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Gresham's law

(Encyclopedia)Gresham's law: see under Gresham, Sir Thomas. ...

Matthew, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Matthew, Thomas: see Rogers, John (1500?–1555). ...

McKean, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)McKean, Thomas məkānˈ, –kēnˈ [key], 1734–1817, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. New London, Pa. He settled at New Castle, Del., and b...

Conant, Thomas Jefferson

(Encyclopedia)Conant, Thomas Jefferson, 1802–91, American biblical scholar. He produced new translations of books of the Bible and aided in the revision of the English Bible, completed in 1881. ...

Braidwood, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Braidwood, Thomas, 1715–1806, English educator, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh. He established (1760) at Edinburgh the first school in Great Britain for deaf-mutes, moving it to London in 1783. ...
 

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