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  Robert N. Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Norman Thompson (1914-1997) was a Canadian politician, chiropractor, and educator.
Thompson was re-elected in the 1963 and 1965 elections.
Thompson was frustrated by the lack of support the national party enjoyed from the provincial Social Credit parties in Alberta and British Columbia where they formed the governments and ran powerful political machines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_N._Thompson   (700 words)

  
 Robert Alfred Thompson - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Thompson came to America and was matriculated, in Augustana College at Rock Island, Ill., in which he was graduated in the classical course with the class of 1886.
Thompson has been an active force in the management of the affairs of Bethany College at Lindsborg as a member of the board of trustees, serving as secretary for eight years, and he is interested financially in the Bethany Book and Printing Company.
Thompson is a student, has a fine library, and seeks recreation and respite from the affairs of life in travel and study.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/t3/thompson_robert_alfred.html   (538 words)

  
 Robert Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert N. Thompson (1914–1997), leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada in the 1960s
Robert Thompson (?–1871), whose death triggered the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles, California
Robert (Mousey) Thompson (1876–1955), British furniture maker, sometimes referred to as "the Mouseman of Kilburn"
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Thompson   (178 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Cortland branch plant of the Thompson Bros. Boat Co. was established in 1924.
In 1927, the Thompson family had introduced a TVT (Thompson V Type) planing hull design that was softer riding in rough water than the typical hard chine planing hulls of that period.
Thompson served as General Manager of this plant from 1948 until Thompson Bros. Boat Co. was divided into three separate companies in 1959.
www.flbm.org /Buildr/thompson.htm   (1330 words)

  
 John Leonard THOMPSON v. Dr. Robert N. DUNN, et al.
Subsequently, Thompson filed a First Amended Original Complaint, alleging that it was not until February of 1993 that he knew or reasonably could have known the defendants had left foreign objects and material in his foot.
The trial court ruled Thompson's complaint was barred by the two-year statute of limitations governing medical injury claims and dismissed the complaint with prejudice.
Thompson appeals from the order of dismissal assigning three errors to the trial court: (1) in dismissing the suit since it was filed within the time allowed in § 16-114-204(b); (2) in dismissing the suit since it was filed within the time allowed in § 16-114-203(b); and (3) in striking his First Amended Original Complaint.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/old/94-499A.html   (1446 words)

  
 Thompson
Thompson then represented Indiana in the United States Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 and again from 1847 to 1849.
Robert Means Thompson—born on 2 March 1849 in Corsica, Pa.—was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 30 July 1864.
Thompson subsequently practiced law in Boston and was a member of the Boston Common Council from 1876 to 1878.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t5/thompson-i.htm   (1113 words)

  
 Moment of Silence for the Remarkable Robert Thompson, DC, PhC
Robert Thompson, DC, PhC (1914-1997): missionary; colonel; pilot; Ethiopian deputy minister of education; member of Canadian parliament; confidant to Emperor Haille Selassie; foreign mediator; teacher and college president.
Because of the ill health of a number of the Thompson children, five of whom were born in Ethiopia, the Thompsons returned to Canada in 1958.
Thompson felt led into politics, and in the early '60s was a member of the Canadian Parliament, where he was a third-party leader that controlled the balance of power in that house.
www.chiroweb.com /archives/16/01/20.html   (707 words)

  
 Robert Thompson
Robert was born 22 May 1850 of Joseph Lowes and Thomasin Thompson.
Thompsons formed a limited liability company with a capital of £125,000, and Peter Phorson and James Marr were appointed to the board.
Robert was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Durham County in September 1890, and was on the Sunderland Town Council for a number of years.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/robertthompson1850.html   (931 words)

  
 Robert Thompson
Thompson was Vice President and Director of Political Programs for the Krieble Institute, where he helped to train democracy movement grass roots activists in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Thompson worked for NET – The Political Newstalk Network (currently America’s Voice) as Director of Special Projects, where he was senior producer of a seven-part series on the 1994 election and coordinated NET’s first election night coverage and NET’s first two telethons.
Thompson graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1984 from Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
www.ojc.org /adi/robert_thompson.htm   (234 words)

  
 CNN.com - Addicted to TV? It's his job - Oct. 15, 2003
Thompson commands probably the nicest office at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, with a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the campus, shelves lined with hundreds of books, a stove and, of course, three television sets.
Thompson, married with one child, teaches two courses in the fall and one in the spring.
Thompson, who's been trying to broaden his general knowledge of pop culture, recently decided he didn't know enough about the history of the circus.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/15/apontv.robert.thompson.ap/index.html   (1029 words)

