Thomas (ARTHUR LLOYD an exgovernor)
ARTHUR LLOYD, an exgovernor of the State of Utah, born in 1851; educated in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pa. From 1879 to 1887 he was secretary of Utah Territory, being a member of the commission to collect and codify the laws of Utah in 1884. In 1889 he was elected governor of the state for four years. During his term and largely through his influence the practice of plural marriages was formally renounced by the Mormon church. He called the by first National Irrigation Congress in Salt Lake City, in 1890, and the First International Irrigation Congress in Los Angeles, Cal., in 1891. From 1898 until 1914 he was postmaster in Salt Lake City.
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Thomas (AUGUSTUS an American)
AUGUSTUS, an American playwright, born in St. Louis, Mo., 1859, and educated in the public schools of his native city. For two years after leaving school he studied law, then became page boy in the 41st United States Congress. Next he spent six years in practical railroading in the freight department, after which he became a writer and illustrator on St. Louis, Kansas City and New York newspapers, becoming editor and proprietor of the Kansas City Mirror. He also became interested in politics and state was a Democratic candidate for the legislature. Gradually he took up the writing of plays, the first of which were for publication only. Later his dramatic works were produced and immediately attained a wide popularity. Among his productions are: "The Burglar"; "Colorado"; "The Man of the World"; "New Blood"; "The Earl of Pawtucket", "The Witching Hour"; "The Harvest Moon"; and "Kentuck."
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Thomas (CALVIN an American educator)
CALVIN, an American educator; born near Lapeer, Mich., Oct. 28, 1854; was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1874; taught Latin and Greek in the high school of Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1874-1877; was instructor in the University of Michigan in there in 1878-1881; assistant professor 1881-1886, and full Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures in 1886-1896, when he became professor of German at Columbia University. His publications include "A Practical German Grammar"; "Goethe and the Conduct of Life"; "Poetry and Science"; "What is Still Need Republicanism?"; "Have We of Poetry?"; and several editions of standard German works. He assisted in compiling the Standard Dictionary. He died in 1919.
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Thomas (EDITH MATILDA an American poet)
EDITH MATILDA, an American poet; born in Chatham, O., Aug. 12, 1854. She contributed to many periodicals, and published in book form: "A New Year's Masque,” etc. (1885); "The Round Year" (1886); "Lyrics and Sonnets" (1887); "Children of the Seasons" Series (1888); "Babes of the Year" (1888); "Babes of the Nations" (1889); "Heaven and Earth" (1889); "The Inverted Torch" (1890); "Fair Shadow Land" (1893); "In Sunshine Land" (1895); "In the Young World" (1895); A Winter Swallow With Other " (1896); "The Guest at the Gate" (1909); "The White Messenger" (1915), etc.
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Thomas (II)
CHARLES SPAULDING, a United States Senator, born in Darien, Ga., 1849. Early in his boyhood he went out to Michigan, then to Denver, where he practiced law from 1871 to 1879. Afterward he removed to Leadville, Colo., where he took up his law practice, but returned to Denver From 18841896 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee. In 1899 he was elected governor of Colorado for a term of two years. In 1900 he was temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention, held in Kansas City. In 1913 he was elected to the United States Senate for the unexpired term (1913-15) of Charles J. Hughes. In 1915 he was re-elected, but was defeated for renomination in 1920.
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Thomas (III)
EARL DENISON, an American soldier, born in McHenry, Ill., 1847, and graduate of the United States Military Academy. During the Civil War he served in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, though still a boy less than twenty. In 1869 he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Fifth United States Cavalry. During the Spanish-American he was appointed inspector general War of volunteers. In 1907 he had attained the rank of brigadier-general. In 1890 he was brevetted first lieutenant "for gallant services in action against Indians near Fort McPherson". During 1906-7 he was in charge of the Province of Pinar del Rio, in Cuba, and in 1910 he was in charge of operations on the border of Arizona and New Mexico during the Mexican troubles. In 1911 he was retired.
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Thomas (IX)
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.
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Thomas (JOHN an American military)
JOHN, an American military officer; born in Marshfield, Mass., in 1725; was appointed a surgeon in the army in 1746; served on the medical staff of General Shirley's regiment in 1747; became colonel of provincials in 1759, and in 1760, in command of a regiment under General Amherst, was engaged in operations against the French at Lake Champlain and at Montreal. During the Revolutionary War he raised a regiment of volunteers and was appointed Brigadier-General; took part in the siege of Boston; forced the British to evacuate Dorchester; and participated in the Canadian campaign . He died in Chambly, Canada, June 2, 1776.
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Thomas (M CAREY an American educator)
M. CAREY, an American educator; born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2, 1857; was graduated at Cornell University in 1877; studied at Johns Hopkins University in 1877-1878, and in Germany in 1879-1883; and in 1885 became Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College. In 1894 she was made president of the institution, and in 1895-1899 was also a member of the board of trustees of Cornell University. Her publications include "Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight"; "Education for Women" (1900). Mrs. Mary Garret, a benefactress of Bryn Mawr, left her $15,000,000 for educational purposes.
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