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 716 THOMASSIN THOMPSON has been written by Luden (Christian Thoma- siu nach seinen Schicksalen und Schriften, Berlin, 1805), and by Wagner (1872). II. Gott- fried, a German theologian, a descendant of the preceding, born in 1802, died in 1875. Ho was a Lutheran pastor and teacher in Nuremberg from 1829 to 1842, and for the rest of his life professor of dogmatics at Erlangen. He was one of the founders of the Zeitschrift far Protestantismus und Kirche. His works in- clude, besides treatises on the Lutheran church, Origines : ein Beitrag zur Dogmengeschichte des 3. Jahrhunderts (1837); Beitrage zur Icirch- lichen Ghristologie (1845) ; and Christi Person und Werk (3 vols., 1856-'64). TIIIMIASSLV, Louis de, a French theologian, born in Aix, Provence, Aug. 28, 1619, died in Paris, Dec. 24, 1695. He studied in the college of Marseilles, became a member of the French Oratory, was appointed to the chair of philos- ophy in the college of P6zenas, where he adopted Platonic principles, and taught dog- matic theology for six years at Saumur. From 1654 to 1667 he was professor of dogma in the seminary of St. Magloire, Paris, also de- livering lectures on church history and disci- pline. Pie seemed at first to favor the opinions of the Jansenists, but soon declared against them. In 1667 he published Dissertationes in Concilia Qeneralia et Particularia, in which he taught that to the pope alone belongs the right of assembling general councils ; that these councils are not in themselves necessary ; that in all matters of discipline and government the authority of the pope is superior to that of a general council ; that the question of papal in- fallibility should never be discussed, but that it was " sufficient to hold that the pope is greater than himself when at the head of a council, and a council inferior to itself when separated from the pope." These opinions aroused the hos- tility of the parliament and of the Galilean por- tion of the clergy, and the regent suppressed the work. His most important works are : Memoires sur la grace (3 vols. 8vo, 1668 ; 2 vols. 4to, 1682) ; Ancienne et nouvelle disci- pline de r Kglise touchant les benefices et les leneftciers (3 vols. fol, 1678-'9; translated into Latin by the author, 1688, 1728); Dogmata Theologica (3 vols. fol., 1680-'89 ; 6 vols., 1864- '9) ; Traite de Vunite de Vfiglise et des moyens que les princes chretiens ont employes pour y faire rentrer ceux qui en etaient separes (1686- '8) ; and Traite des edits et autres moyens spiri- tuels et temporels dont on s^est serci dans tons lea temps pour etoblir et pour maintenir Vunite de Vfiglise catholique (3 vols. 4to, 1703). THOMASTON, a town of Knox co., Maine, adjoining Rockland, on the Knox and Lincoln railroad, 60 m. E. N. E. of Portland ; pop. in 1870, 3,092. The state prison is situated here, and extensive granite quarries in the neigh- borhood are worked by convict labor, which is also employed in the manufacture of boots, shoes, and carriages. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in manufacturing and export- ing lime and in ship building. About 140,000 casks of lime are produced annually. There are a few other manufactories, two national banks, a savings bank, a fire insurance com- pany, and six churches. Thomaston was in- corporated in 1777, and included until 1848 Rockland and South Thomaston. THOMPSON, a S. E. central county of Da- kota, recently formed and not included in the census of 1870 ; area, about 925 sq. m. It is intersected by the Dakota or James river and its N. fork. The surface is rolling prairie. THOMPSON, Augustus Charles, an American clergyman, born in Goshen, Conn., April 30, 1812. He was educated at Yale college, at the theological seminary at East Windsor Hill, Conn., and at the university of Berlin. Since 1842 he has been pastor of the Eliot Congre- gational church, Roxbury, Mass. In 1854-'5 he accompanied the Rev. Dr. Anderson as a deputation to the missions of the American board in India. He has published " Songs in the Night" (Boston, 1845); "The Lambs Fed," which has been translated into the Mah- ratta language ; " The Young Martyrs ;" " Last Hours, or Words and Acts of the Dying" (1851); "The Poor Widow, a Memorial of Mrs. Anna F. Waters" (1854; translated into Tamil) ; " The Better Land, or Believer's Jour- ney and Future Home" (1855); "The Yoke in Youth, a Memorial of H. M. Hill " (1856) ; " Gathered Lilies, or Little Children in Heav- en" (1858); "Feeding the Lambs" (1859); "Morning Hours in Patmos" (1860); "Lyra Ccelestis" (1863); "The Mercy Seat" (1863); "Seeds and Sheaves" (1868) ; and "Christus Consolator" (1869). THOMPSON, Benjamin. See RTJMFORD. THOMPSON, Daniel Pierce, an American nov- elist, born in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 1, 1795, died in Montpelier, Vt., June 6, 1868. He graduated at Middlebury college in 1820, was private tutor for several years, and was ad- mitted to the bar in Virginia. He practised law in Montpelier, Vt., and held the offices of register of probate, clerk of the legislature, compiler of the statutes, judge of probate, clerk of the county and of the supreme court, and secretary of state. He published "May Martin, or the Money Diggers" (1835, many times reprinted); "Adventures of Timothy Peacock " (1835) ; "The Green Mountain Boys " (Montpelier, 1840) ; " Locke Amsden," a graph- ic picture of the New England district school as it was (Boston, 1847); "Lucy Hosmer" (1848) ; " The Rangers, or the Tory's Daugh- ter," (1850); "Gant Gurley, or the Trappers of Lake Umbagog" (1857); "The Doomed Chief " (1860) ; and " History of the Town of Montpelier, Vermont" (1860). From 1849 to 1856 he edited the " Green Mountain Free- man " newspaper. THOMPSON, Hizabeth, an English painter, born in London about 1850. In 1874 she acquired great fame by her "Roll Call," relating to the Crimean war, which was purchased by the