the oth of January 1906.
		See: CHARLES THOMSON RITCHIE, 1ST BARON RITCHIE at LoveToKnow.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RI/RITCHIE_CHARLES_THOMSON_RITCHIE_1ST_BARON.htm (257 words)

	Charles Thomson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was this same academy that moved to Newark, Delaware, and eventually became the University of Delaware.
		Thomson earned a reputation for integrity and fairness among the Indians and was even adopted by the Delaware Tribe.
		It was from these experiences that this important frontier narrative came Thomson became very active in Pennsylvania politics and was chosen secretary of the Continental Congress in 1774, a post which he held until 1789.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/history/thomson.html (127 words)

	Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Thomson was born in County Derry, Ireland, 29 November 1729 and arrived with his brothers in the American colonies as an orphan in 1740, his mother having died before embarkation and his father having died at sea during the crossing.
		On 4 July 1776 only two signatures were affixed to the unanimously adopted Declaration of Independence—those of John Hancock, president of the Congress, and Charles Thomson, secretary, in order to authenticate the document that had been voted on and approved.
		Thomson’s translation is characterized by PRBandM’s New Testament Greek specialist as clear and precise, its English not rejecting the “religious register” of the King James yet speaking in a voice fresh and direct.
	www.prbm.com /quotes/Thomson-Aitken_MS_NewTestament.shtml (590 words)

	Charles Thomson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles Thompson is one of the five Pony Express riders buried in St. Joseph.
		Charles Peck Thompson migrated with his family to St. Joseph, Missouri, when he was about fourteen years old.
		He described himself on an employment application as "Cyclone Thomson-- Ride anything." He served in the Civil War as a Confederate soldier.
	www.xphomestation.com /cthompson.html (368 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (Zoology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir Charles Wyville Thomson 1830–82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer.
		He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868–70) and obtained evidence that animal life abounded in depths previously believed to be azoic; he recorded the results of his studies in The Depths of the Sea (1873), a classic in oceanography.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/ThmsnCW.html (223 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Thompson-garcia to Thomson
		Thomson, Frederick W. — of Onondaga County, N.Y. Democrat.
		Thomson, John Renshaw (1800-1862) — of New Jersey.
		Thomson, Thaddeus Austin (1853-1927) — also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson — of Texas.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/thomson.html (782 words)

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