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Thomas, Lewis Foulke

lawyer, poet, was born in 1815 in Baltimore county, Md. He was a lawyer and verse-writer of Washington; and the author of India, and Other Poems; Cortez the Conqueror, a drama; Osceola, a drama; and Rhymes of the Routes. He died May 26, 1868, in Washington, D. C.

Thomas, Martha Carey

educator, college president, was born Jan. 2, 1857, in Baltimore, Md. She was the first woman who ever received from Zurich the highest degree given by the university of Zurich. During 1885-94 she was dean of the faculty of Bryn Mawr college, and professor of English; and since 1894 has been president of that institution. In 1895 she became a trustee of Cornell university; and is a noted writer and speaker on subjects affecting the higher education of women.

Thomas, Martha Mccannon

author, was born Nov. 15, 1823, in Baltimore, Md. She is the author of Life's Lessons, a Tale; and Captain Phil, a story of the civil war.

Thomas, Mary Von Erden

computer, author, was born Dec. 8, 1825, in Charleston, S. C. She is a computer in the coast survey office at Washington from 1854; and the author of Winning the Battle, a novel.

Thomas, Philemon

soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1764 in North Carolina. He was a member of the legislature of Kentucky. He afterward removed to Louisiana; and in 1810 and 1811 headed the insurrection of Baton Rouge, which threw off the yoke of Spain from West Florida. He was a representative in congress from Louisiana from 1831 to 1835. He died Nov. 18, 1847, in Baton Rouge, La.

Thomas, Philip Evan

college president, philanthropist, was born Nov. 11, 1776, in Montgomery county, Md. He was the father of the railroad system of the United States. He was the founder and first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company. He died Sept. 1, 1861, in Yonkers, N. Y.

Thomas, Reuen

clergyman, author, was born in 1840 in England. He is a congregational clergyman, pastor of the Harvard church at Brookline, Mass., from 1875; and the author of Through Death to Life; Divine Sovereignty; Grafenburg People; and Leaders of Thought in the Modern Church.

Thomas, Richard

soldier, congressman, was born in 1745. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1801. He died in 1832 in Philadelphia.

Thomas, Robert Baily

journalist, author, was born April 24, 1766, in West Boylston, Mass. He was an editor for fifty-three years of The Farmer's Almanack, which he first published in 1793 and which is still issued yearly. He died May 19, 1846, in West Boylston, Mass.

Thomas, Seth

clock manufacturer, was born Dec. 1, 1816, in Thomaston, Conn. The Seth Thomas Clock Co. was organized in 1853 in Thomaston, Conn.

When the company was incorporated, Seth became its secretary, eventually rising to be president. The clock works are yet the principal industry of the village.

He died April 28, 1888, in Thomaston, Conn.

Thomas, Thomas

college president, was born Dec. 23, 1812, in England. In 1849 he was elected president of Hanover college, serving until 1855. He died Feb. 3, 1875, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Thomas, Travers

legislator, governor, was born Feb. 3, 1799. He served as a member of the Maryland state legislature; was governor of the state; member of congress; and United States minister to Peru. He died Jan. 22, 1876, in Frederick county, Md. :926