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Adès, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Adès, Thomas ădˈĭs [key], 1971–, British composer, conductor, and pianist, b. London, studied Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and King's College, Cambridge. An accomplished composer...

Mooney, Thomas J.

(Encyclopedia)Mooney, Thomas J., 1883–1942, American labor agitator, b. Chicago. He was an active leader in several violent labor struggles in California before 1916 and was convicted as a participant in the bomb...

Weller, Thomas Huckle

(Encyclopedia)Weller, Thomas Huckle, 1915–2008, American microbiologist and physician, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., B.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1936, M.D. Harvard, 1940. In 1936 he began teaching at Harvard, and as a special...

Morley, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Morley, Thomas, c.1557–1603, English composer; pupil of William Byrd. He was gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Queen Elizabeth I and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. He set to music some of Shakespe...

Lyttelton, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Lyttelton, Sir Thomas: see Littleton, Sir Thomas. ...

Thomas More, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Thomas More, Saint: see More, Sir Thomas. ...

Tilson Thomas, Michael

(Encyclopedia)Tilson Thomas, Michael: see Thomas, Michael Tilson. ...

De Keyser, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)De Keyser, Thomas: see Keyser, Thomas de. ...

Urchard, Sir Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Urchard, Sir Thomas: see Urquhart, Sir Thomas. ...

Aquinas, Saint Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Aquinas, Saint Thomas: see Thomas Aquinas, Saint. ...