(Encyclopedia) Malory, Sir ThomasMalory, Sir Thomasmălˈərē [key], d. 1471, English author of Morte d'Arthur. It is almost certain that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire.…
(Encyclopedia) Malthus, Thomas RobertMalthus, Thomas Robertmălˈthəs [key], 1766–1834, English economist, sociologist, and pioneer in modern population study. A graduate of Cambridge, he was a…
(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…
(Encyclopedia) Manning, William Thomas, 1866–1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.…
(Encyclopedia) Meagher, Thomas FrancisMeagher, Thomas Francismär [key], 1823–67, Irish revolutionary and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Waterford, Ireland. A leader of the Young Ireland…
(Encyclopedia) Keyser, Thomas deKeyser, Thomas dedə kīˈzər [key], c.1596–1667, Dutch portrait and figure painter of Amsterdam. He was the outstanding practitioner in his field prior to Rembrandt. De…
(Encyclopedia) Marie, Alexandre ThomasMarie, Alexandre ThomasälĕksäNˈdrə tômäˈ märēˈ [key], 1795–1870, French minister of public works. He served in the revolutionary provisional government of 1848…
(Encyclopedia) Marshall, Thomas Riley, 1854–1925, U.S. Vice President (1913–21), b. North Manchester, Ind. A lawyer in Columbia City, Ind., he was Democratic governor of the state (1909–13) and…