Missing endcsname inserted in thesis template

I have a problem with compiling my LaTeX script and I have this error:

Missing endcsname inserted

Here is the thesis template which I run and the error basically comes from the line that I have: begin{document}.

Any idea how to fix it?

% MNRAS Manuscript Template
documentclass[useams,onecolumn,usenatbib,twoside]{Thesis}
%pdfminorversion=5
%
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%
usepackage{fancyhdr}
pagestyle{fancy}
%
usepackage{titlesec}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{longtable}
usepackage{lettrine}
%
usepackage{enumitem} %use to remove spacing in bullet points
%
usepackage{natbib}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{setspace}
%usepackage{pdfpages}
%usepackage[times,hyper]{Rd}
usepackage[utf8,latin1]{inputenc}
%includepdfset{offset=2cm -2cm}
usepackage{setspace}
%usepackage{lscape}
usepackage{makeidx}
usepackage{pdflscape,array,booktabs}
usepackage{rotating}
graphicspath{{./images/}}
usepackage[table,xcdraw,svgnames]{xcolor}
%usepackage[colorlinks=true,
%           citecolor=blue,
%           linkcolor=blue,
%           urlcolor=red,
%           linktocpage=true,
%           hyperfootnotes=false]{hyperref}
hypersetup{final}
hypersetup{citecolor=CornflowerBlue}
hypersetup{linkcolor=CornflowerBlue}
hypersetup{urlcolor=CornflowerBlue}
defPlanck{,{em Planck}}
defie{,{rm i.e.},}
defeg{,{rm e.g.},}
defum{{rm $mu$m},}
defsdss{{sc sdss}}
defviking{{sc viking}}
defhatlas{{sc h-atlas}}
defwise{{em WISE}}
defvista{{sc vista}}
defgalex{{em GALEX}}
deflambdar{{sc lambdar}}
deflamsc{{sc lambdar}}
defmagphys{{sc magphys}}
definterest{{sc interest}}
defbbf{}
%
% For Revisions: use bbf to make revised text bold,
%                and uncomment the below. For final
%                submission, re-comment the line to
%                remove the bold-ness.
%defbbf{bf}

