| LC control no. | nb2005006580 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hobson, Thomas, approximately 1544-1630 |
| Variant(s) | Hobson, Thomas, ca. 1544-1630 |
| Birth date | 1544~ |
| Death date | 1630 |
| Found in | A rather cynical euology for Thomas Hobson by an author unknown, 2004: p. [1] (Thomas Hobson, ca. 1544-1630; a royal carrier by trade after inheriting his father's cart and horses in Cambridgeshire; the phrase "Hobson's choice" (no choice at all) was coined to explain that customers were always obliged to hire the horse closest to the exit; funded a workhouse and helped found a public water supply as the eponymous "Hobson's Conduit", still flowing alongside Trumpington St., testifies) |
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