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THESPIS (6th cent. B.C.)

EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS

CLAUDE ADHEMAR ANDRE THEURIET (1833-1907)

COMTE CLAIR ANTOINE THIBAUDEAU (1765—1854)

THIBAUT (or THEOBALD) IV

ANTON FRIEDRICH JUSTUS THIBAUT (1774-1840)

THIBAW, or HSIPAW

FREIHERR VON JOHANN ADOLF THIELMANN (1765-1824)

FRIEDRICH WILHELM THIERSCH (1784-1860)

THIETMAR (DIETMAR or DITHMAR) OF MERSEBURG (975-1018)

THIRLBY (or THIRLEBY), THOMAS (c. 1506-1570)

CONNOP THIRLWALL (1797-1875)

THOLOBATE (Gr. bb)sos, a circular structure, dome, and Barns, a base)

THOLOS (Bo11os)

FRIEDRICH THOLUCK

HANS THOMA (1839- )

THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)

THOMAS (d. 110o)

THOMAS A KEMPIS (c. 1380-1471)

THOMAS BEAUFORT (d. 1426)

2ND MARQUESS OF DORSET THOMAS GREY (1477-1530)

IST MARQUESS OF DORSET THOMAS GREY (1451-1501)

THOMAS KINNICUTT BEECHER (1824-1900)

THOMAS OF CELANO

THOMAS OF ERCELDOUNE

THOMAS OF MARGA

THOMAS PHILIP ROBINSON

IST EARL OF DORSET THOMAS SACKVILLE (c. 1530-1608)

THOMAS WENTWORTH

ARTHUR GORING THOMAS (1850-1892)

CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE THOMAS (1811-1896)

GEORGE THOMAS (c. 1756-1802)

GEORGE HENRY THOMAS (1816-187o)

ISAIAH THOMAS (1749-1831)

PIERRE THOMAS (1634-1698)

SIDNEY GILCHRIST THOMAS (1850-1885)

THEODORE THOMAS (1835-1905)

WILLIAM THOMAS (d. 1554)

CHRISTIAN THOMASIUS (1655-1728)

GEORGE THOMASON (d. 1666)

EARL AND MARQUESS OF THOMOND

FRANCIS THOMPSON (1860-1907)

LAUNT THOMPSON (1833-1894)

BART SIR HENRY THOMPSON

SIR JOHN SPARROW THOMPSON (1844-1894)

THOMAS PERONNET THOMPSON (1783-1869)

WILLIAM HEPWORTH THOMPSON (18ro–1886)

GRIMUR THOMSEN (182o-1896)

HANS PETER JORGEN JULIUS THOMSEN (1826–1909)

JAMES THOMSON (1822-1892)

JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882)

JAMES THOMSON (r700-1748)

JOHN THOMSON (1778-184o)

JOSEPH THOMSON (1858-1895)

SIR CHARLES WYVILLE THOMSON (1830-1882)

THOMAS THOMSON (1773-1852)

WILLIAM THOMSON (1819-189o)

THORAX (Gr. BWpaE, breastplate, also the part of the body covered by it)

JAN RUDOLF THORBECKE (1798-1872)

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)

THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. 1002-1007)

THORIUM (symbol Th, atomic weight ,232.42 [0=16])

THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)

THORN (Polish Torun)

SIR JAMES THORNHILL (1676-1734)

HENRY THORNTON (1760—1815)

ROBERT THORNTON (1623-1678)

WILLIAM THOMAS THORNTON (1813-188o)

WILLIAM HAMO THORNYCROFT (1850- )

JOHN THORPE [or TnoRP] (/l. 1570-1618)

BENJAMIN THORPE (1782-1870)

BERTEL THORWALDSEN (1770.1844)

JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] THOU (1553-1617)

JACQUES GUILLAUME THOURET (1746--1794)

THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS

PUBLIUS CLODIUS THRASEA PAETUS

THRASHING, or THRESHING (from " to thrash," O. Eng. llerscan, cf. Ger. dreschen, Du. dorschen, &c.)

THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

PROBLEM OF THREE BODIES

EDWARD THRING (1821-1887)

THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), FRANCIS, 4

THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), SIR

THRUSH (A. S. Prysce, Icel. priistr, Norw. Trast, O. H. Ger. Drosce, whence the mod. Ger. prossel, to be compared with the analogous English form Throstle,l now almost obsolete, both being apparently diminutives)

THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

BARON JOHANN AMADEUS FRANCIS DE PAULA THUGUT (1736–1818)

MORITZ AUGUST VON THUMMEL (1738-1817)

THUN (Fr. Thoune)

KARL PETER THUNBERG (1743-1828)

GUSTAVE ADOLPHE THURET (1817-1875)

THURGAU (Fr. Thurgovie)

THURIBLE (Lat. thuribulum or turibulum, thus or tus, incense, Gr. Ms, from Ou&av, to offer a burnt sacrifice, cf. Skr. dhuma and Lat. fumus, smoke)

THURII, or THURIUM

THURINGIAN FOREST (Thiiringerwald)

JOHN THURLOE (1616—1668)

1ST BARON EDWARD THURLOW THURLOW (1731-1806)

ALLEN GRANBERY THURMAN (1813-1895)

THURSDAY ISLAND

THURSTAN, or TURSTIN (d. 1140)

THYROID (Gr. Ovpoea3i'is, shield-shaped, from Ovpeos, a large oblong shield, shaped like a door, Obpa, and eiSos, form)

THYRSUS (the latinized form of Gr. Bupaos, a stem or stalk)

THYSANOPTERA (01m-awn, a fringe, and ae-eoov, a wing)

TIARA (Gr. -papa)

TIARET (Tahert)

TIBBU, or TEBU (" Men of Tu," i.e. " of the rocks ")

TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

TIBET, or THIBET

ALBIUS TIBULLUS (c. 54–19 B.c.)

TIBUR (mod. Tivoli, q.v.)

THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT

TICINO (Fr. and Ger. Tessin)

TICINO (Ger. Tessin, anc. Ticinus)

TICINUM (mod. Pavia, q.v.)

THOMAS TICKELL (1686-174o)

TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

GEORGE TICKNOR (1791—1871)

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

TIE SKULL FROM ABOVE (norma verticalis)

JOHANN LUDWIG TIECK

FRIEDRICH TIEDEMANN (1781-1861)

CORNELIS PETRUS TIELE (1830-1902)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1692-1769)

GEORGE TIERNEY (1761–183o)

TIERRA DEL FUEGO

THERESE JOHANNE ALEXANDRA TIETJENS (1831--1877)

CHARLES LEWIS TIFFANY (1812-1902)

LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848- )

SOPHONIUS TIGELLINUS

TIGER (Felis tigris)

MARY TIGHE (1772-1810)

MARQUIS AND TIGNES

TIGRANES, or DIKRAN

TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

TIIE SKULL FROM THE SIDE (norma lateralis)

SAMUEL JONES TILDEN (1814-1886)

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

TILE WAR IN ITALY

SIR SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEY (1818-1896)

JOHN TILLOTSON (1630-1694)

COUNT OF JOHANN TZERCLAES TILLY (1559-1632)

TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

TIMBREL, or TABRET (the tof of the ancient Hebrews, the dell of Islam, the adufe of the Moors of Spain)

JOHN TIMBS (18os-1875)

TIMBUKTU (French spelling Tombouctou)

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)

MEASUREMENT OF TIME

TIMOLEON (c. 411-337 B.C.)

TIMON (c. 320-230)

TIMOR (Timur i Leng, the lame Timur)

TIMOR LAUT (" Seaweed Timor '; Dutch, Timor Laae1), TENIMBER

FIRST EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY

SECOND EPISTLE TO TIMOTHY

TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

TINCTURE (Fr. teinture, Lat. tinctura, tingere, to dye, stain)

MATTHEW TINDAL (d. 1733)

TINDER (O. Eng. tyndre, from tindan, tendan, to kindle, cf. Dan. tonder, Ger. anzunden)

ALEXANDRINE PETRONELLA FRANCINA TINNY (1839-1869)

TINTAGEL, or TREVENA

JACOPO ROBUSTI TINTORETTO (1518-1594)

TIPPERA (Tripura)

TIPPOG SAHIB (1753—1799)

TIPSTAFF (Mid. Eng. tipped staf)

