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Brewer's: Thomas the Rhymer

Thomas Learmont, of Ercildoune, a Scotchman, in the reign of Alexander III., and contemporary with Wallace. He is also called Thomas of Ercildoune. Sir Walter Scott calls him the “Merlin…

The Thomas Crown Affair

Director:John McTiernanWriters:Leslie Dixon and Kurt WimmerMGM; R; 114 minutesRelease:8/99Cast:Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary The Thomas Crown Affair is the latest in post-Bond high-…

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Director/Writer:Britt AllcroftDestination Films; G; 89 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson Thomas and the Magic Railroad will be familiar to anyone who has seen PBS…

Thomas “Boston” Corbett

Name at birth: Thomas CorbettBoston Corbett was a sergeant in the 16th New York Cavalry when Abraham Lincoln was shot on 14 April 1865. Corbett was part of the army squad assigned to pursue and…

Kristin Scott Thomas

Proud, fine-boned and just a bit remote, Kristin Scott Thomas jumped to international stardom as the gorgeous-but-doomed lover in 1996 Oscar champ The English Patient (also starring Juliette Binoche…

Thomas de Quincey

Thomas de Quincey was an English writer and a member of the snappy group of 19th-century writers and pals that included Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, William Hazlitt, and Charles Lamb…

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church won an Oscar nomination for his ripe comic turn as Jack, the aging and philandering actor in the 2004 comedy Sideways. Church was already known to TV audiences as Lowell Mather,…

Thomas H. Ince

Now often forgotten, Thomas Ince was a giant in the early days of silent films. He began directing shorts in 1911 and was particularly known for his Westerns, many starring cowboy star William S.…

Thomas E. Selfridge

First Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge of the United States Army was a pioneer in the development of air travel and the first air crash fatality. A graduate of the West Point military academy,…

Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas More was called "a man for all seasons," a nickname reflecting his multi-talented life as an author, humanist, statesman and (finally) martyred Catholic saint. More attended Oxford from…