He was born at
Harbour Grace on 13 September 1896, the son of W. H. Thompson a pharmacist. He travelled to Scotland to study Medicine at
Edinburgh University around 1913 but his studies were interrupted by the
First World War during which he was wounded and
Mentioned in Dispatches. He graduated BSc then MB ChB as a physician in 1920. In 1952 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were
James Couper Brash,
Alexander Gibson,
Francis Albert Eley Crew and John Kenneth. He died in
Winnipeg on Boxing Day, 26 December 1981. He is buried there in Brookside Cemetery. ==Publications==