Fred Thompson

Also known as Freddie Dalton Thompson, Fred Dalton Thompson

American politician and actor (1942–2015)

Person · Open Library

Works: 44

Top works

Grillin' with Gas
Williams Sonoma Grill Master The Ultimate Arsenal of Back to Basics Recipes for the Grill
Fred's Favorite Poems
Scratchy and the Tick Pirates
It's My Story

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1949-04-03

britishbritish folk rockcontemporary folkelectric folkfolkfolk rock

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 249
Total plays: 1,738

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 51,858x
Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses
· 2003 · cited 51,801x
Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology
· 1989 · cited 43,521x
Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 41,906x
The CLUSTAL_X windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools
· 1997 · cited 31,672x

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Quotes

“I often say after eight years in Washington, I longed for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.”
“I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.”
“The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.”
“This country has shed more blood for the freedom of other people than all the other nations in the history of the world combined, and I'm tired of people feeling like they've got to apologize for America.”
“We can't forget the fact that although at a particular point in time we never found any WMD down there, he clearly had had WMD. He clearly had had the beginnings of a nuclear program.”

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Key facts

Preceded by: Harlan Mathews
Succeeded by: Lamar Alexander
Born: Frederick Fletcher Dalton Thompson , ( 1942-08-19 ) August 19, 1942, Sheffield, Alabama , U.S.
Died: November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) (aged 73), Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
Party: Republican
Spouses: Sarah Knestrick ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1959 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Jeri Kehn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
Education: University of Memphis ( BA ), Vanderbilt University ( JD )

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Wikidata facts

Image: Fred Thompson.jpg
Height: 78
Number of children: 5

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birth name: Freddie Dalton Thompson
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date of birth: 1942-08-19
date of death: 2015-11-01
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Article

Frederick Fletcher Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2008 United States presidential election.

He chaired the International Security Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of State, was a member of the U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.