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Gerald J. Toomer, historian of astronomy and mathematics Ron Toomer, roller coaster designer Fred A. Toomer, Third Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Atlanta Life Insurance Company Walter Toomer (1883–1962), English footballer See also Toomer, an abbreviation for Fred A. Toomer Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia

Gerald James Toomer (born November 23, 1934 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is a British historian of mathematics and science. Toomer attended Clifton College in Bristol from 1945 to 1953 and studied classical philology at Oxford University , where he was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College after graduating from 1955 to 1959 and EP Warren Praelector ...

Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy. In particular, he translated Ptolemy's Almagest into English.. Formerly a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, he moved to Brown University as a special student in 1959 to …

From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Gerald James Toomer (born 23 November 1934) is a historian of astronomy and mathematics who has written numerous books and papers on ancient Greek and medieval Islamic astronomy. In particular, he translated Ptolemy 's Almagest into English. Contents Some works See also References External links

Gerald and Geraldine are male and female Germanic given names meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ger- ("spear") and suffix -wald ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Irish language Gearalt. Gerald is less common as a surname.

Jean Toomer (born Nathan Pinchback Toomer; December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and modernism.His reputation stems from his novel Cane (1923), which Toomer wrote during and after a stint as a school principal at a black school in …

Barbara Greenlee Toomer (August 26, 1929 – April 24, 2018) was an American advocate for disability rights.She was born and raised in Southern California and attended nursing school in San Francisco.She then joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1953 and was stationed at Fort Bragg.In 1956, Toomer contracted polio and became a wheelchair user.