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Marlo Thomas Biography

Marlo ThomasactressBorn: 11/21/1937Birthplace: Deerfield, Mich. Emmy Award-winning actress who is best known for her role as one of television's first independent women, Ann Marie, on That Girl (1966…

Thomas Kinsella Biography

Thomas Kinsella poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of…

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison Born: 1847Birthplace: Milan, Ohio Electric lamp—Edison held 1,093 patents, including those for the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone…

Thomas J. Fogarty

Thomas J. Fogarty Born: 1934Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Embolectomy balloon catheter—Dr. Fogarty's embolectomy catheter, which is used to remove blood clots, consists of a small hollow tube (…

Dave Van Ronk 2002 Deaths

Dave Van RonkAge: 65 folk singer whose broad knowledge of jazz, folk, and blues earned him the nickname “Mayor of Greenwich Village.” He is considered largely responsible for the folk revival…

Robert Urich 2002 Deaths

Robert UrichAge: 55 Emmy Award–winning actor who starred in the television series Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire. His film credits include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Turk 182! He…

Coram, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Coram, ThomasCoram, Thomaskôrˈəm [key], 1668?–1751, English philanthropist and colonizer. He lived for some years in Massachusetts, working as a shipbuilder. On his return to England…

Cousins, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Cousins, SamuelCousins, Samuelkŭzˈənz [key], 1801–87, English mezzotint engraver. He is famous for his interpretations in mezzotint of the work of Sir Thomas Lawrence, but his plates,…

Godfrey, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Godfrey, Thomas, 1736–63, American poet and playwright, b. Philadelphia. The son of Thomas Godfrey, who invented the quadrant, he became apprenticed to a watchmaker after his father's…

Brewer's: Panthe'a

wife of Abradatus, King of Susa. Abradatus joined the Assyrians against Cyrus, and his wife was taken captive. Cyrus refused to visit her, that he might not be tempted by her beauty to…