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Hoccleve, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hoccleve or Occleve, ThomasHoccleve or Occleve, Thomashŏkˈlēv, ŏkˈ– [key], c.1368–c.1450, English poet, an imitator of Chaucer. He was a clerk in the office of the Privy Seal. His…

Bradwardine, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bradwardine, ThomasBradwardine, Thomasbrădˈwərdēn [key], c.1295–1349, English mathematician, natural philosopher, and theologian. He was chaplain to Edward III (c.1338) and later…

Watkins, Vernon

(Encyclopedia) Watkins, Vernon, 1906–67, British poet, b. Maesteg, Wales, educated at Cambridge. Like his close friend Dylan Thomas, Watkins was profoundly influenced by his Welsh background. His…

Whittredge, Thomas Worthington

(Encyclopedia) Whittredge, Thomas WorthingtonWhittredge, Thomas Worthingtonhwĭtˈrĭj [key], 1820–1910, American painter, b. Springfield, Ohio. He studied in Paris, Düsseldorf, and Rome before…

Willis, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Willis, Thomas, 1621–75, English physician and anatomist. He became professor at Oxford in 1660 and in 1666 established a practice in London. An authority on the brain and the nervous…

Community of Christ

(Encyclopedia) Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, religious group that regards itself as the successor of the church founded by Joseph Smith.…

Gresham, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Gresham, Sir ThomasGresham, Sir Thomasgrĕshˈəm [key], 1519?–1579, English merchant and financier. As the royal financial agent in Antwerp after 1551 he proved himself very able, though…

Imitation of Christ, The

(Encyclopedia) Imitation of Christ, The, Christian devotional book, of great popularity. It originated among the Brothers of the Common Life in the Netherlands and was written probably c.1425.…

Donahue, Thomas R.

(Encyclopedia) Donahue, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly Donahue) Donahue, Thomas R. dŏnˈəhy&oomacr;ˌ…

Evangelical United Brethren Church

(Encyclopedia) Evangelical United Brethren Church, Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early…