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Thomas Wilkinson (Royal Naval Reserve) Thomas Wilkinson (August 1, 1898-14 February 1942) of Widnes was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thomas Willett Thomas Willett (1611-1674) was a British merchant, Plymouth Colony trader and sea-captain, Commissioner of New Netherland, and a magistrate of Plymouth Colony. He was appointed Mayor of New York on June 12, 1665, by Governor Richard Nicolls, and as a commissioner of admiralty on August 23.
Thomas William Dobbie Thomas William Dobbie (November 13 1829 – April 1 1908) was a Canadian civil engineer, provincial land surveyor and political figure. He represented Elgin East in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member.
Thomas William Glasgow Sir Thomas William Glasgow, KCB, DSO, CMG (6 June 1876 – 4 July 1955) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I and member of the Australian Senate, representing South Australia as a Nationalist Party member from 1919 - 1931.
Thomas William Gould Thomas William Gould (28 December 1914 - 6 December 2001) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thomas William Holmes Thomas William Holmes (October 14, 1898 - January 4, 1950) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thomas William Robertson Thomas William Robertson (January 9, 1829 – February 3, 1871) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist and innovative stage director best known for a series of realistic or naturalistic plays produced in London in the late 1860s.
Thomas Williams (Mayflower) Thomas Williams (died 1620/1621) was one of the passengers on the Mayflower on its transatlantic voyage. An erstwhile resident of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, he died in the first winter after the settlement of Plymouth Colony.
Thomas Wilson Brown Thomas Wilson Brown (born December 27, 1972 in Lusk, Wyoming) is an American actor, best known for his role as Jason Lochner in the television drama Knots Landing. And also for his portrayal of Russ in "Honey I Shrunk The Kids".
Thomas Winniffe Thomas Winniffe, Bishop of Lincoln 1642-1654 had been dean successively of Gloucester and London, was expelled from his see during the English Civil War, and retired to Lamborne in Essex; of which place, says Fuller, he had been for some time the "painful minister." He died there in 1654, and was buried in the parish church.
Thomas Winter (newspaperman) Thomas Winter is an American newspaperman who currently serves as the president and editor-in-chief of the politically conservative weekly publication Human Events. He joined the conservative weekly in 1961 at the age of 24 as an assistant editor after earning a bachelor's degree (1959) and MBA (1961) from Harvard University.
Thomas Wintour Thomas Wintour (also spelt Winter) (1571 (although some accounts say 1572) - January 31, 1606), was one of the principal Catholic conspirators in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I of England and Members of Parliament. His brother Robert Wintour was also a prominent member of the conspiracy.
Thomas Winwood Thomas Lawson Winwood (7 February 1910 - 23 September 1996) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and very occasional right arm medium-pace bowler who played 18 times for Worcestershire in the early 1930s. He made 36 on debut against Derbyshire in August 1930, but his most notable innings came in his second first-class innings three weeks later, when he hit 104 in two hoursObituaries in 1997.
Thomas Wolff Thomas Wolff (July 14 1954, New York City – July 31 2000, Kern County), a noted mathematician, working primarily in the fields of harmonic analysis, complex analysis, and partial differential equations. As an undergraduate at Harvard University he regularly played poker with his classmate Bill Gates.
Thomas Wolsey School Thomas Wolsey School is a special school, on Norwich Road, Ipswich, United Kingdom. It started out in 1930 as Whitton Open Air School, a school catering for children with conditions such as Tuberculosis, and what were then called "delicate" children.
Thomas Woodcock (VC) Thomas Woodcock (19 March 1888-27 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Thomas Woolston Thomas Woolston (1669 - January 21, 1731), English deist, born at Northampton in 1669, the son of a reputable tradesman, entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1685, studied theology, took orders and was made a fellow of his college.
Thomas Workman (politician) Thomas Workman (June 17 1813 – October 9 1889) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Montreal Centre in the 1st Canadian Parliament and Montreal West from 1875 to 1878 as a Liberal member.
Thomas Worthington High School Thomas Worthington High School ("TWHS") is the oldest continuously operating public school in Ohio. Located in Worthington, Ohio, TWHS has historically been among the top performing high schools in Ohio.
Thomas Wright Rudderow Thomas Wright Rudderow was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 8 August 1885. He attended the Pennsylvania Nautical School and served as navigator and watch officer in SS Adams and SS Mexico prior to assuming duties as Port Captain, Port of Philadelphia, in 1914.
Thomas Wriothesley Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 24 November 1534) was a long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was the son of Garter King of Arms, John Writhe, and he succeeded his father in this office.