newcommandaap{A&A}                % Astronomy and Astrophysics
letastap=aap                          % alternative shortcut
newcommandaapr{A&ARv}             % Astronomy and Astrophysics Review (the)
newcommandaaps{A&AS}              % Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
newcommandactaa{Acta Astron.}      % Acta Astronomica
newcommandafz{Afz}                 % Astrofizika
newcommandaj{AJ}                   % Astronomical Journal (the)
newcommandao{Appl. Opt.}           % Applied Optics
letapplopt=ao                         % alternative shortcut
newcommandaplett{Astrophys.~Lett.} % Astrophysics Letters
newcommandapj{ApJ}                 % Astrophysical Journal
newcommandapjl{ApJ}                % Astrophysical Journal, Letters
letapjlett=apjl                       % alternative shortcut
newcommandapjs{ApJS}               % Astrophysical Journal, Supplement
letapjsupp=apjs                       % alternative shortcut
% The following journal does not appear to exist! Disabled.
%newcommandapspr{Astrophys.~Space~Phys.~Res.} % Astrophysics Space Physics Research
newcommandapss{Ap&SS}             % Astrophysics and Space Science
newcommandaraa{ARA&A}             % Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
newcommandarep{Astron. Rep.}       % Astronomy Reports
newcommandaspc{ASP Conf. Ser.}     % ASP Conference Series
newcommandazh{Azh}                 % Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
newcommandbaas{BAAS}               % Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
newcommandbac{Bull. Astron. Inst. Czechoslovakia} % Bulletin of the Astronomical Institutes of Czechoslovakia
newcommandbain{Bull. Astron. Inst. Netherlands} % Bulletin Astronomical Institute of the Netherlands
newcommandcaa{Chinese Astron. Astrophys.} % Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics
newcommandcjaa{Chinese J.~Astron. Astrophys.} % Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
newcommandfcp{Fundamentals Cosmic Phys.}  % Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics
newcommandgca{Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta}   % Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta
newcommandgrl{Geophys. Res. Lett.} % Geophysics Research Letters
newcommandiaucirc{IAU~Circ.}       % IAU Cirulars
newcommandicarus{Icarus}           % Icarus
newcommandjapa{J.~Astrophys. Astron.} % Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
newcommandjcap{J.~Cosmology Astropart. Phys.} % Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
newcommandjcp{J.~Chem.~Phys.}      % Journal of Chemical Physics
newcommandjgr{J.~Geophys.~Res.}    % Journal of Geophysics Research
newcommandjqsrt{J.~Quant. Spectrosc. Radiative Transfer} % Journal of Quantitiative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
newcommandjrasc{J.~R.~Astron. Soc. Canada} % Journal of the RAS of Canada
newcommandmemras{Mem.~RAS}         % Memoirs of the RAS
newcommandmemsai{Mem. Soc. Astron. Italiana} % Memoire della Societa Astronomica Italiana
newcommandmnassa{MNASSA}           % Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
newcommandmnras{MNRAS}             % Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
%newcommandna{New~Astron.}          % New Astronomy
newcommandnar{New~Astron.~Rev.}    % New Astronomy Review
newcommandnat{Nature}              % Nature
newcommandnphysa{Nuclear Phys.~A}  % Nuclear Physics A
newcommandphdt{PhD.T}        % PhD Thesis
newcommandpra{Phys. Rev.~A}        % Physical Review A: General Physics
newcommandprb{Phys. Rev.~B}        % Physical Review B: Solid State
newcommandprc{Phys. Rev.~C}        % Physical Review C
newcommandprd{Phys. Rev.~D}        % Physical Review D
newcommandpre{Phys. Rev.~E}        % Physical Review E
newcommandprl{Phys. Rev.~Lett.}    % Physical Review Letters
newcommandpasa{Publ. Astron. Soc. Australia}  % Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
newcommandpasp{PASP}               % Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
newcommandpasj{PASJ}               % Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
newcommandphysrep{Phys.~Rep.}      % Physics Reports
newcommandphysscr{Phys.~Scr.}      % Physica Scripta
newcommandplanss{Planet. Space~Sci.} % Planetary Space Science
newcommandprocspie{Proc.~SPIE}     % Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
newcommandrmxaa{Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrofis.} % Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica
newcommandqjras{QJRAS}             % Quarterly Journal of the RAS
newcommandsci{Science}             % Science
newcommandskytel{Sky & Telesc.}   % Sky and Telescope
newcommandsolphys{Sol.~Phys.}      % Solar Physics
newcommandsovast{Soviet~Ast.}      % Soviet Astronomy (aka Astronomy Reports)
newcommandssr{Space Sci. Rev.}     % Space Science Reviews
newcommandzap{Z.~Astrophys.}       % Zeitschrift fuer Astrophysik

%%%%%
% Rd functions
%%%%%
%defAsIs{bgroupletdo@makeotherRd@AsIs@dospecials@noligsobeylines@vobeyspacesparskipz@skipRd@AsIsX}
%defRd@AsIs@dospecials{do$do&do#do^do_do%do~}
%defRd@AsIsX#1{normalfont #1egroup}
% Arxiver Figure selection: Declare Figures to show on Arxiver
% ___Leave Commented out, just change the Figure Names___
% __Just use Figure Names, Path is determined internally__
%@arxiver{Figure1.png,Figure4.pdf,Figure5.eps}

