Thomas Wight (other)
Thomas Wight was a publisher and draper. Thomas Wight may also refer to: * Thomas Wight (architect), partner in Wight and Wight * Thomas Wight (Bandon) (1640–1724), Quaker * Thomas Wight (priest), Irish priest in the 1600s See also *Thomas White (other) Thomas, Tom or Tommy White may refer to: Entertainment * Thomas White (musician) (born 1984), British musician * ''Tom White'' (film), 2004 Australian drama film * Tommy White (artist), see List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2007 * Tommy ...

Thomas Wight
Thomas Wight (died ca. 1608) was a bookseller, publisher and draper in London. Wight published many important books, including many of the earliest law books in English. Career Together with his father, the draper John Wight, he published seven editions of William Bourne's book ''A Regiment for the Sea'', the first purely English navigational text. By time Wight published Bourne's book, he was primarily a publisher, and became part of a monopoly for printing law books in 1599. He published many of the first printed English law books, including Fulbeck (1600), discussing study methods for law students, techniques for arguing a case, and suggestions for further reading. Pulton (1600), also published by Wight the same year, was the first book to attempt to summarise English criminal law. Fulbecke (1602) was one of the first books on international law. Saint German (1604) was first published in Latin in 1523, and attempts to describe English law through a dialogue between a church ...
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