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton KG (1607 - 16 May 1667), styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was a 17th century English statesman, a staunch supporter of Charles II who would rise to the position of Lord High Treasurer after the English Restoration. His term as treasurer began concurrently with the assumption of power by the Clarendon Ministry, but his death would precede Lord Clarendon's impeachment from the House of Commons, after which the Cabal Ministry took over government.
Thomas Wyatt (poet) Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – October 11, 1542) was a poet and Ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. He first entered Henry's service in 1516 as 'Sewer Extraordinary', and the same year he began studying at St John's College of the University of Cambridge.
Thomas Wyatt Turner Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 - April 21, 1978) was a civil rights activist, biologist and educator. Born in Hughesville, Maryland, Turner attended Episcopal local schools afater Catholic schools refused to admit him because of his race.
Thomas Wyon Thomas Wyon (1792-1817), English medallist, was born at Birmingham. He was apprenticed to his father, the chief engraver of the kings seals, and studied in the schools of the Royal Academy, London, where he gained silver medals in both the antique and the life class; he also obtained a gold medal from the Society of Arts.
Thomas Wyse Sir Thomas Wyse (1791 – April 16, 1862), an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have been mayors or other municipal officers.
Thomas Yellowtail Thomas Yellowtail was a Medicine Man and Sun Dance chief of the Crow tribe for over thirty years, before his death in 1993. Born on March 7, 1903, Thomas Yellowtail's adult life was dedicated to the adherence to, and preservation of, the Sun Dance religion.
Thomas Young (scientist) Thomas Young (*June 14, 1773 – †May 10, 1829) was an English scientist, researcher, physician and polymath. He is sometimes considered to be "the last person to know everything": that is, he was familiar with virtually all the contemporary Western academic knowledge at that point in history.
Thomas Youngblood Thomas Youngblood is the guitarist, founding member and one of the main creative forces behind the melodic power metal band Kamelot from Tampa, Florida. He began playing guitar at the age of 17 and in 1991 founded Kamelot with Richard Warner.
Thomas Ypsilantis Thomas (Tom) John Ypsilantis (June 24, 1928 – August 16, 2000) was an American physicist. He was best known for the co-discovery of the antiproton in 1955, along with Owen Chamberlain, Emilio Segrè, and Clyde Wiegand.
Thomas Yu Yu Koon Wai 余冠威 (born 1983) is the 46th chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Students and currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Civic Party. He is one of the students who are banned from visiting mainland China.
Thomas Ziegler Thomas Ziegler (born June 9, 1978 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for five games with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2000-01 NHL season. Ziegler failed to register a point in those five games, and now plays for SC Bern in the Swiss league NLA.
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie was born March 25 1762 in Jérémie, Saint-Domingue and died February 26 1806 in Villers-Cotterêts, France. He was a General of the French Revolution and the father of the author Alexandre Dumas, père and the grandfather of the author Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Thomas-Everard family The Thomas-Everard family are a family of British farmers who became known to the public during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis. The son Guy Thomas-Everard made an impassioned plea for against his healthy farm animals being killed as part of a pre-emptive cull designed by the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to save Exmoor animals from foot and mouth disease.
Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau was born in Quebec April 19 1775, a son of Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau, the patriarch of this important family, and his first wife, Marie-Louise-Élizabeth Bazin. He studied at the "petit" seminary of Quebec from 1784 to 1792.
Thomasites The Thomasites are a group of about five hundred pioneer American teachers sent by the American government to the Philippines in August 1901 to establish a public school system, to teach basic education and to train Filipino teachers, with English as the medium of instruction. The name Thomasite was derived from the transport vessel, the USS Thomas (formerly Minnewaska), that brought them to the shores of Manila Bay.
Thomason Tracts The Thomason Tracts are a collection of more than 22,000 pamphlets, broadsides, manuscripts, books, and news sheets, most of which were printed and distributed in London from 1640 to 1661. The collection represents a major primary source for the political, religious, military, and social history of England during the final years of the reign of King Charles I, the English Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the English Restoration of King Charles II.
Thomastik-Infeld For over 86 years Thomastik-Infeld has been an innovative leader in the development and production of strings] for bowed and fretted [[Musical instrument|instruments. Located in the heart of Vienna, the world’s music capitol, Thomastik-Infeld produces strings which help to create the unique musical character of the world’s greatest musicians.
Thomastown Thomastown (Baile Mhic Andáin in Irish) is a town in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, south of Kilkenny city in the southeast of Ireland. Located along the River Nore, the town is the biggest in the county outside of Kilkenny city.
