Thomas may refer to:

People

List of people with given name Thomas {{short description, People with given name Thomas This article lists notable people with the given name Thomas. * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. ca. 647–648), medieval Christian bishop of Dunwich * Bastiampillai Anthonipillai Thomas (1 ...

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) Saint Thomas or St. Thomas may refer to: People * Thomas the Apostle (died AD 72), Jewish-Christian Apostle and Saint of the 1st century * Thomas the Hermit, Coptic Desert Father and Saint of the 4th century * Thomas of Maurienne or Thomas of F ...

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 wi ...

(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) __NOTOC__ Thomas was a medieval Bishop of the East Angles. He was consecrated between 647 and 648. He died between 652 and 653. He was bishop for five years. References External links * Bishops of the East Angles {{England-bish ...

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

Thomas, Count of Perche Thomas (1195 – 20 May 1217), Count of Perche, was the son of Geoffrey III, Count of Perche, and Matilda of Saxony, daughter of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Matilda of England. He died young. Only seven when his father died, ...

(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 is ...

(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 is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. ...

Thomas, Indiana Thomas is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primar ...

Thomas, Oklahoma Thomas is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,181 at the 2010 census. History Thomas was named for William Thomas, who owned a general store and served as postmaster, when the first post office was established ...

Thomas, Oregon Thomas is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while t ...

Thomas, South Dakota Thomas is an unincorporated community in Hamlin County in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is na ...

Thomas, Virginia Thomas is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the United States. History Thomas was named for John Thomas, a railroad official. References

Unincorporated communities in Buchanan County, Virginia Unincorporated ...

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 Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** ...

Thomas, West Virginia Thomas is a city and former coal town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 623 at the 2020 census. History Thomas was platted in 1884. Thomas was named for Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Senator Henry ...

Thomas County (disambiguation) Thomas County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Thomas County, Georgia * Thomas County, Kansas * Thomas County, Nebraska Thomas County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the pop ...

Thomas Township (disambiguation) Thomas Township may refer to: Canada * Thomas Township, Cochrane District, Ontario United States * Thomas Township, Ellsworth County, Kansas * Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Michigan * Thomas Township, Ripley County, Missouri * Thomas T ...

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'' is a 1969 novel by Hester Burton, published in the US as ''Beyond the Weir Bridge.'' The story follows three friends as they grow up in the political and religious turmoil following the end of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1651, i ...

'', * ''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 s ...

, 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, 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 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 references ...

, 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 ve ...

, 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 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 A ...

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