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
Cyrus the Great, aka Cyrus the Elder, Cyrus II or Cyrus of Persia NULL
Founder of Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Dynasty who founded Persia by uniting the two original Iranian Tribes- the Medes and the Persians
Madame du Deffand, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand
French Hostess and Patron of the Arts
Sri Chinmoy, born Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
Indian-born Bengali and American Contemporary Spiritual Leader, Author, Poet, Athlete and Artist
Norman Douglas, aka George Norman Douglas
British Essayist and Novelist known for "South Wind" novel
Helen Gahagan Douglas
American Actress under Helen Gahagan and Politician under Helen Gahagan Douglas, serving terms in Congress in California and Illinois
Martin Esslin, fully Martin Julius Esslin
Hungarian-born English Producer, Playwright, Dramatist, Journalist, Critic, Academic Scholar and Translator
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, also Rabbi Moses Feinstein
Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, Scholar and Posek (Authoritative Adjudicator of Questions Related to Jewish Law or Halakha)
Vardis Fisher, fully Vardis Alvero Fisher
American Author known for his historical novels of the Old West
Edgar Z. Friedenberg
American Sociologist, Professor of Sociology at the University of California
Yonah ben Abraham Gerondi, known as Yonah of Gerona and Rabbenu Yonah
Catalan Rabbi and Moralist
Théophile Gautier, fully Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier, aka Le Bon Theo
French Poet, Novelist, Art and Literary Critic, and Dramatist
Joseph Grew, fully Joseph Clark Grew
American Statesman, U.S. Under Secretary of State, Diplomat, Ambassador to Japan, Turkey, Denmark, Switzerland
Richard M. Hare, fully Richard Mervyn Hare
English Moral Philosopher, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford and University of Florida
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes
American Writer and Spiritual Teacher, Founder of a Spiritual movement known as Religious Science, a part of the New Thought movement, whose spiritual philosophy is known as "The Science of Mind"
E. W. Howe, fully Edgar Watson Howe
American Author, Journalist, Novelist, Newspaper and Magazine Editor, Editorialist known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly
Erika Chopich and Margaret Paul
American Psychologists, Co-Authors of "Healing Your Aloneness"
Clement of Alexandria, originally Titus Flavius Clemens NULL
Christian Theologian, Head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, best remembered as the teacher of Origen, Apologist, also known as Saint Clement
Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn
Scottish Nobleman and Protestant Reformer, prominent in the Scottish Reformation
Erasmus Darwin
English Physician, Natural Philosopher and Physiologist, Slave Trade Abolitionist, Inventor and Poet
William H. Danforth
American Businessman, Founder of Ralston-Purina and American Youth Foundation, Author of 'I Dare You!'
G. K. Chesterton, fully Gilbert Keith Chesterton
English Journalist, Humorist, Essayist, Novelist and Poet
Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
French Writer, best known The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers
Clarence Dykstra, fully Clarence Addison Dykstra
American Administrator, First City Manager in the U.S. in Cincinnati, Chancellor of UCLA
