Search

Search results

Displaying 191 - 200

Willis, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Willis, Thomas, 1621–75, English physician and anatomist. He became professor at Oxford in 1660 and in 1666 established a practice in London. An authority on the brain and the nervous…

Whittredge, Thomas Worthington

(Encyclopedia) Whittredge, Thomas WorthingtonWhittredge, Thomas Worthingtonhwĭtˈrĭj [key], 1820–1910, American painter, b. Springfield, Ohio. He studied in Paris, Düsseldorf, and Rome before…

Gresham, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Gresham, Sir ThomasGresham, Sir Thomasgrĕshˈəm [key], 1519?–1579, English merchant and financier. As the royal financial agent in Antwerp after 1551 he proved himself very able, though…

Imitation of Christ, The

(Encyclopedia) Imitation of Christ, The, Christian devotional book, of great popularity. It originated among the Brothers of the Common Life in the Netherlands and was written probably c.1425.…

Donahue, Thomas R.

(Encyclopedia) Donahue, Thomas R. (Thomas Reilly Donahue) Donahue, Thomas R. dŏnˈəhy&oomacr;ˌ…

Thomas, Helen Amelia

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Helen Amelia, 1920–2013, American journalist, b. Winchester, Ky., grad Wayne State Univ. (B.A., 1942). The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she was a pioneering woman…

Sydenham, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Sydenham, Thomas, 1624–89, English physician, called “the English Hippocrates.” He studied at Oxford and Montpellier, and practiced in London. His conceptions of the causes and…

Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl ofOssory, Thomas Butler, earl ofŏsˈərē [key], 1634–80, Irish nobleman; son of James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde. Created earl of Ossory in…

Murner, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Murner, ThomasMurner, Thomastōˈmäs m&oobreve;rˈnər [key], 1475–1537, German satirist and Franciscan monk, b. Strasbourg. He was the most scurrilous writer of his time and spared…

Dale, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Dale, Sir Thomas, d.1619, acting governor (May–Aug., 1611, 1614–16) of the Virginia colony. Sent by the London Company to restore order, he arrived (1611) in Virginia with three ships…