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2 unusual facts about Thayer


Esquire Shoe Polish

The Knomark company became a Thayer Laboratories subsidiary, then Thayer-Knomark, Inc.

Thayer's Gull

Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri) is a large gull native to North America that breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and winters primarily on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations on the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River.


1980 Thayer Tutt Trophy

The 1980 Thayer Tutt Trophy was the first edition of the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy

The 1988 Thayer Tutt Trophy was the third and last edition of the Thayer Tutt Trophy.

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Among his devoted apprentices were Rockwell Kent, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Richard Meryman, Barry Faulkner (Thayer's cousin), Alexander and William James (the sons of Harvard philosopher William James), and Thayer's own son and daughter, Gerald and Gladys.

Armageddon

This distinction is observed by Trench, (see Richard C. Trench, New Testament Synonyms, pp.301-2) and is followed by Thayer (see Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, p. 528) and Vincent (see Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament, II, 541).

Blue Letter Bible

Integrated study tools include Gesenius' Lexicon for the Old Testament, and Thayer's Lexicon for the New Testament, as well as English and Strong's Concordances for the entire Bible.

Brynn Thayer

Thayer was born in North Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Margery (Schwartz) and William Paul Thayer, a former naval officer and business executive who was Deputy Secretary of Defense (1983-1984) in the Reagan Administration.

Donnette Thayer

Following the release of Two Steps, Thayer teamed up with Steve Kilbey of Australian psychedelic rock band The Church, whose Top Ten hit, "Under The Milky Way," was #12 for the year of 1988.

Douglas Thayer

Thayer’s early work experience included helper on a uranium drill rig, construction laborer, railroad section hand, janitor, restaurant dishwasher, insurance salesman, and seasonal ranger in Yellowstone National Park.

Francis S. Thayer

Francis Samuel Thayer (September 11, 1822 Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont – November 26, 1880 Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Frederick Steele

On March 23, 1864, Steele began his march with eight thousand soldiers from Little Rock south to Arkadelphia, where he was joined by John M. Thayer, who commanded another four thousand troops.

Harry E. T. Thayer

Harry E. T. Thayer (born 10 September 1927) is an American who served as the sixth United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1980–85.

Indemnity Only

V. I. Warshawski, a private detective, is employed by a man who calls himself John Thayer to find his son's girlfriend, Anita Hill.

LacusCurtius

Thayer also provides topical indices for subjects such as the Roman military, law, and daily life.

Nathaniel Thayer

For a number of years, Thayer was involved in a dispute with James G. Carter, then-Deacon of Thayer's congregation and later a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, over the latter's refusal to return funds donated toward the establishment of an instructional academy that failed to materialise.

Nathaniel Thayer, Jr.

He contributed to a commons hall, erected Thayer Hall in 1870 as a memorial of his father and brother, bore the expenses of Louis Agassiz's expedition to South America (which was known as the Thayer Expedition), built a fire-proof herbarium at the botanic garden, and gave much in aid of poor students of the college.

New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments

Votes against conviction: Judges Ward Hunt (Rep.), Lewis B. Woodruff (Rep.), Charles Mason (Rep.), William J. Bacon (Rep.), Thomas W. Clerke and Charles C. Dwight; State Senators Chapman, Banks, Campbell, Hubbard, Humphrey, Kennedy, Mattoon, Morgan, Wicks, Palmer, Parker, Thayer, Van Patten - 19

Polly Thayer Starr

Named Ethel Randolph Thayer after her mother, the artist was the daughter of Harvard Law School Dean Ezra Ripley Thayer and Ethel Randolph Thayer, and granddaughter of legal scholar James Bradley Thayer.

Reuben A. Holden III

In 1910, at the age of 20, Holden won the National Intercollegiate title for Yale, defeating R. Thayer of Pennsylvania in the first round, Cullen Thomas of Princeton in the second, S. F. Raleigh of Princeton in semis and Arthur Sweetser of Harvard in the final.

Robert H. Thayer

Thayer assisted Charles Lindbergh's lead lawyer, Henry Skillman Breckinridge on the famous Lindbergh kidnapping case in 1932, staying at the Charles A Lindbergh residence in Hopewell, New Jersey, until the body of the child was found on 12 May 1932.

Thayer was appointed a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1966 and was vice-chairman from 1975 to 1977.

Simeon Thayer

Simeon Thayer (April 30, 1737 – October 14, 1800) fought in Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War and made a harrowing escape from French-allied Indians.

Stella F. Thayer

The daughter of Chester Howell Ferguson, for whom the University of South Florida’s College of Business Administration building is named, Thayer has been active in thoroughbred racing and has been in ownership with her brother, Howell Ferguson, of Tampa Bay Downs since 1986.

Stella F. Thayer (born December 27, 1940 in Tampa, Florida) is president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Strong's Concordance

Many scholarly Greek and Hebrew Lexicons (e.g., Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Thayer's Greek Dictionary, and Vine's Bible Dictionary) also use Strong's numbers for cross-referencing, encouraging hermeneutical approaches to study.

Sylvanus Thayer

During the War of 1812, Thayer directed the fortification and defense of Norfolk, Virginia, and was promoted to major.

Eliot, Major George Fielding, Sylvanus Thayer of West Point, Messner, 1959

In 1815, Thayer was provided $5,000 to travel to Europe, where he studied for two years at the French École Polytechnique.

Thayer Street

While Harvard Square has long been controlled by chain restaurants and stores, many businesses on Thayer remain independent, such as Avon Cinema, Blue State Coffee, Rockstar Body Piercing, East Side Pockets, and NAVA- New And Vintage Apparel with certain notable exceptions such as Johnny Rockets, Starbucks, Au Bon Pain, Urban Outfitters, Chipotle, and CVS Pharmacy.

Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island is a popular destination for students of the area's nearby schools of Brown University, Moses Brown School, Wheeler School, RISD, Providence College, Johnson & Wales University, and Rhode Island College.

The Chinese Ring

She arrived in San Francisco weeks earlier with two men, Captain Kong (Philip Ahn) and Captain Kelso (Thayer Roberts), to try and acquire fighter planes to fight off an enemy back home.

Tiffany Thayer

Thayer also wrote several novels, including the bestseller Thirteen Women (1930) which was filmed as Thirteen Women (1932) and released by RKO Radio Pictures.

Twin Thousands

The band's core members are Gretta Cohn (previously of the band Cursive and regular Saddle Creek Records cellist) and Ryan Smith (A Million Billion, The Silent League), other members include Kevin Thaxton, Thayer McClanahan, Peter Smith and Gene Park.

W. Paul Thayer

Thayer flew a F4F Wildcat and became a flying ace, with six confirmed and four probable aerial victories, and nine further Japanese Air Force aircraft destroyed on the ground.


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