GIROLAMO TIRABOSCHI (1731—1794)

PIERRE EMANUEL TIRARD (1827–1893)

TIREH (anc. Teira)

TIRGOVISHTEA (Rumanian Ttrgoeiltea, or Tdrgovigtea, sometimes incorrectly written Tergovista or Tirgovist)

TIRGU JIU (often incorrectly written TERGU JIU)

TIRGU OCNA (Rumanian also Targul Ocna)

TIRHUT, or TIRHOOT

TIRIDATES, or TERIDATES

TIRMIDHI [Abu 'Isa Mahommed ibn 'Isa ut-Tirmidhi] (d. 892)

TIROL (or TYROL 1)

TIRSO DE MOLINA

TIRUPATI, or TRIPETTY

LOBEGOTT FRIEDRICH KONSTANTIN VON TISCHENDORF (1815-1874)

TISIO (or Tisi), BENVENUTO (1481-1559)

TISSAPHERNES (Pers. Cithrafarna)

FRANCOIS FELIX TISSERAND (1845-1896)

JAMES JOSEPH JACQUES TISSOT (1836-1902)

PIERRE FRANCOIS TISSOT (1768–1854)

TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

KALMAN [KOLOMAN] TISZA (1830-1902)

atomic weight 48.1 TITANIUM [symbol Ti (0 = 16)]

TITANOTHERIIDAE (also known as Menodontidae and Brontotheriidae)

TITANS (Gr. Ttraaves)

SIR WILLIAM TITE (1798-1873)

TITHING (for tithe, tenth; Lat. decuma)

TITIAN (c. 1477-1576)

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANIES

TITLES OF HONOUR

TITMOUSE (O. Eng. mase and tytmase, Ger. Meise, Swed. mes, Du. mees, Fr. mesange)

FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS TITUS

THE EPISTLE TO TITUS

TIVOLI (anc. Tibur, q.v.)

JOHN TOBIN (1770-18o4)

THE BOOK OF TOBIT

TOBOGGANING (Micmac Indian, tobaakan, sledge)

TOBRUK (anc. Antipyrgos)

TOCHI VALLEY, or DAWAR

COMTE DE ALEXIS HENRI CHARLES MAURICE CLEREL TOCQUEVILLE (1805-18J9)

JAMES TOD (1782-1835)

ISAAC TODHUNTER (1820-1884)

TODI (anc. Tuder)

TODLEBEN (or TOTLEBEN), FRANZ EDUARD IVANOVICH, COUNT (1818-1884)

COUNT HEIHACHIRO TOGO (1847– )

TOKAJ (or TOKAY)

TOKAT (Armenian Evtoghia, anc. Dazimon)

TOKELAU (or UNION ISLANDS)

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

JOHN [christened JANUS JuN1us] TOLAND (1670-1722)

COUNCILS OF TOLEDO (Concilia toletana)

TOLENTINO (anc. Tolentinum Picenum)

TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")

COUNT JOHAN KRISTOFFER TOLL (1743-1817)

TOLLEMACHE (or TAI.MASH), THOMAS (c. 1651-1694)

LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910)

COUNT PETR ANDREEVICH TOLSTOY (1645–1729)

TOLTECS (Mexican Tolteca)

TOLUCA, or TOLOCCAN

TOLUENE, or METHYLBENZENE

TOMAHAWK (a native American word, probably from the Algonquian verb otomahuk, to knock down)

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

TOMMASO INGHIRAMI (1470—1516)

MIHALY [MICHAEL] TOMPA (1817–1868)

DANIEL D TOMPKINS

TONBRIDGE [TUNBRIDGE]

THEOBALD WOLFE TONE (1763-1798)

TONGA, or FRIENDLY ISLANDS (so called by Captain Cook)

TONGS (O. Eng. Lange, M. Eng. tonge, cf. Du. tang, Ger. Zange, from base tang, to bite, cf. Gr. SaKVeiv)

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

TONNAGE AND POUNDAGE

TONSURE (Lat. tonsura, from tondere, to shave)

JOHN HORNE TOOKE (1736–1812)

THOMAS TOOKE (1774-1858)

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLE (1832-1906)

ROBERT TOOMBS (1810-1885)