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Thomas, Audrey: American-born Canadian author known for her autobiographical novels, short stories, and radio plays. [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Augustus: playwright important in the development of U.S. theatre for his consistent use of native material; he wrote or adapted nearly 70 plays.
Thomas, Bill: American costume designer (b. Oct. 13, 1921, Chicago, Ill.-d. May 30, 2000, Beverly Hills, Calif.), created costumes for more than 300 films. Thomas received 10 Academy Award nominations for best ...
Thomas, Charley: (from the article "Curling") At the world junior curling championships in Chonju, S.Kor., Canada's Charley Thomas beat Sweden's Nils Carlsen 7-3 for the men's title. Russia's Lyudmila Privivkova got by Canada's Mandy Selzer 5-4 ...
Thomas, Clarence: associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1991, the second African American to serve on the court. Appointed to replace Thurgood Marshall, the court's first African ... [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Cyrus: (from the article "Native American") ...civilization. These erroneous and overtly racist beliefs were often used to rationalize the destruction or displacement of indigenous Americans. Such beliefs were not dispelled until the 1890s, when Cyrus Thomas, ...
Thomas, D.M.: English poet and novelist best known for his novel The White Hotel (1981), in which fantasy and psychological insight are mingled.
Thomas, David: American businessman (b. July 2, 1932, Atlantic City, N.J.-d. Jan. 8, 2002, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), was the founder (1969) of the Wendy's fast-food restaurants and built the company into the ...
Thomas, David: (from the article "Pere Ubu") Formed in Cleveland in 1975 by music critics Thomas and Laughner (both former members of Rocket from the Tombs), Pere Ubu took its name from the principal character in Ubu ...
Thomas, David: (from the article "Celtic literature") Chief among Owen's successors was David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri), who, however, like other eisteddfodic bards of this period, soon departed from classical strictness.
Thomas, Derrick: American football player (b. Jan. 1, 1967, Miami, Fla.-d. Feb. 8, 2000, Miami), was a star linebacker for the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs from 1989 to 2000, earning ...
Thomas, Dylan: Welsh poet and prose writer whose work is known for its comic exuberance, rhapsodic lilt, and pathos. His personal life, especially his reckless bouts of drinking (he died of an ... [4 Related Articles]
Thomas, E. Donnall: American physician who in 1990 was corecipient (with Joseph E. Murray) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in transplanting bone marrow from one person to ...
Thomas, Edward: English writer who turned to poetry only after a long career spent producing nature studies and critical works on such 19th-century writers as Richard Jefferies, George Borrow, Algernon Charles Swinburne, ...
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall: (from the article "economic systems") ...movement to changes in season or climate, sustaining themselves by hunting and gathering or by slash-and-burn agriculture, and distributing their output by reference to well-defined social claims. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas ...
Thomas, Frank: American animator (b. Sept. 5, 1912, Santa Monica, Calif.-d. Sept. 8, 2004, Flintridge, Calif.), created some of the most memorable moments in animated film history, most notably the spaghetti dinner ...
Thomas, George: (from the article "Hansi") ...Aybak, general of the Muslim emperor Muhammad Ghuri; several mosques and tombs date from the 12th century. Hansi was the capital of the independent kingdom carved out by George Thomas, ...
Thomas, George: (from the article "Menchik-Stevenson, Vera Francevna") Menchik's famous victory against the British chess master George Thomas, which has been annotated, is viewable as Game 15 of 25 historic games .
Thomas, George H: Union general in the American Civil War (1861-65), known as "the Rock of Chickamauga" after his unyielding defense in combat near that stream in northwestern Georgia in September 1863. [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Gerald Patrick: (from the article "Religion") The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its seminary in Columbus, Ohio, reached settlements totaling $32 million in molestation cases involving Gerald Patrick Thomas, a former pastor in Texas who ...
Thomas, Gerry: American marketer (b. Feb. 17, 1922, Seward, Neb.-d. July 18, 2005, Phoenix, Ariz.), while working for the C.A. Swanson & Sons frozen-food company, developed the TV dinner, utilizing multicompartment aluminum ...
Thomas, Gospel of: (from the article "Jesus Christ") ...is the Gospel of Judas, a Gnostic text of the 2nd century AD that portrays Judas as an important collaborator of Jesus and not his betrayer. Another important text, the ...
Thomas, Gwyn: Welsh novelist and playwright whose works, many on grim themes, were marked with gusto, much humour, and compassion.
Thomas, Helen: American journalist, known especially for her coverage of U.S. presidents, who broke through a number of barriers to women reporters and won great respect in her field.
Thomas, Herbert Henry: (from the article "archaeology") ...This is something that the archaeologist himself is rarely equipped to do; he has to rely on colleagues specializing in geology, petrology (analysis of rocks), and metallurgy. In the early ...
