Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Author Listing
George Washington Barrow or Barrows
American Politician, U.S. House of Representatives for Tennessee, Editor
Douglas Adams, fully Douglas Noel Adams
English Writer and Dramatist. Best known for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Louis Gabriel Bonald, fully Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald
French Counter-Revolutionary Philosopher and Politician
Pope Boniface VIII, born Benedetto Gaetani NULL
Italian Pope best remembered for his feuds with Dante
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French Naturalist, Mathematician, Cosmologist, and Encyclopedic Author
Ralph Bunche, fully Ralph Johnson Bunche
American Diplomat, Civil Rights Activist, Educator and Political Scientist, Awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Chairman Department of Political Science at Howard University, Taught at Harvard University , Member of the New York City Board of Education, Member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University
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Mary Hartwell Catherwood
American Novelist, Writer of historical romances, short stories in periodicals such as Lippincott's Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, and the Atlantic Monthly
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist Lama, Artist, Sculptor, Painter, Doctor, Founder Mahakaruna Foundation, lama in the Gelugpa sect
Winthrop Williams Aldrich
American Banker and Financier, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Ahikar or Ahiqar NULL
Assyrian Sage known for his Wisdom, Folktale of Babylonian or Persian Origin known as The Story of Ahikar or The Words of Ahikar found in an Aramaic Papyrus among the ruins of Elephantine
Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, aka Rabbi Avraham Maimuni, aka Rabbeinu Avraham ben ha-Rambam NULL
Egyptian Rabbi, Son of Maimonides who succeed his father as Nagid of Egypt
W. O. Bentley, fully Walter Owen Bentley
English Founder of Bentley Motors, Designer of Aero Engines, Designer and Racer of Motor Cars
Lenny Bruce, born Leonard Alfred Schneider
American Jewish Comedian, Cynic, Social Critic and Satirist
Phillips Brooks
American Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, Author, Lyricist of "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
Terry Anderson, fully Terry A. Anderson
American Press, Held Hostage By Shiite Hezbollah Terrorists
William J. H. Boetcker, fully William John Henry Boetcker
American Religious Leader and Public Speaker
David A. Brandon
American Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for the University of Michigan, Chairman of the Board, CEO of Domino's Pizza
Herbert Sebastian Agar
American Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal
Agus Salim, or Agus Hadji
Indonesian Nationalist, one of Indonesia's Founding Fathers and Prominent Diplomats
Judith Anderson, born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson, aka Dame Judith Anderson
Australian-born American-based Stage and Motion Picture Actress