THOMAS, a learned German, was born at Gotha in 1587, and studied medicine at Wittenberg and Jena. After travelling in Italy, and practising in various towns in Germany, he is found at Leipzig in the former half of the seventeenth century enjoying a high reputation. His erudition and critical sagacity in questions of classical lore were admitted to be extremely great. The many philological works which had issued at intervals from his pen had carried his name far and wide, and raised up many admirers. Louis XIV. of France sent him many tokens of regard and esteem. Several eminent contemporaries were in the habit of consulting him on subjects of learning. Especially was he considered an oracle in medicine and archaeology. Reinesius died on the 17th January 1667. The following are some of his works—Variarum Lectionum Libri Tres Prioris, in 4to, Utrecht, 1640; Observations upon Petronius, in 8vo, Leipzig, 1666; Epistolae, in 4to, Jena, 1670; and Syntagma Inscriptionum Antiquarum Omnisarum in Operc Jani Gruteri cum Indice, folio, Leipzig, 1682.