Thompson, James, Blessed Martyr , died York, England , 1582. He studied at Cardinal Allen’s college at Rheims, and by special dispensation received Holy Orders at Soissons, after one year. Sent on a mission to England , he was arrested at York, professed his priesthood, and was imprisoned, and hanged. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Thompson, George Washington, D.D
Thompson, George Washington, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born at New Providence, Essex Co., J., Oct. 10,1819; converted in 1835; graduated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., and at the Princeton Theological Seminary; was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick; ordained pastor of the churches of Mifflinsburg and New Berlin, 1842; became pastor … Continue reading “Thompson, George Washington, D.D”
Thompson, George C
Thompson, George C a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Nanticoke, Luzerne Co., Pa., Jan. 15,1817. He was converted in December, 1832, educated at Cazenovia Seminary, licensed to preach Aug. 6, 1836, received on trial in the Oneida Conference in 1840, and appointed to Dundaff Station; in 1841, to Montrose Circuit; in 1842, ordained elder … Continue reading “Thompson, George C”
Thompson, Frederick Bordine
Thompson, Frederick Bordine a missionary of the Reformed Church in America to Borneo, was born in 1810, and united with the Church in New Brunswick, under Rev. Dr. James B. Hardenbergh, at the age of seventeen. His pastor having induced him to prepare for the ministry, he graduated at Rutgers College in1831, and at the … Continue reading “Thompson, Frederick Bordine”
Thompson, Francis
Thompson, Francis Poet, b. at Preston, Lancashire, 18 Dec., 1859; d. in London, 13 Nov., 1907. He came from the middle classes, the classes great in imaginative poetry. His father was a provincial doctor; two paternal uncles dabbled in literature; he himself referred his heredity chiefly to his mother, who died in his boyhood. His … Continue reading “Thompson, Francis”
Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana
Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana The name of two English converts: (1) Edward Healy and (2) Harriet Diana. Edward Healy Thompson Born at Oakham, Rutlandshire, England; died at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 21 May, 1891. He was educated at Oakham school and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; and having taken Anglican orders, obtained a curacy at Calne, … Continue reading “Thompson, Edward Healy and Harriet Diana”
Thompson, Charles
Thompson, Charles a Presbyterian minister, was born at Salem, N.Y., Nov.26, 1831. He was converted in 1853; educated at Monmouth College and Theological Seminary, Monmouth, Ill.; licensed by Chicago Presbytery April 3, 1863; ordained by Monmouth Presbytery pastor of Olena and Oquaka churches, Ill., June 17, 1863; and died Dec. 31, 1865. He was a … Continue reading “Thompson, Charles”
Thompson, Blessed James
Thompson, Blessed James (Also known as James Hudson). Martyr, born in or near York; having nearly all his life in that city, died there, 28 November, 1582. He arrived at Dr. Allen’s college at Reims 19 September, 1580, and in May of the next year, by virtue of a dispensation, was admitted at Soissons, with … Continue reading “Thompson, Blessed James”
Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, Benjamin Physicist. Born 1753; died 1814. Made accurate experiments in the heat evolved by friction. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Thompson, Anthony P
Thompson, Anthony P a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Kentucky, Sept. 2, 1806. He became an exhorter in 1824, and was soon after licensed as a local preacher, received on trial in 1829, appointed to Terre Haute Circuit, Indiana Conference, in 1832, and died May 19, 1833. He was a young man of excellent … Continue reading “Thompson, Anthony P”