Thompson, Emma
author, poet. She is the daughter of Edward Davison, a prominent merchant in Buenos Ayres, and also at one time American minister to what is now the Argentine Republic.
She lived many years in Buenos Ayres, and has traveled extensively in Europe, residing in Brittany for the purpose of studying the people and legends, resulting in the authorship of a volume on Brittany, beautifully illustrated. She is the author of numerous stories, prose articles, and many beautiful poems. She edited and compiled Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote, including the life of Cervantes; and also Wit and Wisdom of Charles Dickens.
THOMPSON, ERNEST MEREDETH, lawyer, lecturer, was born July 25, 1854, in Crystal Lake, Ill. In 1884 he was admitted to the bar, and is now a prominent lawyer of Independence, Iowa. He has held high positions in religious, social and literary societies; is field secretary of The National Christian Citizenship league; and has attained prominence as a lecturer.