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Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas, 1885–1959, English physical chemist and scientific adviser. He was educated at Westminster school and Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received honors in natural sci...

Thomas of Canterbury, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Thomas of Canterbury, Saint: see Thomas à Becket, Saint. ...

Somare, Sir Michael Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Somare, Sir Michael Thomas sōmäˈrā [key], 1936–2021, Papua New Guinea political leader. He was a ...

Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël

(Encyclopedia)Sankara, Thomas 1948–87, president (1983–87) of Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as the African Che Guevara, was an activist, mil...

Saint Thomas, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Saint Thomas, city (1991 pop. 29,990), S Ont., Canada, S of London. Originally the center for a rich agricultural area, it became a rail and manufacturing center beginning in the late 1800s. Motor veh...

Campbell, Thomas, American clergyman

(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Thomas, 1763–1854, American clergyman, a founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). See Campbell, Alexander, his more famous son. ...

Campbell, Thomas, Scottish poet

(Encyclopedia)Campbell, Thomas, 1777–1844, Scottish poet. He is best known for his war poems “Hohenlinden,” “The Battle of the Baltic,” and “Ye Mariners of England.” Among his other volumes of poetry ...

William, prince of Wales

(Encyclopedia)William, (William Arthur Philip Louis), 1982–, Prince of Wales of Great Britian, eldest son of King Charles III and Diana ...

Declaration of Independence

(Encyclopedia)Declaration of Independence, full and formal declaration adopted July 4, 1776, by representatives of the Thirteen Colonies in North America announcing the separation of those colonies from Great Brita...