(Encyclopedia) Tompion, Thomas, 1639?–1713, English clockmaker. When the Royal Observatory at Greenwich was established in 1676, Tompion was chosen to make two clocks, to be wound only once a year,…
(Encyclopedia) Addison, Thomas, 1793–1860, English physician, b. near Newcastle, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh (M.D., 1815). In 1837 he became a physician at Guy's Hospital, London, where he conducted…
(Encyclopedia) Telford, Thomas, 1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer. He greatly improved road building in England and Scotland. He introduced the use of a base of large stones surfaced with compacted…
(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,…
(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…
(Encyclopedia) Cheyne, Thomas KellyCheyne, Thomas Kellychāˈnē [key], 1841–1915, English cleric and biblical critic, educated at Oxford. While studying at Göttingen, he was influenced by Georg Ewald…
(Encyclopedia) Bayard, Thomas FrancisBayard, Thomas Francisbīˈərd [key], 1828–98, U.S. statesman, b. Wilmington, Del.; son of James Asheton Bayard (1799–1880). He began his law practice at Wilmington…
(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…
AKERS Thomas Peter , a Representative from Missouri; born in Knox County, Ohio, October 4, 1828;
attended school in Cleveland, Ohio; was graduated from an Ohio college; studied law; was…
GETTYS Thomas Smithwick , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C. June 19, 1912; educated in the Rock Hill public schools; attended
Clemson College; Erskine…
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