Thompson
Thompson names 17 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Thompson SIR HENRY, an English surgeon
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR HENRY, an English surgeon; born in Framlingham, England, Aug. 6, 1820; was educated at University College, London; appointed surgeon of the University College Hospital (1863); Professor of Clinical Surgery (1866), consulting surgeon (1874). In 1884 he was made Professor of Surgery and Pathology in the Royal College of Surgeons, London. He was surgeon extraordinary to Leopold I., King of Belgium (1864) and to Leopold_II. d II. (1866); and was knighted in 1867. He was the first medical man in England to bring the subject of cremation before the public, and was president of the Cremation Society of London from its organization in 1874. He wrote many medical works, several of which have been translated into the chief languages of Europe. He is also known as a painter, having exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, and the Salon, Paris. Among his works are "Pathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra" (1886); "Practical Lithotrity and Lithotomy" (1863); "Tumors of the Bladder" (1884); "Cal culous Disease" (1888); "Modern Cremation, Its History and Practice" (1889); two novels, "Charley Kingston's Aunt" (1885), and "All and "All But" (1886). He died in London, April 18, 1904.
Thompson (JAMES) MAURICE
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
(JAMES) MAURICE, an American author; born in Fairfield, Ind., Sept. 9, 1844. He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War; afterward State geologist of Indiana, 1885-1889. He wrote nature studies. He published in book form: "Hoosier Mosaics" (1875); "The Witchery of Archery" (1878); "A Tallahassee Girl" (1882); "Songs of Fair Weather" (1883); "At Love's Extremes" (1885); "Byways and Bird Notes" (1885); "Sylvan Secrets" (1887); "A Fortnight of Folly" (1888); "The Story of Louisiana" (1888); "Poems" (1892); "King of Honey Island" (1892); "The Ethics of Literary Art" (1893); "The Ocala Boy" (1895); "Alice of Old Vincennes" (1900). He died Feb. 15, 1901. can inventor; born in Glasgow, Scotland, travesty of "Hiawatha"; "The Witches of in 1838; came to the United States in 1848, and assumed charge of the Sprague Cotton Mill in Baltic, Conn., in 1864. Subsequently he was president of the Voluntown, Robeson and other cotton mills, and invented 14 distinct mechanical devices, each of which produced a radical improvement ment in methods of carding, stop and let-off motions, and selfthreading shuttles. He died in Olneyville, R. I., Sept. 16, 1899.
Thompson LAUNT, an American sculptor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
LAUNT, an American sculptor; born in Abbeyleix, Ireland, Feb. 8, 1833; went to Albany, N. Y., in 1847, and there entered the office of a professor of anatomy. Later he studied sculpture under Erastus D. Palmer, produced several portrait busts and ideal heads of merit, and in 1850 removed to New York City, where he became an associate of the Academy of Design in 1859; an academician in 1862; and vicepresident in 1874. After traveling in Italy for several years he returned to New York and thereafter devoted himself to his art work. His productions include bust entitled "Elaine"; "Morning a Glory," a medallion; statues of Abraham Pierson at New Haven, Conn., and of Winfield Scott, at Washington, D. C.; portrait busts of William C. Bryant in the Metropolitan Museum, New York City, Edwin Booth as Hamlet, S. F. B. Morse, etc. He died in 1894.
Thompson SIR JOHN SPARROW DAVID, a Canadian jurist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR JOHN SPARROW DAVID, a Canadian jurist; born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 10, 1844; was called to the bar in 1865; elected to the executive council and to the office of attorney-general of Nova Scotia in 1878; appointed queen's counsellor in 1879 and judge of the Supreme Court in 1882; and in 1895 became minister of justice and attorney-general of Canada. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1877-1882; was elected to the Dominion Parliament in 1885, 1887, and 1891; was attached to the British Fishery Commission at Washington, D. C., in 1887; represented Great Britain before the Bering Sea Arbitration Tribunal, in Paris in 1893, and in 1894 was made a member of the Queen's Privy Council. He died in Windsor, England, Dec. 12, 1894.
Thompson FRANCIS, an English poet
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANCIS, an English poet; son of a Lancashire physician; born about 1863. He was educated at Ushaw College, near Durham, and studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester. He determined to take up literature, however, and went to London. His first appearance in print was in the columns of "Merrie England." Collected volumes appeared as follows: "Poems" (1893); "Sister Songs" (1896); "New Poems" (1897); "A Renegade Poet" (1910), and several religious books. He died in 1907. FRANK ERNEST, an THOMPSON, THOMPSON, American educator; born in Duquoin, III., 1871. In 1901 he became an assistant instructor of education at Leland Stanford University; then, a year later, instructor in the State Normal School in San Francisco. He became professor and director of the College of Education of the University of Colorado in 1907.
Thompson HUGH MILLER, an American clergyman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HUGH MILLER, an American clergyman; born in County Londonderry, Ireland, June 5, 1830; was graduated at the Nashotah Theological Seminary, Wis., in 1852; was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1856, and was Professor of Church History at the Nashotah Theological Seminary and editor of the "American Churchman," Chicago, in 1860-1870. He held the rectorship of Christ Church, New York City, in 1871-1875, and that of Trinity, New Orleans, in 1876-1883. He was consecrated Bishop of Mississippi in 1887. Dr. Thompson was the author of "Unity and Its Restoration" (1859); "Sin and sor of nutrition and dietetics at the Kan- Penalty" (1862); "Kingdom of God" (1872); "The World and the Kingdom" (1888); "The World and the Wrestlers" (1895); "More Copy" (1897). He died at Jackson, Miss., Nov. 17, 1902.
