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Alexandre Thurber Alexandre Thurber (April 2, 1871 – April 19, 1958) was an industrialist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1923 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal. He was born in M ...

(1871–1958), Quebec industrialist and politician * Charles Thurber, black man lynched in 1882 *

Charles Thurber (inventor) Charles Thurber (January 2, 1803 – November 7, 1886) was an inventor and firearms maker who made important innovations in the early development of the typewriter. According to the book ''The Marvels of Modern Mechanism'' published in 1901, Thurb ...

(1803–1886), American inventor who contributed to the early typewriter *

George Thurber George Thurber (Providence, Rhode Island, September 2, 1821 – Passaic, New Jersey, April 2, 1890) was a United States naturalist and writer. He had a special interest in grasses of the United States. Biography He was mainly self-educated, thoug ...

(1821-1890), American naturalist and writer *

James Thurber James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in ''The New Yorker'' and collected in ...

(1894–1961), American humorist and cartoonist, often known simply as Thurber *

James A. Thurber James Allen Thurber (born May 29, 1943) is university distinguished professor of government and founder (1979) and former director (1979-2016) of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (american.edu/spa/ccps) and affiliate distingu ...

(born 1943), political science professor *

Jeannette Thurber Jeannette Thurber (also known as Jeannette Meyers Thurber; January 29, 1850 in Delhi, New York – January 2, 1946 in Bronxville, New York) was amongst the first major patrons of classical music in the United States. Thurber established the Nation ...

(1850–1946), patron of classical music in the United States * Jefferson G. Thurber (1807–1857), American politician in Michigan *

Marion Bartlett Thurber Marion Bartlett Thurber (February 22, 1885 - November 2, 1973) was an American political spouse who managed her husband's legacy after his early death. Thurber was born in 1885 to Henry Thomas Thurber and Elizabeth Brady Croul, the oldest of fi ...

((1885-1973), American political spouse *

Rawson Marshall Thurber Rawson Marshall Thurber (born February 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker and actor. Early life Thurber was born in San Francisco, California. He is the son of attorney Marshall Thurber. He is a 1997 graduate of Union College (Schenectady, New ...

(born 1975), American filmmaker * Samuel H. Thurber (1827–1870), American politician in Wisconsin *

Tom Thurber Thomas George Thurber was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989. He was born in Herronton, Alberta. Political career Thurber was first elected to the Alberta Legisl ...

(1934–2010), Canadian politician *

Frances Thurber Seal Frances Thurber Seal, (ca. 1860 – 1930s) was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher from the United States and one of three people to establish the religion in Germany. She also helped introduce it in Norway. Life and work Born the daugh ...

(ca. 1860 – 1930s), Christian Science teacher from the U.S.A.

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Thurber, Texas Thurber is an unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States (near the Palo Pinto county line), located 75 miles west of Fort Worth. It was, between 1888 and 1921, one of the largest producers of bituminous coal in Texas and th ...

, a ghost town *

Thurber House Thurber House is a literary center for readers and writers located in Columbus, Ohio, in the historic former home of author, humorist, and ''New Yorker'' cartoonist James Thurber. Thurber House is dedicated to promoting the literary arts by pr ...

, a literary center named after James Thurber

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