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Talmage, Thomas De Witt

(Encyclopedia) Talmage, Thomas De WittTalmage, Thomas De Witttălˈmĭj [key], 1832–1902, American Presbyterian clergyman, b. near Bound Brook, N.J., grad. New Brunswick Theological Seminary (1856). His…

Cech, Thomas Robert

(Encyclopedia) Cech, Thomas RobertCech, Thomas Robertchĕk [key], 1947–, American microbiologist, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley. A professor at the Univ. of Colorado, he discovered…

Prence, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Prence or Prince, Thomas, 1600–1673, American colonial governor, b. England. His Puritan family joined the Pilgrim community in Leiden in Thomas's youth. In 1621 he went to Plymouth…

Stead, William Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Stead, William ThomasStead, William Thomasstĕd [key], 1849–1912, English journalist. From 1883 to 1889 he edited the Pall Mall Gazette and in 1890 founded the Review of Reviews,…

Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur ThomasQuiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomaskwĭlˈər-k&oomacr;chˌ [key], pseud. Q, 1863–1944, English author. Among the novels of his native Cornwall are Dead…

Quinn, Edmond Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Quinn, Edmond Thomas, 1868–1929, American sculptor and painter, b. Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with Thomas Eakins, and in Paris. His monumental…

Culpeper, Thomas Culpeper, 2d Baron

(Encyclopedia) Culpeper, Thomas Culpeper, 2d BaronCulpeper, Thomas Culpeper, 2d Baronkŭlˈpĕpˌər [key], 1635–89, English colonial governor of Virginia. In 1673, with the earl of Arlington, he was…

Mann, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia) Mann, HeinrichMann, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh män [key], 1871–1950, German novelist; older brother of Thomas Mann. He was a prolific author; themes of social criticism dominate his works. The…

Betterton, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Betterton, ThomasBetterton, Thomasbĕtˈərtən [key], 1635?–1710, English actor and manager. He joined Sir William D'Avenant's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields theater in 1661 and became…

Bakocz, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Bakocz or Bakacs, ThomasBakocz or Bakacs, Thomasbŏˈkôts, bŭˈkŏch [key], Hung. Bakócz or Bakács TamásBakocz or Bakacs, Thomastŏˈmäsh [key], c.1442–1521, Hungarian politician, cardinal…