Thompson AUGUSTUS CHARLES, an American clergyman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
AUGUSTUS CHARLES, an American clergyman; born in Goshen, Conn., April 30, 1812; was educated at Yale University and graduated at the Hartford Theological Seminary in 1838; studied abroad in 1838-1839; was ordained in the Congregational Church, became pastor of the Eliot Congregational Church, Roxbury, Mass., in 1842. He was a delegate to the Mildmay Missionary Conference in 1878 and the London Missionary Conference in 1888. His publications include "Better Land" (1855); "Morning Hours in Patmos" (1860); "The Mercy Seat" (1863); "Seeds and Sheaves" (1869); "Moravian Missions" (1882); "Foreign Missions" (1889); "Protestant Missions" (1894); "Eliot Memorial" (1900); etc. He died in 1901.
Thompson HOLLAND, an American educator and editor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HOLLAND, an American educator and editor; born in Randolph co., N. C., 1873 and graduate of the University of North Carolina. He began his career as principal of the high school at Concord, N. C. (1895-9), became a fellow of Columbia in 1899 and was tutor of history there, later instructor (1902-6) and assistant professor (1906). He finally became associate professor at the College of the City of New York. He has been editor-in-chief of "The Book of Knowledge" and editor of "The People and the Trusts" (1912) and "The World War" (1920).
Thompson DANIEL GREEN- LEAF, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DANIEL GREEN- LEAF, an American author; born in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 9, 1850; was graduated at Amherst College in 1869; taught for three years, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1872. Thereafter he practised his profession in New York, while his leisure hours were devoted to literary pursuits, lecturing, etc. He made notable contributions to many periodicals; was the author of several books; and an active member of many literary and social clubs and societies. He died in New York city, July 10, 1897.
Thompson HUSTON, United States Federal Trade Commissioner
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HUSTON, United States Federal Trade Commissioner; born in Lewisburg, Pa., 1875; graduated from Princeton in 1897, then studied law at the New York Law School. He began his law practice in 1899 in Denver, Colo., became lecturer on law at the University of Denver Law School (1903-6), then assistant attorney-general of Colorado (1907-9). In 1913 he became an assistant attorney-general of the United States. In 1918 he was appointed Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission to fill an unexpired term and was re-appointed in 1919.
Thompson ERWIN W., an American diplomatic official
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ERWIN W., an American diplomatic official; born in Colquitt co., Ga., 1859, and graduated from Cornell University in 1881. His earlier years were spent in journalism and investigations of cotton and markets in Europe for the Department of Commerce. In 1914 he was appointed commercial attaché of the Department of Commerce and assigned to duty at Berlin and the Scandinavian capitals. Later he became manager of the district office of the United States Department of Commerce in New Orleans, La.
Thompson HELEN BISHOP, an American educator
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HELEN BISHOP, an American educator; born in Chillicothe, Ohio. From 1903 till 1907 she was an assistant instructor at the Kansas State Agricultural College, then became professor of household economics at Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Ill. (1909-12). Was professor of home economics at New Hampshire College (1913-15), then professor of dietetics (1915-18) at the Connecticut College for Women, at New London. In 1918 she became dean of the division of home economics and professas State Agricultural College.
Thompson JAMES WESTFALL, an American university professor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JAMES WESTFALL, an American university professor; born in Pella, Ia., 1869; graduated from Rutgers College and studied in the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1895 he became assistant professor of history in the University of Chicago, being finally professor of medical history in 1913. He has written a number of works, among which are: "Development of French Monarchy Un- ; "The Last der Louis VI" (1895); Pagan" (1916); and a number of contributions to various magazines.
Thompson JOSEPH ADDISON, an American college president
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOSEPH ADDISON, an American college president; born at Ross Grove, De Kalb co., Ill., 1860, graduated from Monmouth College, 1882, and studied_at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was ordained to the ministry in 1886, and became president of Tarkio College, in 1887. He was a member of the 9th General Council of the Alliance of Reformed Churches and a member of the State Executive Committee of the Y. M. C. A. in Missouri since 1908.
Thompson DENMAN, an American actor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
DENMAN, an American actor; born in Girard, Pa., in 1833; began his professional career as a dancer, Irish character and general utility man. Later he starred in the comedy "Joshua Whitcomb," a play of his own, which was afterward remodeled as "The Old Homestead." He died April 14, 1911.
Thompson MORTIMER M., pseudonym "Q "Q
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
MORTIMER M., pseudonym "Q "Q. K. PHILANDER DOESTICKS, P. B.," an American humorist; born in Riga, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1830. He contributed at first to the daily and in later years regularly to the weekly newspapers, and published in book form in 1855-1857; "Doesticks:
Thompson JOHN POLK, an Ameri- What He Says"
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN POLK, an Ameri- What He Says"; "Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah," a New York"; "Nothing to Say"; "The Elephant Club." He died in New York city, June 25, 1875.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Most of the seventeen Thompsons gathered here were already dead when Collier's compiled them in 1921, and time has sorted them sharply. Francis Thompson, given a bare paragraph as a poet who died in 1907, is the one now taught: The Hound of Heaven has never left the anthologies, though modern readers meet him as much through his laudanum addiction and destitution on the London streets as through his verse. Sir Henry Thompson, the surgeon mocked in his own day for founding the Cremation Society of London in 1874, won his argument completely, cremation now accounts for the large majority of British funerals; and Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, described here only as a jurist and minister of justice, was Prime Minister of Canada from 1892 until he collapsed and died at Windsor Castle in 1894. The rest have faded: Maurice Thompson's Alice of Old Vincennes was a genuine bestseller in 1900 and is unread today, while Launt Thompson's Winfield Scott still sits on his horse in Washington under a name almost nobody reads.
Written for this edition, 2026.