The Thomas test assesses hip muscle contracture and flexibility, useful for medical evaluation, physical therapy, and personal training. Patients lie down and extend one leg to check if the hip flexors are flexible. Orthopedic doctors may use it to diagnose hip problems, and personal trainers can use it to measure progress. Dr. Hugh Owen Thomas […]
Sir Thomas More was a writer, knight, lawyer, and Chancellor of England. He wrote the book Utopia and served as Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was executed for refusing to swear on the Act of Succession and was later beatified and canonized as a saint. Saint […]
Thomas Mann was a German writer and Nobel laureate known for his novels and novellas, including Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain. He was born in Lübeck in 1875 and attended the University of Munich before beginning his writing career. Mann married Katia Pringsheim in 1905 and had six children. When Hitler came to […]
Thomas Hardy was an English author known for his pessimistic novels of the naturalist school, set in semi-fictional Wessex. He began as an architect before achieving acclaim with Far from the Madding Crowd in 1874. Hardy later turned to poetry and died in 1928, leaving a legacy as a classic Victorian writer. Thomas Hardy was […]
Thomas Edison, born in 1847, overcame hyperactivity, hearing loss, and poverty to become a famous American inventor with over 1000 patents. He was homeschooled, worked hard, and invented many machines, including the phonograph, dictaphone, and incandescent light bulb. He died in 1931, leaving a legacy as the greatest inventor who ever lived. A young Thomas […]
Thomas Crapper was a real master plumber and sanitary maker in 19th-century England, but he did not invent the flush toilet. He popularized it and made improvements, including inventing the floating ballcock. He was not knighted and did not coin the word “shit.” The association of his name with the product came after his death, […]
Thomas Jefferson was the third US president, author of the Declaration of Independence, and founder of the Jeffersonian Republican Party. He was born in Virginia, received an excellent education, and served in various political positions. He married and had children, but also fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings. He served as Secretary of State […]
The term “doubting Thomas” refers to a skeptic who requires physical evidence before believing anything. It comes from the scene in which Thomas, a disciple of Jesus, doubted his resurrection until he saw and felt his wounds. Thomas later acknowledged Jesus’ divinity and became known as “Thomas the Believer.” The idiom “Thomas’s doubt” can be […]
