Thomas Charles Hope

Thomas Charles Hope, a Scottish chemist, born in Edinburgh, July 21, 17GG, died there, June 13,1844. His father, Dr. John Hope, was professor of botany in the university of Edinburgh. In 1787 the son was appointed to the chemical chair in the university of Glasgow. About the same time he became a convert to Lavoisier's theory of combustion and oxygenation, and was the first British chemist who publicly taught it. In 1795 he became assistant to Dr. Black, professor of chemistry at Edinburgh, upon whose death in 1709 he succeeded to the chair, which he filled until the end of the session of 1843. As a teacher and lecturer he had few equals. His principal discovery was the presence of a new earth, named by him strontites, in a mineral found in the strontian lead mines in Argyleshire.

Thomas Clap

Thomas Clap, an American clergyman, born at Scituate, Mass., June 26, 1703, died in New Haven, Jan. 7, 1767. He was settled as a minister at Windham, Conn., in 1727, and in 1739 was elected president of Yale college, which office he held till 1766. He contributed much to improve Yale college, and was the means of building a college edifice and chapel. He was a man of extensive erudition, gave great attention to mathematics and astronomy, and constructed the first orrery made in this country. He published the history of Yale college, and other writings, and had made collections for a history of Connecticut; but most of his manuscripts were plundered in the expedition against New Haven under Gen. Tryon. He had a controversy with President Edwards respecting Whitefield, and opposed the latter, not so much upon religious grounds as from a misapprehension of Whitefield's designs.

Thomas Coram

Thomas Coram, an English philanthropist, born about 1668, died March 29, 1751. He spent the early part of his life as a sea captain. Having seen in the poorer parts of London many children abandoned and cruelly exposed, he projected the foundling hospital, in which design he labored 17 years, and at last procured a royal charter and a grant of £10,000 from parliament. He was also instrumental in promoting American trade by procuring a bounty on naval stores from the colonies, and by interesting himself in the settlement of Georgia and Nova Scotia. He died while perfecting a scheme for the education of Indian girls. An annuity of £100 was raised for him by subscription in his old age.

Thomas Creswicr

Thomas Creswicr, an English landscape painter, born in Sheffield in March, 1811, died at Bayswater, Dec. 28, 1869. He studied art in Birmingham, and afterward in London. His first pictures were exhibited at the royal academy in 1828. He became an associate of the academy in 1842, and a member in 1851. He is best known by his drawings of English scenery and the paintings "The Weald of Kent," "Home by the Sands," and "The London Road a Century ago".

Thomas Crofton Croker

Thomas Crofton Croker, an Irish author, born in Cork, Jan. 15, 1798, died in London, Aug. 8, 1854. When 15 years of age he was apprenticed to a merchant, and began to make occasional rambles on foot through the south of Ireland. During these excursions, continued for many years, he made the researches among the peasantry and the collections of legends and songs which furnished the materials for his " Researches in the South of Ireland " (1824), and for his "Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland " (1825). From 1819 to 1850 he was a clerk in the admiralty, retiring with a pension. In 1829 he published the "Legends of the Lakes," and rhymes of a pantomime founded on the story of "Daniel O'Rourke," which were followed in 1832 by the tales of "Barney Mahoney" and "My Village." In 1838 he published the "Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798," and in 1839 he edited the "Popular Songs of Ireland," with historical and personal annotations.