Thomas, Isaiah: radical anti-British printer and journalist who published the Massachusetts Spy in Boston from 1770 to 1802. (The paper continued publication until 1904.)
Thomas, Isiah: American basketball player, considered one of the best point guards in the history of the game. He led the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to consecutive world ...
Thomas, J.H.: British trade-union leader and politician, a shrewd and successful industrial negotiator who lost his standing in the labour movement when he joined Ramsay MacDonald's coalition government (August 1931). Later (May ...
Thomas, James: ("SON"; "SONNY FORD"), U.S. blues musician (b. Oct. 14, 1926, Eden, Miss.--d. June 26, 1993, Greenville, Miss.), personified the classic Mississippi Delta blues tradition. Thomas was born on a farm ...
Thomas, Jeremy: (from the article "1987: Best Picture") Other Nominees
Thomas, Jess: U.S. operatic tenor (b. Aug. 4, 1927, Hot Springs, S.D.--d. Oct. 11, 1993, San Francisco, Calif.), sang a number of lyric roles but became best known as a Wagnerian heldentenor. ...
Thomas, John: (from the article "Christadelphian") member of a Christian group founded about 1848 by John Thomas, who, after studying medicine in London, emigrated to Brooklyn, New York. He at first joined the followers of Thomas ...
Thomas, Lewis: American physician, researcher, author, and teacher best known for his essays, which contain lucid meditations and reflections on a wide range of topics in biology. [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Llewellyn H.: (from the article "particle accelerator") ...field varies with the angular position as well as with the radius; this produces the equivalent of alternating-gradient focusing (see below Synchrotrons). This principle was discovered in 1938 by Llewellyn H. ...
Thomas, Lowell: preeminent American radio commentator, and an explorer, lecturer, author, and journalist. He is especially remembered for his association with T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Martha Carey: American educator and feminist and the second president of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Norman: American socialist, social reformer, and frequent candidate for political office.
Thomas, R.S.: Welsh clergyman and poet whose lucid, austere verse expresses an undeviating affirmation of the values of the common man. [2 Related Articles]
Thomas, Ralph Philip: British film director (b. Aug. 10, 1915, Hull, Eng.-d. March 17, 2001, London, Eng.), was best known for his direction of seven entries in the Doctor series of light comedies ...
Thomas, Richard Clement Charles: ("CLEM"), Welsh Rugby Union player and journalist who excelled as an aggressive back row forward in a 10-year career, 1949-59, that included 26 appearances for Wales--9 as captain--and a prominent ...
Thomas, Saint: one of the Twelve Apostles. His name in Aramaic (Te'oma) and Greek (Didymos) means "twin"; John 11:16 identifies him as "Thomas, called the Twin." He is called Judas Thomas (i.e., ... [4 Related Articles]
Thomas, Seth: American clock manufacturer who was one of the pioneers in the mass production of clocks and the founder of one of the most important clock companies in the United States ... [1 Related Articles]
Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist: British metallurgist and inventor who discovered (1875) a method for eliminating phosphorus (a major impurity in some iron ores) in the Bessemer converter. The method is now called the Thomas-Gilchrist ... [2 Related Articles]
Thomas, Theodore: German-born American conductor who was largely responsible for the role of symphony orchestras in many American cities.
Thomas, W I: American sociologist and social psychologist whose fields of study included cultural change and personality development and who made important contributions to methodology. [2 Related Articles]
Thomas, William: clergyman and poet, considered the only successful practitioner of the long Welsh poem in the 19th century. His major work is the uncompleted philosophical poem Y Storm ... [1 Related Articles]
Thomas-Gilchrist process: (from the article "Bessemer process") ...was not effective in removing the phosphorus present in sizable amounts in most British and European iron ore. The invention in England, by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, of what is now ...
Thomasius, Christian: German philosopher and progressive educator, who established the academic reputation of the newly founded University of Halle (1694) as one of the first modern universities. He departed from the traditional ... [2 Related Articles]
Thomason, George: English bookseller whose collection of printed books, handbills, pamphlets, ballads, newspapers, and other writings (cataloged and bound from 1640 to 1661) constitute one of the most important historical sources for ...
Thomason, James: British lieutenant governor of the North-Western Provinces in India and founder of a system of village schools. [1 Related Articles]
Thomism: philosophical and theological system developed by Thomas Aquinas, by his later commentators, and by modern revivalists of the system, known as neo-Thomists. [17 Related Articles]
Thompson: city, north-central Manitoba, Canada. It lies along the Burntwood River, in the Mystery-Moak lakes area, 130 miles (210 km) north of Lake Winnipeg. Planned in 1956 by the International Nickel ... [1 Related Articles]
Thompson River: major tributary of the Fraser River, in southern British Columbia, Canada. The North Thompson (210 miles [340 km]) rises in the Cariboo Mountains east of Wells Gray Provincial Park and ...
