publisher, philanthropistBorn: 1644Birthplace: London Having begun his career in 1668 as a bookseller, he made a huge fortune printing Bibles. He is best remembered for his philanthropic support of…
White House correspondentBorn: 8/4/1920Birthplace: Winchester, Kentucky After graduating from Wayne University, Thomas went to Washington, DC. In 1943 she began working for United Press…
poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of international modernism to…
Born: 4/13/1743Birthplace: Albemarle County, Va. Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 (April 2, old style), 1743, at Shadwell in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Va. A William and Mary graduate,…
(Encyclopedia) Eakins, ThomasEakins, Thomasāˈkĭnz [key], 1844–1916, American painter, photographer, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia, where he worked most of his life. Eakins is considered the foremost…
(Encyclopedia) Dekker, Thomas, c,1570–1632, English dramatist and pamphleteer. Little is known of his life except that he frequently suffered from poverty and served several prison terms for debt. He…
(Encyclopedia) Deloney, ThomasDeloney, Thomasdəlōˈnē [key], c.1543–c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose…
(Encyclopedia) Abell or Abel, ThomasAbell or Abel, Thomasboth: āˈbəl [key], d. 1540, English priest, chaplain to Katharine of Aragón. In 1528 he served as Katharine's secret envoy to her nephew, Holy…