newcommand{HRule}{rule{linewidth}{0.5mm}}

%%%%%
makeatletter
defthickhrulefill{leavevmode leaders hrule height 1ex hfill kern z@}
def@makechapterhead#1{%
    %vspace*{50p@}%
    vspace*{10p@}%
    {parindent z@ centering reset@font
        thickhrulefillquad
        scshape @chapapp{} thechapter
        quad thickhrulefill
        parnobreak
        vspace*{10p@}%
        interlinepenalty@M
        hrule
        vspace*{10p@}%
        Huge bfseries #1parnobreak
        par
        vspace*{10p@}%
        hrule
        %vskip 40p@
        vskip 100p@
}}
def@makeschapterhead#1{%
    %vspace*{50p@}%
    vspace*{10p@}%
    {parindent z@ centering reset@font
        thickhrulefill
        parnobreak
        vspace*{10p@}%
        interlinepenalty@M
        hrule
        vspace*{10p@}%
        Huge bfseries #1parnobreak
        par
        vspace*{10p@}%
        hrule
        %vskip 40p@
        vskip 100p@
}}
%%%%%
makeindex{}
begin{document}
%pagestyle{plain}
pagenumbering{roman}
DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.gif,.jpg}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Title Page
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
begin{titlepage}
    begin{center}



    textsc {LARGE The University of SomeWhere}[0.5cm]
    textsc {LARGE  & }[0.5cm]
    textsc {LARGE }[0.2cm]
    textsc {LARGE }[1.5cm]
    textsc{School of Lablab}[0.5cm]
    LARGE PhD Thesis[0.5cm]

    % Title
    HRule [0.4cm]
    { huge bfseries
My Thesis Title
}[0.4cm]
    HRule [0.5cm]


% Author and supervisor
begin{minipage}{0.45textwidth}
begin{flushleft} large
emph{Author:}
S textsc{Kvspace{2cm}}
end{flushleft}
end{minipage}
begin{minipage}{0.45textwidth}
begin{flushright} large
emph{Supervisors:} 
W/Prof. S textsc{D}
A/Prof. A textsc{R}
Dr. L textsc{D}
end{flushright}
end{minipage}

vfill

 begin{minipage}{0.7textwidth}
  centering
  includegraphics[width=1textwidth]{./images/logo.png}
 end{minipage} [0.5cm]

    % Bottom of the page
    {large today}

    end{center}
end{titlepage}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Preamble
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

clearpage
include{Preamble}
cleardoublepage
pagenumbering{arabic}


%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Content
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%Chapter One: Introduction
include{ChapterOne}
%Chapter Two: 
include{ChapterTwo}
%Chapter Three: 
include{ChapterThree}
%Chapter Four: 
include{ChapterFour}
%Chapter Five: 
include{ChapterFive}
%Chapter Six: 
include{ChapterSix}


cleardoublepage
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
bibliographystyle{mnras}
bibliography{library}
appendix
include{AppendixOne}
include{AppendixTwo}
include{AppendixThree}
printindex{}
end{document}

and here is the Thesis.cls:

%% This is file `Thesis.cls', based on 'ECSthesis.cls', by Steve R. Gunn  
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% Created by Steve R. Gunn, modified by Sunil Patel: www.sunilpatel.co.uk

NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1996/12/01]

ProvidesClass{Thesis}
              [2007/22/02 v1.0
   LaTeX document class]
defbaseclass{book}
DeclareOption*{PassOptionsToClass{CurrentOption}{baseclass}}
def@checkoptions#1#2{
  edef@curroptions{@ptionlist{@currname.@currext}}
  @tempswafalse
  @tfor@this:=#2do{
    @expandtwoargsin@{,@this,}{,@curroptions,}
    ifin@ @tempswatrue @break@tfor fi}
  let@this@empty
  if@tempswa else PassOptionsToClass{#1}{baseclass}fi
}
@checkoptions{12pt}{{10pt}{11pt}{12pt}}
PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{baseclass}
ProcessOptionsrelax
LoadClass{baseclass}
newcommandbhrule{typeout{------------------------------------------------------------------------------}}

usepackage{geometry}
newcommandDeclaration[1]{
btypeout{Declaration of Authorship}
addtotoc{Declaration of Authorship}
thispagestyle{plain}
nullvfil
%vskip 60p@
begin{center}{hugebf Declaration of Authorshippar}end{center}
%vskip 60p@
{normalsize #1}
vfilvfilnull
%cleardoublepage
}

