See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• ATTWOOD, THOMAS (1765-1838)
• THOMAS ATTWOOD (1783-1856)

ATTWOOD (1783-1856)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• POLITICAL

political re-former, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HALESOWEN

Halesowen, See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire, on the 6th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1783 . In 1800 he entered his See also:

• FATHER

father's banking business in See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, where he 'was elected high See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff in 1811 . He took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the public See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and became very popular with the See also:

• ARTISAN, or ARTIZAN

artisan class . He is now remembered for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement which led to the carrying of the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 . He was one of the founders, in See also:

• JANUARY

January 183o, of the Political See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union, branches of which were soon formed through-out See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Under his leadership vast crowds of working-men met periodically in the neighbourhood of Birmingham to demonstrate in favour of reform of the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise, and See also:

• ATTWOOD, THOMAS (1765-1838)
• ATTWOOD, THOMAS (1783-1856)

Attwood used his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power over the multitude to repress any See also:

• ACTION

action on their part which might savour of illegality . His successful exertions in favour of reform made him a popular See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero all over the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and he was presented with the freedom of the city of See also:

• LONDON

London . After the passing of the Reform Act in 1832 he was elected one of the members for the new See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Birmingham, for which he sat till 1839 . He failed in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons to maintain the reputation which he had made outside it, for in addition to an eager partisanship in favour of every ultra-democratic movement, he was wearisomely persistent in advocating his See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar monetary theory . This theory, which became with him a monomania, was that the existing currency should be rectified in favour of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state-regulated and inconvertible See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-See also:

• MONEY

money, and the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a See also:

• SYSTEM

system for altering the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of value as prices fluctuated . His waning See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with his constituents led him to retire from See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1837, and, though invited to re-enter political life in 1843, he had by that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time become a thoroughly spent force . He died at See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MALVERN

Malvern on the 6th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1856 .

His See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, C . M . See also:

• WAKEFIELD
• WAKEFIELD, GILBERT (1756-1801)

Wakefield, wrote his life " for private circulation " (there is a copy in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum), and his economic theories are set forth in a little See also:

• BOOK

book, See also:

• GEMINI (" The Twins," i.e. Castor and Pollux)

Gemini, by T . B . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright and J . Harlow, published in 1844 .