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See also:DICK, 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 (1774-1857) , Scottish writer on See also:astronomy, was See also:born at See also:Dundee on the 24th of See also:November 1774. The See also:appearance of a brilliant See also:meteor inspired him, when in his ninth See also:year, with a See also:passion for astronomy; and at the See also:age of sixteen he forsook the See also:loom, and supported himself by teaching. In 1794 he entered the university of See also:Edinburgh, and set up a school on the termination of his course; then, in 18o1, took out a See also:licence to preach, and officiated for some years as probationer in the See also:United Presbyterian See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. From about 1807 to 1817 he taught in the See also:secession school at See also:Methven in See also:Perthshire, and during the ensuing See also:decade in that of See also:Perth, where he composed his first substantive See also:book, The See also:Christian Philosopher (1823, 8th ed. 1842). Its success determined his vocation as an author; he built himself, in 1827, a cottage at Broughty See also:Ferry, near Dundee, and devoted himself wholly to See also:literary and scientific pursuits. They proved, however, owing to his unpractical turn of mind, but slightly remunerative, and he was in 1847 relieved from actual poverty by a See also:crown See also:pension of £5o a year, eked out by a See also:local subscription. He died on the 29th of See also:July 1857. His best-known See also:works are: See also:Celestial Scenery (1837), The Sidereal Heavens (184o), and The See also:Practical Astronomer (1845), in which is contained (p. 204) a remarkable forecast of the See also:powers and uses of celestial See also:photography. Written with competent knowledge, and in an agreeable See also:style, they obtained deserved and widespread popularity.
See R. See also:Chambers's Eminent Scotsmen (ed. 7868) ; Monthly Notices See also:Roy. Astr. Society, xviii. 98; See also:Athenaeum (1857), p. I0o8.
(A. M.
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