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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 (…

Leo XIII, pope

(Encyclopedia) Leo XIII, 1810–1903, pope (1878–1903), an Italian (b. Carpineto, E of Rome) named Gioacchino Pecci; successor of Pius IX. Ordained in 1837, he earned an excellent reputation as…

1974 College Football Recap

Final AP Top 20 Bowl Games with Top 20 Teams Major Conference Champions Heisman Trophy Voting Other Major Award Winners Consensus All-America Team After three seasons…

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…

William Howard Taft

William Howard TaftBorn: 9/15/1857Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15, 1857. A Yale graduate, he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s…