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(Encyclopedia) Kosciusko or Kosciuszko, Thaddeus kŏsˌēŭsˈkō [key], Pol. Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Košciuszko, 1746–1817, Polish general. Trained in military academies in Warsaw and Paris, he offered his s...

(Encyclopedia) Kosciuszko, Thaddeus: see Kosciusko, Thaddeus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kościuszko, Tadeusz:: see Kosciusko, Thaddeus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kosciusko, Mount, Australia: see Kosciuszko, Mount. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lowe, Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt thădˈēəs sōˌbē-ĕsˈkē kōˈlĭnkôrtˌ lō [key], 1832–1913, American aeronaut and inventor, b. Coos co., N.H. He flew (1861) a distance of 900 mi (1,448...

(Encyclopedia) Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Poniatowski, Józef Anton, Prince yo͞oˈzĕf änˈtôn pônyätôfˈskē [key], 1763–1813, Polish general and marshal of France; nephew of Stanislaus II. He fought (1792) the Russians in the campai...

(Encyclopedia) Coleman, William Thaddeus, Jr., 1920–2017, African-American lawyer and U.S. cabinet official, b. Philadelphia, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1941, Harvard Law School, 1946. He clerked for Justice Fra...

(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1849–53, 1859–68), b. Danville, Vt. He taught in an academy at York, Pa., studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Marylan...

(Encyclopedia) Kosciuszko, Mount kŏzēŭˈskō, kŏsho͝oshˈkō [key], 7,310 ft (2,228 m) high, SE New South Wales, Australia, in the Australian Alps; highest peak on the continent of Australia. Located in Koscius...