Sir George Alan Thomas (b. Therapia, Turkey; June 14, 1881–July 23, 1972) was a Britishchess, badminton and tennis player. He was twice British Chess Champion and a seven-time All-England Badminton champion. As a chess player he won the first prize at Hastings 1934-35 Tournament on top of best players of his day: Euwe, Flohr, Capablanca and Botvinnik among others. June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-03-08, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Badminton court, isomorphic view Badminton is a racket (or racquet) sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles). ... Tennis ball This article is about the sport. ... The British Chess Championship is organised by the British Chess Federation. ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... Max Euwe Machgielis (Max) Euwe (last name is pronounced /ø:wÉ™/) (May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player. ... Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech-Jewish chess master of the early 20th century. ... José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 - March 8, 1942) was a famous Cuban chess player in the early to mid twentieth century. ... Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (МихаиÌл МоиÑеÌевич БотвиÌнник) (August 17, 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Jewish Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. ...
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Augusta Read Thomas (born in 1964 in Glen Cove, New York) was an Associate Professor on the composition faculty at the Eastman School of Music from 1993-2001 and is now a Professor of Music at Northwestern University.
Thomas' orchestral works have been performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony, and other major orchestras around the world.
Thomas’ work has been featured on NPR's "Morning Edition." as well as on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Composer's Voice." She was a Master Artist, leading a three-week composition program, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.
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