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4 unusual facts about Thomas A. Desjardin


Thomas A. Desjardin

Historical advisor to actor Jeff Daniels - In 2011, Daniels said publicly of his role as Joshua Chamberlain: "For me, whatever people think that role was, it is because of Tom Desjardin."

Desjardin has appeared in nationally televised documentaries numerous times and was the historical consultant for actor Jeff Daniels in his role as Chamberlain in the 1993 movie Gettysburg.

Thomas A. (Tom) Desjardin (born June 10, 1964) is an American historian who has written books on the American Civil War and American Revolutionary War.

A former archivist/historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, much of his historical research has been devoted to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, on the mythology of the Gettysburg story, and Maine history.


Charles Williams Jr. House

Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson experimented with the telephone in Williams' shop, and it was there that they first heard indistinct sounds transmitted on June 2, 1875.

East Fultonham, Ohio

It is noted as the birthplace of U.S. Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks.

Esomeprazole

Thomas A. Scully, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also criticized AstraZeneca for their aggressive marketing of Nexium.

Geastrum welwitschii

According to mycologists Hemmes and Desjardin, the most common earthstar in the coastal Casuarina forests of Hawaii is a species "closely allied" with G. welwitschii, which they name Geastrum aff.

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

A 1934 recording of the song by Thomas A. Dorsey was selected in 2007 by the United States' National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

John C. Brown

In 1876, Brown, who supported Thomas A. Scott's efforts to build a transcontinental railroad in the South, joined the Texas & Pacific Railroad as a vice president.

Joseph Carew

Joseph Carew (c1820-1870) was a sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts, active between 1840–1870, and collaborated with Thomas A. Carew as the firm Carew & Brother.

Jubilee quartet

Groups such as the Golden Gate Quartet—originally named the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet—infused their performances of spirituals with the rhythmic beat of blues and jazz and gradually began including gospel standards written by Thomas A. Dorsey and others in their repertoire.

Larry Cuba

Created in Chicago with Tom DeFanti's Graphic Symbiosis System GRASS, consists of sixteen "objects", each composed of 100 points of light, some of them geometric shapes like circles and squares, others more organic shapes resembling gushes of water.

Medicare Part D

Medicare boss Thomas Scully, who threatened to fire Medicare Chief Actuary Richard Foster if he reported how much the bill would actually cost, was negotiating for a new job as a pharmaceutical lobbyist as the bill was working through Congress.

Mike Craver

This humoristic song is based on the first words transmitted thru the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas A. Watson.

Nenad Ban

His interest in large macromolecular assemblies led him for his postdoctoral work to the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University where he determined the atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit by X-ray crystallography, as part of the group in the laboratory of Thomas A. Steitz.

Pittsburgh in the American Civil War

Other important personalities of the Civil War born in the immediate Pittsburgh area included Col. Daniel Leasure, Congressman Robert McKnight, industrialist William Metcalf, and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley.

The Eudaemonic Pie

The Eudaemonic Pie is a 1985 book by American author Thomas A. Bass, about a group of University of California, Santa Cruz, physics graduate students (known as the Eudaemons) who in the late 1970s and early 1980s designed and employed miniaturized computers, hidden in specially modified platform soled shoes, to help predict the outcome of casino roulette games.

The Telephone Gambit

# The world famous scene in which Bell and Watson make their first telephone call is described in his autobiography by Thomas A. Watson some year's after Bell's death.

Thomas A. Benes

Awards he received include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal three award stars, the Air Medal with valor device and four strike/flight numerals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Thomas A. Bickle

Thomas Anthony Bickle (born 23 December 1940 in Norfolk, UK) is a British/Swiss microbiologist.

Thomas A. Davis

During the Spanish-American War he served as a Captain of the 6th US Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Sixth Immunes, which was mustered at Knoxville, Tennessee and saw service in Puerto Rico.

Thomas A. DuBois

DuBois has also translated into English Johan Turi's "An Account of the Sámi", the first secular book ever written in the Sámi language.

Thomas A. Edison Academy for Career and Technical Education

The Elizabeth Public Schools is partnering with The National Academy Foundation and is currently engaged in a Year of Planning - Academy Development Process to establish the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism as a career academy at the Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy in September 2010.

Thomas A. Ferguson

Since retiring from government service, Ferguson has run a consulting business based out of Howard County, Maryland.

Thomas A. Hendricks

Hendricks was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, near East Fultonham and Zanesville, on September 7, 1819.

Thomas A. Jackson

During the 1920s he was a major figure in the CPGB, being on the Central Committee from 1924 to 1929 and editor of The Communist and The Sunday Worker.

Thomas A. Livesley

Elected Mayor of Salem in 1927, he presided over a number of public works in the city that included bridge building, paving of major streets, the installation of street lights and traffic signals and the construction of the Salem Municipal Airport (McNary Field).

Earlier, Livesley had commissioned Ellis F. Lawrence, later founder of the University of Oregon School of Architecture, to design and build a personal home.

Thomas A. Morris

He graduated fourth in the Class of 1834 and became an officer in the 1st U.S. Artillery stationed at Fort Monroe in Virginia and then at Fort King in Florida.

Thomas A. O'Donnell

O'Donnell served as president and board chairman of CALPET until it was sold to the Texas Company (later known as Texaco).

Thomas A. Romberg

In the 1980s Romberg was chair of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) commissions that produced Curriculum and Evaluation Standards NCTM standards for School Mathematics, and the Assessment Standards for School Mathematics.

Thomas A. Smith

He is also an active member of the Houston Geologic Society, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Seismological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union.

Thomas A. Walker

Other works that he undertook were the Barry Dock and Railway, and the Preston Dock, and in addition he carried out the contract for the Buenos Aires Harbour Works with John Hawkshaw and resident engineer James Murray Dobson.

Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr.

He ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor in 1974 amid a crowded field of candidates and was badly outspent by both eventual nominee and winner Ray Blanton and runner-up Jake Butcher.

Thomas A. Wofford

He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced the practice of law in Greenville.

Thomas Abercrombie

Thomas A. Abercrombie (born 1951), professor of anthropology at New York University

Thomas Barry

Thomas A. Barry (c. 1879–1947), American football player and coach

Thomas Dorsey

Thomas A. Dorsey, gospel composer and performer, known as Georgia Tom in his earlier jazz career

Thomas G. Alvord

Then he studied law with Thomas A. Tomlinson and George A. Simmons at Keeseville, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice at Salina, New York.

Thomas McBride

Thomas A. McBride (1847–1930), American attorney and judge in Oregon

Thomas McCann

Thomas A. McCann, head football coach at Bowdoin College (1913–1914) and the University of Maine (1917)

Thomas McMahon

Thomas A. McMahon (1943–1999), novelist and Professor of Applied Mechanics and Biology at Harvard University

Thomas Shannon

Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. (born 1958), U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 2010-Present

Tom Moloney

:This article is about the British businessman, for the American politician see Thomas A. Maloney.

Viking 1

The Viking 1 Lander was named the Thomas Mutch Memorial Station in January 1982 in honor of the leader of the Viking imaging team.

William B. Campbell

In early 1862, after the Union Army occupied Middle Tennessee, Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott recommended Campbell for military governor, but the appointment went to Andrew Johnson.


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