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Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. [4] He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, [5] and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.
Tom Thomson's headstone in Leith, Ontario. Thomson's part of the stone bears the inscription: Tom Thomson Landscape painter Drowned in Canoe Lake July 8, 1917 aged 39 years 11 months 3 days. The Canadian painter Tom Thomson died on 8 July 1917, on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. After Thomson ...
In October 1956, Little and some friends decided to dig up Thomson's original burial place at Canoe Lake. The book tells the story of Thomson's life and the discovery made by Little and his friends. Little's book is one of several that raised the mystery of Tom Thomson’s death to public prominence in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
Thomas John "Tom" Thomson was born on August 5, 1877, in Claremont, Ontario, [8] the sixth of John and Margaret Thomson's ten children. [9] He was raised in Leith, Ontario, near Owen Sound, in the municipality of Meaford. [10] Thomson and his siblings enjoyed both drawing and painting, although he did not immediately display any major talents. [9]
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Tom Thomson photographed by T. H. Marten on Lake Scugog, 1910.. Tom Thomson (1877–1917) was a Canadian painter from the beginning of the 20th century. Beginning from humble roots, his development as a career painter was meteoric, only pursuing it seriously in the final years of his life.
Discovery for Italy and Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice for the U.S. have picked up new French cop drama “Tom & Lola” in pre-sale deals ahead of the series premiere at this year’s Unifrance ...
Thomson's life and mysterious death is a popular subject of Canadian biography and poetry. Even The Jack Pine is a title referent in a few poems, including Henry Beissel's "Tom Thomson's Jackpine" and Doug Barbour's "Tom Thomson's 'The Jack Pine' (1916–1917)". [26] Beissel's poem concludes: