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  PC(USA) - Mission Connections - Thomas John
Thomas John serves the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in two capacities: He is the coordinator of the Young Adult Volunteer program in South India, and he is the companionship facilitator for the "Joining Hands Against Hunger" program in India.
Thomas is a theologian, an educator, and an ordained minister of the Church of South India.
He was the general secretary of the Student Christian Movement of India from 1990 to 1994.
www.pcusa.org /missionconnections/profiles/johnt.htm   (224 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: John Thomas (general)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Thomas (1725-1776) was an American doctor and soldier from Massachusetts who became a Major General in the Continental Army.
Thomas briefly commanded the withdrawal from Canada after the unsuccessful Invasion of Canada (1775) by the Continental Army.
John was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1725.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Thomas-%28general%29   (539 words)

  
 Philip John Schuyler
In 1764 he was appointed by the general assembly of New York a commissioner to manage the controversy on the part of his province respecting the boundary-line between that colony and Massachusetts bay, and later he was concerned in the settlement of the similar difficulty between New York and the New Hampshire grants.
In May, General Horatio Gates was ordered to the command of the army in Canada, which had been made vacant by the death from small-pox of General Thomas.
General Schuyler was buried with military honors in the vault of General Abraham Ten Broeck, but finally his remains were deposited in the Albany Rural cemetery, where, in 1871, a Doric column of Quincy granite, thirty-six feet in height, was erected to his memory.
famousamericans.net /philipjohnschuyler   (2124 words)

  
 John Thomas (general) - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Thomas briefly commanded the withdrawal from Canada after the unsuccessful Invasion of Canada (1775) by the Continental Army.
John was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1725.
General Thomas died of smallpox on June 2, 1776 during the retreat up the Richelieu River near Chambly.
www.music.us /education/J/John-Thomas-(general).htm   (695 words)

  
 John Thomas, State Representative
Thomas won a total of 1,322 votes vs. opponent Stanislav Gayshan's 851 votes across the three towns, winning both Sudbury and Wayland by a large margin.
Thomas, who works as the deputy director for Arc of Massachusetts, had run the successful campaign of Rep. Ruth Balser, D-Newton, for the 12th Middlesex District in 1999 and spent a year working for Balser at the State House.
Thomas said he was congratulated last night by Gayshan soon after the election results were known.
www.johnthomas.org /news0017.htm   (365 words)

  
 American AntiGravity - John Thomas DISC and Searl Interview
John Thomas told me that there are two stories pertaining to the disappearance of Searl's work, and since Searl was in jail at the time even the Old Man himself isn't completely sure which is true.
John Thomas is a different man - while he shares Searl's dream of the future, he also has a broad enough perspective on other technologies to be able to take lessons from the success and failures of other technologies, as well as pick up development tricks from the competition.
John Thomas is heir to the technology developed by Searl, but not limited to it in the same manner that Searl himself was.
www.americanantigravity.com /johnthomas.shtml   (4446 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: John Thomas Dunlop
John Dunlop was an extraordinary labor economist, dean, colleague, and mentor to students and practitioners in the world of labor.
John's first major academic publication on real wages over the business cycle forced Keynes to admit that the General Theory was wrong on its assessment of this issue: Real wages fall in recessions not in booms, contrary to simple marginal productivity analysis.
John visited dozens of plants, investigated automation, and met with all the practitioners: academic design engineers, industry production experts, suit manufacturers, textile firms, a chemical firm, the Union, the apparel retailers, and the Federal Department of Commerce.
www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/09.16/17-mmdunlop.html   (666 words)

  
 John Thomas Byrd
John Thomas Byrd, a son of Alexander Hamilton Byrd and Elizabeth Capiteau, was born May 1828 at the original 'Byrd's Nest', Williamsville,Va. With the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Service.
John T. Byrd was given them for a leader and commanding officer they would continue to serve, therefore, rather than loose the Company, I was placed as their Captain, with great reluctance on my own Company G. I was in many battles and skirmishes.
On the day of the last battle of Winchester, General Early's defeat, I was sent with my company as advanced guard to meet the enemy; recognizing me as an officer, they directed their shots entirely at me; and continued to do so, until the regular battle began.
www.angelfire.com /pa2/Stump45/john_thomas_byrd.html   (1624 words)

  
 John Thomas bio
Prior to his election at the UCC's General Synod in 1999, Thomas served in the Office of the President of the United Church of Christ as assistant to the president for ecumenical concerns.
Since 1993, Thomas has served as co-chair of the Lutheran and Reformed Coordinating Committee, a group whose efforts resulted in the approval of the "Formula of Agreement," a historic affirmation of full communion among the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Reformed Church in America and the United Church of Christ.
Thomas' lists of achievements while pastor of First United Church of Christ in Easton, Pa. (1982-1991), and associate pastor at First Congregational Church of Cheshire, Conn. (1975-1981), include many activities in the wider United Church of Christ and in local ecumenical affairs.
www.disciples.org /dns/gsan01/thomas.htm   (617 words)

  
 WVU :: School of Medicine :: Pathology :: John G. Thomas
John Thomas has diversified interests as described by his six academic appointments over 16 years at West Virginia University, his clinical interests are focused on his function as Director of Microbiology and Virology, Clinical Laboratories, WVU Hospitals.
Thomas is a graduate of Syracuse University, initially trained in virology and cell culture (1964-1969).
Thomas, a Vermonter, is an avid skier and member of the National Ski Patrol, hockey goalie and father of 3 daughters; he and his wife Penny have been married 34 years.
www.hsc.wvu.edu /som/pathology/thomas   (504 words)

  
 John H. Thomas
Thomas served as Associate Dean for Graduate studies in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (1981-1983) and as University Dean of Graduate Studies (1983-1991).
Thomas has held visiting appointments at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, the Department of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, the Sacramento Peak Observatory, the High Altitude Observatory (HAO), University of Sydney, LAEFF in Madrid, and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
Thomas was a Guggenheim Fellow (1993-94) and is a past Chair of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society.
spider.pas.rochester.edu /mainFrame/people/pages/Thomas_John_H.html   (307 words)

  
 Maryland Historical Society Library: Otho Holland Williams Papers, 1744-1839, MS. 908 - Finding Aid
Thanks Thomas for a flattering letter of September 11; enemy about to leave New York; Gen. [Charles] Lee is suspended; Williams in a predicament; Col. [Thomas] Price in uneasy situation, acted without advice; army to move tomorrow to a more commodious situation with good forage and and provisions; regards to his friends.
John Hamilton, 4th Md. Reg't., saying that he [Ramsey] has not the most distant idea of parting with her [a negro wench] I bought her not to sell, but for my own use...
John] Stull; writes to Elie because he has an opportunity to send a letter; while he [Otho H.] was in Carolina, he got a beautiful old horse named Prodigal, which he sent, by Dory Felmet who drives his baggage wagon, to Prince Edward Court House, Va.; Mr.
www.mdhs.org /library/Mss/ms000908.html   (6445 words)

  
 American War Of Independence - John Thomas (general)
General Thomas briefly resigned, disappointed that while four Major Generals were named, he was not on the list.
After General Richard Montgomery died, Thomas was assigned to command in Canada and take charge of the Invasion of Canada (1775).
General Thomas died of smallpox on June 2, 1776 during the retreat up the Richelieu River near Chambly, Quebec.
mywebpage.netscape.com /AAVSO7550/john-thomas-general-american-war-of-independence.html   (305 words)

  
 Wilder Letters
The John T. Wilder Letters were given to the University in 1960 by General Wilder's daughter, Edith Wilder Scott.
The son of Reuben and Mary Wilder, John T. Wilder served as an apprenticed draftsman in a millwright plant in Ohio.
General John Thomas Wilder died on October 20, 1917 while visiting his son in Florida.
www.lib.utc.edu /manuscripts/mss001/Wilder.html   (792 words)

