Louisa Thomas | |
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| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Occupation | Journalist • author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Partner | John Urschel |
| Children | 1 |
Louisa Thomas (born 1981) is an American writer and sports journalist.
Louisa Thomas | |
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| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) |
| Occupation | Journalist • author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Partner | John Urschel |
| Children | 1 |
Louisa Thomas (born 1981) is an American writer and sports journalist.
Thomas is the daughter of journalist and Newsweek editor Evan Thomas and Washington, D.C. attorney Oscie Thomas. [1]
Thomas graduated from Harvard University.
Thomas is a contributor to The New Yorker and a former editor and writer at Grantland . Her work has appeared in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Vogue , and The Paris Review . Thomas has published two books: 2017's Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams, a biography of First Lady Louisa Adams, and 2011's Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family—a Test of Will and Faith in World War I, about the moral conflicts her family endured during World War I and focusing on her pacifist great-grandfather, Norman Thomas. She is a former fellow at New America. [2]
Though much of Thomas's writing is about sports, it is influenced by her studies of poetry; she cites Wallace Stevens as a major influence. [1]
Thomas's first marriage resulted in divorce. Her second is to mathematician and former NFL player John Urschel. They have one daughter. [3] Urschel's autobiography, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, was co-written by Thomas and published in 2019. [4] [5]
Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women to have been married to U.S. presidents and to have been the mothers of other U.S. presidents.
Louisa Catherine Adams was the first lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829 during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. She was born in England and raised in France. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americans. After her family returned to England, she met John Quincy Adams in 1795, and the two began a tenuous courtship. They were wed in 1797 after a year of engagement, beginning a marriage of disagreements and personality conflicts. She joined her husband on his diplomatic mission to Prussia, where she was popular with the Prussian court. When they returned to the United States, her husband became a senator and she gave birth to three sons. John was appointed minister to the Russian Empire in 1809, and they traveled to Russia without their two older sons, against Louisa's wishes. Though she was again popular with the court, she detested living in Russia, especially after the death of her infant daughter in 1812. She lived in Russia alone for a year while John negotiated the Treaty of Ghent, and when he asked her to join him in 1815, she made the dangerous 40 day journey across war-torn Europe.
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John Cameron Urschel is a Canadian-American mathematician and former professional American football guard and center. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old.
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 Presidents, First Ladies And 'The Extraordinary Life Of Mrs. Adams' With Louisa Thomas , WAMU May 26, 2016 | |
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 Book Discussion on Louisa, C-SPAN, April 13, 2016 |
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