Smith, Sir Thomas
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Smith, Sir Thomas (1513–77). Scholar and statesman. Smith was born in Saffron Walden and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. In the early 1540s, he plunged into the controversy about the pronunciation of Greek. In 1543 he was made professor of civil law. Under Protector
Somerset he prospered as a protestant. He was appointed provost of Eton, dean of Carlisle, and a secretary of state, and was given a knighthood. He survived Somerset's fall and took a back seat under Mary. Elizabeth restored him to favour and he was involved in negotiating the treaty of
Troyes in 1564. In 1572 he was reappointed secretary of state, using his influence on behalf of the Scottish reformers. His best‐known work is his
Discourse on the Commonwealth of England. It is a description of the mechanics of government in 1565, with a famous, and disputed, account of the role of Parliament.
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Pasha, Muhammad Ali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Al Sabah Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
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