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He was born at Ledyard, Cayuga County, N. Y. , in 1811, the son of David and Hannah (Jacobs) Thomas, and a brother of John Jacobs Thomas.
After attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y. , where he received the degree of A. B. in 1830, he entered the senior class at Yale College (1832) to pursue a classical course but left almost immediately because of illness. He then entered the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, and took the degree of M. D. in 1837 with a thesis on the pulse.
In 1833-34 he taught Latin and Greek at Haverford College. Although he lived in Philadelphia during the remainder of his life, and took further courses at the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in subsequent years, he seems not to have practised medicine for long, turning instead to his earlier training in classical languages and in literature as the means for a career. He returned to Haverford College as professor of elocution in 1852-53, but again remained for only one year.
Between 1854 and 1871 he was associated with J. B. Lippincott and Company of Philadelphia as compiler and editor of a series of reference books: A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States (1854); Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer: a Complete Geographical Dictionary of the World (1855), both with Thomas Baldwin; A Comprehensive Medical Dictionary (1864); and a Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology (2 vols. , 1870). In 1852 he also prepared The First Book of Etymology, based on that of James Lynd, an elementary text for use in schools.
In order to improve his knowledge of the pronunciation of Oriental proper and place names, he took a rapid tour of Egypt and Palestine in 1852-53. The record of this trip, Travels in Egypt and Palestine (1853), displays considerable antiquarian knowledge. In 1857 he made a similar trip to India to study Sanskrit and remained for fourteen months.
About 1866, through his friendship with Edward Parrish, he became identified with the founding of Swarthmore College and with other activities of the Society of Friends, although he himself was not at that time a member. During 1865 and 1866 he delivered numerous lectures in Philadelphia, most of them under the auspices of the Friends' Social Lyceum, on ancient philosophy and philosophers, and on topics dealing with travel, education, and literature. At the laying of the cornerstone of Swarthmore College on May 10, 1866, he made an address in which he stressed the advantages of a liberal education for leadership in a democracy, and of higher education for women. During 1874-75 he gave the first series of lectures on English literature at Swarthmore, and was professor of English there until 1887, when he retired. He died in Philadelphia.
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His attainments as a scholar led to his election to membership in the American Philosophical Society.
He was a man of commanding presence, admired and respected by those who knew him.
He was unmarried.