Thomas
Thomas names 17 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Thomas THEODORE, a German- American musician
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THEODORE, a German- American musician; born in Esens, Hanover, Germany, Oct. 11, 1835. He first played in public at the age of six. In 1845 his family removed to the United States and for two years he played violin solos at concerts in New York. He then traveled for a time in the South, and returning to New York in 1851, he played at concerts and at the opera; at first as one of the principal violinists, and afterward an orchestral leader, till 1861. In connection with others he began a series of chamber concerts in 1855, which were continued till 1869. His first symphony were given in 1864-1865, concerts extended (excepting from 1869 to 1872) till he left New York, in 1878, to take the direction of the College of Music at Cincinnati. He remained in Cincinnati till 1880, when he resigned this position and returned to New York. With brief intervals he was conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society from 1862-1891, and of the New York Philharmonic Society from 1877-1891. From 1866 to 1878 he gave a series of summer concerts nightly in various cities; and in 1869 he made his first concert tour in the Eastern and Western States, which he repeated from time to time afterward. He conducted five music festivals in Cincinnati (1873, 1875, 1878, 1880, and 1882), one in Chicago (1882), and one in New York (1882). In the winter of 1885-1886 he organized a series of popular concerts in New York, and in the same season he became the conductor of the newly-established American Opera, holding that position for two years. In 1891 established his orchestra permanently at the Auditorium in Chicago. In 1893 he was musical director at the World's Fair, till Aug. 10, when he resigned. He died in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 4, 1905.
Thomas GEORGE HENRY, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GEORGE HENRY, an American military officer; born in Southampton co., Va., July 31, 1816; was grad- Home uated at the United States Military Academy in 1840, took part in the Florida War in 1840-1842, and the war with Mexico in 1846-1848; participated in the Seminole campaign in 1849-1850; and served on frontier duty in California and Texas in 1850-1860. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was made a colonel of Cavalry and took part in the operations in the Shenandoah valley in the summer of 1861, and later as commander of a division in the Army of the Ohio was actively engaged in the operations in Tennessee and Mississippi. Afterward, under General Rosecrans, as commander of a corps of the Army of the Cumberland, he engaged in the battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga , and in 1863, as commander of the Army of the Cumberland, he bore an important part the Atlanta campaign under Sherman. In October, 1864, he was sent to Nashville to oppose the Confederates under Hood, whom he finally defeated before Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. For his services in these operations he was promoted Major-General; received the thanks of Congress, and was presented with a gold medal by the State of Tennessee. After the war he commanded the Department of the Tennessee; was chief of the 3d Military District, comprising Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, and in 1868 was placed in command of the 4th Military Division, comprising the territory of the Pacific and Alaska , and continued in this capacity till his death, in San Francisco, Cal., March 28, 1870. of Missionary Ridge and in an
Thomas JOHN MARTIN, an American college president
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN MARTIN, an American college president; born in Fort Covington, N. Y., 1869. He graduated from the Union Theological Seminary in 1893, after which he was ordained a Presbyterian minister, becoming pastor in East Orange, N. J., where he remained until 1908. In that year he was appointed president of Middlebury College in Vermont. From 1910 until 1914 he was chairman of the Vermont State Board of Education. He is the author of "The Christian Faith and the Old Testament" (1908). During the world war he served as chaplain in the United States Army , with the rank of first lieutenant. an American lexicographer; born in Cayuga co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1811. He was with Thomas Baldwin, author of "Baldwin's Pronouncing Gazetteer." In 1851-1852 appeared his first book of "Etymology," followed by an edition of Oswald's "Etymological Dictionary." In 1854 he prepared "A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States"; tes"; and and in 1855 "A Complete Geographical Dictionary of the World " (popularly known as "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World"). In 1864 appeared his comprehensive "Medical Dictionary"; and in 1870 his "Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 24 ,
Thomas CHARLES LOUIS AM- BROISE (to-mä')
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES LOUIS AM- BROISE (to-mä'), a French musical composer; born in Metz, Germany (then in France), Aug. 5, 1811. He entered the Parish Conservatory in 1828, where he carried off the first prize for piano playin 1830, following in 1829, for harmony ing up these two successes by gaining the Grand Prix for musical composition in 1832. Before he had reached the age of 26 Thomas had produced a cantata, a requiem mass for orchestra, and numerous pieces for pianoforte, violin, and orchestra. His first success in opera was with "The Double Ladder" in 1837; followed by "Mina" (1843); "Betty" (1846); "Midsummer Night's Dream" (1850); "The Carnival of Venice" (1853); "The Romance of Elvire" (1860); "Mignon" (1866); "Hamlet" (1868); "Francesca of Rimini" (1882); with innumerable other operas, cantatas, part songs, and choral scenas. Thomas was appointed a member of the Institute in 1851, Professor of Composition in 1852, and succeeded Auber as director of the Conservatory in 1871. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1880. He died Feb. 12, 1896.
