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THOMAS (1635-1713).-Divine and writer of memoirs, _b._ at Beaminster, Dorset, _ed._ at Oxf., was a mathematician, and one of the group of scientific men among whom the Royal Society, of which he was one of the first members and the historian, had its origin. He wrote a Life of his friend Cowley the poet, and an account of Young's plot for the restoration of James II. His _History of the Royal Society_ is his principal work, but he also wrote poems, and had a high reputation as a preacher. His literary style gives him a distinguished place among English writers. He held various, high preferments, and _d._ Bishop of Rochester.