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Thomas, Walton True

educator, was born April 25, 1860, in Edina, Mo.

In 1891 this prominent educator founded the Joplin Business college, Missouri, which has become under his able management one of the leading commercial colleges of the state.

Thomas, William Henry

journalist, author, was born May 5, 1824, in Portland, Maine. He was a journalist and traveler; and the author of Life in the East Indies; A Whaleman's Adventures; A Slaver's Adventures; Running the Blockade; The Belle of Australia; On Land and Sea; Lewey and I; and Ocean Rovers. He died in 1895.

Thomas, William Widgery

state senator, author, was born Aug. 26, 1839, in Portland, Maine. He was a member of the house of representatives of the Maine legislature in 1873-75, and its speaker in 1874-75; became a member of the state senate in 1879; and was United States minister to Sweden and Norway in 1883- 85. He has published The Last Athenian; and Sweden and the Swedes.

Thomasson, William P

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Henry county, Ky. He was elected to the Indiana state legislature from Corydon. He moved to Louisville, Ky., about the year 1841; and was chosen a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1843 to 1847. He afterward went to Chicago, Ill., where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he served in the union army as a colonel of volunteers.

Thompson, Albert

artist, author, was born March 18, 1853, in Woburn, Mass. Among his works, mainly landscapes and cattle-pieces, are After the Shower; Clearing Up; More Wind than Rain, in Woburn public library; Changing Pasture; and An October After- He is the author of Principles of Perspective. noon.

Thompson, Benjamin

philosopher, economist, was born March 26, 1753, in Woburn, Mass. He gave to science many endowments, both in discoveries and wealth; and it is a matter of national pride that the two men, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Thompson, who first demonstrated the capital propositions of pure science, in regard to lightning and electricity, were Americans by birth and by education. He died Aug. 21, 1814.

Thompson, Benjamin

state legislator, congressman, was born in 1798 in Massachusetts. He was several times a representative in the Massachusetts state legislature. He was twice elected to congress from the fourth district of Massachusetts, serving from 1845 to 1847, and again from 1851 until his death. He died Sept. 24, 1852, in Charlestown, Mass.

Thompson, Cephas

artist, was born July 1, 1775, in Middleborough, Mass. His profession was that of a portrait-painter, ana he made yearly tours in the south, painting in all the cities from Philadelphia to New Orleans. Among his portraits were those of John Marshall, Stephen Decatur, David Ramsay of South Carolina, John Howard Payne, and George Washington Parke Custis, who was his pupil. He died Nov. 6, 1856, in Middleborough, Mass.

Thompson, Cephas Giovanni

artist, was born Aug. 3, 1809, in Middleborough, Mass. Besides many portraits and copies from the old masters, he has painted Angel of Truth; Guardian Angels of Infancy; Brigand's Daughter; and Mother's Prayer. He practices his profession in New York city.

Thompson, Charles Miner

journalist, author, was born in 1864 in Vermont. He is a Boston writer on the editorial staff of The Youth's Companion, and the author of The Nimble Dollar, with Other Stories; and Life of Ethan Allen.

Thompson, Charles P

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 30, 1827, in Braintree, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1871 and 1872, and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-fourth congress as a democrat.