Thompson Seedless grape: (from the article "raisin") The most important varieties of raisin grapes are the Thompson Seedless, a pale-yellow seedless grape, also known as Sultanina (California); Muscat, or Alexandria, a large-seeded variety also known as Gordo ...
Thompson submachine gun: submachine gun patented in 1920 by its American designer, General John T. Thompson. The weapon became famous during the U.S. Prohibition era (1920-33) as the gun used by gangsters. Indeed ... [1 Related Articles]
Thompson trophy: (from the article "military aircraft") In the United States the Thompson Trophy, awarded to the winner of unlimited-power closed-circuit competitions at the National Air Races, was won in 1929 for the first time by a ...
Thompson, Benjamin C.: American architect (b. July 3, 1918, St. Paul, Minn.-d. Aug. 17, 2002, Cambridge, Mass.), was best known for having created the marketplace at Faneuil Hall (1976) in Boston and similar ...
Thompson, Bradbury: (from the article "graphic design") Bradbury Thompson, a prominent magazine art director, designed a publication called Westvaco Inspirations for a major paper manufacturer from 1938 until the early 1960s. His playful and ...
Thompson, Charles E.: (from the article "TRW Inc.") TRW was established in 1901 by David Kurtz and four other Cleveland residents as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company to make screws, bolts, and studs. In 1904 a welder in ...
Thompson, Charles Michael Kitteridge, IV: (from the article "Pixies, the") ...band whose unique blend of punk rock's aggression and pop music's infectious melodies helped establish the sound that would define alternative rock in the 1990s. The members were Charles Michael ...
Thompson, Daley: British decathlete who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984. [2 Related Articles]
Thompson, David: English explorer, geographer, and fur trader in the western parts of what are now Canada and the United States. He was the first white man to explore the Columbia River ... [5 Related Articles]
Thompson, Dick: (from the article "Bradley, Edward Riley") ...time outdoors, Bradley bought the Idle Hour Farm, near Lexington, Ky., and became interested in horse racing, acquiring such outstanding horses as Blue Larkspur-whom Bradley and his trainer Dick Thompson ...
Thompson, Dorothy: American newspaperwoman and writer, one of the most famous journalists of the 20th century.
Thompson, E. O. P.: (from the article "Sanger, Frederick") ...allowed Sanger and the Austrian biochemist Hans Tuppy to determine the complete sequence of amino acids in the phenylalanine chain of insulin. Similarly, Sanger and the Australian biochemist E.O.P. Thompson ...
Thompson, E.P.: British social historian and political activist. His The Making of the English Working Class (1963) and other works heavily influenced post-World War II historiography. Thompson participated in the founding of ... [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Edward Herbert: American archaeologist who revealed much about Mayan civilization from his exploration of the city and religious shrine of Chichen Itza in Yucatan. [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Emma: English actress and screenwriter who was noted for her sophisticated and witty performances and later for her award-winning scripts. [5 Related Articles]
Thompson, Ernest: (from the article "1981: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Colin Welland for Chariots of FireAdapted Screenplay: Ernest Thompson for On Golden PondCinematography: Vittorio Storaro for RedsArt Direction: Leslie Dilley and Norman Reynolds for Raiders of the Lost ...
Thompson, Francis: English poet of the 1890s, whose most famous poem, "The Hound of Heaven," describes the pursuit of the human soul by God. [2 Related Articles]
Thompson, Fred: American actor and politician, who served as a member of the U.S. Senate (1994-2003) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Hank: American singer and songwriter was a pioneering country music star who created his own sound by blending western swing and honky-tonk; he sold more than 60 million records during a ...
Thompson, Homer Armstrong: Canadian-born American archaeologist (b. Sept. 7, 1906, Devlin, Ont.-d. May 7, 2000, Hightstown, N.J.), as acting deputy (1931-47) and field director (1947-67) of the American excavation of the Agora, the ...
Thompson, Hunter S.: American journalist and author, who created the genre known as gonzo journalism, a highly personal style of reporting that made Thompson a counterculture icon. [2 Related Articles]
Thompson, J Lee: British-born film director (b. Aug. 1, 1914, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.-d. Aug. 30, 2002, Sooke, B.C.), achieved international fame with The Guns of Navarone (1961), which exemplified his acute visual style ...
Thompson, J. Walter: (from the article "J. Walter Thompson Co.") The company grew out of one of the first advertising agencies, Carlton & Smith, established in 1864. Four years later William J. Carlton hired James Walter Thompson, age 20, as ...
