Edward Thompson

Edward Thompson is the name of:

  • Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton) (c. 1639–1701), English landowner and politician
  • Edward Thompson (1697–1742), MP and Lord of the Admiralty
  • Edward Thompson (Royal Navy officer) (1738?–1786), English commodore nicknamed "Poet Thompson" for his writings
  • Edward Hughes Thompson (1810–1886), American lawyer and politician in Michigan
  • Edward Healy Thompson (1813–1891), English Roman Catholic writer
  • Edward Maunde Thompson (1840–1929), British palaeographer
  • Edward Charles Thompson, British Member of Parliament for North Monaghan, 1900–1906
  • Edward Herbert Thompson (1857–1935), US diplomat and archaeologist
  • Edward H. Thompson (painter) (1879–1949), British artist
  • Edward Thompson (engineer) (1881–1949), British railway engineer
  • Edward K. Thompson (1907–1996), American writer and editor
  • Edward Thompson (FDNY Commissioner) (born 1913), American firefighter, Fire Commissioner of New York City, 1962–1964
  • Edward Arthur Thompson (1914–1994), British historian
  • E. P. Thompson (1924–1993), British historian, socialist, author and peace campaigner
  • Eddie Thompson (musician) (1925–1986), English jazz pianist
  • Eddie Thompson (1940–2008), Scottish businessman and football club chairman
  • Ed Thompson (born 1944), Mayor of Tomah, Wisconsin and US Libertarian Party candidate
  • Ed Thompson (footballer) (born 1983), English football goalkeeper
  • For the Commander Edward M. Thompson, see USS Maury

Famous quotes containing the words edward and/or thompson:

    ““And what will you leave to your own mother dear,
    Edward, Edward?
    And what will ye leave to your own mother dear,
    My dear son, now tell me, O?”
    “The curse of hell from me shall ye bear,
    Mother, mother;”
    —Unknown. Edward (l. 49–54)

    “She went her unremembering way,
    She went and left in me
    The pang of all the partings gone,
    And partings yet to be.”
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)