Thomas Hastings
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Thomas Hastings may refer to:
- Thomas Hastings (colonist)Thomas Hastings (colonist)Thomas Hastings was a prominent English immigrant to New England, one of the approximately 20,000 immigrants who came as part of the Great Migration. A Deacon of the church, among his many public offices he served on the Committee of Colony Assessments in 1640 and as Deputy for Watertown to the...
(1605–1685), English Puritan settler in early Colonial America; deacon who left Ipswich in 1634; served in many Massachusetts public offices (Colony Assessments, 1640; Deputy for Watertown, 1673, etc) - Thomas Hastings (composer)Thomas Hastings (composer)Thomas Hastings was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is Toplady for the hymn Rock of Ages. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice Hastings in Washington, Connecticut...
(1784–1872), American composer, primarily of hymn tunes (over 1,000, including "Rock of Ages"); New York City choirmaster for 40 years (1832–72); editor of Musical Magazine; musical theorist and essayist - Thomas Hastings (Royal Navy officer) (1790–1870), English naval gunnery innovator who brought scientific methods to instruction of maritime battle strategy; also painter (Storm at Sea, 1812); knighted in 1839
- Thomas Horace Hastings (1860–1897), American land developer (Hastings, FloridaHastings, FloridaHastings is a town and agricultural center in St. Johns County, Florida, United States, southwest of St. Augustine. The population was 521 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 607.-History:...
) whose farm evolved into agricultural town named after him; cousin of real estate pioneer Henry Morrison Flagler who developed Miami and founded Palm Beach - Thomas Hastings (architect)Thomas Hastings (architect)Thomas Hastings was an American architect.- Biography :He was born in New York City to Thomas Samuel Hastings, a Presbyterian minister, and Fanny de Groot. Hastings came from a colonial Yankee background, his ancestor Thomas Hastings having come from the East Anglia region of England to the...
(1860–1929), American building designer; co-founder of firm Carrère and Hastings (New York Public Library building, the Knole, Frick Mansion; Arlington Tomb of Unknowns, etc); grandson of Thomas Hastings (composer)
See also
- Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (ca. 1396–1455), English courtier who fought for Henry VI in France and was made Keeper of the Seals, Chancellor of France, Lord of Hastings (1439), Knight of the Garter (1445) and Baron of Hoo and Hastings (1447)
- Hastings (name)