George Thomson may refer to:

Government and politics

George Thomson (MP for Southwark) George Thomson (c. 1607–1691) was an English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, an official and politician. Early life He was a younger son of Robert Thomson of Watton-at-Stone, Watton, Hertfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Joh ...

(c. 1607–1691), English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, official and politician *

George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, (16 January 1921 – 3 October 2008) was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour MP. He was a member of Harold Wilson's cabinet, and later became a European Commissioner. ...

(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 Walker Thomson George Walker Thomson (1883 – 7 July 1949)''Labour: TUC Information Broadsheet'', vols.10-11, p.379 was a Scottish trade unionist. Born in Glasgow, Thomson studied at Allan Glen's School and the Glasgow School of Art. During this time, he ...

(1883–1949), Scottish trade unionist *

George Thomson, Lord Thomson George Reid Thomson, Lord Thomson, (1893 – 15 April 1962) was a Scottish Labour Party politician and judge. Educated at the South African College, Cape Town, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was a captain in the Argyll and Sutherland Hi ...

(1893–1962), Scottish politician and judge

Sports

George Thomson (footballer, born 1854) George Frederick Thomson (baptized 28 September 1853Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. – 15 May 1937) was a Welsh amateur association football, footballer who helped found the Druids F.C., Druids club and played f ...

(1854–1937), Wales international footballer *

George Thomson (rugby union, born 1856) George Thomas Thomson (26 November 1856 – 31 October 1899) was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s. He played at representative level for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, in the forward ...

(1856–1899), English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s * George Thomson (rugby union, died 2005), Scottish rugby union player * George C. Thomson (1888–1976), American football player, lawyer and banker *

George Thomson (footballer, born 1936) George Matthewson Thomson (19 October 1936 – July 2007) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian, Everton F.C., Everton and Brentford F.C., Brentford as a utility ...

(1936–2007), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, Brentford) * George Thomson (footballer, fl. 1932–1946), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen) * George Thomson (footballer, born 1992), English footballer

Military

George Pirie Thomson George Pirie Thomson (30 January 1887 – 24 January 1965) was a British Royal Navy officer. He is most well known for his work as Britain's Chief Press Censor during the Second World War. Early years Thomson was born on 30 January 1887 at ...

(1887–1965), British naval officer and press censor * George Thomson (RAF officer) (1896–1918), Canadian World War I flying ace *

George Edwin Thomson Captain George Edwin Thomson DSO MC (19 September 1897 – 23 May 1918) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 21 aerial victories. He was the second ranking ace of his squadron, and one of the leading Sopwith Camel aces. Early l ...

(1897–1918), British World War I flying ace

Other

George Thomson (physician) George Thomson (c. 1619–1676) was an England, English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer. He was a leading figure in an attempt to create a "College of Chemical Physicians", a rival to the established Royal College of Physicians. He rej ...

(c. 1619–1676), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer *

George Thomson (musician) George Thomson (1757–1851) was a Scottish music publisher and a friend of Robert Burns. He was clerk to the board of trustees in Edinburgh for 60 years. His '' A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice'' came out in six vo ...

(1757–1851), Scottish musician; collector of the music of Scotland *

George Thomson (shipbuilder) George Thomson (25 March 1815 – 29 June 1866) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder, born at Partick, Glasgow. He served his apprenticeship with a Mr. Graham in Partick before entering the works of Mr. Robert Napier, where he quick ...

(1815–1866), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder *

George Thomson (botanist) George Thomson (26 May 1819 – 14 December 1878) was a Scottish missionary in Cameroon who collected plants to send to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and to the British Museum. Thomson was born in Balfron, 16 miles north of Glasgow and traine ...

(1819–1878), Scottish missionary and plant collector *

George Thomson (naturalist) George Malcolm Thomson (2 October 1848 – 25 August 1933) was a New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician. Biography Born on 2 October 1848 in Kolkata, Calcutta, Thomson grew up in Scotland, being educated at the ...

(1848–1933), New Zealand scientist, educationalist, social worker and politician *

George Paget Thomson Sir George Paget Thomson (; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson “for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals”. Educa ...

(1892–1975), English physicist and Nobel laureate *

George Derwent Thomson George Derwent Thomson (; 1903 – 3 February 1987) was a British classical scholar, Marxist philosopher, and scholar of the Irish language. Classical scholar Thomson studied Classics at King's College, Cambridge, where he attained First ...

(1903–1987), English Marxist philosopher; Greek and Irish scholar *

George Malcolm Thomson (journalist) George Malcolm Thomson OBE (1899–1996) was a Scottish journalist and publicist for Scottish nationalism. He is now best known for the sectarian slant he adopted the 1930s, aimed at Irish-Scots, and as an activist working on behalf of the Scotti ...

(1899–1996), Scottish journalist, author and nationalist *

George Thomson (rose breeder) George Thomson was an Australian hybridist and amateur rose breeder, known for creating disease-resistant roses tailored to the Australian climate. Thomson was born in Scotland and trained with Alex Cocker of Cockers Roses in Aberdeen, at the ...

, Scottish-born Australian rose breeder *

George Sutherland Thomson George Sutherland Thomson FRSE FCS (1871–1958) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist and scientific author, and an expert in the dairy industry. Life He was born in Scotland in 1871. In 1903 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of ...

(1871–1958) dairy expert * George Ritchie Thomson (1865–1946), Scottish military surgeon and expert on tropical medicine

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