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
Yosef Leib Bloch, fully R' Yosef Yehudah Leib Bloch
Rabbi, Talmudic Scholar, Founded Kollel ("Postgraduate Institute) to train graduates for the rabbinate
Paul Bocuse
French Chef of Nouvelle Cuisine, Restaurateur and winner of French Legion of Honor
Satipatthana Sutra NULL
Buddhist Sutra meaning The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness , Fundamental Teaching of Buddha
Richard Francis Burton, fully Sir Richard Francis Burton
English Explorer, Geographer, Translator, Writer, Soldier, Orientalist, Cartographer, Ethnologist, Spy, Linguist, Poet, Fencer, Diplomat and Writer of Travel Books
Florence May Chadwick
American Swimmer, First Woman to swim the English Channel in both directions
Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Roman Emperor, known for Stoic tome Meditations
Stephan Bodian
American Buddhist Monk, Editor of Yoga Journal, Zen Teacher and Author of Meditation for Dummies and Buddhism for Dummies
Edward William Bok
Dutch-born American Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Editor of the Ladies Home Journal
S'rîmad Bhâgavatam, aka Bhâgavata Purâna or Bhāgavata
Indian Hindu Classic describing the life of Lord Krishna written by Philosopher Krishna Dvaipâyana Vyâsadeva, also called Bâdarâyana who compiled the Mahâbhârata and Vedas, also known as s'ruti, containing the basic wisdom, the mantras for the rituals and the hymns.
Robert Briffault, fully Robert Stephen Briffault
French-born English Surgeon, Social Anthropologist and Novelist
Bhadantācariya Buddhaghoṣa
Indian Theravadin Buddhist Commentator and Scholar, his name means "Voice of the Buddha" in the Pāli language
Willard C. Butcher, fully Willard Carlisle Butcher
American Businessman, Chairman and CEO of The Chase Manhattan Bank
Cassius, fully Gaius Cassius Longinus NULL
Roman Army Officer, Led Conspiracy to Murder Caeser
Alan Alda, born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
American Actor, Author, Activist, Director, Screenwriter, Five-time Emmy Award and Six-time Golden Globe Award winner, known for role as Hawkeye Pierce in TV series M*A*S*H
Shlomo Wolbe, aka Wilhelm Wolbe
German-born Israeli Haredi Rabbi and Author, best know for Alei Shur
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch, aka Maggid of Mezeritch
Volynian Chassidic Rabbi, Orator, Original Thinker, "The Great Maggid" and Disciple of The Baal Shem Tov
Lee Atwater, fully Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater
American Political Consultant and Strategist, Republican National Committee Chairman, Advisor to President Ronald Reagan and President George H.W. Bush
Eric Berne, born as Leonard Bernstein
Canadian-born Psychiatrist, Originator of Transactional Analysis
Stephen Vincent Benét
American Poet, Short-Story Writer and Novelist, known for book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body
William Blackstone, fully Sir William Blackstone
English Judge, Jurist and Tory Politician most noted for writing The Commentaries on the Laws of England
Robert Bork, fully Robert Heron Bork
American Judge, Supreme Court Nominee, Legal Scholar, Professor of Law at Yale University, Author
Hal Borland, formally Harold Glen Borland
American Newspaperman, Nature Writer, Novelist, Author
Marion LeRoy Burton
American Educator, President of Smith College and President of the University of Minnesota and President of the University of Michigan
