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See also:ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, EARLS OF . 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:BRUCE, 7th See also:earl of Elgin (1766-1841), See also:British diplomatist and See also:art See also:collector, was See also:born on the loth of See also:July 1766, and in 1771 succeeded his See also:brother in the Scottish See also:peerage as the 7th earl of Elgin (cr. 1633), and rrth of Kincardine (cr. 1647). He was educated at See also:Harrow and See also:Westminster, and, after studying for some 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 the university of St See also:Andrews, proceeded to the See also:continent, where he studied See also:international See also:law at See also:Paris, and military See also:science in See also:Germany. When his See also:education was completed he entered the See also:army, in which he See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:general. His See also:chief See also:attention was, however, devoted to See also:diplomacy. In 1792 he was appointed See also:envoy at See also:Brussels, and in 1705 envoy extraordinary at See also:Berlin; and from 1799 to 1802 he was envoy extraordinary at the See also:Porte. It was during his stay at See also:Constantinople that he formed the purpose of removing from See also:Athens the celebrated sculptures now known as the Elgin See also:Marbles. His doing so was censured by some as vandalism, and doubts were also expressed as to the See also:artistic value of many of the marbles; but he vindicated himself
in a pamphlet published in 181o, and entitled Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in See also:Greece. In 1816 the collection was See also:purchased by the nation for £36,000, and placed in the British Museum, the outlay incurred by See also:Lord Elgin having been more than £50,000. Lord Elgin was a Scottish representative peer for fifty years. He died at Paris on the 14th of See also:November 1841.
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