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Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow WilsonBorn: 12/28/1856Birthplace: Staunton, Va. (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. A Princeton graduate, he turned from law practice to post-…

Thomas Jefferson Biography

Thomas JeffersonBorn: 4/13/1743Birthplace: Albemarle County, Va. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 (April 2, old style), 1743, at Shadwell in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Va. A…

Thomas Guy Biography

Thomas Guypublisher, philanthropistBorn: 1644Birthplace: London Having begun his career in 1668 as a bookseller, he made a huge fortune printing Bibles. He is best remembered for his…

Daly, Thomas Augustine

Daly, Thomas Augustine[1871-1948](2)Born at Philadelphia, May 28, 1871, and educated at Fordham University. He was for some time reporter and editorial writer on the "Philadelphia Record",…

Thomas Dewey Biography

Thomas DeweypoliticianBorn: 3/24/1902Birthplace: Owosso, Mich. A prominent lawyer and district attorney in New York City (1937–41), Dewey went on to serve as governor of New York from 1943 to…

Utopia by Thomas More

by Thomas More Contents Introduction Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, of the Best State of a Commonwealth Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot Of Their Magistrates Of Their Trades…

Brewer's: Lord Thomas

and the Fair Annet or Elinor, had a lover's quarrel, when Lord Thomas resolved to forsake Annet for a nut-brown maid who had houses and lands. On the wedding-day Annet, in bridal bravery,…

Brewer's: John Thomas

A generic name for a flunkey; or footman with large calves and bushy whiskers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894John Drum's EntertainmentJohn Roberts A B C…

Brewer's: Thomas-a-Kempis

Thomas Hammerlein of Kempen, an Augustinian, in the diocese of Cologne. (1380-1471.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Thomas the RhymerThomas A B C D E…