' Euan MacKie would place the origin even later, stating: "... the genesis and modern flowering of archaeoastronomy must surely lie in the work of Alexander Thom in Britain between the 1930s and the 1970s.

In the 1960s the work of the engineer Alexander Thom and that of the astronomer Gerald Hawkins, who proposed that Stonehenge was a Neolithic computer, inspired new interest in the astronomical features of ancient sites.

The basic methods were developed by Alexander Thom during his extensive surveys of British megalithic sites.

The so-called " megalithic yard ", at per MY, is a controversial measure originally proposed by Alexander Thom.

* Alexander Thom ( 1894 – 1985 ), archaeo-astronomer

* James Alexander Thom ( 1933 – ), American author

Another view is that the Nebra disk can be linked to the solar calendar reconstructed by Alexander Thom from his analysis of standing stone alignments in Britain.

The Illinois campaign was also depicted in Long Knife, a 1979 historical novel by James Alexander Thom.

The ring round the northern Balnuaran of Clava cairn was measured and analysed by Professor Alexander Thom.

Alexander " Sandy " Thom ( 26 March 1894 – 7 November 1985 ) was a Scottish engineer most famous for his theory of the Megalithic yard, categorization of stone circles and his studies of Stonehenge and other archaeological sites.

In 1955, Alexander Thom published A statistical examination of megalithic sites in Britain in which he first suggested the megalithic yard as a standardised prehistoric measurement.

The Thom Building, housing the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford, built in the 1960s, is named after Alexander Thom.

Alexander Thom died on November 7, 1985 at Fort William hospital, aged 91.

* Thom, Alexander., The geometry of megalithic man, Mathematical Gazette, 45, 83-93, 1961.

* Thom, Alexander., The megalithic unit of length, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A 125, 243-251, 1962.

* Thom, Alexander., The larger unit of megalithic man, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A 127, 527-533, 1964.

* Thom, Alexander., Megaliths and mathermatics, Antiquity, 40, 121-128, 1966.

* Thom, Alexander., Megalithic sites in Britain, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967.

* Thom, Alexander., The metrology of cup and ring marks, Systematics, 6, 173-189, 1968.

* Thom, Alexander., Megalithic Lunar Observatories, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1970.

* Thom, Alexander and Thom, Archibald., The astronomical significance of the large Carnac menhirs, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2, 147-160, 1971.

* Thom, Alexander., The Carnac alignments, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3, 11-26, 1972.

* Thom, J., ( 2005 ), Cleanthes ' Hymn to Zeus: Text, Translation, and Commentary.

* George A. Bender and Robert Alan Thom, Great Moments in Medicine: A History of Medicine in Pictures ( Detroit: Parke-Davis & Co., 1961 ) ASIN: B0006AXIUI

Joseph Blanco White, written by himself, with portions of his Correspondence, edited by John Hamilton Thom ( London, 3 vols., 1845 ).

Several actors from The American President reappear in The West Wing, including Martin Sheen ( whose character in President, A. J., is at one point accused by Shepherd of lacking the courage to run for office himself ) as President Josiah Bartlet, Anna Deavere Smith as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally, Joshua Malina as White House Communications Director Will Bailey, Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet, Ron Canada as Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow, and Thom Barry as Congressman Mark Richardson.

The documentary includes interviews with over 30 cast and crew from the first three " Return of the Living Dead " films, including Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Jewel Shepard, John Philbin, Brian Peck, Linnea Quigley, Miguel A. Nunez, Jr., James Karen, Clu Gulager, Don Calfa, Allan Trautman, Stacey Q, William Stout, Suzanne Snyder, Michael kenworthy, J. Trevor Edmond, Brian Yuzna and more.

2010 Eastnor Castle: Massive Attack, M. I. A., Lily Allen, Thom Yorke, Roots Manuva, Gregory Isaacs, Explosions In The Sky, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Bebel Gilberto, Kelis, Roy Ayers, Mike Patton's Mondo Cane, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Layo & Bushwacka !, Magnetic Man, Mr. Scruff, Craig Charles, Mystery Jets, Steve Mason, Chris Coco, Benji B, Liars, Caribou, Mount Kimbie, The Leisure Society, Rye Rye, Riva Starr, Bonobo ( musician ), Villagers, Henrik Schwarz, Andy Weatherall, Hospital Records, Little Dragon, The Bug, Mad Professor, Joker, Appleblim, Theo Parrish, Greg Wilson, DJ Derek, Tom Middleton, Futureboogie, Alice Russell, The Heavy, Andreya Triana, Funki Porcini, Lol Hammond, Willkommen Collective, Dry The River, Beth Jeans Houghton, Sparky, Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos.

Thom & Co., Printers and Publishers, Dublin, 1881.

His entry in Thom ’ s directory for 1849 describes him as ‘ manufacturer of wrought-iron gates, railway conservatories, hothouses etc., and hot water engineer ’, indicating the broad range of activities which the firm undertook.

* Thom, Alexander., The uses and alignments at Le Menec, Carnac, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3, 151-164, 1972.

* Thom, Alexander., The Kerlescan cromlechs, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 4, 169-173, 1973.

* Thom, Alexander., A megalithic lunar observatory in Orkney, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 4, 169-173, 1973.

* Thom, Alexander., The Kermario alignments, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 5, 30-47, 1974.

* Thom, Alexander., Further work on Brogar Lunar Observatory, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 6, 100-114, 1975

* Thom, Alexander., Avebury volume 1: A new assessment of the geometry and metrology of the ring, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 7, 183-192, 1976.

Although Thom found really clear evidence for only sixteen subdivisions of the solar year ( of 21 or 22 days ) in the standing stone alignments, there were some indications of a further subdivision into 32 parts of 10 or 11 days.

* Thom, Alexander., The standing stones in Argyllshire, Glasgow Archaeological Journal, vi, 5-10, 1979.

* Thom, Alexander, Statistical and philosophical arguments for the astronomical significance of standing stones, in D. C. Heggie, Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, Cambridge University Press, 53-82, 1982.

* Thom, Alexander, Statistical and philosophical arguments for the astronomical significance of standing stones with a section on the solar calendar, in D. C. Heggie, Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, Cambridge University Press, 53-82, 1982.

This circle was one of the first to be analysed by Professor Alexander Thom to establish the likely use of standing stones as astronomical observatories.

The nearby Ring of Brodgar circle of standing stones was one of the first to be analysed by Professor Alexander Thom to establish the likely use of standing stones as astronomical observatories.