Thomas may refer to:

People

* List of people with given name Thomas *

Thomas (name) Thomas is a male given name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration; through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration ( el, Θωμᾶς, Thōmâs), from Aramaic; , from Classic Syriac; , meaning 'tw ...

Thomas (surname) Thomas is a common surname of English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Dutch, and Danish origin. It derives from the medieval personal name, of Biblical origin, from Aramaic תאומא ''t'om'a'', a byname meaning 'twin'. It was borne b ...

* Saint Thomas (disambiguation) *

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...

(1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church *

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

* Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche *

Thomas (bishop of Finland) Thomas ( fi, Tuomas) is the first known bishop of Finland. Only a few facts are known about his life. He resigned in 1245 and died in Visby three years later. Biography The only reference to Bishop Thomas during his episcopate in Finland ...

(1248), first known Bishop of Finland *

Thomas, Earl of Mar Thomas, Earl of Mar, (c. 1330-1377) was a 14th-century Earl of Mar, an earldom located in the County of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is sometimes styled Mormaer of Mar since ''mormaer'' was the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of the English word earl. Becaus ...

(1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland

Geography

Places in the United States

* Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia *

Thomas, Washington Thomas was a former community, north of Auburn in the Green River Valley of King County in the U.S. state of Washington. The also defunct community of Christopher Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek ...

* Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (disambiguation) * Thomas Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Thomas Glacier ( da, Thomas Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The glacier was named by Robert Peary after E. B. Thomas, one of the founding members of the Peary ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel by Hester Burton, published in the US under the title '' Beyond the Weir Bridge'', * ''Thomas'' (2001 film) or ''Gli amici di Gesù - Tommaso'', a 2001 Italian film * ''Thomas'' (Jarvis novel), 1995 novel in the Deptford Histories Trilogy by Robin Jarvis * ''Thomas'' (opera), 1985 Finnish-language opera by Einojuhani Rautavaara * ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

'', British television series ** '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'', animated television series that acts as a reboot to ''Thomas & Friends''. * "Thomas," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album ''

Mer de Noms ''Mer de Noms'' (French for ''"Sea of Names"'') is the debut studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000, and entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 4, making it the highest ever ''Billboard'' 200 de ...

Companies and brands

Thomas' Thomas' is a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America, established in 1880. It is owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA, one of the largest baking companies in the United States, which also owns Entenmann's, Boboli, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, and ...

, a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America *

Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (commonly known as Thomas) is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of yellow school buses, Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on sc ...

, an American bus manufacturer *

Thomas Cook Group Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...

, a former British, global travel giant *

Thomas Motor Company E. R. Thomas Motor Company was a manufacturer of motorized bicycles, motorized tricycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Buffalo, New York between 1900 and 1919. Motorized bicycles, tricycles, and motorcycles In 1896, E.R Thomas (1850 – 193 ...

, a former US manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles *

Thomas's of York Thomas's of York is a historic pub in the city centre of York, in England. The building which houses the pub was first constructed in about 1700. In about 1800, it became part of Ettridge's Royal Hotel, and at some point in the 1820s, it was h ...

, a pub in England *

Thomas & Betts Thomas & Betts is a designer and manufacturer of connectors and components for electrical and communication markets. Thomas and Betts was founded in 1898 by two young engineers from Princeton University, Robert M. Thomas and Hobart D. Betts. The ...

, a designer and manufacturer of connectors and components for electrical and communication markets *

Thomas-Detroit (automobile) The Thomas-Detroit was an automobile manufactured by the E.R. Thomas-Detroit Co of Detroit, Michigan, from 1906-08. The 1908 version was powered by a 6.1 L 4-cylinder engine with two spark plugs per cylinder. The drive line consisted of a 3-spee ...

, a former U.S. automobile manufacturer

Religion

Gospel of Thomas The Gospel of Thomas (also known as the Coptic Gospel of Thomas) is an extra-canonical Logia, sayings gospel. It was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945 among a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. Scholars specu ...

, a New Testament-era apocryphon *

Infancy Gospel of Thomas The ''Infancy Gospel of Thomas'' is a Biography, biographical gospel about the childhood of Jesus, believed to date at the latest to the second century. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is generally considered to be Gnostic in origin because of ...

, an infancy gospel *

Book of Thomas the Contender The ''Book of Thomas the Contender'', also known more simply as the ''Book of Thomas'' (not to be confused with the Gospel of Thomas and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas), is one of the books of the New Testament apocrypha represented in the Nag Hamma ...

, a gnostic book discovered in the Nag Hammadi library *

Acts of Thomas ''Acts of Thomas'' is an early 3rd-century text, one of the New Testament apocrypha within the Acts of the Apostles subgenre. References to the work by Epiphanius of Salamis show that it was in circulation in the 4th century. The complete ver ...

, another gnostic text *

Apocalypse of Thomas The Apocalypse of Thomas is a work from the New Testament apocrypha, apparently composed originally in Greek. It concerns the end of the world, and appears to be influenced by the Apocalypse of John (better known later as the Book of Revelation), a ...

, a Christian gnostic apocalypse

Other uses

Thomas algorithm In numerical linear algebra, the tridiagonal matrix algorithm, also known as the Thomas algorithm (named after Llewellyn Thomas), is a simplified form of Gaussian elimination that can be used to solve tridiagonal systems of equations. A tridiagona ...

, a numerical algorithm to solve a tridiagonal system of equations *

Thomas theorem The Thomas theorem is a theory of sociology which was formulated in 1928 by William Isaac Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas: In other words, the interpretation of a situation causes the action. This interpretation is not objective. Actions are a ...

, a theory of belief and their consequences *

THOMAS Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

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