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(Encyclopedia) Newcomen, Thomas nyo͞oˈkəmən, nyo͞okŭmˈən [key], 1663–1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over an earlier engine patented (1698) by Th...

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Ambroise äNbrwäzˈ tōmäˈ [key], 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught composition there and became it...

(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) 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. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kid, Thomas: see Kyd, Thomas.