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Thomson, John – Thorne, Edith H

Thomson, John

congressman, was born in 1777 in Franklin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1825 to 1827, and again from 1829 to 1837. He died Dec. 2, 1852, in New Lisbon, Ohio.

Thomson, John Edgar

civil engineer, railroad president, was born Feb. 10, 1808, in Springfield, Pa. In 1847 he became chief engineer of the Pennsylvania railroad, and in 1852 he was made its president, which office he held until his death. He died May 27, 1874, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Thomson, John I

manufacturer, banker, was born Dec. 28, 1850, in Lancaster, Pa. He has been a member of the city council of Spartansburg, Pa., and for twenty-one years has been secretary of the board of education. He is the proprietor of the Spartansburg Flouring mills; president of the Spartansburg bank, and takes a prominent part in public affairs.

Thomson, Samuel

physician, author, was born Feb. 9, 1769, in Alstead, N. H. He was a physician of Boston who originated the Thomsonian school of medicine, so called, and the author of Materia Medica and Family Physician; New Guide to Health; and Life and Medical Discoveries. He died in 1843 in Boston, Mass.

Thomson, Samuel Harrison

educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 26, 1813, in Nicholas county, Ky. He was a presbyterian clergyman and educator, and the author of The Mosaic Account of the Creation; and Geology an Interpreter of Scripture. He died Sept. 2, 1882, in Pasadena, Cal.

Thomson, William

surgeon, was born Jan. 28, 1833, in Chambersburg, Pa.

He was with the army of the Potomac throughout the civil war, either in the field or at Washington. He was raised to the post of medical inspector of the department of Washington in 1864, received two brevets, and after the war was sent to Louisiana, but he resigned from the army in 1866.

Thomson, William Hanna

physician, author, was born in 1833 in Syria.

He is a physician of New York city, and the author of The Great Argument, or Jesus Christ in the Old Testament; The Parables and Their Home; and Materialism and Modern Physiology of the Nervous System.

Thomson, William Mcclure

missionary, author, was born Dec. 31, 1806, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a presbyterian missionary in Beyrout in 1833-76, widely known as the author of The Land and the Book. He wrote also The Land of Promise.

Thorn, Frank Manly

superintendent of the coast survey, journalist, public official, was born Dec. 7, 1836, in Collins, N. Y. In 1885 he was appointed chief clerk in the bureau of internal revenue in Washington, and a few weeks later was made superintendent of the United States coast and geodetic survey, which office he still fills.

Thornbury, Frank J

physician, author. This eminent lecturer on medical topics fills the chair of bacteriology in the university of Buffalo, and is the author of numerous books, pamphlets and treatises, which have made his name famous in the medical world.

Thorndike, George Quincy

artist, was born about 1825 in Boston, Mass.

His landscapes showed many of the characteristics of the French school. His better known works include The Wayside Inn; Swans in Central Park; and The Lily Pond. He died in December, 1886, in Boston, Mass.

Thorne, Edith H

poet. She is the author of numerous meritorious poems, which have appeared principally in Missouri publications, and in several standard collections.