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:

• CHUBB, CHARLES (d. 1845)
• THOMAS CHUBB (1679-1946)

CHUBB (1679-1946)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English deist, the son of a maltster, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Harnham, near See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury, on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1679 . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father (1688) cut See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short his See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and in 1694 he was apprenticed to a See also:

• GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove-maker in Salisbury, but subsequently entered the employment of a See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow-See also:

• CHANDLER, HENRY WILLIAM (1828-1889)
• CHANDLER, RICHARD (1738-1810)
• CHANDLER, SAMUEL (1693-1766)
• CHANDLER, ZACHARIAH (1813-1879)

chandler . He picked up a See also:

• FAIR

fair knowledge of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, but See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology was his favourite study . His See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of committing his thoughts to See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing gave him a clear and fluent See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . He made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as an author in the Arian controversy . A dispute having arisen about See also:

• WHISTON, WILLIAM (1667-1752)

Whiston's See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument in favour of the supremacy of the one See also:

• GOD

God and Father, he wrote an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay, The Supremacy of the Father Asserted, which Whiston pronounced worthy of publication, and it was printed in 1715 . A number of tracts followed, which were collected in 1730 . For several years See also:

• CHUBB, CHARLES (d. 1845)
• CHUBB, THOMAS (1679-1946)

Chubb lived 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:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Jekyll, See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls, in what capacity it is not known; there are stories of his having waited at table as a servant out of See also:

• LIVERY

livery . His love of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew him back to Salisbury, where by the kindness of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends he was enabled to devote the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his days to his studies . He died on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1746 . Chubb is interesting mainly as showing that the See also:

• RATIONALISM (from Lat. rationalis, pertaining to reason, ratio)

rationalism of the intellectual classes had taken considerable hold upon the popular mind . Though he acquired little renown in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was regarded by See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire and others as among the most logical of the deist school (see See also:

• DEISM (Lat. dens, god)

DEISM) .

His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works are A Discourse Concerning See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

Reason (1731), The True See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel of Jesus See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ (1739), and See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

Posthumous Works, 2 vols .