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Guy, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Guy, Thomas gī [key], 1645?–1724, English philanthropist, founder of Guy's Hospital, London (1721). As a printer and bookseller, Guy amassed a fortune, which he devoted to private and institutional...

Newcomen, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Newcomen, Thomas nyo͞oˈkəmən, nyo͞okŭmˈən [key], 1663–1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over an earlier engine patented (1698) by Th...

Thomas, Ambroise

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Ambroise äNbrwäzˈ tōmäˈ [key], 1811–96, French operatic composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory, receiving the Prix de Rome in 1832. He later taught composition there and became it...

Thomas, Dylan

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, Dylan dĭlˈən [key], 1914–53, Welsh poet, b. Swansea. An extraordinarily individualistic writer, Thomas is ranked among the great 20th-century poets. He grew up in Swansea, the son of a te...

Occleve, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Occleve, Thomas: see Hoccleve, Thomas. ...

Lieber, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Lieber, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...

Liebler, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Liebler, Thomas: see Erastus, Thomas. ...

Lynaker, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Lynaker, Thomas: see Linacre, Thomas. ...

Abel, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Abel, Thomas: see Abell, Thomas.

Bakacs, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Bakacs, Thomas: see Bakocz, Thomas. ...