Thomson

Thomson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Tom (or Thomas)". There are varied spellings. Thomson may refer to:

People

• Alexander Thomson (1817–1875), Scottish architect
• Andrew Thomson
• Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress
• Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799–1841), the first Governor of the united Province of Canada
• Charles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882), professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition
• Charles Thomson (artist), (b. 1953), British artist, painter and poet
• Cyndi Thomson, an American country music singer from the early 2000s
• David Thomson (film critic), Anglo-American writer and film critic
• Donald Thomson (1901–1970), Australian anthropologist and ornithologist
• Earl Thomson (1895–1971), Canadian Olympic athlete
• Edward Thomson, a Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Edward Thomson (disambiguation)
• Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), English engineer, founder of what became the French firm Thomson SA
• George Thomson (musician) (1757–1821), Scottish music collector and a friend of Robert Burns
• George Paget Thomson (1892–1975), English physicist who worked on the wave nature of the electron
• J. J. Thomson (Sir Joseph John Thomson, 1856–1940), English physicist who discovered the electron
• J. M. Archer Thomson (1863–1913), British rock-climber and mountaineer
• James Thomson:
  • James Thomson (Seasons) (1700–1748), poet of the eighteenth century, author of The Seasons
  • James Thomson (B.V.) (1834–1882), poet of the nineteenth century, author of The City of Dreadful Night
  • James Thomson (cell biologist), stem cell researcher
  • James Thomson (engineer), brother of William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
  • James Thomson (Pittsburgh mayor), 19th century political figure
  • James Alexander Kerr Thomson (1879 - 1959), British classical scholar
• John Thomson:
  • John Edgar Thomson (1808–1874), American civil engineer, railroad executive and industrialist
  • John Thomson (actor) (b. 1969), a British actor and impressionist
  • John Thomson (pitcher) (b. 1973), American baseball player
  • John Thomson (footballer) (1909–1931), former Celtic F.C. footballer
  • John Thomson (politician) (1780–1852), US Congressman from Ohio
  • John Thomson (photographer), a nineteenth century Scottish photographer
  • John Thomson (RAF), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force
  • John Thomson (engineer), surveyor of the Leiper Railroad and father of John Edgar Thomson (above)
  • John Thomson (physician) (1808–1884), a physician in New Brunswick, Canada
  • Rev. John Thomson (minister), minister in Sutherland, Scotland, who was responsible for recording the works of the poet Rob Donn
  • John Renshaw Thomson (1800–1862), US Senator from New Jersey
• Judith Jarvis Thomson, moral philosopher
• Kelvin Thomson, Australian politician
• Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
• Matthew Thomson, smallbore rifle champion
• Meldrim Thomson, Jr., former New Hampshire governor
• Michael Thomson, Manitoba judge
• Peter Thomson (Australian golfer)
• Peter Nesbitt Thomson (b. 1927), Canadian businessman
• Robert Thomson (inventor) (1822–1873), Scottish inventor
• Robert James Thomson, Australian journalist
• Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894–1976), Canadian newspaper and media entrepreneur, linked to The Thomson Corporation
• Roy Hendry Thomson, an eminent Aberdonian
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Canadian artist
• Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905–1988), American politician
• Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), American composer
• William Thomson:
  • William Thomson (archbishop) (1819–1890), former Archbishop of York
  • William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), Irish physicist
  • William John Thomson, Scottish portrait miniature artist
  • Sir William Thomson (Solicitor General), Solicitor General for England and Wales 1717-1720
  • William Thomson (musicologist), Scottish folk song collector

Science

• thomson (unit), a unit for mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th
• Thomson effect, named for William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, which is the heating or cooling of a current-carrying conductor when a temperature gradient is present

Places

• Thomson, Georgia, a U.S. city
• Thomson, Illinois, a U.S. village
• Thomson River (Queensland), Australia
• Thomson, Singapore, an estate
• David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Business

• Thomson SA, formerly known as Thomson Multimedia, a French electronics manufacturer and media services provider
• Thomson-CSF, former name for the company Thales Group
• The Thomson Corporation, a Canadian-based information services company
• Thomson Local, the UK business directory published by Thomson Directories
• Various businesses of TUI AG:
  • Thomson Holidays, a UK based travel company founded by the Thomson Corporation in 1965. Now a subsidiary of TUI UK.
  • Thomsonfly, a UK airline, part of TUI AG, formerly Britannia Airways

Things

• Thomson TO 7, a French microcomputer

See also

• Thompson
• Thomsen
• Thomason