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(Encyclopedia) Thomas Aquinas, Saint əkwīˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225–74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca Secca (near Naples). He is the ...

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Dylan dĭlˈən [key], 1914–53, Welsh poet, b. Swansea. An extraordinarily individualistic writer, Thomas is ranked among the great 20th-century poets. He grew up in Swansea, the son of a te...

(Encyclopedia) Keneally, Thomas kənēˈlē [key], 1935–, Australian novelist, b. Sydney. For a time a student of religion, and later of law, Keneally has ranged over a wide spectrum of subjects in his many novels...

(Encyclopedia) Gray, Thomas, 1716–71, English poet. He was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1739 he began a grand tour of the Continent with Horace Walpole. They quarreled in Italy, and Gray returned...

(Encyclopedia) Lieber, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Liebler, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lynaker, Thomas: see Linacre, Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Occleve, Thomas: see Hoccleve, Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Abel, Thomas: see Abell, Thomas.

(Encyclopedia) Campian, Thomas: see Campion, Thomas. ...