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Thompson, William

soldier, congressman. He was elected a representative in congress from Iowa from 1847 to 1851. He served through the war of the rebellion, upwards of four years, as captain, major, and colonel in the first Iowa cavalry, and as brevet brigadier-general, had command of a brigade. He was subsequently appointed a captain of cavalry in the regular army.

Thompson, William Oxley

clergyman, college president, was born Nov. 5, 1855, in Cambridge, Ohio. This eminent presbyterian clergyman has been president of the Miami university of Oxford, Ohio, since 1891.

Thompson, William Tappan

author, was born Aug. 31, 1812, in Ravenna, Ohio. He was a prominent journalist of Savannah, the rough, extravagant humor of whose studies of Georgia life was once popular. He was the author of Major Jones's Courtship; Major Jones's Sketches of Travel; Major Jones's Characters of Pineville; The Live Indian, a Farce; and John's Alive. He died March 24, 1882, in Savannah, Ga.

Thompson, Winfield Scott

lawyer, business man, was born June 23, 1842, in Penn Grove, N. J. He received a thorough education; attended Pennington seminary; and in 1865 graduated from the Albany Law School. The same year he moved to Missouri, and has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession in that state, making a specialty of land and real estate titles.

Thompson, Zadock

clergyman, educator, author, was born May 23, 1796, in Bridgewater. He was an episcopal clergyman, professor of natural history in the university of Vermont, and state geologist in 1845-48. He was the author of History of Vermont, Natural, Civil, and Statistical; Gazetteer of Vermont; Geography and Geology of Vermont; and Guide to Lake George. He died Jan. 19, 1856, in Burlington, Vt.

Thomson, Alexander

congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1788, in Franklin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1824 to 1826. He died Aug. 2, 1848, in Chambersburg, Pa.

Thomson, Charles

patriot, author, was born Nov. 29, 1729, in Ireland. He was a writer of Lower Merion, Pa., who was secretary of the first continental congress during 1774-89. He published Inquiry Into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians; Synopsis of the Four Evangelists; and a noted translation of the Bible, that of the Old Testament being the earliest English version of the Septuagint. He died Aug. 16, 1824, in Lower Merion, Pa.

Thomson, Charles West

clergyman, author, was born in 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was an episcopal clergyman at York, Pa., in 1849-66, who wrote The Limner, in prose; and in verse, The Phantom Barge; The Sylph; Elinor; and The Love of Home. He died April 17, 1879, in York, Pa.

Thomson, Edward

clergyman, college president, author, was born Oct. 12, 1810, in England. He was a methodist clergyman, president of Ohio Wesleyan university in 1846-60, and the author of Evidences of Revealed Religion; Our Oriental Missions; Educational Essays; Moral and Religious Essays; Biographical Sketches; Letters from Europe; and Letters from India. He died March 21, 1870, in Wheeling, W. Va.

Thomson, Edward William

civil engineer, author, was born in 1849 in Ontario. He is a civil engineer of Boston who was for some years editor-in-chief of The Toronto Globe. He is the author of Old Man Savarin, and Other Stories, a striking collection of short stories; Walter Gibbs, a book for boys; and the metrical portions of M. S. Henry's version of Aucassin and Nicolette.

Thomson, James Bates

educator, author, was born May 21, 1808, in Springfield, Vt. He was an educator of Brooklyn who was a mathematician and conchologist. He published a School Algebra; and Arithmetical Analysis, and a popular series of arithmetics. He died June 22, 1883, in Brooklyn, N. Y.