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William Thompson was an American criminal and con artist whose deceptions probably caused the term confidence man to be coined. Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a genteelly dressed Thompson would approach an upper-class mark, pretending they knew each other, and begin a brief conversation.

Bob Thompson (June 26, 1937 – May 30, 1966) was an African-American figurative painter known for his bold and colorful canvases, whose compositions were influenced by the Old Masters. His art has also been described as synthesizing Baroque and Renaissance masterpieces with the jazz -influenced Abstract Expressionist movement.

William Thompson Russell Smith. Portrait of William T. Russell Smith by John F. Francis (private collection) William Thompson Russell Smith (Glasgow, Scotland 1812 – Glenside, PA, 1896) was a Scottish-American painter who produced iconic images of Pennsylvania's landscape inspired by the aesthetic of the Hudson River School .

Thompson was married to artist, author and blogger Julie Zickefoose from 1993 until his death. They have two children and lived on an 80-acre property near Whipple, Ohio on the foothills of the southern Appalachians. In 2018, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, from which he died in March 2019. References ^ American Birding Association.