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Early years. Jacob Thompson, eldest son of Merrick Thompson, a manufacturer of linen check and a well-known member of the Society of Friends, was born in Lanton Street, Penrith, Cumberland, on 28 August 1806. His father was then in prosperous circumstances, but the depression of trade caused by the War of 1812 brought about his failure.
William Thompson (1775 – 28 March 1833) was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the cooperative, trade union and Chartist movements as well as Karl Marx . Born into the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy of wealthy landowners ...
Bill Thompson (television host) (1931–2014), creator and co-host of the children's television program The Wallace and Ladmo Show. Bill Thompson (voice actor) (1913–1971), voice of Droopy Dog. Bill Thompson (bishop) (1946–2020), Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans (U.S.) Bill Thompson III (1962–2019), editor of Bird ...
William Seward Burroughs II ( / ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. [2] [3] [4] Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of ...
The William Hale Thompson 1927 mayoral campaign was the successful campaign of Republican William Hale Thompson for a third nonconsecutive term as mayor of Chicago in the 1927 Chicago mayoral election. The campaign saw him defeat incumbent Democrat William Emmett Dever, as well as a third-party effort by John Dill Robertson .
Wood engraving by John Thompson, published in 1857, based on Hunt's drawing, 95 × 79 mm. The Lady of Shalott is an oil painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt, made c. 1888 –1905, and depicting a scene from Tennyson 's 1833 poem, "The Lady of Shalott". The painting is held by the Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Bill Thompson III (March 3, 1962 – March 25, 2019) was the publisher and editor of Bird Watcher's Digest and the author of numerous books on birds and nature. He is also the author of Bird Watching For Dummies (1997, John Wiley & Sons), and author of 18 different state bird watching books in the Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide series from ...
Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional ...