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:

• SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
• SIMPSON, SIR JAMES YOUNG (1811-1870)
• THOMAS SIMPSON (1710-1761)

SIMPSON (1710-1761)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market See also:

• BOSWORTH, JOSEPH (1789–1876)

Bosworth in See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1710 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a stuff See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

weaver, and, intending to bring his son up to his own business, took little care of the boy's See also:

• EDUCATION

education . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
• SIMPSON, SIR JAMES YOUNG (1811-1870)
• SIMPSON, THOMAS (1710-1761)

Simpson was so eager for knowledge that he neglected his See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, and in consequence of a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel was forced to leave his father's 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 . He settled for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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 at See also:

• NUNEATON

Nuneaton at the house of a Mrs Swinfield, whom he afterwards married, where he met a pedlar who practised See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune-telling . Simpson was induced to See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast nativities himself, and soon became the See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle of the neighbourhood; but he became convinced of the imposture of See also:

• ASTROLOGY

astrology, and he abandoned this calling . After a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of two or three years at See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, where be worked as a weaver during the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and taught pupils in the evenings, he went to See also:

• LONDON

London . The number of his pupils in-creased; his abilities became more widely known; and he was enabled to publish by subscription his See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise of Fluxions in 1737 . This treatise abounded with errors of the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, and contained several obscurities and defects incidental to the author's want of experience and the disadvantages under which His first See also:

• PLAY

play, Crutch and Toothpick, was produced at the See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

Royalty See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre in See also:

• APRIL

April 1879, and was followed by a number of plays of which he was author or See also:

• PART

part-author . After See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long runs at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end houses, many of these became stock pieces in suburban and provincial theatres . His most famous melodramas were: The See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

Lights of London (Princess's theatre, See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1881), which ran for nearly a See also:

• YEAR

year; In the Ranks (Adelphi, Oct . 1883), written with H . Pettit, which ran for 457 nights; See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour Lights (1885), which ran for 513 nights; Two Little Vagabonds (Princess's Theatre, 1896–1897) .

He was part-author with See also:

• CECIL

Cecil See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh of the See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, Little See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus (1893), and among his musical plays were See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue-eyed Susan (See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales's, 1892) and The See also:

• DANDY

Dandy Fifth (See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, 1898) . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early volumes of See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse were very popular, notably The Dagonet See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads (1882), reprinted from the See also:

• REFEREE

Referee . How the Poor Live (1883) and his articles on the See also:

• HOUSING

housing of the poor in the Daily See also:

• NEWS

News helped to arouse public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion on the subject, which was dealt with in the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of 1885 .