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 PERONNET See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMAS PERONNET THOMPSON (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

THOMPSON (1783-1869)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• POLITICAL

political writer and mathematician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull in 1783 . He was educated at the Hull See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school, and in See also:

• OCTOBER

October (1798) entered Queens' See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy as See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in the " See also:

• ISIS (Egyptian Ese)

Isis " in 1803, but in 18o6 ex-changed to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Through his acquaintance with See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• WILBERFORCE, ROBERT ISAAC (1802-18J7)
• WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL (1805-1873)
• WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759—1833)

Wilberforce, he was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Sierra Leone in 18o8, but was recalled on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his hostility to the slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . In 1812 he returned to his military duties, and, after serving in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was in 1815 attached as Arabic interpreter to an expedition against the Wahabees of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf, with whom he negotiated a treaty (dated See also:

• JAN

Jan . 1820) in which the slave trade was for the first 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 declared piracy . He was promoted See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in 1825, See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1829 and major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in 1854 . He entered See also:

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

parliament as member for Hull (1835–1837), and afterwards sat for See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford (1847–1852, 1857–1859) . He took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law agitation, his See also:

• CATECHISM (from Gr. Karnxeiv, teach by word of mouth)

Catechism of the Corn See also:

• LAWS

Laws (1827) being by far the most effective pamphlet published on the subject . In 1829 he became the proprietor of the See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, to which he contributed a large number of articles, republished in 1842 in six volumes, under the See also:

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

title Exercises, Political and Others . His mathematical publications were of a somewhat See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind . He published a Theory of See also:

• PARALLELS

Parallels (1844), and was also the author of See also:

• GEOMETRY

Geometry without Axioms, in which he endeavoured to " get rid " of axioms and postulates .

His new Theory of Just Intonation (r85o) was, however, a contribution of See also:

• GREAT

great value to the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of musical See also:

• ACOUSTICS (from the Gr. &eobav to hear)

acoustics, and went through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . It may be said to have formed the basis of the tonic sol-fa See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• MUSIC

music . He died at See also:

• BLACKHEATH

Blackheath, near See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1869 . See Colonel C . W . See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson's memoir in the Proc . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (1869) .