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Thomas Preston

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Irish physicist (1860–1900)

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  • Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian
  • Life of St. Mary Magdalene; or, the Path of Penitence
  • Life and Opinions of Thomas Preston, Patriot and Shoemaker; Containing Much That Is Curious, Much That Is Useful, More That Is True
  • A dictionary of daily blunders, containing a collection of mistakes often made in speaking and writing ...
  • Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

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There are two artists bearing the name Thomas Preston: 1. Thomas Preston (died c. 1563) was an English organist and composer who held posts at Magdalen College, Oxford, Trinity College, Cambridge, and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The anonymous ground for keyboard Uppon la mi re (MB, LXVI, 1995) in the collection Add.29996 (London British Library) is often attributed to him. 2. Thomas Preston is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound designer based in Leicestershire. *

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Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Gender
male
Place of birth
County Armagh
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
English language
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member of
Royal Society
date of birth
1860-01-01
date of death
1900-01-01
interested in
natural philosophy
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