  
 Robert Cyril Thompson
Robert Cyril was born 31 May 1907, the eldest son of R. Norman Thompson.
Word of Thompson's economical yet dependable merchant ships, whose superior performance was achieved through design changes to the engine and hull, had reached the naval warlords.
With Britain's shipbuilding effort tied up largely in warships, Thompson was asked to visit the US to persuade it to build merchant ships of the Thompson design for Britain.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/robertthompson1907.html   (871 words)

  
 THOMPSON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Miles Thompson - he was born in 1614; died in 1694 at Kittery, Me.; married to Ann (possibly) TETHERLY (born in 1632 (by deposition); died after 19 Sep 1717, when she was still living around age 85).
One Miles Thompson was in Boston in 1643 where he is mentioned in the Court records on 27 May 1643.
Sarah THOMPSON - born 22 Sep 1702; married 4 Jul 1723 to Moses HODSON (son of Israel HODSON, of Dover, N.H.).
pivot.net /~jlinscott/thompson.htm   (1631 words)

  
 CHIROWEB | DC Archives - (Dr. Bob Thompson: Educator, Missionary and Statesman)
Thompson and their two daughters headed to Ethiopia (Thompson, 1957) at the behest of the Allied high command and the Sudanese government to "help rebuild that war-torn country" (Hultgren, 1998).
Dr. Thompson was re-appointed to the position of president of the college.
Thompson, Robert N. President's report to the Board of Directors, CMCC Annual Meeting, 2 March 1962 (CMCC Archives).
www.chiroweb.com /archives/19/12/14.html   (1726 words)

  
 Thompson_Robert biography
Although Robert Thompson was born in Winnipeg, he grew up close to Vancouver in British Columbia, and it was in British Columbia that his school and undergraduate university education took place.
For his doctoral studies, however, Thompson moved to the United States, and he became Olga Taussky-Todd's first Ph.D. student at California Institute of Technology, beginning his studies shortly after she arrived there with her husband.
Thompson's influence on linear algebra was felt in other ways too for he was one of the founders of the International Linear Algebra Society and of the journal Linear and Multilinear Algebra.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Thompson_Robert.html   (878 words)

  
 Robert N. Thompson and Political Realignment
However, Thompson's political ambitions were again delayed in 1940, after his name was put forward with three other potential candidates for the federal riding of Red Deer.
Thompson maintains that he withdrew for two reasons: (1) he felt that Jack Shaw could best represent the riding; and (2) that he had an obligation to volunteer with the RCAF to fight against the Axis Powers in WWII.
Thompson was Premier Ernest Mannin'=s hand-picked leader of the national Social Credit forces, and in 1962 the people of Red Deer elected him their Member of Parliament.
www.albertasource.ca /aspenland/eng/society/article_political_realignment.html   (706 words)

  
 THOMPSON FAMILY GENEALOGY
Biddy THOMPSON was born in 1805 and died in 1850.
Delila THOMPSON was born in 1812 and died in 1848.
Amos Berry THOMPSON was born in 1815, died in 1891, and married Isabelle Jane GAYLE.
www.angelfire.com /ok/barkergenealogy/thompson.html   (2055 words)

  
 British Columbia Archival Information Network Display
Robert N. Thompson was born in Duluth, Minnesota, but raised in Innisfail, Alberta.
He was educated at the Calgary Normal School, Garbutt Buisiness College in Calgary, Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa, Bob Jones University in South Carolina, and the University of British Columbia.
The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks and other records relating to Thompson's personal life, his involvement with various organizations, his military career and work in Ethiopia, his political career as MP and national leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and his work as an educator.
aabc.bc.ca /WWW.aabc.archbc/display.TWU-994   (305 words)

  
 Eliza Livingston Thompson Obituary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Smith Thompson lived in the stone house still standing upon the Rural Cemetery property, on the banks of the Hudson, which was his homestead.
Judge Thompson was appointed to the bench of the United States Supreme Court in 1823, and held that position until his death in 1843.
Van Benthuysen, Col. Robert Mitchell, and their contemporaries, and was the scene of frequent entertainments.
www.iment.com /maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/elizathompsonobit.htm   (257 words)

  
 Prof. Robert B. Thompson : Faculty : Vanderbilt University Law School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Robert B. Thompson is one of the nation's top scholars in corporations law, corporate finance and securities regulation.
Professor Thompson, who holds the New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair, has published several leading books and articles in these and related fields, often including innovative empirical research.
A dedicated teacher, Professor Thompson teaches corporations, securities regulation, and co-teaches joint law and business courses on equity markets and business mergers and acquisitions.
law.vanderbilt.edu /faculty/thompson.html   (786 words)

