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Thomas Cole (February 1, 1801 - February 11, 1848)
was a nineteenth century US|American artist.  He
was born at Bolton, Lancashire and emigrated to
the United States at the age of eighteen.  The
most prominent painter of landscapes in America in
his day, he is best known for starting the Hudson
River School and for having Frederick Edwin Church
as a pupil.  His famous works include the
five-part series "The Course of Empire,"
commissioned by collector Luman Reed, and "The
Voyage of Life", exhibited in New York.