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Thompson Learning
Thompson may refer to: People * Thompson (surname) * Thompson Lantion, Filipino retired police general * Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician Places Australia * Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality Bulgaria * Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province Canada * Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson (electoral district), an electoral district in the above location * Rural Municipality of Thompson, Manitoba * Thompson River, a river in British Columbia ** Thompson Country, a region within the basin of the Thompson River ** Thompson Plateau, a landform in the Interior of British Columbia named for the Thompson River ** Thompson-Nicola Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia * Thompson Sound (British Columbia), a sound in the area of the Broughton Archipelago * Thompson Sound, British Columbia, an unincorporated locality at Thompson Sound * Thompson Station, Nova Scotia England * Thompson, Norfolk New Zealand * Thomps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson (surname)
Thompson is a surname of English, Irish and Scottish origin which is a variant of Thomson (surname), Thomson, meaning 'son of Thom'. Thom(p)son is also the English translation of MacTavish, which is the Anglicised version of the Gaelic languages, Gaelic name ''MacTamhais''. An alternative origin may be geographical, arising from the parish of Thompson, Norfolk, Thompson in Norfolk. During the Plantations of Ireland, Plantation period, settlers carried the name to Ireland. According to the 2010 United States Census, Thompson was the 23rd most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable people A *Aaron Thompson (other), multiple people *Adaline Emerson Thompson (1859–1951), American educational worker and reformer *Adam Thompson (footballer), Adam Thompson (born 1992), English footballer *Aidan Thompson (born 2002), American ice hockey player *Al Thompson (other), multiple people *Alan Thompson (other), multiple pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson, Alabama
Thompson, also known as Thompson Station, is an unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ..., United States. History Thompson was incorporated on September 8, 1883, and its charter was repealed in July 1919. A post office was operated in Thompson from 1878 to 1954. Demographics References Unincorporated communities in Bullock County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{BullockCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Island (South Atlantic)
Thompson Island was a phantom island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic. It was thought to be about north-northeast of Bouvet Island, a small Norway, Norwegian Dependent territory, dependency between South Africa and Antarctica. History The island was first reported and named by Whaler, whaling ship Sea captain, captain George Norris in 1825, supposedly the same day as sighting and landing on Bouvet Island, erroneously thinking the island to be undiscovered and naming it Liverpool Island. The last reported sighting was in 1893. When, however, the German Empire, German Survey vessel, survey ship ''Valdivia'' fixed the position of Bouvet in 1898, it then looked for Thompson, but did not find it. If Thompson ever existed, it is probable that it disappeared in a Volcano, volcanic eruption sometime in the 1890s, although in 1997 it was reported that the sea depth at the supposed location is greater than , rendering the existence of a submarine volcano all but impossible. Thomps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson (Amtrak Station)
Green River station is a train station in Green River, Utah, United States. It is served by Amtrak's ''California Zephyr'', which runs once daily between Chicago and Emeryville, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station has a platform and bus-stop style shelter and no services. History The station was originally built by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in the mid-twentieth century and called the "Blake Station". It is now owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. Amtrak took over most intercity passenger service on May 1, 1971. However, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW) opted to continue to privately operate its '' Rio Grande Zephyr''. In 1983, facing heavy losses, the D&RGW agreed to allow Amtrak to reroute the ''San Francisco Zephyr'' over its Moffat Tunnel Route mainline. A mudslide severed the line on April 14, 1983, ending ''Rio Grande Zephyr'' service west of Grand Junction, Colorado. After the line was rebuilt, Amtrak's newly renamed ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thompson Springs, also officially known for a time as just Thompson, is a small census-designated place in central Grand County, Utah, Grand County, Utah, United States. The population was 39 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The town is just north of the east–west highway route shared by Interstate 70 in Utah, Interstate 70, U.S. Route 6 in Utah, U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 50 in Utah, U.S. Route 50, between Crescent Junction and Cisco, Utah, Cisco. Moab, Utah, Moab, the county seat, is to the south. Thompson Springs is located in high desert country with the Book Cliffs just to the north. History Evidence of human habitation or use of the Thompson Springs area can be dated back to the Archaic period in North America, Archaic Period, when beautiful pictographs were left in Thompson Canyon (Utah), Thompson Canyon. Subsequent Anasazi, Fremont culture, Fremont, and Ute Tribe, Ute tribes have also left their mark upon the area. The site of this rock art in Thompson Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