  
 Robert Thompson's Going For The Green
Robert’s regular blog and news reports for Ontgolf.ca is part of a relaunch of the website, which now sports a new more distinctive look, additional content and Google mapping software that allows golfers to locate courses anywhere in Ontario.
Robert Allenby said he looks forward to taking on Woods today, noting he won't be embarrassed like Ames was: Â?Yeah, it should be great.
Robert Thompson writes a golf column for the National Post, Canada's daily national newspaper, and is a contributing editor to Travel and Leisure Golf.
goingforthegreen.blogspot.com   (9177 words)

  
 The Thompson Forum Presents Meave Leakey
The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues began its fourteenth year as Nebraska's premier lecture series with paleoanthropologist and zoologist Meave Leakey on 'The Search and Discovery of Our Earliest Ancestors' on the afternoon of September 24, 2001 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
In 1990, the name of the series was changed in honor of E.N. 'Jack' Thompson, a 1933 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and chairman of the Cooper Foundation.
In its fourteen-year history, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues has established itself as one of the preeminent speakers series in higher education.
www.unl.edu /unlpub/special/thompsonforum/leakey.html   (350 words)

  
 Johnson Thompson LLP | Benjamin W. Thompson | Attorney & Counselor at Law, Lawyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Thompson provides a perspective uniquely informed by his experience clerking for judges at both the trial and appellate levels.
Thompson has participated in the arbitration and litigation of various matters, including commercial transactions.
Thompson campaigned in a tightly contested race to represent District 31 in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.
www.johnsonthompson.com /bwt.html   (350 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on thompson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Emma Thompson is a double threat in Hollywood with Oscars for acting and writing.
Thompson discusses the family film with Julie Chen....
The Thompson people (also known as Thompson River Salish) are a Canadian First Nation in south central British Columbia.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/thompson   (560 words)

  
 Welcome to the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications
Robert J. Thompson is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University where he is also a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Professor Thompson is the general editor of an ongoing series of books about television published by Syracuse University Press.
Thompson is the author or editor of five books: Television's Second Golden Age (Continuum, 1996), Prime Time, Prime Movers (Little, Brown, 1992), Adventures on Prime Time (Praeger, 1990), and Television Studies (Praeger 1989).
newhouse.syr.edu /bio.cfm?Email=rthompso   (237 words)

  
 Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Thompson, Margaret
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www.robertburns.org /encyclopedia/ThompsonMargaret.857.shtml   (390 words)

  
 Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Robert Thompson watches TV for a living
Thompson was always on point, often funny and seemed capable of legitimizing the most half-baked theory.
Thompson became interested in popular culture in the late '70s as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.
Yet Thompson found himself drawn to the travails of Jon, Ponch and Grossie on "C.H.i.P.S.," the hourlong police show that always ended with a freeze-framed chuckle from Erik Estrada.
archive.salon.com /ent/tv/feature/2001/03/07/thompson/print.html   (1517 words)

  
 Genealogy.com: The Robert N. Thompson Family of Tallahassee, FL
The Robert N. Thompson Family of Tallahassee, FL Updated October 7, 2003
Thompson and Allied Families of South Carolina and Georgia from the 1700's.
Thompson; Dorsey; Phillips; Baskin; Dalrymple; Raven; and Jolly
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/t/h/o/Robert-N-Thompson   (97 words)

  
 FolkWeb: Artist Page: Chris & Meredith Thompson
With the release of their fifth CD, Clearwater, Chris & Meredith Thompson establish themselves as artists of consequence, showcasing the variety of their compelling harmonies, lyrical expression and arrangements and well penned lyrics.
At times, their voices effortlessly combine in harmony as if they were two parts of one whole.
They find stories that are both personal and universal and then craft these stories into songs that resonate in the minds of the audience.
www.folkweb.com /cmthompson   (498 words)

  
 CNN.com - Chic, Power Station drummer dead at 48 - Nov. 14, 2003
Session drummer Tony Thompson, who worked with the likes of Diana Ross, Debbie Harry and Rod Stewart, died Wednesday in Encino, California.
Thompson established himself with the hit-making '70s funk group Chic.
In 1985 -- the same year he drummed with the surviving members of Led Zeppelin at Live Aid -- Thompson joined Palmer and John and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran in the Power Station.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/14/music.thompson.reut/index.html   (230 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Robert N. Thompson on Robert E. Lee
No mention is made of the fact that Lee's father, "Light Horse" Harry Lee, went bankrupt and fled to the West Indies to escape his creditors, leaving his wife and children in desperate straights.
Bradford depicts Lee's marriage to Mary Custis as a seeming model of domestic perfection, and he refers to her as a "charming wife and mother" to whom Lee was devoted (p.
Blount paints her as a dowdy, nagging, frail, spoiled, habitual complainer who made a poor choice as the wife of a professional soldier.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=142851136821576   (2540 words)

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