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), Christian bishop of Dunwich * Sir Thomas à Beckett (judge) (1836–1919), A ...

Thomas (name) Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling ''Thomas'' is a transliteration through Latin ''Thomas'', of the approximate Greek transliteration (), from ), meaning ' twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the na ...

Thomas (surname) Thomas is a common surname of English language, English, Welsh language, Welsh, Irish Language, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish, French Language, French, German Language, German, Dutch Language, Dutch, and Danish language, Danish origin. It deriv ...

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

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas ( ; ; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Catholic priest, priest, the foremost Scholasticism, Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the W ...

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

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle (; , meaning 'the Twin'), also known as Didymus ( 'twin'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of ...

Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) __NOTOC__ Thomas was an early medieval Bishop of the East Angles. He was consecrated between 647 and 648 and died between 652 and 653. He was bishop for five years. Bede described Thomas as having been "from the province of the Gyrwas" and deacon ...

(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 (; died in 1248) was the third bishop of Finland, and is the first known one. Little is known of his activities. After admitting to having committed several crimes, he resigned in 1245. He died in Visby three years later. He is sometim ...

(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. ...

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

Geography

Places in the United States

* Thomas, Idaho *

Thomas, Illinois Thomas is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States, located west of New Bedford New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the ...

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 establishe ...

Thomas, Oregon Thomas is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Ore ...

Thomas, South Dakota Thomas is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Hamlin County in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. I ...

Thomas, Virginia Thomas is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia Buchanan County () is a United States county in far western Virginia, the only county in the state to border both West Virginia and Kentucky. The county is part of the Sout ...

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 stood between Thomas and Auburn. It was situated on the left bank of the ri ...

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 Hen ...

Thomas County (disambiguation) Thomas County is the name of several counties in the United States: * Thomas County, Georgia * Thomas County, Kansas Thomas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Colby. As of the 2020 census, the county ...

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 () 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 Arctic Club in N ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), a 1969 novel by Hester Burton, published in the US under the title ''Beyond the Weir Bridge'' * ''Thomas'' (Jarvis novel), 1995 novel in the Deptford Histories Trilogy by Robin Jarvis * ''Thomas'' (opera), 1985 Finnish-language opera by Einojuhani Rautavaara *

Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional, anthropomorphised tank locomotive who originated from the British children's books ''The Railway Series'', created and written by Wilbert Awdry with his son Christopher Awdry, Christopher, first publish ...

, a fictional anthropomorphic steam locomotive ** ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry, Christopher, the series was developed for ...

'', British television series ** '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go'', animated television series that acts as a reboot to ''Thomas & Friends'' * "Thomas," a song from the 2000 album ''

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

'' by A Perfect Circle

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, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, and Arnol ...

, 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 the first ever rear engine Type C school bus, Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its productio ...

, an American bus manufacturer *

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, Edwin Ross Thomas (1850� ...

, a former US manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles *

Thomas's of York The Museum Street Tavern, formerly 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 ...

, a pub in England * Thomas & Betts, 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 Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of ...

, a former U.S. automobile manufacturer * Thomas's London Day Schools, a group of schools in England

Religion

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

, a New Testament-era apocryphon * Infancy Gospel of Thomas, an infancy gospel *

Book of Thomas the Contender The ''Book of Thomas the Contender'' or The ''Book of Thomas'' is a Gnostic revelation dialogue. It is the seventh tractate in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library. The tractate is a Coptic translation of a Greek original, likely composed in Sy ...

, 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. The complete versions that survive are Syriac and Greek. There are many surviving fragments of the text. Scholars d ...

, another gnostic text * Apocalypse of Thomas, 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 tridiag ...

, 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 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 ...

, the U.S. Library of Congress's first online database