Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet (died 1774) was an English colonial government official, who served as Governor of the Leeward Islands .
15-774: George Thomas may refer to: Politicians [ edit ] Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet (died 1774), deputy governor of Pennsylvania 1738–1747, governor of the Leeward Islands 1753–1766 Sir George Thomas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1740–1815), British MP for Arundel George M. Thomas (American politician) (1828–1914), U.S. Representative from Kentucky George Y. Thomas (1882–1940), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada George T. Thomas (1856–1920), Republican politician from Ohio George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy (1909–1997), British Labour Party politician, Speaker of
30-620: A baronet , of Yapton in the County of Sussex in the Baronetage of Great Britain , on 6 September 1766. He married Lydia, daughter of John King, Esq. of Antigua. Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet was the last of this lineage, who had no sons; this baronetcy terminated with his death in 1972. This biography of a baronet in the baronetage of Great Britain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . George B. Thomas George Brinton Thomas Jr. (January 11, 1914 – October 31, 2006)
45-652: A B.A. in 1934 and an M.A. in 1936, both in mathematics and mathematics education. On August 15, 1936, Thomas married Jane Heath at her family's home in South Bend, Washington . The couple lived in Pullman, Washington for a year; Thomas worked at a local shoe store to save money for further graduate education. In 1937, Thomas was accepted into the graduate mathematics program at Cornell University . At Cornell, Thomas worked as an instructor while pursuing his research in number theory . Thomas finished his doctoral work in 1940 and
60-616: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sir George Thomas, 1st Baronet Thomas served as Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania between 1738 and 1747. In 1753 he became Captain General and Governor in Chief of the British Leeward Islands , serving in the position until 1766. Upon his return to England, he was created
75-588: Is the most recent version of the text. Thomas became involved with math and science education in America's primary and secondary schools some years before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik . From 1955 to 1957, he served on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America and was the group's first vice president from 1958 to 1959. From 1956 to 1959, he served on the executive committee of
90-700: The 1919 Influenza Epidemic , just eight days before his fifth birthday. His father remarried shortly thereafter, to Lena Steward. They lived in a tent with a wooden floor and a coal stove. After his stepmother Lena died from complications due to childbirth, the father and son moved to the Spokane Valley in Washington State, where they both attended Spokane University . George Thomas Sr. married again, to Gertrude Alice Johnson. Thomas began attending Washington State College (now Washington State University ), after Spokane University went bankrupt. There, he earned
105-1219: The 1900s and 1910s for Pontnewydd (RU), Newport, Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Warrington George Thomas (rugby union, born 1857) (1857–1934), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and 1990s for Wales, and Newport Others [ edit ] George Thomas (soldier) (c. 1756–1802), Irish mercenary, active in 18th century India, also known as the "Irish Raja" George Thomas (surveyor) (1781–1850), Royal Navy hydrographic surveyor George Henry Thomas (1816–1870), American Civil War general George Housman Thomas (1824–1868), English painter and illustrator George Thomas (entrepreneur) , African-American valet, impresario in Russia under Tsar Nicholas II George Holt Thomas (1879–1929), aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor George Washington Thomas (1883–1937), American blues and jazz pianist and songwriter George B. Thomas (1914–2006), mathematician George Leo Thomas (born 1950), American Roman Catholic prelate George Thomas (educator) (died 1951), American academic administrator K. George Thomas , Indian photochemist George Geovonni Thomas (born 1983), American criminal convicted of
120-620: The 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing George Thomas [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Thomas&oldid=1093917904 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
135-1304: The House of Commons George Thomas (Indian politician) (1926–1993), Indian politician George M. Thomas (Indian politician) (born 1955), Communist Party of India politician Sports [ edit ] George C. Thomas Jr. (1873–1932), American golf course designer Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet (1881–1972), British chess and badminton player George Thomas (halfback) (1928–1989), American football halfback and defensive back George Thomas (wide receiver) (born 1964), American football wide receiver George Thomas (baseball) (born 1937), American baseball player George Thomas (badminton) (born 1966), Indian badminton player George Thomas (canoeist) , canoer from New Zealand George Thomas (English cricketer) (born 2003) George Thomas (Indian cricketer) , cricketer from India George Thomas (footballer, born 1857) (1857–?), Welsh international footballer George Thomas (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2014), Welsh football player for Newport County George Thomas (footballer, born 1997) , Welsh football player who plays for Queens Park Rangers George Thomas (golfer) , American golfer George Thomas (rugby, born 1881) (1881–1916), rugby union and rugby league footballer of
150-646: The big lecture hall for more hands-on teaching of 20-30 students twice a week. Jane Thomas died in 1975 from breast cancer . In 1980, Thomas married Thais Erving; she died in 1983, also from breast cancer. In 1978, Thomas retired from full-time teaching, although he continued to edit new editions of Calculus and Analytic Geometry . He became interested in religion, attending the Unity Church and later taking up Christian Science . On October 31, 2006, Thomas died in Foxdale Village at State College, Pennsylvania ,
165-767: The mathematics division of the American Society for Engineering Education . He also served on the Commission on Mathematics of the College Entrance Examination Board . Thomas used the positions to speak out on mathematics education reform in high schools and universities. In the late 1950s, Thomas went to India with a grant from the Ford Foundation to train mathematics instructors. At MIT, Thomas continued to teach recitation sections at MIT, normally taught by grad students, until at least 1977, eschewing
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195-459: Was an American mathematician and professor of mathematics at MIT . Internationally, he is best known for being the author of the widely used calculus textbook Calculus and Analytic Geometry , known today as Thomas' Textbook . Born in Boise - Idaho, Thomas' early years were difficult. His father, George Brinton Thomas Sr., was a bank employee, and his mother, Georgia Fay Thomas (née Goin), died in
210-722: Was immediately hired by MIT for a one-year teaching appointment. He was well liked at MIT, and was invited to join the faculty after his teaching fellowship ended. During the Second World War , Thomas was involved in early computation systems and programmed the differential analyzer to calculate firing tables for the Navy . In 1952, George and Jane Thomas moved into the Conantum community in Concord, Massachusetts , where many younger Harvard and MIT faculty members lived. In 1951, Addison-Wesley
225-406: Was then a new publishing company specializing in textbooks and technical literature. The management was unhappy with the calculus textbook they were then publishing, so they approached Thomas, asking if he could revise the book. Instead, he went ahead with an entirely new book. The first edition came out in 1952; Calculus and Analytic Geometry became one of the most famous and widely used texts on
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