TAMERLANE, the great Asiatic conqueror (1336-1405), whose empire reached from the Levant to the Ganges
Tanais, the river Don in Eastern Russia
Tate, Nahum, succeeded Shadwell in 1690 as poet-laureate; mainly remembered by his collaboration with Nicholas Brady in a metrical version of the Psalms
Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, whose search for his father was only successful when he returned home. Fenelon, the great French divine (1651-1715), wrote of his adventures
Thales, flourished c. 600 B.C., and held that water was the primal and universal principle,
Thalia, the muse of Comedy and one of the three Graces
Theobalds, a Hertfordshire hamlet where James I. had a beautiful residence, originally built by Burleigh
Thiebault, Professor of Grammar at Frederic’s military school
Thirlby, Styan, Fellow of Jesus Colleges Cambridge. He edited Justin Martyr’s Works and contributed to Theobald’s Shakespeare with acumen and ingenuity (c. 1692-1753)
Thraso, a braggart captain in Terence’s Eunuch