Disambiguation

Wikipedia and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography reveal that Thomas Adams was the name of the 12 following men:

Thomas Adams (playwright) (1580-1653) English playwright

Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586-1668) Lord Mayor of London

Thomas Adams (publisher) (c1566-1620) English bookseller, etc

Thomas Adams (writer) (1631/2-1670) ejected minister, religious writer

Thomas Adams (1730?–1764) army officer

Thomas Adam[s] (1701–1784) Church of England clergyman

Thomas Adams (politician) (1730-1788) Virginia delegate, Continental Congress

Thomas Adams (musician) (1785-1858) English organist, composer

Thomas Adams (1807–1873) lace merchant, manufacturer

Thomas Adams (architect) (1871-1940) pioneer of urban planning

Thomas Sewall Adams (1873-1933) American economist, educator

Thomas Adams (professor) (1966-) Professor Rose-Hulman Insititue of Technology

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Thomas Adams (c1583–1652) Church of England clergyman