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Thomas Cornell is an ancestor to a number of prominent and notorious Americans: Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University; William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence; Ezekiel Cornell, a Revolutionary War general who represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Continental Congress from 1780 to 1782; [4] Bill Gates; Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon; First Ladies Elizabeth ...
Thomas Cornell (politician) (1814–1890), American politician and businessman Thomas Cornell (publisher) (fl. 1780–1792), British publisher and printseller Thomas Cornell (artist) (1937–2012), American artist
Thomas C. Cornell (January 27, 1814 – March 30, 1890) was an American politician and businessman. During the American Civil War , he was commissioned as a major in the New York Militia . He served two terms in Congress running on the Republican Party line, first from 1867 to 1869, and again from 1881 to 1883.
The Cornell family of New England and New York began with the arrival from Saffron Walden, Essex, England of Thomas Cornell in Rhode Island in Boston in the 1630s. Cornell was a contemporary of Anne Hutchinson and was compelled to leave Puritan Boston due to the Antinomian Controversy for Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he connected with Roger Williams.
Thomas Sowell (/ s oʊ l / SOHL; born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, economic historian, social philosopher and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known voice in the American conservative ...
The Cornell Steamboat Company was founded by Thomas Cornell (1814–1890) in Rondout, New York in the late 1840s, as a major passenger ship and cargo company. Thomas Cornell was President of Cornell Steamboat Company from 1865 to 1870.
Thomas C. Cornell (April 11, 1934 – August 1, 2022) was an American journalist and a peace activist against the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He was an associate editor of the Catholic Worker and a deacon in the Catholic Church .
Thomas Browne Cornell (March 1, 1937 – December 7, 2012) [1] was an American artist. Cornell was known for empirical drawings and paintings. His work involved moral content concerning global, social, and environmental justice .