Thomasville Furniture Industries Thomasville Furniture Industries entered the first decade of the 20th century as the fledgling Thomasville Chair Company in a bustling railroad-side community in the triad area of North Carolina, near High Point, the furniture capital. Founded in 1904, it was just one of many chair manufacturers scattered throughout North Carolina.
Thomism Thomism is the philosophical school that followed in the legacy of Thomas Aquinas. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose summary work Summa Theologiae has arguably been second only to the Bible in importance to the Catholic Church.
Thommanon Thommanon at Angkor, Cambodia, is one of a pair of Hindu temples built in the end of the 11th century, completed during the reign of Suryavarman II (from 1113-1150). It is located east of the Gate of Victory of Angkor Thom.
Thomond Thomond (Irish: Tuadh Mumhan, meaning North Munster) The region of Ireland associated with the name Thomond is County Limerick, north County Tipperary and east County Clare, effectively most of north Munster. The name is used by a variety of establishments and organisations located in , or associated with the region.
Thomond College of Education, Limerick Thomond College of Education, Limerick (Coláiste Oideachais Thuamhurnhan, Luimneach in Irish) was established in 1973 in Limerick, Ireland as the National College of Physical Education to train physical education teachers. The college was renamed to Thomond College of Education in 1975 when subjects other than physical education were added; these included metalwork, rural science and woodwork.
Thompson & Cole Thompson & Cole was a Locomotive manufacturer in Little Bolton, England, which produced five engines around 1840 and 1841, two of them for the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway. It is believed that Thompson joined Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson in 1842.
Thompson and Morgan Thompson & Morgan is a United Kingdom-based plant and seed grower and retailer, founded in 1855 by William Thompson and John Morgan to grow rare and unusual plants. In 1939, T&M became a limited company and in 1973 their distribution centre in Poplar Lane, Ipswich, from which the company currently operates, was expanded.
Thompson Center Arms Thompson Center Arms is an American firearms company based in Rochester, New Hampshire. The company is best known for its line of interchangeable barrel single-shot pistols, and its muzzleloading rifles, though they have recently added a line of semiautomatic rimfire rifles.
Thompson groups In mathematics, the Thompson groups (also called Thompson's groups, vagabond groups or chameleon groups) are three groups, commonly denoted F, T and V, which were first studied by the logician Richard Thompson in 1965. Of the three, F is the most widely studied, and is sometimes referred to as the Thompson group or Thompson's group.
Thompson GarcĂ­a Thompson GarcĂ­a (born December 16, 1970 in Esmeralda) is a boxer from Ecuador, competing in the light heavyweight (> 91kg) division. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and won the silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games, where he lost the final to Antonio Tarver of the United States.
Thompson International Speedway Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a 5/8th mile paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first paved race track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series banner.
Thompson Island (Massachusetts) Thompson Island is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, some 4 miles offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The island is managed by the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, a non-profit educational organization.
Thompson Island (South Atlantic) Thompson Island is a phantom island in the South Atlantic. According to the Global Vulcanism Program of the Smithsonian, it was supposed to be about 70 km NNE of Bouvet Island, a small Norwegian dependency located between South Africa and Antarctica.
Thompson language The Thompson language, properly known as Nlaka'pamuctsin or the Nlaka'pamux language, is an Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, Nicola Country of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also (historically) in the North Cascades region of Whatcom and Chelan counties of the state of Washington in the United States.
Thompson Mills Forest Thompson Mills Forest (330 acres) is a research forest and Georgia's official state arboretum. It is located at 8755 Highway 53 (off New Liberty Church Road), Braselton, Georgia, and operated by the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Thompson Peak Thompson Peak is located in the McDowell Mountains 20 miles outside of downtown Phoenix, it is a prominant landmark throughout the valley, and the radio towers on top are owned by Verizon Wireless. This area is accesible to hikers via a 5.
Thompson Plateau The Thompson Plateau is the southernmost portion of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, lying between Okanagan Lake and the Thompson River. Its southwestern edge abuts the Canadian Cascades portion of the Cascade Range, more or less following the line of the Similkameen River, its tributary the Tulameen River, and a series of passes from the area of Tulameen, British Columbia to the confluence of the Thompson River with the Nicoamen River, a few miles east of Lytton, British Columbia.
Thompson Rivers University Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada was formally inaugurated April 1st, 2005 and is the result of the merger of the University College of the Cariboo and British Columbia Open University. TRU is British Columbia's newest university.
Thompson Rivers WolfPack The TRU WolfPack are the athletic teams that represent Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. They were formerly known as the UCC Sun Demons, prior to the creation of the university in 2005.
Thompson shell The Thompson shell was the first Unix shell, introduced in the first version of Unix in 1971, and was written by Ken Thompson. It was a simple command interpreter, not designed for scripting, but nonetheless introduced several innovative features to the command line interface and led to the development of the later Unix shells.
