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Robert Means Thompson

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Robert Means Thompson (2 March 1849 – 5 September 1930) was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association. [1]

36 relations: Annapolis, Maryland, Army–Navy Game, Boston, Business magnate, Corsica, Pennsylvania, Destroyer, Fort Ticonderoga, France, Harvard Law School, Japan, Legion of Honour, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Mining, Naval Order of the United States, New York Athletic Club, Newport, Rhode Island, Olympic Games, Order of the Rising Sun, Order of Vasa, Philanthropy, Smelting, Stephen Hyatt Pell, Sweden, United States Naval Academy, United States Navy, United States Olympic Committee, USS Contoocook (1864), USS Franklin (1864), USS Guard (1857), USS Richmond (1860), USS Thompson (DD-627), USS Wachusett (1861), Vale Limited, William C. Gibbs, 1912 Summer Olympics, 1924 Summer Olympics.

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County.

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Army–Navy Game

The Army–Navy Game is an American college rivalry game in college football between the Army Black Knights of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, and the Navy Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Business magnate

A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.

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Corsica, Pennsylvania

Corsica is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

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Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Legion of Honour

The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.

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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), or simply as the Loyal Legion is a United States patriotic order, organized April 15, 1865, by officers of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States who "had aided in maintaining the honor, integrity, and supremacy of the national movement" during the American Civil War.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Naval Order of the United States

The Naval Order of the United States was established in 1890 as a hereditary organization in the United States for members of the American sea services.

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New York Athletic Club

The New York Athletic Club is a private social club and athletic club in New York City.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Order of the Rising Sun

The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan.

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Order of Vasa

The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy means the love of humanity.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in order to melt out a base metal.

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Stephen Hyatt Pell

Stephen Hyatt Pell (February 3, 1874 – 1950), or Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell was the son of John Howland Pell and Caroline Hyatt.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Olympic Committee

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

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USS Contoocook (1864)

USS Contoocook was a screw sloop-of-war built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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USS Franklin (1864)

The fourth USS Franklin was a United States Navy screw frigate.

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USS Guard (1857)

USS Guard (1857) was a large steamship with powerful 8-inch rifled guns, acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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USS Richmond (1860)

The USS Richmond was a wooden steam sloop in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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USS Thompson (DD-627)

USS Thompson (DD-627 (later DMS-38) was first a, then became an ''Ellyson''-class destroyer minesweeper. She was the second Navy ship named "Thompson", and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson.

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USS Wachusett (1861)

USS Wachusett (1861) – the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named – was a large (1,032-ton) steam sloop-of-war that served the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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Vale Limited

Vale Canada Limited (formerly Vale Inco, CVRD Inco and Inco Limited; for corporate branding purposes simply known as "Vale" and pronounced in English) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale.

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William C. Gibbs

William Channing Gibbs (February 10, 1787February 21, 1871) was the tenth Governor of Rhode Island from 1821 to 1824.

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1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics (Swedish: Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912.

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1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics (Les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France.

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Redirects here:

R. M. Thompson, Robert M. Thompson.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Means_Thompson

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