WILLING, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 19, 1731; completed preparatory studies in Bath, England; studied law in London at the Inner Temple; returned…
(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) Beddoes, Thomas Lovell, 1803–49, English poet and dramatist. After graduating from Oxford, he studied medicine and anatomy at Göttingen. His writings, inclined toward the macabre and…
JOHNSON, Thomas, a Delegate from Maryland; born near the mouth of St. Leonards Creek, Calvert County, Md., November 4, 1732; at an early age moved to Annapolis, Md.; studied law; was admitted…
(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823–1911, American author, b. Cambridge, Mass. A Unitarian minister, he was a leader in the abolitionist movement and was a member of a group that backed…
GLENN, Thomas Louis, a Representative from Idaho; born near Bardwell, Ballard (now Carlisle) County, Ky., February 2, 1847; attended the public schools and the Commercial College, Evansville,…
Senate Years of Service: 1950-1957Party: DemocratCLEMENTS, Earle C., a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Morganfield, Union County, Ky., October 22, 1896; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Martha Carey, 1857–1935, American educator and feminist, b. Baltimore, grad. Cornell, 1877, studied at Johns Hopkins and at Leipzig, the Sorbonne, and Zürich (Ph.D., 1882). In…
FOSTER, Thomas Flournoy, a Representative from Georgia; born in Greensboro, Ga., November 23, 1790; pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Franklin College in 1812; studied law at…
(Encyclopedia) Hobbes, ThomasHobbes, Thomashŏbz [key], 1588–1679, English philosopher, grad. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1608. For many years a tutor in the Cavendish family, Hobbes took great interest…
