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His father, whose name was also Charles Allen Thomas, was of Welsh descent and had come to America from Australia as a minister of the Disciples of Christ.
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l he young Charles went with his mother to Lexington, Kentucky, to stay at his grandmother's home, which was across the street from Transylvania College. Charles Thomas's fascination with chemistry began at an early age.
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After World War II Dr. Thomas was one of the five coauthors of A Report on the International Control of Atomic Energy, prepared at the direction of the Secretary of State's Committee on Atomic Energy,
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To promote such research in his own field of chemistry, he donated 3600,000 to Washington University to endow the Charles Allen Thomas Professorship of Chemistry. In addition to having farming interests, Dr.
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He was a curator of Transylvania College, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Board of Governors of the National Farm Chemurgic Council. He served as a Board Member of the First National Bank of St.
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Charles Allen Thomas, Jr.; and three daughters, Mrs. Stephen O'Neil, Mrs.
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