William Hanna Thomson
Born1833
Beirut
DiedJanuary 18, 1918
New York City
Occupation(s)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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Obituary: William Hanna Thomson, M.D." New York Medical Journal. 107: 178. 1918.
  2. 1 2 3 Fisher, Edward D. (1919). "William Hanna Thomson, M.D." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 50 (3): 307–308. doi: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. ↑ "Life, Death and Immortality by William Hanna Thomson". Pacific Medical Journal. 55: 116. 1912.
  5. ↑ "Life, Death and Immortality by W. Hanna Thomson". The Lancet. 1: 514. 1912.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Thomson's Views on Immortality". The New York Times.

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