THOMAS (1674-1757).-Grammarian, _b._ in Banffshire, and _ed._ at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in the Advocates' Library in Edin., of which in 1730 he became Librarian. In 1714 he _pub._ his _Rudiments of the Latin Tongue_, which was for long the recognised Latin grammar in the schools of Scotland. He was made printer to