Thompson submachine gun The Thompson was a family of American submachine guns that became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in gangster films of the time, being used both overwhelmingly by law enforcement officers, as well as criminals.
Thompson Stadium Thompson Stadium was a stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. It was primarily used for American football, and was the home field of the United States Naval Academy "Midshipmen" prior to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium opening in 1959.
Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The administrative seat and main population centre is the city of Kamloops, which comprises almost 65 percent of the regional district's population.
Thompson, Connecticut Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The 10 villages of Thompson include: East Thompson, Wilsonville, Fabyan, Quinebaug, Quaddick, Mechanicsville, Grosvenordale, North Grosvenordale, Thompson Hill, and West Thompson.
Thompson, Manitoba Thompson, Manitoba is a city in Manitoba. It is the largest city in northern Manitoba, and it is located 739 (approximately 472 miles) km north of Winnipeg and 396 (approximately 237 miles) km north-east of Flin Flon.
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) is an international architecture and interior design firm in the areas of planning, architecture, interior design and sustainable design. The company's headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia with satellite offices in Chicago, Illinois and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Thompsons Corner, New South Wales Thompsons Corner is an urban locality and major road traffic junction (Pennant Hills Road and Castle Hill road) in Sydney, Australia, within the Hornsby Shire local government area, 25 kilometres north-west of the Central Business District. Apart from having a number of shops, including major supermarket chain Coles, Thompsons Corner is home to Pennant Hills West Public School (established in 1850), one of Australia's oldest surviving government schools.
Thomsen Diagrams Thomsen Diagrams are the diagrammatic methodology developed by Erik Thomsen in 1997, is essentially a metaphor for describing multi-dimensional data spaces in the OLAP system. In effect, it may be thought of as a multi-dimensional domain structure.
Thomsen-Berthelot principle In thermochemistry, the Thomsen-Berthelot principle is an hypothesis in the history of chemistry which argued that all chemical changes are accompanied by the production of heat and that processes which occur will be ones in which the most heat is produced. This principle was formulated in slightly different versions by the Danish chemist Julius Thomsen in 1854 and by the French chemist Marcellin Berthelot in 1864.
Thomson (unit) The unit Thomson is a unit that has appeared infrequently in scientific literature relating to the field of mass spectrometry as a unit of m/z. It was never widely used and is not accepted by most journals in the field.
Thomson and Thompson Thomson and Thompson (Dupond et Dupont) are a pair of detectives in Hergé's classic European comic strip The Adventures of Tintin. Although unrelated, the two clumsy detectives look like twins and can only be told apart by the shape of their moustaches.
Thomson Directories Thomson Directories is a publisher of local directories based in Farnborough, Hampshire in the UK, including the Thomson Local. They are a subsidiary of Seat Pagine Gialle, and a competitor to the Yellow Pages.
Thomson Experiment In the nineteenth century many scientists were fascinated by Cathode ray tubes. When an electric current passes through a vacuum tube, a stream of glowing material can be seen; however the scientists did not have any idea why.
Thomson Financial League Tables Thomson Financial's standard league tables are rankings of Investment Banks in terms of the dollar volume of deals they work on. New standard league table sessions in compliance with 2004 league table criteria for Debt, Equity, Syndicated Loans, Project Finance and M&A are currently available.
Thomson Holidays Thomson Holidays is a UK based travel operator and part of TUI AG. The company was founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965 following the acquisition of three package holiday travel agencies and the airline Britannia Airways by Roy Thomson.
Thomson Islet (Queensland) Thomson Islet is an island a few hundred metres East of Tern Cliffs and the Jardine River Resource Reserve Jardine River National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in the Cape York Peninsula about 40 km South East of Bamaga.
Thomson J. Skinner Thomson Joseph Skinner (May 24, 1752 – January 20, 1809) was an American politician in Massachusetts. He served in both the State's House and Senate, and represented Massachusetts's 12th congressional district (Berkshire County) in the U.
Thomson Jay Hudson Thomson Jay Hudson born Windham, Ohio, USA, February 22, 1834, Chief Examiner of the US Patent Office and Psychical researcher, known for his three laws of psychic phenomena, which were first published in 1893.
Thomson Learning Thomson Learning1 is one of the four operating divisions of The Thomson Corporation (TSX:TOC; NYSE:TOC), providing integrated information solutions to higher education, corporate, government and professional customers. 2005 revenues were US $2.
