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Thomas (WILLIAM WIDGERY an American)

WILLIAM WIDGERY, an American diplomat, born in Portland, Me., 1839, graduated from Bowdoin, 1860, then studied law. He began his diplomatic career in 1862 as United States bearer of dispatches during which service he carried a treaty to Turkey. He became vice-consul-general at Constantinople, later acting consul at Galatz, then was consul at Gothenburg, Sweden, where he remained till 1865. He then resigned and completed his law studies at Harvard. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Portland, Me. In 1883 he again entered the diplomatic service as Minister-resident to Sweden and Norway, where he remained till 1905.

THOMAS À KEMPIS. See KEMPIS.

THOMAS AQUINAS. See AQUINAS, THOMAS.

THOMAS OF LONDON. See BECKET, THOMAS À.