Thompson, James D.: (from the article "organizational analysis") ...residential construction), large batch (such as automobile manufacturing), or continuous processing (as in petroleum refining). Working within Woodward's definitional framework, American sociologist James D. Thompson showed that, because the characteristic ...
Thompson, James R.: (from the article "Illinois") James R. Thompson, a Republican from Chicago, was first elected governor in 1976 and was reelected for four consecutive terms, a record in the history of the state. During most ...
Thompson, Jim: American novelist and screenwriter best known for his paperback pulp novels narrated by seemingly normal men who are revealed to be psychopathic.
Thompson, Jim: American-born Thai businessman who turned Thai silk making into a major industry selling worldwide and became an authority on Thai art. His mysterious disappearance in 1967 became a sensation in ...
Thompson, John: (from the article "Chase Manhattan Corporation, The") The Chase National Bank was organized September 12, 1877, by John Thompson (1802-91), who named the bank in honour of the late U.S. Treasury secretary Salmon P. Chase. (Thompson had ...
Thompson, John Griggs: American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work in group theory. In 2008 the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded Thompson and Jacques Tits ... [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Judith: (from the article "Canadian literature") ...(1984). Joanna Glass's plays, ranging from Artichoke (1975) to Trying (2005), explore intergenerational conflicts and women's issues. The plays of Judith Thompson, which gain ...
Thompson, Kay: American entertainer and writer who was best known as the author of the highly popular Eloise books, featuring a comically endearing enfant terrible who bedeviled New York City's Plaza Hotel. [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Kenneth: (from the article "chess") Computers have played a role in extending the knowledge of chess. In 1986 Kenneth Thompson of AT&T Bell Laboratories reported a series of discoveries in basic endgames. By working backward ...
Thompson, Kent: (from the article "Performing Arts") Becoming only the third artistic director in the Denver Center's 26-year history, Kent Thompson, 51, moved west from a highly successful tenure at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. A ...
Thompson, La Marcus: (from the article "roller coaster") In 1884 inventor La Marcus Thompson, the "Father of the Gravity Ride," had opened a 600-foot (183-metre) switchback railway at Coney Island. With a top speed of 6 miles (9 ...
Thompson, Linda: (from the article "Thompson, Richard") ...fatalism of English folk ballads remained a hallmark of his songwriting. Thompson left Fairport Convention in 1971 for a solo career, which soon became a partnership with his wife, Linda ...
Thompson, Lucky: American jazz musician, one of the most distinctive and creative bop-era tenor saxophonists, who in later years played soprano saxophone as well. [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Lydia: (from the article "burlesque show") Introduced in the United States in 1868 by a company of English chorus girls, Lydia Thompson's British Blondes, the burlesque show of the 19th century was patterned after the popular ...
Thompson, Mervyn: (from the article "New Zealand literature") ...of his earlier plays with Maori themes-The Pohutukawa Tree (published 1960) and Awatea (published 1969)-given professional productions. Mervyn Thompson wrote expressionist plays mixing elements ...
Thompson, Randall: composer of great popularity in the United States, notable for his choral music.
Thompson, Reginald Campbell: (from the article "Nineveh") ...collection of stone bas-reliefs together with thousands of tablets inscribed in cuneiform from the great library of Ashurbanipal. Hormuzd Rassam continued the work in 1852. During 1929-32 R. Campbell Thompson ...
Thompson, Richard: English guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His career began in the late 1960s as a member of Fairport Convention, whose intermingling of traditional British folk songs, Bob Dylan obscurities, and haunting ...
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips: British physicist and historian of science known for contributions in electrical machinery, optics, and X rays.
Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count Von Rumford: American-born British physicist, government administrator, and a founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London. His investigations of heat overturned the theory that heat is a liquid form of ... [2 Related Articles]
Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth: Scottish zoologist and classical scholar noted for his influential work On Growth and Form (1917, new ed. 1942). [1 Related Articles]
Thompson, Sir H. S. M.: (from the article "ion-exchange reaction") ...who formulated the ionic theory. In 1850, nine years before Arrhenius was born, separate papers appeared in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by agriculturist Sir H.S.M. ...
Thompson, Sir Henry: (from the article "cremation") The revival of interest in cremation in Europe and the United States began in 1874, when Queen Victoria's surgeon, Sir Henry Thompson, published his influential book Cremation: The Treatment of ...
Thompson, Sir J Eric S: leading English ethnographer of the Mayan people. Thompson devoted his life to the study of Mayan culture and was able to extensively decipher early Mayan glyphs, determining that, contrary to ...
Thompson, Sir John: jurist and statesman who was premier of Canada from 1892 to 1894.