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John Jacob Thomas, who published as J. J. Thomas (1841 – 1889) was a Trinidadian linguist and writer. [1] He wrote a grammar of Trinidadian French Creole (1869), but is best known for Froudacity (1889), a rebuttal of J. A. Froude 's 1888 book The English in the West Indies .
Michel Thomas (born Moniek Kroskof, February 3, 1914 – January 8, 2005) was a polyglot linguist, and decorated war veteran.He survived imprisonment in several Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II.
William of Conches, Peter Helias, and Ralph of Beauvais, also referred to as speculative grammarians predate the Modist movement proper.. The Modist philosophy was first developed by Martin of Dacia (died 1304) and his colleagues in the mid-13th century, though it would rise to prominence only after its systematization by Thomas of Erfurt decades later, in his treatise De modis significandi ...
Thomas of Erfurt (fl. c. 1300) was a German philosopher, the most important of the so-called Modistae. He was probably a native of Erfurt. He had some connection to the University of Paris as a teacher or student. He later taught at St Severus' Church and the Schottenkirche in Erfurt. [1] Thomas wrote at least six works. [1]
Thomas's parents' storytelling and dramatic talents, as well as their theatre-going interests, could also have contributed to the young Thomas's interest in performance. [ 51 ] In October 1925, Thomas enrolled at Swansea Grammar School for boys, in Mount Pleasant , where his father taught English.
Thomas stated that the development of language is based on its daily use however, for French language, the constant referral to grammar and literature was regarded as a model of development. He also indicated that unless French embraces modernity it will not survive in today's society. [16] Thomas’ last book, Joël Des Rosiers.
Over the school entrance in Newark it reads "this grammar school was founded by the reverend Thomas Magnus, 1529." [4] "The Free Grammar school was founded in 1530, by Dr. Thomas Magnus, Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a native of Newark, who, by will in 1550, bequeathed lands for the support of a "school of grammar and a school ...
Calvin Thomas (October 28, 1854 near Lapeer, Michigan – November 4, 1919 in New York City) was an American scholar who served as professor of Germanic languages and literature at the University of Michigan and Columbia University.