(n) a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981), Syn. Lowell Thomas, Lowell Jackson Thomas
(n) (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274), Syn. Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas
(n) (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170), Syn. St. Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, Thomas a Becket
(n) a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779), Syn. Thomas Chippendale
(n) United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931), Syn. Thomas Edison, Thomas Alva Edison
(n) British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965), Syn. Thomas Stearns Eliot, T. S. Eliot
(n) United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851), Syn. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
(n) English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679), Syn. Thomas Hobbes
(n) 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826), Syn. President Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson
(n) English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830), Syn. Sir Thomas Lawrence
(n) English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471), Syn. Sir Thomas Malory, Thomas Malory
(n) an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834), Syn. Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
(n) English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state, Syn. Thomas More, Sir Thomas More
[赫胥黎, Hè xū líㄏㄜˋ ㄒㄩ ㄌㄧˊ] Huxley (name); Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin; Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist#106492
[埃尔金 / 埃爾金, Āi ěr jīnㄞ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1, See Also: 圓明園, 圆明园#242416
[埃尔金大理石 / 埃爾金大理石, Āi ěr jīn dà lǐ shíㄞ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˊ] the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
[托马斯・阿奎纳 / 托馬斯・阿奎納, Tuō mǎ sī· Ā kuí nàㄊㄨㄛ ㄇㄚˇ ㄙ· ㄚ ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄚˋ] Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
[额尔金 / 額爾金, É ěr jīnㄜˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄣ] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860; Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1, See Also: 圓明園, 圆明园