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Thompson's father, known as "Big Jim" Thompson, was a teacher for a decade in Burwell, Nebraska before his son's birth; his wife and Jim's mother, Birdie Myers, was a former student. He moved the family to Anadarko , Oklahoma Territory, and was elected sheriff of Caddo County .
James E. "Jim" Thompson, GBS (born January 14, 1940) is an American businessman who is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Crown Worldwide Group. Early life and education [ edit ]
Jim Thompson was born in Greenville, Delaware in 1906. [2] He was the youngest of five children of Henry and Mary Wilson Thompson.His father was a wealthy textile manufacturer; his mother was the daughter of James Harrison Wilson (1837–1925), a noted Union general during the American Civil War.
Jim Thompson (writer) (1906–1977), American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction Jimmy Thompson (comics artist) (1907–1949), Canadian artist in the Golden Age of Comics James D. Thompson (1920–1973), American sociologist, author of Organizations in Action
James Robert Thompson Jr. (May 8, 1936 – August 14, 2020) was an American politician, lobbyist, and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. [1] He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, having been elected to four consecutive terms and holding the office for 14 years, and is also the only governor ...
Thompson was born in Birmingham and was a theology graduate with a Master of Arts degree [7] from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1959 and National service saw him commissioned into the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (1959–1961) with the rank of Second Lieutenant, stationed mainly in Germany, [8] before returning to Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then going to ...
The remains, without the skull, were discovered by Orang Asli settlers in a grave at the edge of a vegetable plot off the main road in Brinchang. [20] [21]Philip J. Rivers, a master mariner, said he learned of the discovery from a health officer while researching Thompson's disappearance in 2007.
Bad Boy is a 1953 autobiography by Jim Thompson, an American crime novelist. [1] It covers his life during his youth in Texas and Oklahoma. Thompson's autobiography continues in the release of his book Roughneck (1954).