Theodore Thomas

American violinist and conductor (1835-1905)

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Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: October 11, 1835
Date of death: January 4, 1905
Place of birth: Esens
Place of death: Chicago
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia, United States^[10]^[11]
Occupation: conductor, violinist
Employer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic^[12]^[13]
Spouse: Rose Fay Thomas^[8]
Child: Hector William Thomas^[9]
Genre: art music^[15]
Work location: New York City, Chicago, Esens^[20]^[21]^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[30]
Archives at: University of Toronto Music Library^[16]
Described by source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (online version)^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
Family name: Thomas^[18]
Given name: Theodore^[19]
Instrument: violin^[23]
Name in native language: Theodore Thomas^[31]
Place of burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery^[7]
Residence: Felsengarten^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

en Theodore Thomas ar ثيدور توماس de Theodor Thomas fa تئودور توماس he תיאודור תומאס he תיאודור תומס ja セオドア・トーマス ja セオドア・トマス ko 시어도어 토머스 pl Theodore Christian Friedrich Thomas pl Theodor Thomas pt Theodore Christian Friedrich Thomas ru Теодор Томас ru Томас, Теодор zh 希奥多·汤玛斯 zh 西奧多·托馬斯

🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 0000000108700173
VIAF cluster ID: 12302400
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n88116184
GND ID: 118911937
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Theodore Thomas by Benjamin Falk (Newberry Library, Milward Adams Coll) crop2.jpg ↗
American Academy in Rome ID: 12433914
American National Biography ID: 1801137
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/81274
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 115091505
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 24739
DAHR artist ID: 105874
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118911937

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Theodore-Thomas
Europeana entity: agent/base/153271
FAST ID: 229344
FES digital collections entity ID: 402450
Find a Grave memorial ID: 142395733
Freebase ID: /m/05988n
Geni profile ID: 6000000003077378673
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 18050
Grove Music Online ID: 27869
Harper's tag: theodore-thomas
IMSLP ID: Category:Thomas,_Theodore
IdRef ID: 255445474
J9U entity ID: 987007277436905171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118911937
MusicBrainz artist ID: 6521f5fe-ff20-4e2d-98b3-e564eeb45731
NDL Authority ID: 00551703
NUKAT ID: n2006134543
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000493664
Niedersächsische Personen ID: 1043237925
Open Library ID: OL2205885A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 98963
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803104006461
SNAC ARK ID: w65t3xj4
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 9080
Treccani ID: theodore-thomas
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkTdr44BbQtpmbJvCyfMP
Yale LUX ID: person/b011b07d-c4f0-4876-9422-81d8d3e4a129

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Country of citizenship 2

United States, Kingdom of Prussia

Described by source 2

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography

Employer 2

New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Occupation 2

conductor, violinist

Work location 2

New York City, Chicago

Family name 1

Thomas

Founded entities 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Genre 1

art music

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

violin

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Mb:conductor position 1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Place of birth 1

Esens

Place of burial 1

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Place of death 1

Chicago

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

DOA: Dead or Alive

← SNARC ID 1

Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff

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Summary

Theodore Thomas was born on October 11, 1835^[1], in Esens^[2]. He died on January 4, 1905^[3], in Chicago^[4]. He worked as a conductor^[5] and violinist^[6].

FAQs

Where was Theodore Thomas born?

Theodore Thomas was born in Esens^[2].

Where did Theodore Thomas die?

Theodore Thomas died in Chicago^[4].

Who was Theodore Thomas married to?

Theodore Thomas's spouses include Rose Fay Thomas^[8].

What did Theodore Thomas do for work?

Theodore Thomas worked as a conductor^[5] and violinist^[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Theodore Thomas — place of birth (P19): Esens. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Theodore Thomas — place of death (P20): Chicago. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Theodore Thomas — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Theodore Thomas — spouse (P26): Rose Fay Thomas. National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Theodore Thomas — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Prussia. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Theodore Thomas — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Theodore Thomas — child (P40): Hector William Thomas. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Theodore Thomas — occupation (P106): conductor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Theodore Thomas — occupation (P106): violinist. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Theodore Thomas — employer (P108): Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2021-02-28. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Theodore Thomas — employer (P108): New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 2021-02-28. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Theodore Thomas — place of burial (P119): Mount Auburn Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Theodore Thomas — genre (P136): art music. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Theodore Thomas — archives at (P485): University of Toronto Music Library. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Theodore Thomas — residence (P551): Felsengarten. National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Theodore Thomas — date of birth (P569): October 11, 1835. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Theodore Thomas — date of death (P570): January 4, 1905. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Theodore Thomas — family name (P734): Thomas. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Theodore Thomas — given name (P735): Theodore. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Theodore Thomas — work location (P937): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-04-02. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Theodore Thomas — work location (P937): Chicago. Retrieved 2021-02-28. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Theodore Thomas — work location (P937): Esens. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Theodore Thomas — instrument (P1303): violin. Retrieved 2021-02-28. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): Riemann's Music Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Theodore Thomas — described by source (P1343): Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (online version). wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Theodore Thomas — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Theodore Thomas — name in native language (P1559): Theodore Thomas. wikidata.org.

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16h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Work location → New York City, Chicago, Esens

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65768: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → theodore-thomas

"Created claim: Harper's tag: theodore-thomas, Matched to theodore thomas (#289969822) in Harper'…"
19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

FES digital collections entity ID → 402450

"Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 402450, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
26w ago · So29375609982 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Spouse → Rose Fay Thomas

Archives at → University of Toronto Music Library

Instrument → violin

Sex or gender → male

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"Created claim: Child: Hector William Thomas"

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