James Thomson - Other Professions

Other Professions

  • James Thomson (minister) (1768–1855), Scottish editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  • James Thomson (calico printer) (1779–1850), English industrial chemist
  • James Thomson (mathematician) (1786–1849), Irish professor of mathematics, father of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
  • James Thomson (engraver) (1788–1850), English engraver, known for his portraits
  • James Thomson (engineer) (1822–1892), engineer and professor, older brother of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
  • James Thomson (entomologist) (1828–1897), American entomologist
  • James Thomson (architect) (died 1927), Scottish architect, City Architect of Dundee
  • James M. Thomson (1878–1959), American newspaper publisher
  • James Allan Thomson (1881–1928), New Zealand geologist, scientific administrator and museum director
  • James Noel Thomson (1888–1979), officer in the British Indian Army during World War II
  • James S. Thomson (1892–1972), President of the University of Saskatchewan and Moderator of the United Church of Canada
  • James Beveridge Thomson (1902-1983), Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia
  • James F. Thomson (philosopher) (1921–1984), English philosopher who devised Thomson's Lamp and coined the word supertask
  • James Thomson (executive), current (as of 2007) CEO of RAND Corporation
  • James Thomson (cell biologist) (b. 1958), stem cell researcher
  • Jamie Thomson (author) (b. 1958), author of several 'choose-your-own-adventure' type gamebooks

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