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Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell

(Encyclopedia) Buxton, Sir Thomas FowellBuxton, Sir Thomas Fowellfouˈəl [key], 1786–1845, British social reformer. As a member of Parliament (1818–37) he began his reform activities immediately with…

Malory, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Malory, Sir ThomasMalory, Sir Thomasmălˈərē [key], d. 1471, English author of Morte d'Arthur. It is almost certain that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire.…

Thomas, Norman Mattoon

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Norman Mattoon, 1884–1968, American socialist leader, b. Marion, Ohio; grad. Princeton (1905), Union Theological Seminary (1911). He served as pastor of several Presbyterian…

Tristram and Isolde

(Encyclopedia) Tristram and IsoldeTristram and Isoldetrĭsˈtrəm, ĭsōlˈdə, ĭzōlˈ– [key], medieval romance. The earliest extant version (incomplete) was written (c.1185) by Thomas of Britain in Anglo-…

George Harrison 2001 Deaths

George HarrisonAge: 58musician lead guitarist for the Beatles, Harrison died in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. “He left this world as he lived in it, conscious of God, fearless…

Significant Recordings of 2001

AerosmithAmerican Hi FiTori AmosThe Black CrowesBlink-182BjörkMariah CareyEliza CarthyShawn ColvinThe CranberriesDave Matthews BandDestiny's ChildBob DylanMelissa EtheridgeMacy GrayThe Isley…

Hemings, Sally

(Encyclopedia) Hemings, Sally, 1773–1835, African-American slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, b. Charles City co., Va.; her original name was probably Sarah. Her father was John Wayles, Jefferson's…

Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Virgin Islands, group of about 100 small islands, West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although…

Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël

(Encyclopedia) Sankara, Thomas 1948–87, president (1983–87) of Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as the African Che Guevara, was an…

Didymus

(Encyclopedia) Didymus: see Thomas, Saint.