newcommandbtypeout[1]{bhruletypeout{space #1}bhrule}
deftoday{ifcasemonthor
  Januaryor Februaryor Marchor Aprilor Mayor Juneor
  Julyor Augustor Septemberor Octoberor Novemberor Decemberfi
  space numberyear}
usepackage{setspace}
onehalfspacing
setlength{parindent}{0pt}
setlength{parskip}{2.0ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
usepackage{vmargin}
setmarginsrb           { 4cm}  % left margin
                        { 2cm}  % top margin
                        { 2cm}  % right margin
                        { 2cm}  % bottom margin
                        {  10pt}  % head height
                        {0.25in}  % head sep
                        {   9pt}  % foot height
                        { 0.3in}  % foot sep

raggedbottom
%setlength{topskip}{1topskip @plus 5p@}
doublehyphendemerits=10000       % No consecutive line hyphens.
brokenpenalty=10000              % No broken words across columns/pages.
widowpenalty=9999                % Almost no widows at bottom of page.
clubpenalty=9999                 % Almost no orphans at top of page.
interfootnotelinepenalty=9999    % Almost never break footnotes.
usepackage{fancyhdr}
lhead[rmthepage]{fancyplain{}{sl{rightmark}}}
rhead[fancyplain{}{sl{leftmark}}]{rmthepage}
chead{}lfoot{}rfoot{}cfoot{}
pagestyle{fancy}
renewcommand{chaptermark}[1]{btypeout{thechapterspace #1}markboth{@chapapp thechapter #1}{@chapapp thechapter #1}}
renewcommand{sectionmark}[1]{}
renewcommand{subsectionmark}[1]{}
defcleardoublepage{clearpageif@twoside ifoddc@pageelse
hbox{}
thispagestyle{empty}
newpage
if@twocolumnhbox{}newpagefififi}
usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amscd,amsthm,xspace}
theoremstyle{plain}
newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[chapter]
newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
newtheorem{axiom}[theorem]{Axiom}
theoremstyle{definition}
newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
theoremstyle{remark}
newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
usepackage[centerlast,small,sc]{caption}
setlength{captionmargin}{20pt}
newcommand{fref}[1]{Figure~ref{#1}}
newcommand{tref}[1]{Table~ref{#1}}
newcommand{eref}[1]{Equation~ref{#1}}
newcommand{cref}[1]{Chapter~ref{#1}}
newcommand{sref}[1]{Section~ref{#1}}
newcommand{aref}[1]{Appendix~ref{#1}}
renewcommand{topfraction}{0.85}
renewcommand{bottomfraction}{.85}
renewcommand{textfraction}{0.1}
renewcommand{dbltopfraction}{.85}
renewcommand{floatpagefraction}{0.75}
renewcommand{dblfloatpagefraction}{.75}
setcounter{topnumber}{9}
setcounter{bottomnumber}{9}
setcounter{totalnumber}{20}
setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{epstopdf}
usepackage[scriptsize]{subfigure}
usepackage{booktabs}
usepackage{rotating}
usepackage{listings}
%usepackage{lstpatch}
lstset{captionpos=b,
        frame=tb,
        basicstyle=scriptsizettfamily,
        showstringspaces=false,
        keepspaces=true}
lstdefinestyle{matlab} {
        language=Matlab,
        keywordstyle=color{blue},
        commentstyle=color[rgb]{0.13,0.55,0.13}em,
        stringstyle=color[rgb]{0.7,0,0} }
usepackage[pdfpagemode={UseOutlines},bookmarks=true,bookmarksopen=true,
   bookmarksnumbered=true,hypertexnames=true,
   colorlinks,linkcolor={blue},citecolor={green},urlcolor={blue},
   pdfstartview={FitV},unicode,breaklinks=true]{hyperref}
usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
pdfstringdefDisableCommands{
   letspace
}
newcommand*{supervisor}[1]{defsupname{#1}}
newcommand*{examiner}[1]{defexamname{#1}}
newcommand*{degree}[1]{defdegreename{#1}}
newcommand*{authors}[1]{defauthornames{#1}}
newcommand*{addresses}[1]{defaddressnames{#1}}
newcommand*{university}[1]{defunivname{#1}}
newcommand*{UNIVERSITY}[1]{defUNIVNAME{#1}}
newcommand*{department}[1]{defdeptname{#1}}
newcommand*{DEPARTMENT}[1]{defDEPTNAME{#1}}
newcommand*{group}[1]{defgroupname{#1}}
newcommand*{GROUP}[1]{defGROUPNAME{#1}}
newcommand*{faculty}[1]{deffacname{#1}}
newcommand*{FACULTY}[1]{defFACNAME{#1}}
newcommand*{subject}[1]{defsubjectname{#1}}
newcommand*{keywords}[1]{defkeywordnames{#1}}
supervisor  {}
examiner    {}
degree      {}
authors     {}
university  {texorpdfstring{href{University Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {The University}}
                {The University}}
UNIVERSITY  {texorpdfstring{href{University Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {THE UNIVERSITY}}
                {THE UNIVERSITY}}
department  {texorpdfstring{href{Department or School Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {School}}
                {School}}
DEPARTMENT  {texorpdfstring{href{Department or School Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {SCHOOL OF PHYSICS}}
