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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

Born: July 18, 1811 Calcutta, India Died: December 24, 1863 London, England English novelist The English novelist Wil...

Thames21

Thames21

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Thames21 is the voice of London Waterways, working with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife. The company mobilizes thousands of volunteers each year to clean and green the

Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp

Born: July 1, 1941 Portland, Indiana American dancer and choreographer Dancer and choreographer (one who develops and directs dances) Twyla Tharp ...

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Rene Thom

Born Rene Frederic Thom, September 2, 1923, in Montbeliard, France; died of vascular disease, October 25, 2002, in Bures–sur–Yvette, France. Mathematician. Considered one of the leading th...

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Edmond J. Thomas

Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission Born c. 1943. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Universi...

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

Born: June 23, 1948 Pin Point, Georgia American Supreme Court justice President George Bush (1924–) named Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Cou...

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Pamela Thomas-Graham

Group president for Liz Claiborne Born Pamela Thomas in 1963, in Detroit, MI; married Lawrence Otis Graham (an author and attorney), 1992; children: Gordon Julian Thomas, a set of...

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Emma Thompson

British actor Emma Thompson (born 1959) has accrued a long and impressive list of film credits to her name, many of them literary adaptations. Early in her career she appeared in S...

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Lonnie Thompson

July 1, 1948 • Gassaway, West Virginia Paleoclimatalogist Scientist Lonnie Thompson is an authority on ice. For more than thirty years,...

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John W. Thompson

Chief Executive Officer of Symantec Born John Wendell Thompson, April 24, 1949, in Fort Dix, NJ; married (divorced); married Sandi Thompson (an attorney), 1998; children: a son ...

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Born: July 12, 1817 Concord, Massachusetts Died: May 6, 1862 Concord, Massachusetts American writer Henry David Thore...

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Born: May 28, 1888 Bellemonta, Oklahoma Died: March 28, 1953 Lomita, California American football player, baseball player, and Olymp...

BBC Three

BBC Three

Advertising and media

BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 1

James Thurber

James Thurber

Born: December 8, 1894 Columbus, Ohio Died: November 2, 1961 New York, New York American writer and artist James Thur...

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Strom Thurmond

Born James Strom Thurmond, December 5, 1902, in Edgefield, SC; died of natural causes, June 26, 2003, in Edgefield, SC. Politician. Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond died in June of 2003,...

Metal Tiger

Metal Tiger

Banks and investments

Metal Tiger is an investment management company that focuses on undervalued natural resource opportunities. It provides financial and business support to companies to maximize the value of their natur

TikTok

TikTok

Communication and Internet

TikTok, known in China as Douyin is a Chinese video-sharing social networking service owned by ByteDance. It is used to create short music, lip-sync, dance, comedy and ta

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Elizabeth Tilberis

British journalist Liz Tilberis (1947–1999) had an impressive career as editor-in-chief of British Vogue before arriving at ...

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Robert L. Tillman

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Lowe's Born c. 1944. Education: University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW), B.S.; two–year J...

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Timbaland

Music producer and rap musician Born Timothy Z. Mosley, March 10, 1971; son of Garland (an Amtrak employee) and Latrice (ran a homeless shelter) Mosley. Addresses: ...

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