Morwen Thistlethwaite, knot theorist and professor of mathematics for the University of Tennessee in Knoxville
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Anthony Thistlethwaite (born 1955), British multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the folk-rock group The Waterboys
After a year busking in Paris, playing tenor saxophone around the streets of the Latin Quarter, in 1980 Thistlethwaite moved to London and in 1981 he played saxophone on Robyn Hitchcock's Groovy Decay album as well as Nikki Sudden's Waiting on Egypt.
Thistlethwaite served in the RAF from 1941–45, during which time he was seconded to the War Cabinet from 1942-45.
He has also been an organ consultant, most importantly (with Nicholas Thistlethwaite) for the rebuilding of the Harrison and Harrison organ at Ely Cathedral (1999-2001).