Thomas, Lowell Jackson (1892–1981)

US journalist, a radio commentator for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 1930–76. Travelling to all World War II theatres of combat and to remote areas of the world, he became one of the USA's best-known journalists.

Born in Woodington, Ohio, Thomas was educated at Northern Indiana University and the University of Denver and joined the staff of the Chicago Journal in 1912. After receiving an MA from Princeton in 1915, he served as a special observer for President Wilson during World War I. His first-person account of the Arab Revolt was published as With Lawrence in Arabia (1924).