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John Tauler (1300-1361)
Dominican monk and mystic, a member of The Friends of God.

 

 

 

 

 

Bertrand Tavernier (1941- )
French film director, whose works include Round Midnight and Death Watch.

 

 

 

 

 

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Eminent British Victorian poet.

 

 

 

 

 

Saint Theresa of Avila (1515-82)
"Spanish mystic, influential author, and founder of the religious order of Discalced, or Barefoot, Carmelites, also known as Teresa of Jesus" [Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia 1993-1996 Microsoft Corporation].

 

 

 

 

 

Lewis Thomas (1913-1993)
American physician and writer, author of Lives of a Cell  and other books.

 

 

 

 

 

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American writer and transcendentalist, author of Walden and other books.

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Tolkien (1924- )
Son of J. R. R. Tolkien and editor of his father's papers.

 

 

 

 

 

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Russian writer, author of "The Death of Ivan Ilych," Anna Karenina, War and Peace, and other works.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sir Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975)
British historian, who developed a Spengler-influenced theory of civilizations.

 

 

 

 

 

Lionel Trilling (1905-1975)
American humanist and literary critic, best known for The Liberal Imagination (1950).

 

 

 

 

 

Amos Tutuola (1920-1997)
Nigerian novelist, author of such books as The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.

 

 

 

 

 

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Sir Edwin Tylor (1832-1917)
Early British anthropologist, coiner of the term "animism."