George Thomson

George Thomson may refer to:

  • George Thomson (physician) (c. 1619–1657), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer
  • George Thomson (musician) (1757–1851), Scottish musician; collector of the music of Scotland
  • George Thomson (shipbuilder) (1815–1866), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
  • George Thomson (botanist) (1819–1878), Scottish missionary and plant collector
  • George Thomson (footballer born 1854) (1854–1937), Wales international footballer
  • George Thomson (footballer born 1936), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, Brentford)
  • George Thomson (rugby) (1856–1899), rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s for England, and Halifax
  • George Paget Thomson (1892–1975), English physicist and Nobel laureate
  • George Thomson (RAF officer) (1896–?), Canadian World War I flying ace
  • George Derwent Thomson (died 1987), English Marxist philosopher; Greek and Irish scholar
  • George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish politician; former Labour MP and peer
  • George Thomson (Canadian politician) (1855–1920), Scottish-born merchant, official and political figure in British Columbia
  • George Edwin Thomson (1897–1918), British World War I flying ace
  • George Thomson, Lord Thomson (1893–1962), Scottish politician and judge
  • G. M. Thomson (1848–1933), New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician
  • George C. Thomson (1888–1976), American football player, lawyer and banker

Famous quotes containing the word thomson:

    Now ‘tis nought
    But restless hurry through the busy air,
    Beat by unnumbered wings.
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)