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Danny Thomas Biography

Danny Thomas (Amos Jacobs)actor, singer, dancerBorn: 1/6/1914Birthplace: Deerfield, Michigan Emmy Award-winning and popular entertainer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who starred in The Danny…

treason

(Encyclopedia) treason, legal term for various acts of disloyalty. The English law, first clearly stated in the Statute of Treasons (1350), originally distinguished high treason from petit (or petty…

Thomas JEFFERSON, Congress, VA (1743-1826)

JEFFERSON, Thomas, (father-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph and John Wayles Eppes), a Delegate from Virginia, a Vice President and 3d President of the United States; born at “Shadwell,“ Va., in…

Coram, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Coram, ThomasCoram, Thomaskôrˈəm [key], 1668?–1751, English philanthropist and colonizer. He lived for some years in Massachusetts, working as a shipbuilder. On his return to England…

Cousins, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Cousins, SamuelCousins, Samuelkŭzˈənz [key], 1801–87, English mezzotint engraver. He is famous for his interpretations in mezzotint of the work of Sir Thomas Lawrence, but his plates,…

Godfrey, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Godfrey, Thomas, 1736–63, American poet and playwright, b. Philadelphia. The son of Thomas Godfrey, who invented the quadrant, he became apprenticed to a watchmaker after his father's…

Couture, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Couture, ThomasCouture, Thomastômäˈ k&oomacr;türˈ [key], 1815–79, French academic painter. He was a pupil of Gros and Delaroche. He achieved fame with his vast orgy painting,…

Arne, Thomas Augustine

(Encyclopedia) Arne, Thomas AugustineArne, Thomas Augustineärn [key], 1710–78, English composer. Arne composed the song Rule, Britannia, based on an ode by James Thomson. He composed new music for an…

Thomas, Seth

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Seth, 1785–1859, American clock manufacturer, b. Wolcott, Conn. In 1812 he sold his partnership in a clock business established by Eli Terry and set up a factory to make metal-…

Usk, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Usk, ThomasUsk, Thomasŭsk [key], d. 1388, English politician and author. He was under-sheriff of London. While in Newgate Prison he wrote Testament of Love, an allegory in prose…