                {SCHOOL OF PHYSICS}}
group       {texorpdfstring{href{Research Group Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {International}}
                {International}}
GROUP       {texorpdfstring{href{Research Group Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {INTERNATIONAL}}
                {INTERNATIONAL}}
faculty     {texorpdfstring{href{Faculty Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {Physical Science}}
                {Physical Science}}
FACULTY     {texorpdfstring{href{Faculty Web Site URL Here (include http://)}
                {PHYSICAL SCIENCE}}
                {PHYSICAL SCIENCE}}
addresses   {}
subject     {}
keywords    {}
renewcommandmaketitle{
  btypeout{Title Page}
  hypersetup{pdftitle={@title}}
  hypersetup{pdfsubject=subjectname}
  hypersetup{pdfauthor=authornames}
  hypersetup{pdfkeywords=keywordnames}
  thispagestyle{empty}
  begin{titlepage}
    letfootnotesizesmall
    letfootnoterulerelax
    let footnote thanks
    setcounter{footnote}{0}
    nullvfil
    vskip 60p@
    begin{center}
      setlength{parskip}{0pt}
      {largetextbf{UNIVNAME}par}
      vfill
      {huge bf @title par}
      vfill
      {LARGE by par}
      smallskip
      {LARGE authornames par}
      vfill
      {large This thesis is presented for the degree of par}
      {large Doctor of Philosophy par}
    {large at the University  par}
      bigskip
      bigskip
      bigskip
      {Large @date par}
      bigskip
    end{center}
    par
    @thanks
    vfilnull
  end{titlepage}
  setcounter{footnote}{0}%
  globalletthanksrelax
  globalletmaketitlerelax
  globallet@thanks@empty
  globallet@author@empty
  globallet@date@empty
  globallet@title@empty
  globallettitlerelax
  globalletauthorrelax
  globalletdaterelax
  globalletandrelax
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}
newenvironment{abstract}
{
  btypeout{Abstract Page}
  thispagestyle{empty}
  nullvfil
  begin{center}
    setlength{parskip}{0pt}
    {huge{textit{Abstract}} par}
  end{center}
}
{
  vfilvfilvfilnull
  cleardoublepage
}
addtocounter{secnumdepth}{1}
setcounter{tocdepth}{6}
newcounter{dummy}
newcommandaddtotoc[1]{
refstepcounter{dummy}
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}
renewcommandtableofcontents{
btypeout{Table of Contents}
begin{spacing}{1}{
    setlength{parskip}{1pt}
    if@twocolumn
      @restonecoltrueonecolumn
    else
      @restonecolfalse
    fi
    chapter*{contentsname
        @mkboth{
           MakeUppercasecontentsname}{MakeUppercasecontentsname}}
    @starttoc{toc}
    if@restonecoltwocolumnfi
   cleardoublepage
}end{spacing}
}
renewcommandlistoffigures{
btypeout{List of Figures}
addtotoc{List of Figures}
begin{spacing}{1}{
    setlength{parskip}{1pt}
    if@twocolumn
      @restonecoltrueonecolumn
    else
      @restonecolfalse
    fi
    chapter*{listfigurename
      @mkboth{MakeUppercaselistfigurename}
              {MakeUppercaselistfigurename}}
    @starttoc{lof}
    if@restonecoltwocolumnfi
    cleardoublepage
}end{spacing}
}
renewcommandlistoftables{
btypeout{List of Tables}
addtotoc{List of Tables}
begin{spacing}{1}{
    setlength{parskip}{1pt}
    if@twocolumn
      @restonecoltrueonecolumn
    else
      @restonecolfalse
    fi
    chapter*{listtablename
      @mkboth{
          MakeUppercaselisttablename}{MakeUppercaselisttablename}}
    @starttoc{lot}
    if@restonecoltwocolumnfi
    cleardoublepage
}end{spacing}
}
newcommandlistsymbolname{Abbreviations}
usepackage{longtable}
newcommandlistofsymbols[2]{
btypeout{listsymbolname}
addtotoc{listsymbolname}
    chapter*{listsymbolname
      @mkboth{
          MakeUppercaselistsymbolname}{MakeUppercaselistsymbolname}}
begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2end{longtable}par
    cleardoublepage
}
newcommandlistconstants{Physical Constants}
usepackage{longtable}
newcommandlistofconstants[2]{
btypeout{listconstants}
addtotoc{listconstants}
    chapter*{listconstants
      @mkboth{
          MakeUppercaselistconstants}{MakeUppercaselistconstants}}
begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2end{longtable}par
    cleardoublepage
}
newcommandlistnomenclature{Symbols}
usepackage{longtable}
newcommandlistofnomenclature[2]{
btypeout{listnomenclature}
addtotoc{listnomenclature}
    chapter*{listnomenclature
      @mkboth{
          MakeUppercaselistnomenclature}{MakeUppercaselistnomenclature}}
begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2end{longtable}par
    cleardoublepage
}
newcommandacknowledgements[1]{
btypeout{Acknowledgements}
addtotoc{Acknowledgements}
thispagestyle{plain}
begin{center}{huge{textit{Acknowledgements}} par}end{center}
{normalsize #1}
vfilvfilnull

