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'''Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet''' (2 April 1859 – 26 May 1944) was a British [[Egyptologist]]. |
'''Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet''' (2 April 1859 – 26 May 1944) was a British [[Egyptologist]]. |
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Henry Thompson was born in [[London]] on 2 April 1859, the son of [[Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="Venn">{{acad|id=THM876HF|name=Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert}}</ref> After careers in medicine and law (he was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1878 and called to the bar in 1882),<ref name="Venn" /> he became interested in Egyptology. He was a lecturer and fellow at [[University College London]], and chairman of the [[Golders Green Crematorium]]. There is a chair established in his name at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]; the [[Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology]]. |
Henry Thompson was born in [[London]] on 2 April 1859, the son of [[Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet]]and Kate Fanny Loder, the English composer and pianist. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="Venn">{{acad|id=THM876HF|name=Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert}}</ref> After careers in medicine and law (he was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1878 and called to the bar in 1882),<ref name="Venn" /> he became interested in Egyptology. He was a lecturer and fellow at [[University College London]], and chairman of the [[Golders Green Crematorium]]. There is a chair established in his name at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]; the [[Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology]]. |
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He died on 26 May 1944 in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref name="Venn" /> |
He died on 26 May 1944 in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref name="Venn" /> |
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Sir Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1859 – 26 May 1944) was a British Egyptologist.
Henry Thompson was born in London on 2 April 1859, the son of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronetand Kate Fanny Loder, the English composer and pianist. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] After careers in medicine and law (he was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1878 and called to the bar in 1882),[1] he became interested in Egyptology. He was a lecturer and fellow at University College London, and chairman of the Golders Green Crematorium. There is a chair established in his name at Cambridge University; the Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology.
He died on 26 May 1944 in Bath.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Thompson, Henry Francis Herbert (THM876HF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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