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Elizabeth Thomas (other) (born 1966), American television writer
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Elizabeth Thomas may refer to: *Elizabeth Thomas (poet, born 1675) (1675–1731), British poet *Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet) (later Thomas; 1716–1779), British poet *Elizabeth Thomas (poet/novelist) (1771–1855), British novelist and poet *Elizabeth Caruthers (died 1857), American pioneer settler who sometimes identified as Elizabeth Thomas *Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (1883–1946), born Elizebeth Thomas, New Orleans conservationist *Bess Thomas (1892–1968), Australian librarian *Elizabeth Thomas (Egyptologist) (1907–1986), American Egyptologist *Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (born 1931), American anthropologist and author *Betty Thomas (born 1948), American actress *Betsy Thomas Betsy Thomas (born 1966) is an American television writer and producer living in Los Angeles, California with her husband, writer and actor Adrian Wenner. Thomas is best known as the creator of the sitcom ''My Boys'' that debuted on the cable t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Thomas (poet, Born 1675)
Elizabeth Thomas (1675 – 1731) was a British poet and letter writer. She was part of an important artistic group in London and John Dryden named her "Corinna". However, she suffered from lifelong financial precarity, romantic disappointment, and latterly, health problems. Her reputation was damaged by Alexander Pope and she spent three years in a debtor's prison near the end of her life. Life and career Early years Elizabeth Thomas was born in London, the only child of Elizabeth Osborne (died 1719), aged 16, and lawyer Emmanuel Thomas (died 1677), aged 60.Lonsdale, pp. 32–33. Her father died when she was an infant, leaving Osborne to take care of her. Osborne and Thomas faced many financial difficulties while living in Surrey, and after some time they returned to London to live in Great Russel Street. She was educated at home, was well read, and learned some French and Latin. Mid-life By her mid twenties, Thomas was a confident poet who shared her poetry with literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Frances Amherst (poet)
Elizabeth Frances Amherst (later Thomas; – 1779), was an English poet and amateur naturalist. Although she remained largely unpublished during her own lifetime, she has engendered interest among twentieth- and twenty-first-century critics. Biography Amherst was born c.1716 to Elizabeth Kerrill and Jeffrey Amherst (1677–1750) of Kent, one of two girls and seven boys. She married John Thomas, of Welford, Gloucestershire, and rector of Notgrove, Cotswolds; the couple had no children of their own and adopted a son, the child of a brother-in-law. One of her brothers, Jeffery, became Baron Amherst in 1776 and later became a field-marshal in the British Army: he was Commander-in-Chief of the British armed forces when they took Montreal in 1760.Lonsdale, Roger, ed. "Elizabeth Frances Amherst (later Thomas)" in ''Eighteenth-Century Women Poets'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), 179-185.Internet Archive Amherst was an avid fossil collector and maintained an activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Thomas (poet/novelist)
Elizabeth Thomas [née Wolferstan] (1771–1855), novelist and poet, is an ambiguous figure. Details of her early life are missing, and her authorship of some of the works attributed to her has been contested due to the use of pseudonyms. Biography She was born in Hartland, Devon''The Women's Print History Project''. to Mary (d. 1818) and Edward Wolferstan (d. 1788). In or around 1795 she married the Reverend Thomas Thomas (d. 16 December 1838), The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 11 - Clergy Deceased vicar of Tidenham, Gloucestershire since 1801. She was widowed before 1847 and died of bronchitis at the age of 84 in Devon. Writing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Caruthers
Elizabeth Caruthers was a pioneer settler in Portland in Oregon Country. Born in Tennessee, she married Joe Thomas in 1816, and the couple had one son, Finice. The Thomases separated early, and many years later Caruthers and her son re-located to Portland, settling near the Willamette River in 1847. Filing claims under the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, the mother and son acquired each and built a house in what later became known as the South Portland neighborhood. In 1855, Caruthers, her son, and James Terwilliger deeded of land to the city for a cemetery. A stream flowing down Marquam Gulch through the Caruthers' property and into the river came to be known as Caruthers Creek. In 1856, Finice Caruthers and Stephen Coffin, doing business as the Pioneer Water Works, began providing water from the creek to lower downtown Portland through rudimentary pipes made from fir logs. This was the first formal water system in the city, otherwise supplied only by private wells, which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizebeth Thomas Werlein
Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (28 January 1883 – 24 April 1946) was an American preservationist who is considered responsible for the preservation of the French Quarter of New Orleans. She was also one of the first women to fly in a plane and she was a philanthropist in the city. Early life Elizebeth Thomas was born in Bay City, Michigan on 28 January 1883 to dynamite manufacturer Henry Thomas and his first wife, Marie Louise Felton Smith. From a wealthy family Werlein was educated at school in Bay City as well as attending Liggett School in Detroit and the Detroit Conservatory of Music. She studied voice and considered a musical career. Werlein went to Paris to continue her studies at Miss White's School in 1903. Two of her teachers were Antonio Baldelli and Jean de Reszke. However as a socialite, Werlein had many demands on her time. She hunted in Africa and met Empress Eugénie de Montijo and Emperor Franz Joseph and travelled through Vienna and St Petersburg. She had been engage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bess Thomas
Bessie Margaret Thomas (14 March 1892 – 7 March 1968) was an Australian librarian of English and Canadian heritage. In 1945, the Mosman Municipal Library was established and Thomas was given the position of chief librarian, the first female in New South Wales to have held such a position. Early life Thomas was the third child of her father, Henry Charles Thomas. Shortly after her birth, the family moved from Australia to Canada, where Thomas received her education and trained as a librarian and secretary. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Thomas was employed as an assistant librarian by her local university between 1927 and 1928 and later moved back to Sydney after being influenced to do so by her cousin, Allworth and an influential report highly critical of Australian libraries by Ernest Pitt. Contributions to librarianship During a meeting chaired by Professor E.R. Holme in September 1934, the decision was made that Thomas and Edith Allworth, both of whom were honorary libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Thomas (Egyptologist)
Elizabeth Mary Thomas (March 29, 1907 – November 28, 1986) was an American Egyptologist. She worked in the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, recording and publishing tomb plans in the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens. Early life and career Thomas was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1907 to John Albert T. Thomas and Ruth Archer Thomas. She and her two older brothers, James and Wilmer, grew up in Granada, Mississippi. Thomas began studying at Granada College in 1924, transferring to Hollins College the next year. She took a break from studying for close to ten years, only to resume her studies at Granada College. She later transferred again and attended the University of Mississippi, where she received a B.A. in 1937. She first traveled to Egypt in 1935, spending a vast majority of time at the tombs in the Valleys of the Kings and Queens. Upon returning from the trip, Thomas began to study Egyptology at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago in 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (born September 13, 1931) is an American author. She has published fiction and non-fiction books and articles on animal behavior, Paleolithic life, and the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. Early life and education Thomas was born to anthropologist Lorna Marshall and Laurence K. Marshall, co-founder of the Raytheon Corporation. She is the sister of ethnographic filmmaker John Marshall. She was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. After beginning undergraduate studies at Smith College, Thomas took a break to travel in Africa with her family and later completed a degree in English from Radcliffe College. Career Between 1950 and 1956, she took part in three expeditions to live with and study the Ju/'hoansi ( !Kung Bushmen) of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia and Botswana. During these trips, Thomas kept a journal which she later drew on when writing her first book, ''The Harmless People''. She later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27, 1947) is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series ''Hill Street Blues''. Early life Thomas was born Betty Lucille Nienhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1947 to Nancy (née Brown) and William H. Nienhauser Sr. She graduated from Willoughby South High School, Willoughby, Ohio, in 1965. After high school Thomas attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Upon graduating Thomas worked as an artist and taught high school before becoming a part of The Second City, the premiere venue for improvisational theater in Chicago. Second City Thomas came to her entertainment career by a circuitous route. While working as an artist and school teacher, she became a waitress at The Second City to earn extra cash for a trip abroad. While waiting on tables, Thomas was encouraged to try out for the troupe, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