  
 Electronic Newsroom: For the Record   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Thomas' journal from his travel through the Middle East with a delegation of senior UCC leaders.
UCC General Minister and President John Thomas argues for an approach to theological truth that both "looks down and looks back" to the faith testimonies of our ancestors and reclaims their vision in every generation.
In a sermon on Trinity Sunday, General Minister and President John Thomas explores the meeting between the apostle Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch as a model for evangelism and church growth.
www.ucc.org /news/record/index.html   (565 words)

  
 John Thomas Griffith
A side-project from Cowboy Mouth’s Thomas Griffith and Paul Sanchez, Lonesome Traveller’s debut channels the Gram Parsons of The Flying Burrito Brothers near perfectly.
Their acoustic-based duo project is, in their words, concerned with "American folk music in general," though what their debut album really tends to sound like is American country music in general, with strange (and usually rewarding) detours into carnival music, gospel and Flying Burrito Brothers-style country-rock.
John Thomas Griffith has lived in Allston and New Orleans; he’s played punk and new-wave with the Red Rockers and currently holds the lead guitar slot in the well-liked Southern rock outfit Cowboy Mouth.
www.johnthomasgriffith.net /press.htm   (1371 words)

  
 United Church of Christ: Office of General Ministries
The Office of General Ministries (logo on left) is headed by the Rev. John Thomas, General Minister and President, and Edith Guffey, Associate General Minister.
The Office of General Ministries is one of four Covenanted Ministries in the United Church of Christ.
The Rev. John H. Thomas is General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
www.ucc.org /ogm   (425 words)

  
 HAWKS: John Thomas Waived Release
Thomas appeared in 11 games with the Hawks, averaging 0.8 ppg and 0.9 rpg in 6.0 mpg (.429 FG%,.750 FT%).
Thomas was waived by Memphis on November 22, 2005.
Thomas was originally selected in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft (25th overall) by the New York Knicks.
www.nba.com /hawks/news/John_Thomas_Waived_Release.html   (222 words)

  
 Powell's Books - John Paul Jones Sailor Hero Father Of by Evan Thomas
Thomas draws on Jones's wide-ranging correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the American Revolution — John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson — to paint a compelling portrait of a tortured warrior who was that most interesting and essential of American figures, the entirely self-made man.
Evan Thomas brings his skills as a biographer to this complex, protean figure whose life and rise are both thrilling as a tale of dauntless courage and revealing about the birth of a nation.
Thomas tracks the man born John Paul (he added the Jones to escape punishment for a deadly fight) from the Atlantic to France and the British Isles, he displays ardent interest in sail appeal.
www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0743205839   (762 words)

  
 Civil War Indiana Biographies John Thomas Wilder
John Thomas Wilder was born January 31, 1830, in Hunter Village, Greene County, New York.
Wilder’s brigade was the first to enter Chattanooga, and he earned the commendation of Major General George H. Thomas for his services at Chickamauga.
He led the brigade during parts of the Atlanta campaign and, on August 7, 1864, was brevetted brigadier general.
civilwarindiana.com /biographies/wilder_john_thomas.html   (330 words)

  
 John Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Thomas (trombonist) (1902-1971): trombone player who worked with Louis Armstrong
John Thomas (high jumper): one-time record-holding high jumper
In the UK, John Thomas is sometimes used as a euphemism for the penis; the term was used as such in Lady Chatterley's Lover.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Thomas   (239 words)

  
 JOÃO POINSOT (Joannes de s. Thoma - Juan de sto Tomás - Jean de st-Thomas - Giovanni di s. Tommaso - John ...
Thoma [http:// www.bautz.de/ bbkl/ j/ Johannes_s_th.shtml], 1998, in Biographisch-Bibliographischen Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) [http:// www.bautz.de/ bbkl/index.shtml], Verlag Traugott Bautz [http:// www.bautz.de/].
John of st. Thomas [http:// www.rep.routledge.com/ philosophy/ cgi-bin/ article.cgi?it=C019], 2000, in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy [http:// www.rep.routledge.com].
Thoma, in "Divus Thomas" (Pl), 66 (1963), pp.
www.ulb.ac.be /philo/scholasticon/poinsotbiblio.htm   (4944 words)