Thomson Legal & Regulatory The Thomson Corporation's largest market group, Thomson Legal & Regulatory provides information solutions to legal, tax, accounting, intellectual property, business and government professionals. The Eagan, Minnesota-based business division has operations in 21 countries and 17,000 employees worldwide.
Thomson Local Thomson Local is a local business telephone directory published in the United Kingdom by Thomson Directories Ltd. It is the principal rival (and for the 1980s and some of the 1990s the sole rival) to the Yellow Pages (published by Thomson as the Thomson Yellow Pages until it was sold off to the privatised BT).
Thomson Marconi Sonar Thomson Marconi Sonar was formed as Ferranti Thomson Sonar Systems in 1990 by the merger of the sonar systems businesses of Thomson-CSF and Ferranti. GEC acquired Ferranti's share of the business in 1995 to form Thomson Marconi Sonar.
Thomson Medical Centre Thomson Medical Centre Limited (Abbreviation: TMC; Chinese: 康生医院) is a 190 bed private hospital located at Thomson Road in Singapore. The hospital specialises in gynaecology and in vitro fertilisation.
Thomson Memorial Park Thomson Memorial Park is a mid size park in Scarborough, Ontario, and is the site of the Scarborough Historical Museum and historical houses of the founding family of the former city, the Thompsons, from the 1790s.
Thomson Organization International Thomson Organization was a development of the commercial empire founded by Lord Thomson of Fleet (Roy Thomson). It was formed in 1978 as a holding company for interests in publishing, travel, and natural resources.
Thomson problem The Thomson problem is that of determining the minimum (ground state) energy configuration of N classical electrons on the surface of the 2-sphere S^{2} . The electrons repel each other with a force given by Coulomb's law.
Thomson Road, Singapore Thomson Road (Chinese: 汤申路 Tangshen Lu) is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas. Taking its name from John Turnbull Thomson, a Scottish who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853 and who helped build many roads into the interior of the island beyond the core of the city centre in the south.
Thomson Software Products Thomson Software Products (TSP) was a software development corporation based in Norwalk, Connecticut with engineering and support facilities in Norwalk and San Diego, California. Established in July 1995, the corporation became half of Aonix in 1996.
Thomson West Thomson West is the largest part of Thomson Legal & Regulatory, which is the largest market group of The Thomson Corporation. The company publishes legal, business, and regulatory information in print, and on electronic services such as Westlaw.
Thomson, Singapore Thomson is a relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Yishun. The area is mainly located within the central catchment area where some of Singapore's reservoirs are located, including MacRitchie Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir and Lower Peirce Reservoir.
Thonburi Thon Buri () was capital of Thailand for a short time during the reign of King Taksin, after the previous capital Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese. King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok in 1782 to the other side of the Chao Phraya River.
Thong Daeng Thong Daeng, a female copper-colored dog, is one of the pets owned by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Bhumibol adopted Thong Daeng in 1998 from the litter of a stray dog that had been taken in by a medical center he had recently dedicated.
Thong Sala Thong Sala ("Tong saLaah") is the principal town and administrative centre of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. While Haad Rin hosts the Full Moon Party and attracts many of the island's more hedonistic visitors, Thong Sala is mostly used by tourists as a ferry terminal and jumping off point rather than a destination in itself.
Thong Song "Thong Song" is a 2000 song recorded by SisqĂł of Dru Hill for the Def Soul label. The song was issued as the second single from SisqĂł's Unleash the Dragon LP in February 2000, and was its second biggest hit.
Thongophone A thongophone is a musical instrument classified as a percussion instrument. Playing the thongophone is somewhat rare in western music for solo performance, but was brought to prominence by the music of Yanni and Blue Man Group, among others.
Thongsbridge Thongsbridge is a small village in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It is in the semi-rural Holme Valley and the village boundaries merge into the neighbouring communities of Holmfirth, New Mill and Wooldale.
Thongsuk College Thongsuk College is a private higher education institute located in Bangkok, Thailand. Established in 1994, the college offers several undergraduate programs and a masters degree program in business administration.
Thoqqua In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the thoqqua is an elemental creature from the Elemental Plane of fire. It resembles a large (1 foot diameter, 4 feet long) worm, with segments plated with hard, stony, brown rock.
Thor Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Norse Mythology and more generally Germanic mythology (Old English: Þunor, Old Dutch and Old High German: Donar, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz).
Thor (BattleMech) The Thor is a powerful OmniMech employed by the fictional pseudo-tribal groups known as the Clans in the BattleTech Universe. The Thor weighs 70 tons and is a favorite mech of Clan Jade Falcon, due to its quick-strike abilities.
Thor (Marvel Comics) Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. Based on the god of the same name from Norse mythology and created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Journey into Mystery # 83 (Aug.

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