}
newcommanddedicatory[1]{
btypeout{Dedicatory}
thispagestyle{plain}
nullvfil
vskip 60p@
begin{center}{Large sl #1}end{center}
vfilnull
cleardoublepage
}
renewcommandbackmatter{
  if@openright
    cleardoublepage
  else
    clearpage
  fi
  addtotoc{bibname}
  btypeout{bibname}
  @mainmatterfalse}
endinput
%%
%% End of file `Thesis.cls'.

and finally my Preamble.tex as:

%
% Preamble
%
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Abstract
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

cleardoublepage
begin{minipage}{13cm}
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
begin{center}
vspace{0.25in}
{Huge bfseries Abstract}
end{center}
input{Abstract}
end{minipage}
clearpage

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Quote
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

thispagestyle{empty}
begin{minipage}{13cm}
vspace{3in}
begin{center}
%{Largehfill``This is a terrible choice for a quote!''hfill }
end{center}
end{minipage}
clearpage
thispagestyle{empty}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Acknowledgements
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

%Acknowledgements
clearpage
begin{minipage}{13cm}
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}
begin{center}
vspace{1in}
{Huge bfseries Acknowledgements}
end{center}
input{Acknowledgements}
end{minipage}

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               ToC
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

clearpage
tableofcontents

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               LoF
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

clearpage
listoffigures

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               LoT
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

clearpage
listoftables

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%               Preface
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

clearpage
begin{minipage}{13cm}
begin{center}
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
{Huge bfseries Preface}
end{center}
input{Preface}
end{minipage}