...serving up a two course breakfast with a talk about its world-famous Tompion clock, from 9am-11am on Easter Sunday (31 March). Thomas Tompion (1639–1713), widely regarded as the father of English clock making, made the clock for the Pump Room in 1709 and it...

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Don-t-late-make-Time-Tompion/story-18471749-detail/story.html

British Museum Exhibitions For 2013 05:15 Jan 15 2013 from Gadling

...a single object and its place in the culture that created it. In 2013 there will be a mask from Sierra Leone, the Mildenhall Treasure, a modern adaptation of the Shunga artwork and a clock made by celebrated English clockmaker Thomas Tompion (1639-1713)....

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Anniversaries of 2013 03:30 Dec 31 2012 from Irish Independent

...(1818) with examples of poor usage from the Duke of Wellington and Lord Castlereagh. Brought back from America the bones of Thomas Paine. Explored England 1821-26 for Rural Rides (1830). History of the Protestant Reformation (1824–7) argued that the poor had...

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/anniversaries-of-2013-3339817.html

Thomas Woodham Smith: Week One Life in the Arts Lane: Madrid, Holland, Brussels and London 03:10 Dec 03 2012 from The Huffington Post: UK Edition

...to discuss possibilities around the celebration of the tri centenary next year of the legend of English clock making Thomas Tompion. Not to mention a unique collection of Meissen figures that will be brought to the fair. And every now and then, there are some...

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/thomas-woodham-smith/week-1-life-in-the-arts-l_b_2230165.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-lifestyle?ncid=GEP

Court hears Levens Hall clock theft man made £600,000 from targeting historic houses 08:38 Sep 17 2012 from The Westmoreland

...19, 2009, accomplices broke into the house and stole several antique pieces, including a 300-year-old clock, made by Thomas Tompion. Harkin might have got away with it, Carlisle Crown Court heard, if he had not contacted Levens owner Hal Bagot, saying he could...

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9932548.Court_hears_Levens_Hall_clock_theft_man_made___600_000_from_targeting_historic_houses/?ref=rss

The British Are Back on the Watchmaking Scene 03:30 Sep 04 2012 from The New York Times

...inward-looking, landlocked Swiss. Only true aficionados remember the great names of that golden era of English watchmaking: Thomas Tompion; John Harrison; Thomas Mudge; George Graham; Thomas Earnshaw and John Arnold. But a small band of English watchmakers...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/fashion/05iht-acaw-english05.html

Hall of Fame inducts 2012 class 08:55 Aug 10 2012 from Blood Horse

...raced for Frank Stronach and is currently a stallion at Stronach's Adena Springs in Kentucky. Foaled in Virginia at Maj. Thomas W. Doswell's Bullfield Stable in 1855, Planet was sired by Revenue out of the Boston mare Nina. Planet was a sensation from the...

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/71964/hall-of-fame-inducts-2012-class?source=rss

Hall of Fame set to induct 2012 class 08:21 Aug 07 2012 from Blood Horse

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/71883/hall-of-fame-set-to-induct-2012-class?source=rss

Levens Hall clock theft man in court for Proceeds of Crime hearing 09:30 Jun 25 2012 from The Westmoreland

...on September 19, 2009, and discovered by Levens owner Hal Bagot after the alarm went off. The 300-year-old clock, made by Thomas Tompion – described by the judge last year as “one of the finest bracket clocks in the country” - had had one of its feet broken...

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9780062.Levens_Hall_clock_theft_man_in_court_for_Proceeds_of_Crime_hearing/?ref=rss

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