  
 Colonial Wars - John Thomas (general)
John Thomas (1725-1776) was an American doctor and soldier from Massachusetts who became a Major General in the Continental Army.
John was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts in 1725.
During King Georges War, in 1746 he was appointed surgeon to a regiment bound for Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in Nova Scotia.
mywebpage.netscape.com /AAVSO7550/john-thomas-general-colonial-wars.html   (202 words)

  
 TN Encyclopedia: JOHN THOMAS WILDER
Union general and postwar industrialist John T. Wilder was born in Hunter County, New York, to Reuben and Mary Merritt Wilder.
He and his regiment served extensively in the western theater, playing a particularly significant role in the Chattanooga area campaign of 1863, and gained the reputation of "Wilder's Lightning Brigade." In 1864 Wilder was brevetted a brigadier general.
Suggested Reading(s): Samuel Cole Williams, "General John T. Wilder," Indiana Magazine of History 31 (1935): 169-203 and General John T. Wilder, Commander of the Lightning Brigade (1936).
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 Attorney John Rogers, John Rogers, Attorney at Law, Glasgow, Kentucky
John has been active in civic affairs and served as Chair of the Legislative Committee of the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce for several years and is a member of the Glasgow Rotary Club.
John is married to LaDonna Guinn Rogers and they have three children -- Guinn and Katherine, age 14, and a son, John Thomas, age 12.
John is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
www.johnrogersattorney.com /CM/AttorneyBios/JohnRogers.asp   (332 words)

  
 About Us: Meet Our Officers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As General Minister and President Rev. Thomas is the presiding officer of the Collegium, is charged with the care and nurture of the spiritual life of the Church, is the principal spokesperson of the General Synod, and is the official representative of the Church in ecumenical and interfaith relations.
Thomas was ordained in 1975 and served as Associate Minister of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut from 1975 through 1981, and as Minister of the First United Church of Christ in Easton, Pennsylvania, from 1982 through 1991.
Thomas is a graduate of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1972) and Yale University Divinity School (1975).
www.ucc.org /aboutus/meet.htm   (865 words)

  
 John Thomas
THOMAS, John, soldier, born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in 1725; died in Chambly, near Montreal, Canada, 2 June, 1776.
In 1760 he commanded a regiment under General Jeffrey Amherst at Crown Point, headed the left wing of the detachment that Amherst sent under Colonel William Haviland from Lake Champlain in August, 1760, to cooperate with the other division of the army moving against Montreal, and was present at the capture of that city.
Being overlooked in promotion, he withdrew, but, on the receipt of letters from General Charles Lee and General Washington and a resolution from congress that he should have precedence of all brigadiers in the army, General Thomas returned to his command.
famousamericans.net /johnthomas   (537 words)

  
 John Thomas Lang Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
His career was among the stormiest in Australian political history, and his defiance of Labor prime minister James Henry Scullin contributed to the latter's defeat in 1931 and the decline of the Labor party in Australia.
John Thomas Lang, known as Jack, was born in Sydney, Australia, on December 21, 1876.
At the ensuing general election, Lang's party was overwhelmingly defeated, and its representation in the New South Wales Parliament more than halved.
www.bookrags.com /biography/john-thomas-lang   (667 words)

  
 Towns and Villages in Oxford County -Part 1.
Its general business consists of several mercantile stores, and workshops in the various branches of trade and industry, with a good brick built hotel, at which the "West Zorra Agricultural Society" meets, having their show ground on the large green opposite the hotel.
Its general aspect has greatly improved in the same period by the erection of a very superior class of public and private buildings, and other improvements which have been steadily going on within the municipal boundary; consequently its growth and prosperity in the various branches of industry and commerce has been considerably enhanced.
John Christopher and Brothers are proprietors, who have also a very extensive business as builders and lumber dealers, with 14 men in their employment, working a 16 horse power engine.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~wjmartin/oxfordt1.htm   (6815 words)

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