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Ian Thomas was born in London on 13 September 1914. At the age of 12, he was invited to a Bible study group of the Crusaders Christian Youth Movement by a friend. The following summer he was converted to Christ at a Crusaders Union camp. At the age of 15, he was convinced that he should devote all of his life to serving Jesus Christ.
CMFOT's founder, Major W. Ian Thomas (1914–2007), was an evangelical teacher and has often been identified with the Keswick Convention ministry. The main thrust of his theology is that of the exchanged life or 'Christ in You'. [2] Major Thomas' sons have continued from their father in the wider organisation.
Torchbearers International was founded by evangelist and author Major W. Ian Thomas, in England, in 1947. Torchbearers International's goal is to provide practical Christian education to develop personal spiritual growth, prepare people for an effective Church life, and teach a working knowledge of the Bible.
Major Thomas Jones (1665–1713), an influential figure on Long Island; Major Thomas Lansdale (1748–1803), an American officer in the Revolutionary War; Major Thomas Bleakley McDowell (1923–2009), former chief executive of The Irish Times; Major Thomas McGuire (1920–1945), a U.S. Medal of Honor recipient killed in action during World War II
In 1888, Thomas married his first of two wives, Harriet Park, and in 1935, after the two divorced, Thomas married Dorothy Swaine Thomas, 36 years his junior. Dorothy worked as his research assistant and co-author and would become the first woman president of the American Sociological Association in 1952 (William had been president in 1927).
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The English Mail-Coach is an essay by the English author Thomas De Quincey. A "three-part masterpiece" and "one of his most magnificent works," [1] it first appeared in 1849 in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, in the October (Part I) and December (Parts II and III) issues. The essay is divided into three sections:
Until 1974, Thomas was a member of the Labour Party. [7] He was created a life peer as Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, of Notting Hill in Greater London by letters patent dated 16 June 1981, and sat as a Conservative, before he joined the Liberal Democrats in late 1997. [8] He later sat as a crossbencher.