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Thomp⋅son
[tomp-suh
n, tom-] 
| 1. | Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S. |
| 2. | David, 1770–1857, Canadian fur trader, surveyor, author, and explorer, born in England. |
| 3. | David, born 1954, U.S. basketball player. |
| 4. | Dorothy, 1894–1961, U.S. journalist. |
| 5. | Francis, 1859–1907, English poet. |
| 6. | J(ames) Walter, 1847–1928, U.S. advertising executive. |
| 7. | Sir John Sparrow David, 1844–94, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1892–94. |
| 8. | Randall, [ran-dl] , 1899–1984, U.S. composer and teacher. |
| 9. | Sylvia, 1902–68, English novelist, born in Scotland. |
| 10. | a city in N central Manitoba, in central Canada: nickel mining. 14,288. |
| 11. | a town in NE Connecticut. 8141. |
| 12. | a river with two branches, (North Thompson) and (South Thompson), that join in S British Columbia, Canada, flowing W and SW to the Fraser River: 304 mi. (489 km) long. |
| 13. | a river in S Iowa and N Missouri, flowing SE and S to the Grand River. 175 mi. (282 km) long. |
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| Thomp·son (tŏmp'sən, tŏm'-) American-born British public official and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on heat and friction, concluding that heat is produced by moving particles. |
| Thompson, David 1770-1857. Canadian explorer who followed the Columbia River to its mouth (1811) and mapped much of western Canada. |
| Thompson, Dorothy 1894-1961. American journalist whose radio broadcasts and widely syndicated column "On the Record" (1936-1941) informed Americans of the impending threat of Nazi Germany. |
| Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David 1844-1894. Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1892-1894). |
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| Thompson (tŏmp'sən, tŏm'-) Pronunciation Key
American-born British physicist who conducted numerous experiments on heat and friction, which led him to discover that heat is produced by moving particles. |
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Thompson
city, north-central Manitoba, Canada. It lies along the Burntwood River, in the Mystery-Moak lakes area, 130 miles (210 km) north of Lake Winnipeg. Planned in 1956 by the International Nickel Company of Canada and named for John F. Thompson, the company chairman, the community was completed in 1961. Its integrated nickel mining-smelting-refining plant was the first in the Western Hemisphere. Economically, Thompson is entirely dependent upon nickel extraction from the Thompson and Birchtree mines, which are among the most productive in Canada. The city is served by a branch line of the Canadian National Railway extending from The Pas (243 miles [391 km] southwest) to Churchill (240 miles [390 km] northeast) on Hudson Bay. Thompson has air service to Winnipeg. Inc. 1967. Pop. (1991) 14,977.
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