William Hanna Thomson Explained

William Hanna Thomson
Birth Date:1833
Birth Place:Beirut
Death Date:January 18, 1918
Death Place:New York City
Occupation:Physician, writer

William Hanna Thomson (1833 – January 18, 1918) was an American physician and Christian writer.

Biography

Thomson was born in Beirut.[1] He was the son of missionary William McClure Thomson. He was educated in the United States and obtained his B.A. from Wabash College (1850), M.D. from Albany College (1859), M.A. from Yale University (1861) and LL. D. from New York University (1885).[2]

Thomson was assistant physician at Quarantine Hospital in New York and physician to the Charity Hospital.[3] He was a consulting physician to Roosevelt Hospital and Bellevue Hospital.[2] He was Professor of Medicine at New York University Medical College.[1] Thomson was a member of the New York Neurological Society.[2] He was President of the New York Academy of Medicine during 1899–1900.[1]

His book Life, Death and Immortality (1911), defended Christian immortality.[4] [5] [6]

Selected publications

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 1918. Obituary: William Hanna Thomson, M.D.. New York Medical Journal. 107. 178.
  2. Fisher, Edward D.. 1919. William Hanna Thomson, M.D.. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 50. 3. 307–308. 10.1097/00005053-191909000-00073.
  3. Leonard, John W. (1907). Who's Who in America, 1906/07. Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company. p. 1778
  4. 1912. Life, Death and Immortality by William Hanna Thomson. Pacific Medical Journal. 55. 116.
  5. 1912. Life, Death and Immortality by W. Hanna Thomson. The Lancet. 1. 514.
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1911/11/19/archives/dr-thomsons-views-on-immortality-a-physicians-arguments-against.html "Dr. Thomson's Views on Immortality"