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Name: THOMPSON, Arthur Wilson
Birth Date: 18 Dec 1900 Eye Green, Northants.
Death Date: 18 Feb 1980 Tygerberg, S. Africa
First Date: 1933
Profession: Asst. Agricultural Officer Kenya 1937; Agric. Officer 1947
Area: Nandi Hills 1958
Married: In London 18 Sep 1928 Mary Fenton b. 1905, d. 21 Oct 1887 S. Africa
Book Reference: Colonial
School: Wellingborough
General Information:
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Nyanza Voters List has Thomson
Blue Book 1937 appt African Education officer 15.10.1933
Terence Gavaghan, Of Lions and Dungbeetles, 1999 Senior Asst. Agric. Officer, Kisii 1944. Tommy's advice was issued tirelessly, if sometimes tactlessly. Dark haired, sharp featured, florid and impatient he was balanced by the calming influence of Mary with bobbed grey blond hair, trim figure and very firm chin.