Thomas AUGUSTUS, an American playwright
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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."
Thomas ST., called Didymus
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ST., called Didymus, or the twin (this being the meaning of both forms of his name), one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. He is presumed to have been a native of Galilee. He is distinguished in sacred history by his disbelief of the resurrection of his Master; on which Jesus vouchsafed to permit him to put his fingers into His wounds, and Thomas exclaimed, "My Lord and my God!" He is supposed to have suffered martyrdom in Coromandel, India, where there are still Christian churches which are called by his name. Efforts have been made by the Roman Catholic theologians of Spanish America to prove that the apostle visited the Western Continent and that St. Thomas was the per-, son who was afterward worshiped as Quetzalcoatl.
Thomas EARL DENISON, an American soldier
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas WILLIAM WIDGERY, an American diplomat
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas CHARLES SPAULDING, a United States Senator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas ARTHUR LLOYD, an exgovernor of the State of Utah
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas JOHN LLOYD, an American humanitarian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN LLOYD, an American humanitarian; born at Witton Park, England, 1857. As a boy he came to this country and finished his education in Utica, N. Y. In 1888 he removed to New York City and became a newspaper writer and editor. In 1896 he became manager of the Mills Hotels and Model Dwellings Corporation , which position he has held ever since. He has lectured on social questions in Canada and Great Britain and throughout this country. For several years he was secretary of the National Prohibition Party. He has made a special study of housing for the working classes in European countries, on which subject he has lectured and written extensively.
Thomas NATHANIEL SEYMOUR, an American bishop
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
NATHANIEL SEYMOUR, an American bishop; born in Faribault, Minn., 1867. Having finished his schooling in this country he studied at Cambridge, in England. In 1891 he was ordained deacon, and priest in 1893. From 1891 to 1892 he was rector of Grace Church, in Ottawa, Kan., then became professor of ethics at Bethany College, Topeka, Kan. A year later he became professor of theology at the Kansas Theological School, where he remained until 1895, when he received an appointment as chaplain at the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. In 1902 he was elected to the bishopric of Salina, Kan., which he declined. In 1909 he was consecrated Bishop of Wyoming.
Thomas CALVIN, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas JOHN, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas JESSE BURGESS, American clergyman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JESSE BURGESS, American clergyman; born in Edwardsville, Ill., July 29, 1832; was graduated at Kenyon College in 1850; practised law in Chicago, Ill., in 1857-1862; was ordained in the Baptist Church; pastor of the First Baptist Church, Brooklyn , N. Y., in 1864-1869 and 1874-1888 and of the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church , Chicago, 1869-1874. He accepted the chair of Church History at Newton Theological Institution in 1888. He was the author of "The Old Bible and the New Science"; "The Mould of Doctrine"; and "Significance of the Historical Element in Scripture." He died in 1915.
Thomas M. CAREY, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Thomas EDITH MATILDA, an American poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the seventeen men gathered under this headword, two have grown in stature and two have quietly faded. Collier's noted in 1921 that Theodore Thomas had settled his orchestra permanently in Chicago in 1891; that ensemble is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the hall it built for him in 1904, which he conducted in for only a few weeks before his death in January 1905, still stands on Michigan Avenue. George Henry Thomas, the Virginian who stayed with the Union and broke Hood at Nashville, has risen steadily in the estimation of historians, who now rank the Rock of Chickamauga with Grant and Sherman rather than a step below them. Ambroise Thomas has moved the other way: Mignon and Hamlet, staples of the opera house when this was written, are now revivals rather than repertory, and Joseph Thomas's Lippincott Gazetteer and pronouncing dictionary of biography survive as antiquarian reference rather than working tools. John Martin Thomas left Middlebury soon after the entry was printed and went on to lead other institutions.
Written for this edition, 2026.