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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…

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",…

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: 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…

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…

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,…

Paul Thomas Anderson

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is known for complex, critic-pleasing dramas, including 1999's Magnolia and 2008's There Will Be Blood. A child of the cinema, Anderson went about making movies right…

Marlo Thomas Biography

Marlo ThomasactressBorn: 11/21/1937Birthplace: Deerfield, Mich. Emmy Award-winning actress who is best known for her role as one of television's first independent women, Ann Marie, on That Girl (1966…

Thomas Kinsella Biography

Thomas Kinsella poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of…