Tokay

Tokay (Hun. Tokaj), a town of N. Hungary, in the county of Zemplen, at the junction of the rivers Bodrog and Theiss, 117 m. E. N. E. of Pesth; pop. in 1870, 5,012. Several important fairs are held here annually. Tokay is celebrated for the wine produced in its vicinity. (See Hungary, "Wines of).

Tokolyi, Or Tokoli, Imre

See Hungary, vol. ix., p. 58.

Tolina

Tolina, a S. W. county of Hungary, bordering on the counties of Veszprem, Stuhlweis-senburg, Pesth, Baranya, and Somogy; area, 1,407 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 220,740. It is watered by the Danube, which forms its E. frontier, and by the Sarviz and Kapos. The soil is generally fertile, except the sandy E. portion. Corn, tobacco, flax, wine, and fruit are produced, and cattle, pigs, sheep, and horses abound. Capital, Szegszard.

Tolstoi

Tolstoi, a Russian family, celebrated since the 17th century. Among its best known members at the present day are Count Alexis Tolstoi (born Sept. 5, 1817, died Oct. 10, 1875), a poet, novelist, and dramatist, author of three historical tragedies forming a trilogy, "Death of Ivan the Terrible," "Czar Feodor," and " Czar Boris," and Count Leo Tolstoi, whose novel of Anna Karenina (1875-'6) has given him a great reputation.

Tom Belcher

Tom Belcher, an English pugilist, born at Bristol in 1783, died at Peckham, Dec. 9,1854. He was the hero of 12 prize fights, in eight of which he was the conqueror, in three he was defeated, and the 12th was a drawn battle.

He was one of the 18 pugilists selected to act as pages at the coronation of George IV., to protect the access to Westminster abbey.

Tom Green

Tom Green, a S. TV. county of Texas, formed in 1874; area, about 14,000 sq. m. It is bounded S. TV. by the Pecos river and N. W. by New Mexico. In the east it is intersected by the head streams of the Colorado river. This county, with Crockett, formed in 1875, has absorbed what was formerly known as Bexar district or territory. Capital, Ben Ficklin.

Tomas De Torquemada

Tomas De Torquemada, the first Spanish inquisitor general, born at Torquemada about 1420, died in Avila, Sept. 16, 1498. He became a Dominican and prior of the monastery of the Holy Cross in Segovia, and in 1483 was made inquisitor general for Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella, in which post he was confirmed by the pope on Oct. 17. From him the inquisition received its thorough organization. Tribunals were established at Seville, Cordova, Jaen, and Ciudad Real (later transferred to Toledo), and a code was promulgated by which the Spanish inquisition was afterward governed. Jews and Moors were expelled under his control, and he so multiplied autos de fe that Alexander VI. intervened and gave him four colleagues to moderate his zeal.

Tomas Jose Gonzales Caryajal

Tomas Jose Gonzales Caryajal, a Spanish author, born in Seville, Dec. 21, 1753, died Nov. 9, 1834. He was appointed in 1795 governor of the new colonies in Sierra Morena and Andalusia; protested against the French invasion of Spain in 1808; from 1809 to 1811 served as commissary in the Spanish army against Napoleon; in 1813 became minister of finance; relinquished these offices to assume the directorship of the royal university of Isidro; was arrested and detained in prison from 1815 to 1820, and exiled from 1823 to 1827. At the time of his death he was member of the supreme council of war, of the military department of the Spanish and Indian boards, and a grandee of Spain. He learned Hebrew at the age of 57, in order to translate the Psalms. He published Los Salmos (5 vols., Valencia, 1819), and Los libros poeticos de la Santa Biblia (6 vols., Valencia, 1827). His Opusculos incditos en prosa y en verso appeared after his death (13 vols., Madrid, 1847).